Doers of The Word成为行道的人
Author: Rev Ng Eng Keng
Translate: Sis Charis Ong
Christians love listening to teachings, and that is a wholesome and beautiful thing to do because listening is part of growing our spiritual life. When we listen, the teachings of the Bible help us to know more about the God we worship. However, if a person listens only for the sake of accumulating knowledge, and there is neither growth in his spiritual life nor does he learn to fear God, then this person has completely missed the point of listening to teachings.
God’s Word tells us that we should not only be hearers but also doers of the Word. If a Christian only loves to hear but not act according to what was taught, then this person shall one day become a ‘lifeless’ Christian. It is like a clogged pipe where the clean water shall become contaminated and eventually produce a stench!
It is the same for the life of a Christian. We must be a ‘pipe’ where the water can flow freely. The water that enters the pipe must exit from the other end. A life that flows internalizes and meditates upon the teaching it receives, and eventually reflects the goodness of God.
A doer of the Word is a person blessed by God. James 1:25 says “But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.”
My dear brothers and sisters, let us not just yearn to hear God’s teachings but also be someone who acts according to what he hears so that we shall not only be blessed ourselves but become a blessing to others! Christians love listening to teachings, and that is a wholesome and beautiful thing to do because listening is part of growing our spiritual life. When we listen, the teachings of the Bible help us to know more about the God we worship. However, if a person listens only for the sake of accumulating knowledge, and there is neither growth in his spiritual life nor does he learn to fear God, then this person has completely missed the point of listening to teachings.
God’s Word tells us that we should not only be hearers but also doers of the Word. If a Christian only loves to hear but not act according to what was taught, then this person shall one day become a ‘lifeless’ Christian. It is like a clogged pipe where the clean water shall become contaminated and eventually produce a stench!
It is the same for the life of a Christian. We must be a ‘pipe’ where the water can flow freely. The water that enters the pipe must exit from the other end. A life that flows internalizes and meditates upon the teaching it receives, and eventually reflects the goodness of God.
A doer of the Word is a person blessed by God. James 1:25 says “But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
My dear brothers and sisters, let us not just yearn to hear God’s teachings but also be someone who acts according to what he hears so that we shall not only be blessed ourselves but become a blessing to others!
““But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.””
文/黄永庆牧师
基督徒都喜欢“听道”，那是好事、那是美事，因为听道也是生命成长的一环。当我们听道时，圣经的教导让我们更认识我们所敬拜的神。但假若一个人只为了知识而听道，生命却没有成长，也不敬畏神，那就失去“听道”的真正意义！
神的话告诉我们，“应该作行道的人，不要单作听道的人”。一位基督徒，若只是喜欢听道，而不行道，总有一天他会变成一位没有生命的基督徒。就好像一个“不流通”的管子，总有一天里面的清水会变成“污水”，甚至成为“发臭”的水！
基督徒的生命也是如此，我们必需是一个流通的“管子”，凡进入这个管子的水必会从管子的另一端流出来。一个流通的生命，会将所领受的道，经过消化与反思，透过自己的生命将神的美善流露出来。
一位行道的人，是一位蒙神祝福的人。雅各书1:25这么说:“唯有详细察看那使人自由的全备的律法，并且时常遵守的人，他不是 听了就忘记，而是实行出来，就必因自己所作的蒙福。”
亲爱的弟兄姐妹，让我们不但渴慕听神的道，更是一位行出神的道的人。以至于我们不单自己蒙福，也成为别人的祝福！
“你们应该作行道的人，不要单作听道的人，自己欺骗自己。”