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? 2 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? 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 4 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? 5 I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? 6 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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