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主的管教
经文: 「倒要从宽惩治你，万不能不罚你。」（耶利米书卅︰11）
若没人来管理纠正我们，我们将落入悲惨的光景。这证明上帝所曾说的︰「因
他不听管教，选择归向偶像，就任凭他去吧！」上帝多么不愿意我们陷入这样的景况，
因此若一路都是康庄大道，毫无波折，也是让人忧心、战栗。这证明上帝不愿管他，让
他在世上一帆风顺，对上帝未存敬畏的心，终致走向灭亡之路。反之，上帝所爱的，他
必管教，祂的杖，祂的竿，都是上帝的爱，为要导正、洁净我们。
然而，你看，上帝给我们的管教，是经祂量过的。祂的爱是无限的，但祂对我
们的管教督正，却是一步一步的。旧约律法对以色列人被鞭苔，不得超过四十下，此用
意显明这个责罚不是意气用事；同样的，上帝对我们每一次的管教与雕琢，都是出于上
帝的智慧和爱。主啊，祢就站在我身旁，把我该喝的苦杯量给我，但愿我不要存着叛逆
的心，逃避神圣的旨意。而是柔顺喜乐地从祢手中接过此杯，按着祢的指示饮尽此杯，
「主啊，愿主的旨意成就。」
Regulated Chastisement
Scripture: "I will correct thee in measure" (Jeremiah 30:11).
To be left uncorrected would be a fatal sign: it would prove that
the LORD had said, "He is given unto idols, let him alone." God grant that
such may never be our portion! Uninterrupted prosperity is a thing to cause
fear and trembling. As many as God tenderly loves He rebukes and chastens:
those for whom He has no esteem He allows to fatten themselves without fear,
like bullocks for the slaughter. It is in love that our heavenly Father
uses the rod upon His children.
Yet see, the correction is "in measure": He gives us love without
measure but chastisement "in measure." As under the old law no Israelite
could receive more than the "forty stripes save one," which ensured careful
counting and limited suffering; so is it with each afflicted member of the
household of faith- every stroke is counted. It is the measure of wisdom,
the measure of sympathy, the measure of love, by which our chastisement is
regulated. Far be it from us to rebel against appointments so divine. LORD,
if Thou standest by to measure the bitter drops into my cup, it is for me
cheerfully to take that cup from Thy hand and drink according to Thy
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