（腓立比書Philippians 1:10-11）
保羅為我們禱告，希望我們成為誠實無過的人。如果要成為誠實無過，必須先要能明辨是非，或者，要先能喜愛那美好的事。什麼是那美好的事呢？保羅指那美好的事，是神認為美好的事，就是聖經教導有關我們各種的屬靈操練。
這是值得讓我們思考的一個嚴肅的問題：聖經教導我們有關各種的屬靈操練，是否也是我們認為美好的事呢？保羅要我們不單能分辨出這些美好的事來，更要去喜愛它們。分辨只是知道。許多基督徒都知道聖經的教導，但不一定喜愛那些教導，因為喜愛那些教導就一定努力去遵行這些教導。
原來在生活中，有許多事情雖然是對的，但卻不一定是好的。更有發人深省的情況，就是有一些社會上眾人都認為是對的和好的事物，但聖經卻不一定認為是對的和好的。在這一點上，保羅要我們能分辨出來，所以在前一節要我們追求更強的分辨能力。基督徒應該接受聖經是我們行事為人和一切價值的標準。當我們的觀念或社會的觀念和聖經的觀念矛盾時，我們應該接受聖經的教導，用聖經的真理批判自己的想法和社會流行的觀念。
我們如果能夠辨明是非（什麼是聖經認為美好的事），又喜好那些聖經認為是對的和美好的事物，我們就是在過誠實無過（純潔無可指責）的生活，會慢慢結出公義（仁義）的果子了。
在這次崇拜中你有沒有聽見一些聖經的教訓，並知道它們是美好的呢？你如何在這星期的生活中去實踐它們呢？
Paul prayed for us to live a life being free from impurity and blame. If we want to be free from impurity and blame, we must first know how to differentiate good from evil (or to choose the best). How to define good? Good to Paul means good in God’s eye, which are the spiritual things that the Bible teaches us.
It is a very serious issue that demands us to think through it: Do we see all the spiritual disciplines as good as the Bible teaches us? Paul urges us not only just to differentiate good from evil, but to choose the best. A lot of Christians know that the Bible teaches us good things, but they do not necessary choose those good things, for if they choose them, they should also practice them.
As a matter of fact, many things in life are right but not good. Some situations even cause us a deeper thinking, which people in the society think right and good, but the Bible has a total different perspective. This is where Paul warns us to give caution to. Therefore, in the previous verse Paul urges us to increase our ability of discernment. Christians should take Bible as the standard measure for everything. Whenever there is a conflict between the social value and the biblical value, we should accept the biblical value and use it to evaluate our understanding and the secular perspectives. If we choose the best, and love whatever the Bible says right and good, we will be able to free from impurity and blame, and bear the fruit of righteousness.
Have you heard of any biblical teaching in this worship service and know that it is good? How may you put what you have learned into your daily practice in this coming week?
