認識敗壞的本質Understandingthe Nature of Corruption
[每日靈修] 10/12/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
科技爆炸以幾何級數的比例增加。然而，人類的腐敗精神仍然存在。我們仍然在努力成為上帝。我們仍然想要獲得獨立自主權，拒絕讓上帝統治我們。我們現在超越了古代金字塔的高度。我們在月球上行走，並稱之為人類的一大步。
我們確實「已經啟蒙」。學生不再帶著彈簧刀到學校。他們攜帶槍支。歹徒不再使用手提輕機槍（tommy guns）。機關槍在攻擊性武器和火箭發射器面前已經過時了。破城錘（battering ram）已經讓步給洲際彈道導彈（ICBM）。我們的城市是武裝的堡壘，我們需要更多的磚塊和灰泥來蓋監獄。我們仍然感到困惑。政客每天都在電視這個神奇科技上對我們不停地嘮叨。而且每個人都還在行自己眼中看為對的事。
但是還沒有足夠的科技來實現蛇誘惑人的承諾（如神）。我們不是神。我們不可當神。我們無法成為神。只有上帝才能作上帝。只有上帝才能居首位。伊甸園的問題就是今日的問題。誰能治理人、管理人的科技呢？我們的誤差幅度每天都在縮小。我們現在擁有的科技和技術不是為了摧毀上帝，而是為了摧毀自己。這是科技瘋狂。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
查驗你的個人生活。你在追求獨立自主嗎？你拒絕讓上帝統治你的生活嗎？你想成為上帝嗎？
進一步研讀：
徒八22 你當懊悔你這罪惡，祈求主，或者你心裏的意念可得赦免。
加六8 順著情慾撒種的，必從情慾收敗壞；順著聖靈撒種的，必從聖靈收永生。
羅八21 但受造之物仍然指望脫離敗壞的轄制，得享神兒女自由的榮耀。
Understanding the Nature of
Corruption
The
technological explosion proliferates in geometric proportion. Yet the human
spirit of corruption remains. We are still trying to be God. We still grasp for
autonomy, refusing to have God rule over us. We now reach beyond the heights of
an ancient ziggurat. We walk on the moon and call it a real step forward for
mankind.
We
are indeed “enlightened.” No longer do students carry switchblades to school.
They carry guns. Gangsters don’t use tommy guns. Machine-gun Kelly has become
obsolete in the face of assault weapons and rocket launchers. The battering ram
has yielded to the ICBM. Our cities are armed fortresses, and we need more
brick and mortar for prisons. We are still confused. Our politicians babble to
us daily on the magical technology of television. And still everyone does what
is right in his own eyes.
But
there is no technology sophisticated enough to fulfill the Serpent’s seductive
promise. We are not gods. We shall not be gods. We cannot be gods. Only God can
be God. Only God can be supreme. The issue in Eden is the issue today. Who will
have dominion over man and man’s technology? Our margin of error shrinks each
day. Now we have the technology and techniques not to destroy God, but to
destroy ourselves. It is technological madness.
Coram
Deo
Examine
your personal life. Are you grasping for autonomy? Refusing to let God rule
your life? Trying to be as God?
Passages
for Further Study
Acts
8:22
Galatians
6:8
Romans
8:21