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Twelve Extraordinary Women by John MacArthur

讀書會﹐不經不覺第五回﹐今日講這本Twelve Extraordinary Women by John MacArthur。

很少看關於聖經人物的書﹐對上一次是好多年前看中譯的神的門生。多謝姊妹的推介﹐作者分別講到12位女性﹐有Eve, Sarah, Rehab, Ruth, Hannah, Mary, Anna, the Samaritan Woman, Martha, Mary (Martha's sister), Mary Magdalene, 同Lydia. 大部份係大家都好熟悉既﹐亦有些係聖經只用了幾節經文去描寫。今次看這書比較有discipline﹐ 終於唔係趕住趕住。加上其實本書好睇﹐雖然對這些人物都認識﹐但從來沒有像作者般去睇﹐好似Sarah, 一向對她的評價都係負面居多﹐但作者提出Sarah 對Abraham 的順服﹐都係以往無留意到既﹐越來越發現讀聖經真係要好仔細去觀察﹐否則會錯過好多精彩既細節。總括而言﹐這十二位女性各有長短處﹐有好多值得我們效法既地方﹐作者如此說去結束...

"If these twelve women teach us anything, it is to center our lives, our faith, and our perspective of the future on Christ and Christ alone...

To sum up, everything that made these women extraordinary was ultimately owing to the work of the glorious Savior whom they loved and served. God was truly the extraordinary one, and He was simply conforming these women to their Savior's likeness (Rom. 8:29).

Extraordinary as they seem, what God was doing in their lives is really no different from what He does in the life of every true believer: "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Cor 3;18 NKJV).

May the extraordinary results of that process be the everyday experience of your life."

posted by 板板子 @ 4:37 PM