2020年6月19日 星期五

以弗所書4:11-16


4:11 他所賜的,有使徒,有先知,有傳福音的,有牧師和教師,
4:12
為要成全聖徒,各盡其職,建立基督的身體,
4:13
直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識上帝的兒子,得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量,
4:14
使我們不再作小孩子,中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術,被一切異教之風搖動,飄來飄去,就隨從各樣的異端;
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惟用愛心說誠實話,凡事長進,連於元首基督,
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全身都靠他聯絡得合式,百節各按各職,照著各體的功用彼此相助,便叫身體漸漸增長,在愛中建立自己。

10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

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    保羅說的「在愛中建立自己」,不是要我們建立自我,而是教會的建立!而教會的建立是來自哪裡呢﹖不是靠別的就是「百節各按各職,照著各體的功用彼此相助」,這也就是說恩賜的發揮。

    然而教會不是專門注重每個人的個別恩賜,也不是高舉某一種恩賜;因為我們都在基督裡互為肢體,每一個人、每一個恩賜都是非常重要的,正如保羅一開始說到:「他所賜的,有使徒,有先知,有傳福音的,有牧師和教師,為要成全聖徒,各盡其職,建立基督的身體」。

    恩賜發揮的明顯益處,就如保羅所說:「直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識上帝的兒子,得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量,使我們不再作小孩子,中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術,被一切異教之風搖動,飄來飄去,就隨從各樣的異端」。

    然而恩賜發揮的關鍵是「惟用愛心說誠實話,凡事長進,連於元首基督」,這也是說我們必須在基督裡與上帝相交,這也就是說,我們必須先透過基督與上帝建立合宜的關係,成為重生的人,也就是上帝的兒女,才能參與教會的服事,才能明白服事的目的式建立教會!

    也因為如此,先成為上帝的兒女才能成為教會的長執,這也是我們選長執很重要的原則!願上帝這樣賜福在祂的教會中,阿們!


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