What is this place?

我常读到许多有意思的文章,我相信你也一样。 为了不让转发邮件塞满朋友们的邮箱,而且也不知道他们是否感兴趣,我决定放到博客上来。有时加些自己的评语和心得。你可能会发现这些帖子有的颇有益处,有的蛮逗笑,还有的纯粹莫名其妙。这只是一个信息站而已。在严苛挑剔之下没有任何一篇文章是完美的。所以抱去芜存菁的心来读吧。我不会贴太多神学资料,不是因为不重要,而是因为有更合格的人可以作得比我好。

如同博客域名所建议的,烬火到烈焰是目的。若这些帖子能帮助你爱父神更多一点,为主耶稣再来更预备好一点,与圣灵更亲密一点,就达到目的了。

祝你平安


I receive and read a lot of interesting articles. I'm sure you do too. Instead of bombarding people with email forwards they may or may not be interested in, I decided to post them here, sometimes with my own comments. You may find some posts valuable; some are fun and some just strange to you. Well, this is just an information parking lot. No single piece of writing is perfect under scrutiny. So read them with a grain of salt. I will not post much theological materials, not because they are not important, only because more qualified people could do a better job than me.

As the name of the blog says, Embers to Flames is the goal. If in any small measure these posts could help you to love the Father God more, to be more ready for the coming of Lord Jesus, to be more intimate with the Holy Spirit, it would have served its purpose.

Shalom

永生神创造主乃是烈火 (申命记 4:24) (希伯来书12:29)

在此生,陶土仍湿尚可塑造。主是怜悯又有恩慈的,他耐心雕琢你要你成为尊贵的器皿。
赛 42:3    压伤的芦苇,他不折断;将残的灯火,他不吹灭。他凭真实将公理传开。

此身死,陶土已硬无可更改。基督君王来临,人人必需面对审判。
在信的人,主如炼金之火 (玛 3:2)。 有一日各人的工程必然显露,因为那日子要将它表明出来,有火发现,这火要试验各人的工程怎样。 (林前 3:13) 
在不信的, 他(耶稣)手里拿着簸箕,要扬净他的场,把麦子收在仓里;把糠用不灭的火烧尽了。(太 3:12) 若有人名字没记在生命册上,他就被扔在火湖里。(启20:15) 在那里,虫是不死的,火是不灭的。(可9:48)

你是要经过那试验炼净的火成为精金,还是要在末了进入那毁灭的火呢?当你还有气息,今日甘愿在主炼金的火里炼净,好过审判日被丢入那不灭的火。

路 12:49    (耶稣说)“我来要把火丢在地上;倘若已经着起来,不也是我所愿意的吗?

The Lord is a consuming fire (Deut 4:24), and a refiner's fire (Mal 3:2). One day each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done (I Cor 3:13).

In this life, the clay is still wet and mold-able. The Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Isa 42:3    A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;

In death the clay is set. In the coming of Christ the King all must face judgement. While you still have breath, it is better for you be refined now in His purifying fire, than to be thrown into His unquenchable fire on the Judgement Day.

Luk 12:49   (Jesus said) "I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!"


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