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•21耶稣又对他们说：“人拿灯来，岂是要放在斗底下、床底下，不放在灯台上吗？22因为掩藏的事，没有不显出来的；隐瞒的事，没有不露出来的。23有耳可听的，就应当听。”24又说：“你们所听的要留心。你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们，并且要多给你们。25因为有的，还要给他；没有的，连他所有的也要夺去。”
在前面的经文里。耶稣讲了一个撒种的比喻，这个比喻鼓励我们聆听神的话语，并把它放在心上，这样种在我们心里的神话语的种子就会在我们身上结出丰硕的果实。然后耶稣告诉我们，不要把神话语的光放在斗底下或床底下，而要与别人分享，免得他们活在黑暗里。
作为耶稣的信徒和神话语的学生，我们应该抓住每一个机会与他人分享神的话语。在我以前的教区，有两个人每周定期去几家养老院，并进行圣经学习。在这些学习小组中，有50人或更多的人听到了上帝的话语。如果你能教导主日学的故事，你就能教导别人神的话语。如果每个基督徒都有机会在他们的社区里帮助别人学习神的话语呢?我遇到一个女人，她相信耶稣，但相信之前从未去过教会。我问她是怎么相信的。她告诉我，她在学校有一个基督徒朋友，中午休息时和她一起学习圣经。如果我们都在工作或学校里与另一个人一起学习圣经呢?
耶稣要我们抓住他给我们的机会，把他的话语带给那些仍在黑暗中的灵魂。有耳可听的，就应当听!
在24-25节，他应许，谁聆听他的话语，并与他人分享，那么他们将得到更多。
“你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们，并且要多给你们”；根据我的经验，当我学习神的话语并把它教给别人时，神的话语对我自己的影响比对别人的影响要大得多。每一位教导神话语的老师都会这样告诉你。教导神的话语是值得的，因为它让你的信心成长。所以实际上，当你把神的话语给别人的时候，你会得到更多。
另一方面，当我们学习神的话语并与人分享，这是我们使用时间的一个很好的方式。在这些时间里，我在我的信心中成长。我在很多方面会变得更好。我更满足，更快乐。相反，当我把时间投入一些看上去很急但实际没有多少意义的事情上时，通常是浪费时间。这干扰了我的信心，让我更不满足，更不充实，更不平安。
我需要记住的是，这不只是我一生中所做的一个选择，而是每天许多小选择累计的结果。学习神的话语是如此重要，它应该在我的日常日历上占有一席之地。我祈求耶稣让我继续工作，使神的话语永远是我生命中最重要的。
祷告: 主啊，我何等爱慕你的律法，终日不住地思想。你的命令常存在我心里，使我比仇敌有智慧。我比我的师傅更通达，因我思想你的法度；阿们。(诗篇119:97 – 99)
Mark 4:24-25: “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” (NIV)
Remember the context of these words in this chapter. Jesus told the parable of the sower, a parable which encourages us to listen to God’s Word and to take it to heart so that what is planted may produce a rich harvest in us. Then Jesus tells us not to put the light of God’s Word under a bowl or under the bed, but to share it with others so that they will not live in darkness. Here he promises that whoever listens to his Word and shares it with others will be given even more.
Two thoughts come to mind. In Philemon 6, Paul says, “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of everything we have in Christ” (NIV84). Other translations differ somewhat on this verse, but it has been my experience that this is true. When I have studied God’s Word and taught it to others, it has had a far greater impact on myself than it probably has had on others. Every teacher of God’s Word will tell you this. Teaching God’s Word is rewarding because it allows you to grow in your faith. So in effect, when you give away God’s Word to others, you have even more.
The second thought is this. Studying God’s Word and sharing it with others is always a good investment of my time. I grow in my faith. I become a better human being in every way. I am more content, happier, more fulfilled. The other side of the coin is also true. Investing my time in all the worldly things that are urgently calling for my attention is usually a waste of time. It is a distraction to my faith. It causes me to degenerate as a human being. It makes me less content, less fulfilled, less at peace.
What I need to remember is that this is not just one choice that I make in my life, but a culmination of a lot of little choices every day. It is so important that it deserves a place on my daily calendar. I pray that Jesus will keep me on task so that God’s Word will always remain the highest priority in my life.
Prayer: Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. Amen. (Psalm 119:97-99)