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God sees through these fig-leaves!
上帝能看穿这些无花果树叶的遮掩！
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“My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from Me, nor is their sin concealed from My eyes!” Jeremiah 16:17
“我的眼目察看他们一切的行为，他们不能在我面前遮掩，他们的罪孽也不能在我眼前隐藏！”耶利米书16:17
If God is a God of infinite knowledge, then see the folly of hypocrisy. Hypocrites carry it fair with men, but care not how bad their hearts are—they live in secret sin.
如果上帝是全知的上帝，那就能看出虚伪的愚蠢。伪君子在人前表现得很好，但不在乎他们的内心有多坏——他们暗中犯罪。
They say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?” “What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness?” “God has forgotten, He hides His face—He will never see it!”
他们说：”上帝怎能知道？至高者岂有知识？””上帝知道什么？祂能透过黑暗审判吗？””上帝已经忘记了，祂掩面不看——祂永远看不见！”
“His understanding is infinite!” He has a window to look into men’s hearts! He has a key to open up the heart.
“祂的知识无限！”祂有窗户可以看透人心！祂有钥匙可以打开心扉。
“Your Father who sees in secret.” God sees in secret. As a merchant enters debts in his book—so God has His debt-book in which He enters every sin!
“你们在暗中的父看见。”上帝在暗中察看。就像商人在账本上记录债务一样——上帝也有祂的罪债簿，记录着每一个罪！
The hypocrite thinks to disguise and juggle with God, but God will unmask him. “God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing.” “For they have done outrageous things . . . I know it and am a witness to it, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 29:23
伪君子以为能在上帝面前伪装和玩弄把戏，但上帝会揭露他的真面目。”上帝必审判一切行为，连一切隐秘事也必审判。””因为他们行了愚妄的事…我知道，我也作见证，这是耶和华说的。”耶利米书29:23
The hypocrite hopes he shall color over his sin, and make it look very good. Absalom masks over his treason with the pretense of a religious vow. Judas cloaks his covetousness, with the pretense of “charity to the poor.” Jehu makes religion a cloak for his selfish design. But God sees through these fig-leaves!
伪君子希望能粉饰自己的罪，使其看起来很好。押沙龙用宗教誓言掩饰他的叛逆。犹大用”周济穷人”的借口掩饰他的贪婪。耶户把宗教当作自私目的的遮掩。但上帝能看穿这些无花果树叶的遮掩！
He who has an eye to see, will find a hand to punish!
有眼可见的人，必有手来惩罚！
Since God is infinite in knowledge, we should always feel as under His omniscient eye. “I have set the Lord always before me.” The consideration of God’s omniscience would be preventive of much sin. The eye of man will restrain from sin; and will not God’s eyes much more?
由于上帝拥有无限的知识，我们应当时刻感觉在祂全知的目光之下。”我将耶和华常摆在我面前。”思考上帝的全知全能会预防许多罪恶。人的眼睛能够抑制罪恶；上帝的眼睛岂不更能？
“Will he even assault the queen right here in the palace, before my very eyes? the king roared.” Esther 7:8. Will we sin when our Judge looks on?
“他竟敢在宫中，在我眼前污辱王后吗？”王怒吼道。（以斯帖记7:8）当我们的审判者在看着时，我们还会犯罪吗？
Would men speak so vainly, if they considered God overheard them? What care would people have of their words—if they remembered that God heard, and His pen was writing everything down in Heaven?
如果人们想到上帝在倾听，他们还会说那些虚妄的话吗？如果人们记住上帝在聆听，并且祂的笔在天上记录着一切，他们会如何谨慎自己的言语？
Would they commit immorality—if they believed God was a spectator of their wickedness, and would punish them in Hell for it?
如果他们相信上帝在观看他们的邪恶，并会因此在地狱惩罚他们，他们还会行不道德之事吗？
Would they defraud in their dealings, and use false weights—if they knew God saw them; and for making their weights lighter, would make their damnation heavier?
如果他们知道上帝在看着他们，并且因为他们减轻砝码重量而加重他们的罪罚，他们还会在交易中欺诈，使用假砝码吗？
Is God omniscient, and His eye chiefly upon the heart? Then be sincere—be what you seem! “The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7
上帝是全知的，祂的眼睛主要注视人心吗？那就要真诚——做真实的自己！”耶和华不像人看人，人是看外表，耶和华是看内心。”撒母耳记上16:7
Men judge the heart, by the actions.
God judges the actions, by the heart!
人以行为判断内心。
上帝以内心判断行为！