三月二十五日
你用亲嘴的暗号卖人子吗？（路22:48）
“仇敌的亲嘴却是欺诈。”（改译）当世人以和蔼的笑脸迎着我的时候我要留心，因为它可能把我出卖了，正像我主被一个亲嘴的暗号卖了一样。在一个人要出卖宗教时，他总是说：“我很热诚，很虔敬。”我要当心笑容可掬的伪君子，因为光滑的面孔是掩护异端和不信的假面具。既然知道不义的欺骗，我就要灵巧像蛇，明查暗辨，避免仇敌的计谋。无知的青年人因为一个陌生妇女的亲嘴，就误入歧途；愿我的心要听从这可贵的教训，使世人向我说的“花言巧语”都归无效。圣灵！求你使我这个可怜的意志薄弱的人不至因一个亲嘴而被卖。可是我若是犯了那灭亡之子犹大所犯的可咒的罪该当怎样呢？我已受浸归入主耶稣的名下，我是他有形教会的一个会友，我也领受主餐，参预交通；这些都是我唇上的许多亲嘴。我在这些事上诚恳吗？若是不的话，我就是一个卑鄙的卖主卖友的人。我嘴里说我是耶稣的门徒，而我在世上的生活也和别人一样地毫不检点、毫不留心吗？那么我所信的便是可笑的，而且基督徒的神圣的名字也因此被人嗤笑。我的行为若是有违信仰，那么我就是一个犹大，我不生在世上倒好。我在这事上清楚吗？如果是，那么求神继续保守我。主啊！使我诚恳真实，保守我不入虚伪的道路，使我永不卖主。耶稣！我爱你，虽然有时使你伤心，但我决心忠信至死。神啊！禁止我的舌头说出夸大狂妄的话，因为那是用亲嘴卖主，至终必落在火湖里。
March 25
“Betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss?” –Luke 22:48
The kisses of an enemy are
deceitful.” Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face,
for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. Whenever
a man is about to stab religion, he usually professes very great reverence for
it. Let me beware of the sleek-faced hypocrisy which is armour-bearer to heresy
and infidelity. Knowing the deceivableness of unrighteousness, let me be wise
as a serpent to detect and avoid the designs of the enemy. The young man, void
of understanding, was led astray by the kiss of the strange woman: may my soul
be so graciously instructed all this day, that “the much fair speech”
of the world may have no effect upon me. Holy Spirit, let me not, a poor frail
son of man, be betrayed with a kiss!
But what if I should be guilty of the same accursed sin as Judas, that
son of perdition? I have been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus; I am a
member of His visible Church; I sit at the communion table: all these are so
many kisses of my lips. AM”> I sincere in them? If not, I am a base
traitor. Do I live in the world as carelessly as others do, and yet make a
profession of being a follower of Jesus? Then I must expose religion to
ridicule, and lead men to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called. Surely
if I act thus inconsistently I am a Judas, and it were better for me that I had
never been born. Dare I hope that I am clear in this matter? Then, O Lord, keep
me so. O Lord, make me sincere and true. Preserve me from every false way.
Never let me betray my Saviour. I do love Thee, Jesus, and though I often
grieve Thee, yet I would desire to abide faithful even unto death. O God,
forbid that I should be a high-soaring professor, and then fall at last into
the lake of fire, because I betrayed my Master with a kiss.
