2018年8月7日 星期二

提摩太前書1:3-7


1:3 我往馬其頓去的時候,曾勸你仍住在以弗所,好囑咐那幾個人不可傳異教,
1:4
也不可聽從荒渺無憑的話語和無窮的家譜;這等事只生辯論,並不發明上帝在信上所立的章程。
1:5
但命令的總歸就是愛;這愛是從清潔的心和無虧的良心,無偽的信心生出來的。
1:6
有人偏離這些,反去講虛浮的話,
1:7
想要作教法師,卻不明白自己所講說的所論定的。

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.

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    保羅在這裡說到要成為傳道人,「愛」是不可以缺乏的,正如他吩咐提摩太的:「但命令的總歸就是愛;這愛是從清潔的心和無虧的良心,無偽的信心生出來的。有人偏離這些,反去講虛浮的話,想要作教法師,卻不明白自己所講說的所論定的。

    所以,我們要對弟兄姊妹講道,首先要省察自己是不是真的愛弟兄姊妹,是不是要將上帝話供應給他們!我們不是為肚腹講道,是要為愛弟兄姊妹來講道,若沒有這樣的愛心,所講的道是無意義的!

    既然如此,我們講道就必須為聽眾禱告,禱告到自己被上帝的愛感動,才能夠愛弟兄姊妹,才能成為上帝話語的傳講者!

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