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当有人向基督徒问安时，听到他们说：“我是蒙福的人，” 是毫不出奇的。

以色列民真的是蒙福的。与亚伯拉罕和他的后裔立约时，神这样说：“我必叫你成为大国。我必赐福给你”。（参创 12:2）神应许以色列民，祂以与他们同在为祝福，祂又应许赐他们繁荣昌盛，亚伯拉罕的后裔将会多如海边的沙，神更应许赐一个居住地给他的后裔。

以色列民既然在昔日和将来都领受这些应许，神便不容许巴兰咒诅祂的子民。摩押王巴勒认为，找巴兰咒诅以色列民，是削弱以色列和制止他们夺取自己领地的唯一方法，不过，这个做法是行不通的，也不可能行得通。

我们也是蒙福的人。因着耶稣的缘故，亚伯拉罕和以色列民得到的祝福，也成为我们的祝福。神又应许亚伯拉罕，地上的万族都要因他得福。（参创 12:3）这个应许在亚伯拉罕的后裔耶稣身上实现了。在基督里，神是我们的帮助；神若帮助我们，没有人能敌挡我们，也没有人能使我们与神的爱隔绝、或阻止我们得到祂应许赐给我们的永远产业。（参罗 8:31-39）在基督里，我们每一个人确实能够说：“我是蒙福的人。”

It's not unusual to hear Chris­tians say "I am blessed" when someone asks how they are doing.

Israel was indeed blessed. When God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants, he said, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you" (Genesis 12:2). God promised Israel the blessing of his presence. He promised them the blessing of prosperity. Abraham's descendants would be as numerous as the sand on the seashore. God also promised the blessing of a land for his descendants to live in.

Because Israel had these promises in their past and future, God would not allow Balaam to curse his people. King Balak of Moab thought that the only way he could weaken Israel and keep them from taking his land was to get Balaam to put a curse on Israel. But that would not and could not work.

We too are blessed people. Because of Jesus, the blessings given to Abraham and Israel are ours. God also promised Abraham that all nations would be blessed through him (Genesis 12:3). That promise was fulfilled in Abraham's descendant, Jesus. In Christ, God is for us; and if God is for us, no one can stand against us. No one can separate us from God's love or keep us from receiving the eternal inheritance he has promised (Romans 8:31-39). In Christ each of us can truly say, "I am blessed."