灵性分享：饱享基督的话 Spiritual Message: Feasting upon the words of Christ

       摩尔门经中的先知尼腓教导我们：“我​对​你们​说过，​要​​饱享​基督​的话；​因为​看​啊，​基督​的话​必​指示​你们​所有​当做​的​事。”

       不难看出，这段经文是在邀请我们学习耶稣基督对我们说的话。基督的话其中就包括所拥有的神圣经文。那么先知提到的“饱享”是什么意思呢？我们怎么饱享这些经文呢？“饱享经文”和“读经文”有什么不同？我们经过归纳总结，在这里给大家提出一些建议：

      1. 我们要在读经文之前做祈祷。通过祈祷我们可以邀请圣灵，通过圣灵天父可以帮助我们了解经文的意思，以及经文的真实性。就像摩罗乃在摩尔门经的最后应许我们的一样：“借着​圣灵​的​力量，​你们​可以​​知道​一切​事情​的​​真实性。” 所以如果我们想饱享基督的话，祈祷是必不可缺的。

      2. 我们要在读经文的时候考虑怎么样可以把我们所读到和学到的东西运用到我们的生活中。 同一位尼腓在教导他的人民阅读经文时说：“…你们​也​要​把​那些​话​比​作​对​自己​说的…” 。对，把基督说的话，当作是对我们自己说的。只有这样，我们才能使我们的经文研读更加个人化。就像我们在吃饭之后必须经过消化才能把食物中的营养化为己用。我们也要通过这种“比作”把经文中的营养化为己用。

    3.我们要在研读经文的时候养成做笔记的习惯。研读笔记并不需要长篇大论，而是要写出读经文时我们内心的感受。以下是我们支会的李泓姐妹写的阅读笔记，大家可以参考一下：

   “这周我读了摩尔门经尼腓一书第16-22章，我最喜欢的一节经文是16:28.“事情是这样的，我，尼腓，看到球内的指针，这些指针是按照我们对它的信心和努力和留意程度而运作。”圣灵也是这样运作的，当我们对主有信心，遵守主给我们的诫命，每天读经文，运用信心做祷告，圣灵就会和我们同在。 如果我们留意，我们就会听到圣灵微小的声音，这个声音告诉我们怎么做正确的选择，从而保证我们走在主为我们准备的直而窄的道路上。 如果我们对主没有信心，不遵守诫命，圣灵就会离开我们，就像利阿贺拿里面的指针一样停止工作。因此，我们需要在内心为圣灵保留一个良好的环境。我非常喜欢这节经文，它告诉我，主能借着简单而微小的事促成伟大的事情。”

       这样的读书笔记不仅可以让我们对经文中的知识有更加深刻的理解，也可以帮助我们饱享基督的话。 

       4. 最后，在我们读经文的时候，我们要怀着一颗感恩的心。这种感恩来自于了解经文的重要性，还有它的来之不易。便亚悯王教导他的人民时说：“…​我​告诉​你们，​要不是​由​神​的​手​保管​并​​保全​这些​东西，​使​我们​能​​阅读​并​了解​祂​的​​奥秘，​使​我们​一直​有​祂​的​诫命​在​我们​眼前，​我们​的​祖先​也​会​在​不信​中​衰落，​我们​也​会​像​我们​的​弟兄​拉曼​人​一样；​他们​对​这些​事​一无所知，​甚至​由于​来自​他们​祖先​不正确​的​​传统，​甚至​他们​在​蒙​教导​时​也​不​相信​这些​事。” 只有在经文和启示的帮助下，我们才可以了解耶稣基督真正的福音。所以我们要感谢神所赐给我们的礼物，更加珍惜这笔宝贵的财富。

      以上的这些就是我们传教士分享给大家关于如何“饱享基督的话”的点子。我们邀请每一个人每天研读经文，饱享基督的话，我们向您保证，这要你如此做，你便可以得到神通过尼腓的口应许我们的祝福，经文便可以告诉我们所有当作的事！

      如果您有其他读经文的好经验，也可以在下面的留言板上和我们分享！

In the Book of Mormon, the prophet Nephi teaches us: "Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do."

It's pretty easy to tell that this scripture is inviting us to come and learn more about Christ's words. Christ's words includes all of the holy text contained in the scriptures. So, what did the prophet Nephi mean when he said 'feast'? How do we feast on the scriptures? What is the difference, then, between 'feasting on the scriptures' and 'reading the scriptures' ? We would like to share with you the thoughts and inspiration we received while we were studying this question.

1. Pray before reading the scriptures. We can invite the Holy Ghost through prayer, through that Holy Spirit, God will help us understand what the scriptures mean and will reveal the truthfulness of what they teach us. Moroni, in the end of the Book of Mormon, promises us that "by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things." So, if we want to feast on the words of Christ, we must not forget to pray.

2. Ponder how to apply what we have learned to our everyday lives. The same prophet, Nephi, also taught us that when we read, we must "liken all scriptures unto us". So, while you are pondering, act as if these words of Christ are being spoken directly to you. Just like how the only way we get nutrients from food is if we eat and allow our body to digest the food, we must "liken" these scriptures to ourselves in order to fully feast upon the words of Christ.

3. Develop a habit of taking notes. Our study notes do not need to be anything extravagant or extra colorful to be effective. Instead we should simply write what we feel. We have provided an excerpt from the study notes of Sister Li Hong in our ward, please take a moment to read through her example of note-taking.

  "This week I read 1 Nephi chapters 16-22, my favorite verse was in 16:28 "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the pointers which were in the ball, that they did work according to the a

faith and diligence and heed which we did give unto them." This is the same way the Holy Ghost works, when we have faith in the Lord, keep the commandments he has given us, read the scriptures every day and pray with faith then the Holy Ghost can be with us. If we give heed, then we will hear the still small voice of the Spirit, this voice will tell us how to make correct choices, thus guaranteeing that we are walking on the strait and narrow path that the Lord has prepared for us. If we do not have faith in the Lord and do not keep his commandments then the Holy Ghost will leave us, just like how the Liahona stopped working for Nephi's family. Therefore, need to preserve a good environment in our hearts to let the Holy Ghost stay with us. I really like this scripture, it teaches us that the Lord will bring great things to pass through small and simple means."

 Taking notes like this not only will help us more deeply understand the scriptures, but will also help us more fully feast upon the words of Christ.

4. Finally, keep a grateful heart. This type of gratitude comes from understanding the importance of the scriptures, but it is not easily attained. When King Benjamin taught his sons he said "I say unto you, my sons, were it not for these things, which have been kept and preserved by the hand of God, that we might read and understand of his mysteries, and have his commandments always before our eyes, that even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief, and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they are taught them, because of the traditions of their fathers, which are not correct." only through the help of the scriptures and personal revelation can we understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So we must thank our Heavenly father for this gift he has given us by treasuring this valuable asset that we have which allows us to feast upon the words of Christ

The four above mentioned points are what our missionaries would like to share about 'feasting upon the words of Christ'. We invite you all to study the scriptures every day, feast upon the words of Christ, we promise that if you do this, you will be able to obtain what God has promised us all through the mouth of his servant Nephi that "the words of Christ (scriptures) will tell you all things what ye should do."

 If you have any other scripture study experiences, please tell us about them in the comment section below!