6月6日
标 题：你的为人当如何？
经节：这一切既然都要如此销化，你们为人该当怎样圣洁，怎样敬虔。（彼得后书三章11节）
当神告诉亚伯拉罕自己准备摧毁所多玛和蛾摩拉，亚伯拉罕的生命立即彻底地受到影响。当挪亚听到神对自己世代的计划时，他无法再继续进行日常的生活秩序。知道神预备要审判基督徒的事实，会帮助我们分辨什么会帮助我们分辨什么事有永恒的重要性，及什么事没有永恒的重要性。
彼得警告我们，末日审判的时刻将要来到。当主来的日子，天必大有响声，有形质的都要被烈火销化。他警告在那天全地都要被烧尽。彼得向我们保证，这不是凭空臆测，这件事肯定会发生，并且即将快要发生。他随后问了个很重要的问题，这个问题也可以被应用到后世后代。他的问题是：“你们为人该当怎样？”面对我们前面的审判与无数人面临的毁灭，我们应当如何度过此生？
许多基督徒花了极多时间、精力追求短暂的事物。嗜好和财产销化我们，使我们只投资一点点的时间与精力在永恒的事物。基督徒应该比其他人更敏锐地注意自己生活的时代。倘若神将要审判世人，我们应该要紧紧与神同行，好能够警告人们那即将来到的审判。基督似乎迟延祂自己再来的日子，其实祂不是耽延，乃是宽容我们，不愿有一人沉沦（彼得后书三：9）。我们岂不该投资在创建神永恒国度的事工上吗？我们岂不该完成神所交付的任务吗？
What Manner of Person Ought You to Be?
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness? (2 Peter 3:11)
When God told Abraham He was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham’s life was immediately and radically affected. Noah could not carry on business as usual once he knew what God was planning for his generation. Knowing that God is preparing judgment brings a sobering reality to Christians, helping us recognize what is eternally significant and what is not.
Peter cautions us that a catastrophic time of judgment is coming. On the day of the Lord there will be a great noise, and the elements will melt with a fervent heat. On that day, he warns, the earth will be consumed. Peter assures us that this is not mere speculation; it is certain and imminent. He then asks the crucial question that applies to each generation: “What kind of persons ought you to be?” With judgment pending for us and countless millions of people facing destruction, how should we live our lives?
Many Christians attach great value to temporal things. Hobbies and possessions consume us, leaving little time or energy to invest in what is eternal. More than anyone else, Christians should be sensitive to the times in which we live. We should walk so closely with God that if He were preparing to bring judgment upon people, we could warn those in imminent peril. Since Christ has been long-suffering in His return so that no one might perish (2 Pet. 3:9), should we not invest our effort in building God’s eternal kingdom? Should there not be an urgency about us to complete the tasks that God gives us?
