2018年7月28日 星期六

歌羅西書1:3-8


1:3 我們感謝上帝、我們主耶穌基督的父,常常為你們禱告;
1:4
因聽見你們在基督耶穌裡的信心,並向眾聖徒的愛心,
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是為那給你們存在天上的盼望;這盼望就是你們從前在福音真理的道上所聽見的。
1:6
這福音傳到你們那裡,也傳到普天之下,並且結果,增長,如同在你們中間,自從你們聽見福音,真知道上帝恩惠的日子一樣。
1:7
正如你們從我們所親愛、一同作僕人的以巴弗所學的。他為我們(有古卷:你們)作了基督忠心的執事,
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也把你們因聖靈所存的愛心告訴了我們。

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,[c] who is a faithful minister of Christ on our[d] behalf, and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

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    保羅總是為著寫信的對象來感謝上帝,並且為他們來禱告,並起稱讚他們的信心和愛心,並且提醒他們在基督耶穌裡的盼望,還告訴他們福音的果效,在各個地方展開了!讓讀者讀起來感覺十分溫暖與感動!

    的確,上帝的傳道者,是要傳報好消息,要人感受到上帝的慈愛與恩典,使人先感受到上帝是多麼的奇妙,而且是真正行奇事和施展大能的上帝,是我們可以信賴和倚靠的主,可以勇敢將生命交託給祂的!

    成為祂的使徒或傳道者,更是要讓人來感受上帝的同在!讓人體會,我們的上帝是愛我們的,所以我們要如保羅在這裡所說:「在基督耶穌裡有信心,並向眾聖徒有愛心!」

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