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关于人类最大的问题，众说纷纭。弗洛伊德认为是超我和本我之间的冲突。几乎每个特殊利益集团则认为是教育的缺乏。新时代运动的追随者则认为是我们对自身”神性“的无知。圣经告诉我们，神造人的起初目的，是为了神与人以及人与人之间的关系。罪摧毁了这些关系。亚当和夏娃因为赤身而躲避神，而神则通过以衣蔽体来帮助他们摆脱困境，但从那时起，因着罪的缘故，人在神面前“赤身裸体”，与神的关系从此断绝。人无法自行弥合这个鸿沟。我们需要神建造一座桥梁……神做到了。

圣灵藉着神的话在您的生命中服侍您。今天的圣经章节摘自于【哥林多后书】第三章第13-18节：“不像摩西将帕子蒙在脸上，叫以色列人不能定睛看到那将废者的结局。但他们的心地刚硬，直到今日诵读旧约的时候，这帕子还没有揭去，这帕子在基督里已经废去了。然而直到今日，每逢诵读摩西书的时候，帕子还在他们心上。但他们的心几时归向主，帕子就几时除去了。主就是那灵。主的灵在哪里，那里就得以自由。我们众人既然敞着脸得以看见主的荣光，好像从镜子里返照，就变成主的形状，荣上加荣，如同从主的灵变成的。”

休憩之时，愿您在那良善之神的保守中安然入梦。神祝福您。

亲切的问候，

杰夫牧师

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There have been a host of ideas about what humankind’s greatest problem is. Freud suggested it’s a conflict between the Super-ego and the Id. Just about every special interest group says it’s a lack of education. New Agers tell us we don’t realize that we’re “god’s.” The Bible tells us humans were created by God in the beginning for relationship with him and each other. Sin destroyed those relationships. Adam and Eve hid from God because of nakedness and God took care of the situation by clothing them, but ever since, humans have been “naked” before God and out of relationship with him because of sin. Humans haven’t been able to bridge that gap on our own. We need God to do the bridge building … and he has.

The Scripture section the Holy Spirit will minister to you through is 2 Corinthians 3:13-18, “We are not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so the people of Israel would not see the glory, even though it was destined to fade away. But the people’s minds were hardened, and to this day whenever the old covenant is being read, the same veil covers their minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by believing in Christ. Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand. But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.”

May God keep you and may you experience his warm love for you. God bless you.

Kind regards,

Pastor Jeff