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哥林多后书：1:19-22: 19因为我和西拉并提摩太，在你们中间所传神的儿子耶稣基督，总没有是而又非的，在他只有一是。20神的应许不论有多少，在基督都是是的，所以借着他也都是实在的（实在原文作阿们），叫神因我们得荣耀。21那在基督里坚固我们和你们，并且膏我们的就是神。22他又用印印了我们，并赐圣灵在我们心里作凭据（原文作质）。
“阿们”这个词来自希伯来语，意思是“是的，实在是这样。”耶稣经常使用这个词。比如在《马太福音》5章26节：“我实在告诉你。”对于上帝所有的应许，我们都可以说“阿们，”因为上帝的应许在基督里都是“是的。”换句话说，如果上帝持守了他的应许，他赐给我们一个救主，代价是牺牲自己独生子的生命，如果他持守了这应许，那我们就该完全放心，上帝也会持守所有其他的应许。在基督里所有的应许都是“是的！”
你最喜欢上帝/耶稣的哪一个应许？你可以花点时间思考一下。只挑选一个确实很难。因为上帝的每一个应许都很重要。圣经中有很多句子值得我们背下来，因为它们是上帝给我们的应许。“我们若认自己的罪，神是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义”（约翰一书1:9）。或许每天晚上认罪之前或认罪之后，你可以背诵一下上面这句经文。“耶和华说：‘我知道我向你们所怀的意念，是赐平安的意念，不是降灾祸得到意念，要叫你们末后有指望’”（耶利米书29:11）。当你对未来感到不确定时，我们应该将这样伟大的应许铭记在心里。
对于以上这些应许，以及所有上帝所有其他的应许说“阿们”吧，因为上帝的每一个应许在基督里都是“是的。”
祷告：主啊，你的应许没有一个是空洞的不确定的。你所有的应许都终将实现，因为它们在基督里面已经被签字、盖章并且实现了。愿我们心里永远说“阿们”，因为我们完全相信你的应许。阿们。
2 Corinthians 1: 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. 20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. (EHV)
The word “amen” comes from the Hebrew and means, “Yes, this is really so.” Jesus used that word often. He used it in Matthew 5:26 for example. “Truly I say to you.” The King James Version would translate it “verily.” We can say “Amen!” to all of God’s promises, because all of God’s promises are “Yes” in Christ. In other words, if God kept his promise to give us a Savior at the expense of the life of his one and only Son, we can rest assured that every other promise God has made will also be kept. The are all “Yes!” in Christ.
What is your favorite promise that God and / or Jesus has made? Take a moment. It’s hard to pick out just one, isn’t it? Because every promise of God is important. If there are verses in the Bible that are worth memorizing, they are the verses that give us God’s promises. “If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). How about reciting that verse before or after you make your evening confession? “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11). Great promise to keep in mind when we are in uncertain times like this!
Say “Amen!” to those promises and to all the promises that God has made, because every promise God has made is “Yes!” in Christ.
Prayer: Lord God, none of your promises are wishy-washy and uncertain. None of your promises will ever fail to come true, because they have been signed, sealed, and delivered in Christ. Let my heart always echo the “Amen!” that comes from being sure of your promises! Amen.