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23 Pastor Chris克雷斯牧师

BEWARE OF FAMILIAR VOICES

谨防熟悉的声音

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers (John 10:4-5).

当他放出自己的羊来，就在前头走，羊也跟着他，因为他们认得他的声音。羊不跟着生人；因为不认得他的声音，必要逃跑。（约翰福音10:4-5）

Oftentimes, some people hear voices that tell them what to do or about what they’re doing, salvos of thoughts bombard their minds, especially when they’re at the verge of making very important life-decisions. As a Christian, it’s important that you judge the thoughts and voices you hear with the Word, even when such voices are “familiar voices.” 

通常，有些人会听见一些声音告诉他们要作什么，或他们正在做什么，各种想法轰炸他们的大脑，尤其是当他们面临一些极重要的人生抉择的时候更是如此。作为一个基督徒，非常重要的是你要以神的道来判断你所听到的声音和脑海中的想法，即使有些声音是“熟悉的声音”也要如此。

That the voice you heard, or are hearing, is a familiar one doesn’t necessarily mean it’s God-sent to you. So, be wise, and know the difference between the voice that God sent to you, and the voice of a stranger. A stranger will bring you a different message and lead you in the wrong path (See Deuteronomy 13:1-3).

你所听到的、或正传入你耳中的声音很熟悉的并不一定代表这是神对你说话的声音。因此，你要有智慧，知道神对你说话的声音与陌生人对你说话的声音的不同之处。陌生人会带给你不同的信息，领你走上错误的道路（请查考申命记13:1-3）。

Many times, people wish and hope that a stranger would confirm God’s message to them, thinking it’s more supernatural or spectacular when someone they’ve never known confirms God’s Word to them. But that’s not God’s way of doing things. God is most likely to send to you the one you’ve known, to confirm His Word to your spirit, not the one that you’ve never known. Therefore, always be sure that the voice you’re harkening to or that’s leading you, and confirming your thoughts and prophecy, is the voice of God, or the voice of the one He’s sent to you. 

很多时候，人们希望有个陌生人能证实神传与他们的信息，认为若有一个他们从来不认识的人证实神对他们说的话，这是更加超自然、更加奇妙的事。但这不是神的做事方式。最大的可能是，神差遣你认识的人证实祂对你的灵所说的话，而非你不认识的人。因此，总要确保你所听到的声音或带领你的声音，以及证实你的思维和预言的声音是神的声音，或祂差派对你对话之人的声音。

There’s no true child of God that wouldn’t know or recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me” (John 10:27), and in our opening verse, He said, “And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” The problem with many is that they ignore His voice. Listen for God’s voice and direction in His Word, because He’ll speak to you through His Word, and by the Holy Spirit. 

没有任何一个真正神的孩子不晓得或不能辨别圣灵的声音。耶稣说：“我的羊听我的声音，我也认识他们，他们也跟着我。”（约翰福音10:27）祂在我们的开篇经文中也说道：“羊不跟着生人；因为不认得他的声音，必要逃跑。”很多人的问题在于他们无视祂的声音。要聆听神的声音，并祂话语的指示，因为祂会通过祂的道并圣灵对你说话。

Prayer

祷告

Thank you, heavenly Father, for the privilege to be taught and instructed in, and by, your Word. Your Word is my guiding light, and the reservoir from which I make choices and decisions. I’m sensitive to the leading and guidance of the Holy Spirit, as I meditate on the Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

天父我感谢你，因你赐给我权柄在你的道中受你话语的教导、指示。你的话是我路上的光，是我做出选择和决定的源泉。当我默想神话语的时候，我敏于圣灵的带领和引导。在耶稣的名里，阿们。

Further Study

参考经文

Psalm 16:7 TLB

诗篇16:7生命圣经译本

Isaiah 30:21

以赛亚书30:21

John 10:27-28

约翰福音10:27-28