God’s Protective Love 听从警告
Dexu Xia
Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. Matthew 7:15
One summer night, the birds near our home suddenly erupted into chaotic cawing. The squawking intensified as the songbirds sent piercing calls from the trees. We finally realized why. As the sun set, a large hawk swooped from a treetop, sending the birds scattering in a screeching frenzy, sounding the alarm as they flew from danger.
In our lives, spiritual warnings can be heard throughout Scripture—cautions against false teachings, for example. We may doubt that’s what we’re hearing. Because of His love for us, however, our heavenly Father provides the clarity of Scripture to make such spiritual dangers plain to us.
Jesus taught, “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves” (Matthew 7:15). He continued, “By their fruit you will recognize them. . . . Every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.” Then He warned us, “By their fruit you will recognize them” (vv. 16–17, 20).
“The prudent see danger and take refuge,” Proverbs 22:3 reminds us, “but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.” Embedded in such warnings is God’s protective love, revealed in His words to us.
As the birds warned each other of physical danger, may we heed the Bible’s warnings to fly from spiritual danger and into God’s arms of refuge.
By: Patricia Raybon
What spiritual warning has been speaking to your heart? How has Scripture confirmed a warning to you?
The Scriptures warn with love, dear God, and we thank You. May we heed those words today.
你们要防备假先知。他们到你们这里来，外面披着羊皮，里面却是残暴的狼。—马太福音7章15节
马太福音7章13-23节
一个夏日傍晚，我们家附近树林里的鸟儿突然发出嘈杂的叫声。各种鸟儿从树上发出刺耳的啼叫声，叽叽喳喳声越来越大。最后，我们才明白为什么。原来在那天日落时，一只巨鹰从树梢俯冲而下，吓得鸟儿们仓皇飞离险境，同时以鸣叫声向同伴发出警告。
在我们的生活中，也可以从圣经获得各种属灵的警告，例如：要我们警戒错误的教导。我们也许无法确定所听到的是否属实，但因为天父爱我们，祂会透过圣经明确的教导，让我们清楚辨识属灵的危险。
耶稣教导门徒：“你们要防备假先知。他们到你们这里来，外面披着羊皮，里面却是残暴的狼”（马太福音7章15节）。祂还说：“凭着他们的果子，就可以认出他们来。……凡好树都结好果子；唯独坏树结坏果子。”并且警告我们说：“凭着他们的果子，就可以认出他们来。”（16-17、20节）
箴言22章3节提醒我们：“通达人见祸藏躲；愚蒙人前往受害。”这些透过圣经明明白白地告诉我们的警告，蕴藏了上帝要保护祂儿女的那份爱。
如同群鸟以鸣叫声相互警示，期盼我们也能听从圣经的警告远离属灵的危险，投靠上帝的怀抱并得庇护。
作者： 雷翠霞
最近上帝给了你哪些属灵警告？
你如何从圣经的教导验证对你的警告？
亲爱的上帝，谢谢祢,因为爱而藉着圣经发出警讯。
今天，求祢帮助我们能听从这些话语.