使徒行傳16:1-5

 

16:1 保羅來到特庇，又到路司得。在那裡有一個門徒，名叫提摩太，是信主之猶太婦人的兒子，他父親卻是希臘人。
16:2 路司得和以哥念的弟兄都稱讚他。
16:3 保羅要帶他同去，只因那些地方的猶太人都知道他父親是希臘人，就給他行了割禮。
16:4 他們經過各城，把耶路撒冷使徒和長老所定的條規交給門徒遵守。
16:5 於是眾教會信心越發堅固，人數天天加增。

 

 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. ² The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. ³ Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. ⁴ As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. ⁵ So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

 

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    保羅和提摩太之認識可以說是上帝的安排，是在保羅第二次步道旅行認識。而提摩太的父親是希臘人，媽媽是猶太人。也因為這樣提摩太沒有受割禮，保羅就為他行割禮，可見彼此關係很好。

 

    不管這是不是信仰的傳承，至少保羅會給提摩太有好的信仰栽培。同樣，在教會的長者，要尋找可以造就的人，繼續造就然後完完全讓主用，不可以搶奪主的榮耀。

 

    求者幫助我們也像保羅一樣，來造就主的門徒，使合適的人為主所用，這是很重要的信仰傳承！