我以前讲过一次,有个做爸爸的,第二天参加同学会,他那天特别买了条新裤子,稍微长了10cm。他先跟他太太讲,他太太那天正好身体不舒服,跟他说不能帮他弄。他跑去找他大女儿,他大女儿说晚上有party,没空帮他弄。他跟他妈去讲,他妈说现在眼睛越来越花了,不能弄。没有办法,他只好自己弄了一下。没想到第二天参加同学会的时候,一拿出来,裤子短了30cm。因为后来太太,他女儿,他妈妈都帮他弄了裤子。第二天他穿着这条裤子参加同学会,他很骄傲跟同学做见证,“你看我有三个女人爱我”。看你怎么handle这件事,你可以很生气说“基本常识都没有吗,这么短了还剪”,但是这叫做爱心中彼此宽容。允许有一些沟通上造成的问题。用和平彼此联络。换句话说,只要你跟人接触,我们要定个心意,不允许有任何不合的事情。不光要peace with God, 还要peace with man,有一天还要peace with everything。跟神是和好的,跟人是和好的,跟所有的事情都是和好的。
最后教会生活的挑战就是长大成熟,能够彰显基督身体的丰满。不是一点点,应该很丰富的。不应该只有这么一点点,要长大成熟。我诚恳的要求弟兄姊妹,不管是大人,是年轻人,是孩子,不管你刚信耶稣,还是信主三四十年,我们被神拯救,放在基督的身体里面,we are one。我们就是一个,你得福,我就跟着得福,你受伤,受亏损,全身一同受苦的。我们能够起来爱主,让全身得祝福,我们的失败给身体带来伤害。我们真的需要主帮助我们,我相信我们个人都有自己的挣扎,我们都有自己的所碰到的试探和艰难的环境,但是当我们被放在一起的时候,一根筷子一折就断了,当我们放在一起的时候,仇敌不能够来伤害我们,祷告我们彼此保护,在爱里面用和平彼此联络。我们一起来成长。我们唱诗。. 作者: yingyinc 时间: 2014-6-28 20:37
「成全聖徒,各盡其職」(6) :在基督裡該有的教會生活
"Equipping of the saints for the work of ministry" (6) : The Proper Church Life in Christ
經文:以弗所書 4:1-16,腓2:1-5,弗1:22-23
Scriptures: Eph 4:1-16,Phil 2:1-5, Eph 1:22-23
背誦經文:22 又將萬有服在祂的腳下,使祂為教會作萬有之首。 23 教會是祂的身體,是那充滿萬有者所充滿
的。 (弗1:22-23)
Memorization Verse(s): And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over allt hings to the church, which is His
body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. (Eph 1:22-23)
A) 教會生活的目的: .
A) The purpose of a church life : To .
-從「成全聖徒,各盡其職」到「建立基督的身體」
- From "Equipping of the saints for the work of ministry" to "edifying the body of Christ"
§ 11 他所賜的,有使徒,有先知,有傳福音的,有牧師和教師, 12 為要成全聖徒,各盡其職,建立基督
的身體...( 弗4:11-12)
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the
equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ ...(Eph 4:11-12)
v 彼此成全、彼此建立的目的:「提升我們屬靈的價值,擴大我們蒙福的度量」
The purpose of equipping and edifying one another is to "elevate our spiritual value and to enlarge our capacity for blessings"
B) 教會生活的特點: .
A special aspect of the church life : .
-從「竭力保守聖靈裡的一」到「在真道上同歸於一」
- From "endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit" to "all come to the unity of the faith"
§ 2 凡事謙虛、溫柔、忍耐,用愛心互相寬容, 3 用和平彼此聯絡,竭力保守聖靈所賜合而為一的心….13
直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識神的兒子,得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量...( 弗4:2-3,13)
with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace. ...13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the
measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; (Eph 4:2-3,13)
§ 1所以,在基督裏若有甚麼勸勉,愛心有甚麼安慰,聖靈有甚麼交通,心中有甚麼慈悲憐憫, 2 你們就
要意念相同,愛心相同,有一樣的心思,有一樣的意念,使我的喜樂可以滿足。3 凡事不可結黨,不可
貪圖虛浮的榮耀;只要存心謙卑,各人看別人比自己強。4 各人不要單顧自己的事,也要顧別人的事。 5
你們當以基督耶穌的心為心…(腓2:1-5)
Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill
my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through selfish
ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his
own interests, but also for the interests of others.5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, (Phil 2:1-5)
C) 教會生活的挑戰 (使命):長大成熟, .
C) The challenges of a church life (Mission) : Growing unto maturity and .
v 從「小孩子」到「不再作小孩子」,並且「得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量」
From "children" to "no longer being children", but "to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ"
§ 13 「直等到」我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識 神的兒子,得以長大成人,「滿有」基督長成的身量, 14
使我們不再作小孩子… 15 惟用愛心說誠實話,凡事長進,連於元首基督, 16 全身都靠他聯絡得合式,百節各
按各職,照著各體的功用彼此相助,便叫身體漸漸增長,在愛中建立自己。(弗4:13-16)
13 "till" we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, "to the measure" of the
stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, ... 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all
things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies,
according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in
love.(Eph 4:13-16)
§ 22 又將萬有服在祂的腳下,使祂為教會作萬有之首。 23 教會是祂的身體,是那充滿萬有者所充滿的。 (
弗1:22-23)
And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him
who fills all in all. (Eph 1:22-23).