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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Truth renews the mind. Indeed, the truth which would affect the heart, which moves the heart, which changes the heart, must first enter through the vestibule of the mind if it would enter the sanctuary of the heart. The intention of truth preached is to affect the emotions and the will and the heart and the whole of our humanity…and thus preaching must come first through the mind. It makes its appeal through the mind; it enters through the mind – but it doesn’t simply stop with the mind.
John Armstrong

Helpful [items] to consider when seeking God’s will in matter of guidance: 1. Begin by prayer for wisdom. Do not doubt that God has a wise course of action for you and will make it known. 2. Intentionally seek God’s face even more than His answers. “In Your light we see light” (Psalm 36:9). 3. Seek to be willing to take any course that God would have for you. Be thorough in your work on yourself. Often people miss God’s will because they are not fully willing to be submissive to God whatever He leads them to do. 4. Carefully seek to discover if there are any directives already given in Scripture which could guide you. Are there illustrations, commands, principles, which speak to this issue? Meditate on these and see if Scripture promotes or rules out any action you are considering. Try to find not only what God permits and does not permit, but what God likes, what is dear to His heart. Go directly to any passage which deals with the general subject to see if there is help to be found which you had not discovered before. Always read the Bible in context. 5. List each possible course of action, and in a prayerful frame of mind write out what are the pros and cons of each option. Put these options before the lens of Scripture one by one to see if God has spoken on these issues in some way. You will find more being said about most issues than you might first believe. 6. When helpful, seek objective counsel from godly and wise men or women you can trust. 7. Finally, examine your will again. If you are willing to do anything God might direct and that is certain in your mind, then you are free to pursue what God may be placing in your thinking related to the issue. Is there a long-term righteous desire in you? 8. Now, act in faith. If God in His perfect cadence intervenes so as to cause everything to turn again, this is His business. For your part, you are required to take action along the lines of the wisest choice you can biblically make. Rejoice and do God’s will!
Jim Elliff

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 哥林多前书 5

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判断淫乱的事件
风闻在你们中间有淫乱的事。这样的淫乱连外邦人中也没有,就是有人收了他的继母。
你们还是自高自大,并不哀痛,把行这事的人从你们中间赶出去。
我身子虽不在你们那里,心却在你们那里,好像我亲自与你们同在,已经判断了行这事的人。
就是你们聚会的时候,我的心也同在。奉我们主耶稣的名,并用我们主耶稣的权能,
要把这样的人交给撒但,败坏他的肉体,使他的灵魂在主耶稣的日子可以得救。
你们这自夸是不好的。岂不知一点面酵能使全团发起来吗?
你们既是无酵的面,应当把旧酵除净,好使你们成为新团;因为我们逾越节的羔羊基督已经被杀献祭了。
所以,我们守这节不可用旧酵,也不可用恶毒+、邪恶的酵,只用诚实真正的无酵饼。
我先前写信给你们说,不可与淫乱的人相交。
10 此话不是指这世上一概行淫乱的,或贪婪的,勒索的,或拜偶像的;若是这样,你们除非离开世界方可。
11 但如今我写信给你们说,若有称为弟兄是行淫乱的,或贪婪的,或拜偶像的,或辱骂的,或醉酒的,或勒索的,这样的人不可与他相交,就是与他吃饭都不可。
12 因为审判外的人与我何干?内的人岂不是你们审判的吗?
13 至于外人有 神审判他们。你们应当把那恶人从你们中间赶出去。

+ 5:8 或译:阴毒