
Questioning
11-12 The woman said, “Sir, you don’t even have a bucket to draw with, and this well is deep. So how are you going to get this ‘living water’? Are you a better man than our ancestor Jacob, who dug this well and drank from it, he and his sons and livestock, and passed it down to us?”
– John 4:11-12
The Message Version (MSG)
疑問
11-12 那位婦女說:「先生,你連個水桶都沒有,井又那麼深,你如何打『活水』上來呢?難道你比我們的祖先雅各還厲害嗎?他挖了這口井,並且他本人和他的子孫與牲畜們都喝這口井裡的水。並且,直到今日我們還在飲用。」
—約翰福音四章11-12節
摘自 顧瓊華《天天活出神的話》*主題經張天慧醫師修輯整理
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懷疑並不是罪,它是信仰中的重要元素。有疑惑是誠實的表現,因為事情往往並不只是像表面所看到的那樣。我們常從所相信和所經驗的事中看出矛盾。到底内情如何?難道神給我們的是一個失靈的舵?為何事情不照我們所期望的發生?成熟的信心需經過懷疑的考驗,懷疑迫使信心打穩根基。