问题42：怎样阅读和聆听神的话？
答：带着勤奋、预备和祷告，以便我们能够以信心来领受它，将它存在我们的心中，并在我们的生活中实践它。
儿童版：带着勤奋、预备和祷告，以便我们能够以信心来领受它，并在我们的生活中实践它。

Question 42: How is the Word of God to be Read and Heard?
Answer: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith, store it in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.
For Kids: With diligence, preparation, and prayer; so that we may accept it with faith and practice it in our lives.


歌谱 Lead Sheet

经文

《提摩太后书》3 章16 节至17 节：

　　圣经都是神所默示的，于教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的，叫属神的人得以完全，预备行各样的善事。

注解

托马斯·克兰麦

　　圣经是神的话，是最珍贵的宝石和地上最神圣的遗物，因此我建议你们所有来读和听这本书的人：带着你对神的敬畏和祂一切配得的尊崇，并运用你的知识，不是为了无聊辩论而得的虚荣，而是为了神的荣耀，为了加增美德和彼此造就。

默想

凯文·德扬

　　圣经不是一本普通的书，我们应用独特的方式来阅读。圣经是神默示（呼出）的，这就是为何《提摩太后书》3章16 节说：「圣经都是神所默示的」，是神所启示的。这并不意味着圣经还在持续默示。但无论世人是否被圣经的启示所激励，神的话始终是神的自我启示。这是神的话，是由神呼出的。神打开祂至高的嘴唇，并对我们说话，这些话是神的话语，也确实是神想要写在圣经上的。

　　这意味着我们应当以特别尊敬与特别谨慎的方式对待它。我们对待圣经要非常小心，我们要勤勉，需要准备好，要严肃对待，也要用特别尊敬的态度来对待这本书，因为这是神在对我们说话。降服在这话语之下的一种方式是：我们停止告诉神该做什么。现在神正在对我们说话。有位神学家曾经说过，成为基督徒就是要用手捂住嘴巴，保持安静。这并不是说我们不能像《诗篇》所描述的那样向神呼求，而是指我们要以尊敬的态度来对待圣经，要听从、完全顺服上帝的话。

　　我们读圣经，目的不只是为了了解其中的信息而已，圣经的启示远超信息本身，我们不是反对信息，神使用信息来做工。有比信息更重要的东西是我们想从圣经中得到的。我们想要信心，而这也是神想要的：用信心接受祂的话语，真正地喜爱祂、渴慕祂、倚靠祂。

　　当我们借着信心接受神的话语时，我们就会在心底牢记祂的话。我喜欢约翰·班扬说的，如果你刺穿耶稣，祂的血将是圣经，祂就是完全的经文，圣经由祂而出。这就是我们想要的，也是我们牢记经文的原因。

　　我们牢记然后践行经文，耶稣有没有说过，「人若爱我，你的内心就感到刺痛」？没有，尽管内心被刺痛是很好的，但耶稣并没有那么说过。但是祂说：「人若爱我，就必遵守我的道。」所以，如果我们真的爱神，我们必定会非常认真地服从神，遵行祂给我们的话。对我们而言，这就是我们的目标：被经文所改变，凭信拥抱祂，拜在祂脚下。

　　用最简单的话来说，我们必须用同样的态度来面对祂的话，就像我们来到神面前一样。如果神正在用经文对你说话，如果神向我们张开嘴说话，我们需要怎样回应呢？我们要非常仔细地聆听、非常勤奋地聆听、非常顺服地聆听、非常期待地聆听，而我们聆听的目的是：爱神并且遵守祂的命令。

祷告

　　赐圣经的主，求祢帮助我们看圣经为最宝贵的拥有。愿祢的话在我们的心中，在我们的口上，让它转变我们的思想，改变我们的生活。让我们专心学习，忠心遵行祢纯全的道。阿们。

Scripture

2 TIMOTHY 3:16–17

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Commentary

THOMAS CRANMER

Wherefore I would advise you all that come to the reading or hear- ing of this book, which is the word of God, the most precious jewel and most holy relic that remaineth upon earth; that ye bring with you the fear of God, and that ye do it with all due reverence, and use your knowledge thereof, not to vain glory of frivolous disputation, but to the honor of God, increase of virtue, and edification both of yourselves and others.

Devotional

KEVIN DEYOUNG

The Bible is not just another book, and so we ought to approach it in a unique way. The Bible is God-breathed: “All Scripture is breathed out by God” (2 Tim. 3:16). It’s inspired. That doesn’t mean that the Bible is inspiring. Now, it is inspiring. But whether anyone in the world is inspired by the Bible, the Bible is still inspired itself. It’s God’s Word to us. It’s God exhaling, God opening his most hallowed lips and speaking to us. So, this Word is God’s Word, and this Word is exactly what God wanted to be written down in Holy Scriptures.

That means we ought to approach Scripture with a special reverence and with special care. We come to the Bible very carefully. We want to be diligent. We want to be prepared. We want to take it seriously. And we also come to this book with a special reverence, because God is speaking to us. One of the ways to think of submitting to the Word is that we stop telling God what to do. God now speaks to us. A theologian once said that to be a Christian means you put your hand over your mouth and are silent. This doesn’t mean that we can’t ever cry out to God. Certainly the Psalms are full of that. But it means that we approach Scripture with reverence, wanting to hear from God, submitting ourselves fully to the Word of God.

When we come to the Bible, our aim is not just information. It’s never less than information—we’re not against information. God uses that. But it’s more than just information we’re trying to get from the Bible. We want faith. That’s what God wants: for us to accept the Word with faith, with a real delight, with a desire for it, a dependence upon it.

When we embrace God’s Word with faith, we store it up in our hearts. Charles Spurgeon said of John Bunyan that if you would prick him, his blood would be bibline. He was so full of the Scriptures that it came out of him. That’s what we want; that’s why we store it up.

And then we practice it. Did Jesus say, “If you love me, you will have a tingling sensation in your heart”? No, he didn’t say that, though that’s wonderful. But he said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15). So if we are serious about loving God, we must be very serious about obeying God and obeying his Word to us. That’s the aim: to be transformed by it, to embrace it in faith, and to worship at his feet.

Really, in its simplest form, we ought to come to the Word of God with the same sort of attitude with which we’d come to God himself. If God spoke to you, which he does in the Scriptures, if God opened his mouth to us, how would we approach him? Well, I think we would listen carefully. We would listen diligently. We would listen submissively. We would listen expectantly. And we’d listen with an aim to love and obey.

Prayer

Giver of the Word, help us to treasure your Scriptures as our most precious possession. May it be in our minds and on our lips. Let it transform our thinking and reform our living. Make us attentive stu- dents and devoted servants of your perfect Word. Amen.