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哥林多前书12:1-3:1：1弟兄们，论到属灵的恩赐，我不愿意你们不明白。2你们作外邦人的时候，随事被牵引、受迷惑，去服事那哑巴偶像，这是你们知道的。3所以我告诉你们：被神的灵感动的，没有说耶稣是可咒诅的；若不是被圣灵感动的，也没有能说耶稣是主的。         

我能想象在哥林多教会，除了少数人是从犹太教归信基督的，其他几乎所有在那里敬拜的人，都是从其他的外邦的信仰归信基督的。我也能想象，人们有时候会想知道某个皈信者是否“真的”是一名基督徒。今天你也可以问任何一个基督徒这个问题，因为毕竟我们看不见人心里的信心，只有上帝能。                

所以保罗提醒哥林多信徒，当我们无法看透一个人的内心，无法知道他们相信什么时，有一个判断信心的简单方法。我们只需听他们自己承认是相信还是不信。如果一个人诅咒耶稣，那这个人就不可能是基督徒；因为圣灵不可能藉他的口说这样的话。如果一个人说：“耶稣是主”并承认耶稣是上帝和自己的救主，那么这个人就是被圣灵感动在说话。                

当然，总会有假冒为善的人，但我们无法判断一个人的内心，只能判断他们的言行。我很感恩圣灵在我的心里动工建造信心，并住在我的里面。我知道，我能相信耶稣是我的主，并来到他的面前，并不是凭借我自己的思想或选择。  

祷告：神的灵啊，感谢你藉着福音召我从不信的黑暗进入信心的光明。求你天天在我心里作工，叫我的信心加增，让我对福音的认信用不会改变。我如此祈求是奉耶稣的名。阿们。

 1 Corinthians 12: Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, you were deceived and somehow led away to mute idols. 3 Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “A curse be upon Jesus,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. (EHV)

I can imagine that in the Corinthian congregation, almost all of the people worshipping there, besides a few Jewish converts, had converted from one pagan religion or another. I would imagine that people would sometimes wonder if a particular convert was “really” a Christian or not. You could actually ask the question of any one of us today because who can see the faith in a person’s heart? Only God can.         

So Paul reminds the Corinthians of a simple measure of faith when we cannot look into a person’s heart to see what they believe. We simply listen to their confession of faith or unbelief. If a person curses Jesus, then that person cannot be a Christian, because the Holy Spirit could not possibly be speaking through them. And if a person says, “Jesus is Lord,” and acknowledges that Jesus is both God and their Savior, then the person is speaking by the Holy Spirit.

Of course, there are always hypocrites, but we cannot judge anyone’s heart – only their words and actions. I am thankful today that the Holy Spirit has worked faith in my heart and dwells within me. For I know that I cannot by my own thinking or choosing believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to him.  

Prayer:   Thank you, Spirit of God, that you have called me from the darkness of unbelief to the light of faith through the gospel. I pray that you will continue to work in my heart daily so that my faith may grow, and so that my confession of the gospel may remain true. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.