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希伯来书：13:7-9:7从前引导你们、传神之道给你们的人，你们要想念他们、效法他们的信心，留心看他们为人的结局。8耶稣基督，昨日、今日、一直到永远是一样的。9你们不要被那诸般怪异的教训勾引了去。因为人心靠恩得坚固才是好的，并不是靠饮食；那在饮食上专心的，从来没有得着益处。
今天我非常想花些时间来谈谈我这一生遇到的带领者、牧师和教师，是他们将上帝的道传给了我。
我还记得佩吉尔牧师，他鼓励我成为一名牧师。我听过他的坚信礼课程，虽然时间很短，但是在课程上他教导我圣经是值得背诵的。每天背诵6到7段再加一小段教义问答是我们的日常作业。不幸的是在我坚信礼之后的第一年，他就因为心脏病去世了。但那些鼓励的话一直敦促我成为一名牧师。对此我非常感恩，因为他引领我学习上帝的话语。如果我去了一所普通大学学习法律或科学，今天的我可能不会是一名基督徒。
我也非常感谢弗兰克牧师，他有无数真实的故事讲述基督徒如何活出他们的信心；我也感谢他了不起的妻子，她是我认识的最温和、最敬虔的人之一。我那时一边上神学院，一边摘苹果打工。我送了一些苹果给她，她感谢我，并感谢上帝的祝福，就好像上帝为她打开了天上的储藏室。我还记得神学院的很多教授，他们怀着恩慈的心教导我们这些年轻人，在我们心目中他们无所不知。所有这些敬虔的人都以某种方式影响了我的生命，我对他们每个人都感激不尽。
最重要的是我感谢上帝，使我能有这些老师藉着上帝的话语教导我真理。我不记得有哪个牧师或老师在神的话语上误导过我。这是多么美好的祝福啊！
祷告：天父，谢谢你差遣这些忠心的牧师和老师，他们忠实地将上帝的道传给了我。感谢你使他们拥有从你而来的智慧和热情，使他们有耐心和坚持。正如耶稣教导的那样，我祷告你差遣更多的工人进入你的国，将福音的种子栽种在更多的人的心里！阿们。
Hebrews 13: 7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Carefully consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. For it is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which are of no help to those who make them a way of life. (EHV)
Tomorrow I will devote on verse 8 in more detail, because it is a passage that we could think about for a whole day and not plumb its depths. But for today, I want to take time in my heart to remember the leaders, the pastors and teachers in my life, who spoke the word of God to me.
I remember Pastor Pagels, who encouraged me to become a pastor, and who showed me in my short time in his confirmation class that the Bible was worth memorizing. Six or seven passages a day plus a section of the catechism was a normal assignment. Unfortunately, he died of a heart attack in my first year of confirmation, but it was his words of encouragement that pushed me to become a pastor. I am thankful for that, because it made me study God’s Word. I think that if I had gone to a regular university and studied law or science, I may not be a Christian today.
I am thankful for Pastor Frank, who had an endless supply of real life stories to tell about Christians who lived their faith, and for his wonderful wife, who was one of the gentlest and godliest people I ever knew. When I was at the seminary, I picked apples for work and brought her a bushel of apples. She thanked me as if God has opened up the storerooms in heaven and blessed her. I could recall many of my seminary professors, who taught with such grace to young men like myself, who thought they knew all the answers. All of these godly people have had an affect on my life, and I am thankful for everyone of them.
And most importantly, I thank my God that I had teachers who taught me the truth from God’s Word. I cannot remember a single pastor or teacher who misled me in the Word of God. What a blessing!Prayer: Father, thank you for faithful pastors and teachers who have faithfully spoken the Word of God to me! For their godly wisdom and passion, for their patience and persistence. As Jesus taught, I pray that you will send forth workers into your kingdom to plant the seeds of the gospel in the hearts of many! Amen.