2018年6月29日 星期五

哥林多後書1:8-11


1:8 弟兄們,我們不要你們不曉得,我們從前在亞細亞遭遇苦難,被壓太重,力不能勝,甚至連活命的指望都絕了;
1:9
自己心裡也斷定是必死的,叫我們不靠自己,只靠叫死人復活的上帝。
1:10
他曾救我們脫離那極大的死亡,現在仍要救我們,並且我們指望他將來還要救我們。
1:11
你們以祈禱幫助我們,好叫許多人為我們謝恩,就是為我們因許多人所得的恩。

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[a] about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11 as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

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    保羅見證上帝的拯救,使他們脫離極大的死亡,使他們受到極大壓力沒有指望時,都給他們活下去的盼望和力量。不僅過去,還有現在以及將來,他都相信上帝會拯救!

    上帝的拯救真的像保羅所說的,是包括過去、現在和將來,是不受時間和空間的限制。因為上帝是永恆與超然的上帝,是全能的上帝!既然祂能使耶穌基督從死裡復活,也必拯救我們到底,如祂在聖經所應許的!

    保羅之所以讓人感恩,就是上帝透過他,讓人感受到拯救的恩典。相信我們將自己獻給上帝,上帝也會這樣使用我們,成為上帝賜福的管道!

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