12月10日
标 题：一切关乎生命之事
经 节：神的神能已将一切关乎生命和虔敬的事赐给我们，皆因我们认识那用自己荣耀和美德召我们的主。（彼得后书一章3节）
身为基督徒，你已经拥有每一件你所需要的宝贝，让你活出圣洁及丰盛的生活（彼得后书一：3-11）。你的聪明才智、所受的教育、或家庭的背景，并不能够决定你生命的圣洁与否。要活出得胜、喜乐和丰盛生活，你所需的每项资源，可在内住你心中的圣灵里找到（加拉太书五：22-23）。
据彼得所说，每个基督徒凭信心就能得到如下的品格：良善、对神的认识、节制、忍耐、敬虔、恩慈和仁爱。如果你继承一笔遗产，却不知它的存在，这遗产对你毫无用处。同样地，如果你继承了像基督的特质，却不去取用它，你所继承的产业则于你无益。
当神所赐予的自制是唾手可及，而我们却一直缺乏自制，我们就掠夺了自己，也掠夺了周围的人。神要将恩慈徐徐地加入我们的行为举止，而我们的言行却没有恩慈，致使周围的人痛苦无助地度日。
得到神所赐的宝贝之钥，是我们的信心。我们必须相信神要建立这些生命的品质在我们的生命中。在四福音里，耶稣依着人的信心行事（马太福音八：13，九：29，十五：28）。祂以救恩与医治，回报那些有真信心的人。当祂遇见没信心的人，祂并没有回应他们（马可福音六：5-6）。
回顾彼得所说的生命品质，那是神要慢慢加添给你的。如果你自觉缺乏其中任何一项品质，求神在你身上动工，建造你，好叫你愈来愈有基督的形像。
All
Things Pertaining to Life
As His
divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue. (2 Peter 1:3)
As
a Christian, you have everything you need to live a holy and abundant life (2
Pet. 1:3–11). Your intelligence, your education, or your family background do
not determine the holiness of your life. Everything you need to live a
victorious, joyful, and abundant life is found in the Holy Spirit who resides
within you (Gal. 5:22–23). According to Peter, each Christian, by faith, has
access to these qualities: goodness, knowledge of God, self-control,
perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. It would be of no use to
inherit a fortune if you did not know it was yours. Likewise, it is of no
benefit to inherit everything necessary to become like Christ if you do not
claim it.
If
we continue to lack self-control when God has made it available, we rob
ourselves and those around us. If God is willing to instill brotherly kindness
into our behavior, but we never display it, people will suffer needlessly as a
result.
The
key to all that God has made available to us is our faith. We must believe that
God wants to build these qualities into our lives. In the Gospels, Jesus
related to people according to their faith (Matt. 8:13; 9:29; 15:28). He
rewarded genuine faith by granting salvation and healing. If He met unbelief,
He did not reward it (Mark 6:5–6).
Review
the qualities that Peter said God wants to instill in you. If you lack any of
these qualities, ask God to work them into your character, so that you will be
more like Christ.
