聽道與行道—-雅各書1:22［只是你們要行道, 不要單單聽道, 自己欺哄自己.］這節金句常常被斷取義. 使人感覺聽道不重要, 行道才重要. 這需要看上下文, 雅1:23”因為聽道而不行道的, 就像人對著鏡子看自己本來的面目.” 聖經中的鏡子就是神的話語. 聽道不行道是忘了他本來的面目, 忘記你在基督裡是誰. 所謂行道是指時常聽道的果效. 雅1:25闡明如下”惟有詳細察看那全備, 使人自由之律法的, 並且時常如此, 這人既不是聽了就忘, 乃是實在行出來, 就在他所行的事上必然得福.” 所謂”使人自由之律法”即指恩典而言, 而”在他所行的事上”是指聽道的果效. 聽道是聖靈的種子, 行道是聖靈的果子. 行道出於內心的愛與渴慕. 聽道是因, 行道是果. 聽道與行道不能本末倒置. 羅馬書10:17”信道是從聽道來的, 聽道是從基督的話來的.” 我們要分辨個人的善行, 到底是聖靈的果子, 還是出於個人的動機. 我們不能因世俗所謂的善心行道, 而捨棄聖靈的信道, 聽道與行道. 恩典的道是高舉耶穌及祂所成就的一切.
Hearing the word and doing the word – James 1:22 [But do the word, don’t just listen to the word and deceive yourselves.] This verse is often cut off for righteousness. It makes people feel that hearing the word is not important, but doing the word is important . It depends on the context, James 1:23 “He who hears the word and does not do it is like a man who sees himself in a mirror.” The mirror in the Bible is the word of God. your face, forgetting who you are in Christ. By doing the word is the effect of always hearing the word. James 1:25 states it as follows: “But he who looks closely at the perfect law of liberty, and always does so, since he is He does not forget what he hears, but he does it, and he will be blessed in what he does.” The so-called “law of liberty” refers to grace, and “in what he does” refers to The effect of hearing. Hearing is the seed of the Spirit, and doing the word is the fruit of the Spirit . Doing the word is the love and longing of the heart. “Faith comes from hearing the word, and hearing the word comes from the word of Christ.” We need to distinguish whether our good deeds are the fruit of the Holy Spirit or come from personal motives. We cannot give up doing the Word for the so-called goodness of the world. The faith of the Holy Spirit, hearing and doing. The word of grace is to exalt Jesus and all that He has accomplished.