#know christ

It’s a simple question, but it cuts deep. Not do you know about Jesus. Not have you heard His name, grown up in church, sung the songs, or read a few verses. The real question is this: Do you know Him? In the Gospels, many people knew about Jesus. They watched Him teach, saw the miracles, listened to the crowds buzz with excitement. Yet Jesus often exposed a painful truth—proximity does not…

有一天，鎭上貼滿了海報，說有馬戲團要來表演，入場券每張一美元。這家庭中一位小男孩渴望能看到馬戲團表演，但是父親告訴他，必須自己打工存錢。這個小男孩從未看過馬戲，所以他拼命打工賺錢，終於能購買一張入場券。

馬戲團抵達那天，他上街看團員以及動物進城的遊行。就在他佇足觀看一個小丑跳著舞向他走來，這男孩王小丑的手中，然後就站在街道旁鼓掌叫好，這男孩就將他的入場券放在小丑的手中，然後就站在街道旁鼓掌叫好地看完整個遊行。

這男孩跑回家裏，將所看到的告訴父親，並敘述馬戲團多麼有趣。他的父親聽完之後，就擁著他說：「孩子，其實你並沒有看到馬戲團的表演，你所看到的只是遊行而已。」

這是聖誕節的喻道故事。許多人對節日慶典活動興奮不已，卻錯過主戲。

FRIENDS and SERVANTS of the WORD TUESDAY 2 after CHRISTMAS JANUARY 5, 2021 WORD of the DAY   The next day he decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph,…