马太福音-Matthew 6章2节
| 6:2 |
所以你施舍的时候，不可在你前面吹号，像那假冒为善的人在会堂里和巷道上所行的，为要得人的荣耀。我实在告诉你们，他们已经充分的得了他们的赏赐。 Therefore when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward in full. |
Enlightenment:
The effect of doing our righteous deeds in secret is that the self and the flesh are killed. If people in society today are not allowed to make a show of their good deeds, they will not do them. As long as people have an opportunity to make a public display of their righteous deeds, they are glad to perform them. This is the deplorable practice of today’s degraded Christianity, especially in the matter of fund raising, which provides an excellent opportunity for the donors to make a display. The greater the public show, the more money people are willing to give. Certainly such making of a show is of the flesh. Giving alms to the poor in order to show how generous you are is not a matter of anger, lust, or the natural being; it is a matter of the self, the flesh. Making a show in such a way is simply boasting for yourself. Thus, for us as kingdom people, a basic principle concerning righteous deeds is never to make a show of ourselves. As much as possible, hide yourself, keep yourself covered, and do things in secret.
亮光
在隐密中行义，结果乃是杀死己和肉体。今天如果不允许人在社会上显扬他们的善行，他们就不干了。只要人有机会公开炫耀自己的义行，他们就乐意去作。这是今天堕落基督教可悲的作法，尤其在捐款的事上，给捐款人大好机会来炫耀。公开的显扬越大，人就愿意捐更多的钱。当然，这样的显扬是出于肉体。为了显扬你是多慷慨而施舍穷人，不是怒气、情欲或天然之人的事，乃是己、肉体的事。这样的显扬不过是夸耀自己。因此，对我们国度子民而言，关于义行的基本原则是绝不要显扬自己。尽可能隐藏自己、遮盖自己、并在隐密中行事。