2018年6月9日 星期六

哥林多前書6:1-6


6:1 你們中間有彼此相爭的事,怎敢在不義的人面前求審,不在聖徒面前求審呢?
6:2
豈不知聖徒要審判世界嗎?若世界為你們所審,難道你們不配審判這最小的事嗎?
6:3
豈不知我們要審判天使嗎?何況今生的事呢?
6:4
既是這樣,你們若有今生的事當審判,是派教會所輕看的人審判嗎?
6:5
我說這話是要叫你們羞恥。難道你們中間沒有一個智慧人能審斷弟兄們的事嗎?
6:6
你們竟是弟兄與弟兄告狀,而且告在不信主的人面前。

If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!

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    保羅在這裡做了重要的表是,就是教會內的事情不要靠到外面的法院,要在教會內先處理好,以免羞辱主的名。因為彼此都是被上帝稱為義的人,就要按照上帝所賜的智慧,找一位公正的人,在教會審理紛爭的事情。

    當然在今日,這樣的紛爭要法律無關的事情,若是些傷害到生命和財產的事情,還是需要到國家所設立的法庭去處理,以免觸犯法律的規定,導致教會被汙名化,不能不謹慎。

    當然,保羅不願意教會內的人在法院互告,是聖靈的感動,就是上帝的心意,願主給教會智慧來處理教會內的紛爭。

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