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Faith is not accepting the fact of God but of receiving the life of God.

信仰不只是接受圣经知识，而是活出基督的生命。

If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

John 8:31

你们若常常遵守我的道，就真是我的门徒。-约翰福音8章31节

In his book on language, British diplomat Lancelot Oliphant (1881–1965) observed that many students give correct answers on tests but fail to put those lessons into practice. “Such undigested knowledge is of little use,” declared Oliphant.

英国的外交官奥利访（1881-1965年），在他的一本著作中提到，许多学生在考试时都能正确作答，但却不能实际运用。奥利访说：「如此未经消化的知识是没什么用处的。」

Author Barnabas Piper noticed a parallel in his own life: “I thought I was close to God because I knew all the answers,” he said, “but I had fooled myself into thinking that was the same as relationship with Jesus.”

作家巴拿巴·派博（Barnabas Piper）发现自己也有类似的情形。他说：「我明白许多基要真理，就自以为很亲近上帝。其实我是自欺欺人，懂得很多，不等于与耶稣有美好的关系。」

At the temple one day, Jesus encountered people who thought they had all the right answers. They were proudly proclaiming their status as Abraham’s descendants yet refused to believe in God’s Son.

有一天，耶稣在圣殿遇到那些熟悉律法的犹太人。他们以身为亚伯拉罕的后裔自居，但是却拒绝相信上帝的儿子。

“If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did” (John 8:39). And what was that? Abraham “believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). Still, Jesus’ hearers refused to believe. “The only Father we have is God himself,” they said (John 8:41). Jesus replied, “Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God” (v. 47).

耶稣说：「你们若是亚伯拉罕的儿子，就必行亚伯拉罕所行的事」 （约翰福音8章39节） 。什么事呢？亚伯拉罕「信耶和华，耶和华就以此为他的义」（创世记15章6节） 。但那些人仍然拒绝相信，他们说：「我们只有一位父，就是上帝」 （约翰福音8章41节） 。耶稣回答说：「出于上帝的，必听上帝的话；你们不听，因为你们不是出于上帝。」 （47节）

Piper recalls how things “fell apart” for him before he “encountered God’s grace and the person of Jesus in a profound way.” When we allow God’s truth to transform our lives, we gain much more than the right answer. We introduce the world to Jesus.

派博也提到，自己经历了挫折之后，才真实地体会上帝的恩典，与耶稣建立个人的关系。当我们不再把上帝的真理当成 信仰的知识，而是让主的话来改变我们的生命，那么我们就能活出基督的样式，叫人们能认识耶稣。

Father, thank You that You receive anyone who turns to You in faith.

天父！谢谢祢接纳每个回转相信祢的人。

Read: John 8:39-47

““Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did. As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the works of your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.” Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.””

http://bible.com/111/jhn.8.39-47.niv