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有一次，我在主持完葬礼后，听到有人说，他希望死去的家人能发个短信或邮件，让他知道《圣经》所说有关于死后有生命的事都是真的。他说，只有这样他才能确实相信。他其实是在说，只有《圣经》还是不够的。

在今天我们所读到的路加福音16章的比喻中，耶稣是在向那些不真正相信神在《圣经》中教导的人说话。《圣经》又被称为“摩西和先知”的话。比喻中这类人很固执，他们常常被攫取巨大财富的欲望所驱动。但耶稣说：“你们不能又侍奉神，又侍奉玛门”。（参路 16:13）祂讲这个比喻就是为了解释这一真理。

对比喻中的这个财主来说，摩西和先知还不够。他觉得要是有人能从坟墓里复活，来警告他，他就不会下到阴间受痛苦。但耶稣清楚地表明：若不听从《圣经》的话，就是有一个从死里复活的人，他们也是不会听劝的。

在提摩太后书三章十四至十七节中，使徒保罗提醒我们：《圣经》都是“神所默示的”，能教导我们在耶稣基督里的救恩。如果你有任何疑问，就去查考《圣经》。它能告诉你所需要知道的一切，关于如何生活，以及如何藉着耶稣获得永生这一奇妙的礼物。

One day, after I had led a funeral service, someone said he wished that a family member who had died would send a text or email to let him know that everything,the Bible said,about life after death was really true. Only then would he be convinced, he said. In his own way, he was saying that, the Bible is not enough.

In the parable we have read today from Luke 16, Jesus was speaking to people who had not really believed what God had taught them in the Scriptures, which were also called ＂Moses and Prophets＂. These people were stubborn, and they were often attracted to the idea of having great wealth. But Jesus said, ＂You cannot serve both God and Money＂ (See Luke 16:13). And he told them this parable to illustrate that truth.

For the rich man in this parable, Moses and the Prophets were not enough. He thought that if only someone from beyond the grave had warned him, he would not be in hell, the place of torment. But Jesus made clear that, if someone did not listen to Scripture, they would not be convinced, even if someone rose from the dead.

In 2 Timothy 3:14-17 the apostle Paul reminds us that the Bible is ＂God-breathed＂ and is able to teach us about salvation in Jesus Christ. If you have questions, turn to the Bible. It tells you everything you need to know about how to live and how to find the amazing gift of eternal life through Jesus.