2018年6月25日 星期一

箴言19:10


愚昧人宴樂度日是不合宜的;何況僕人管轄王子呢?

It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

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    人都盼望過奢華宴樂的日子,覺得這樣過日子是時分風光,是充滿榮耀的!但是箴言的作者卻警告:「愚昧人宴樂度日是不合宜的」!可見,這是不是和我們過的日子。因為我們若不敬畏耶和華,愛慕虛榮的結果就是迷失自己。

    然而《箴言的作者還說了更可怕的事,就是僕人管轄王子」。這就讓我們想到「狐假虎威」的故事,其實是大家怕老虎,狐狸卻炫要是怕牠。同樣,我們不可以竊取上帝的榮耀,要將榮耀歸給上帝!因為這本是主配得的,我們只不過是器皿而已。

    正如現在許多有恩賜的人,竟然接受人的尊榮,被稱使徒或先知,還宣揚自己的名,或是讓別人宣揚他,卻不知這一切的尊榮都是來自上帝,而不是自己,這些都不是上帝僕人該有的風範。

哥林多前書14:26-40


14:26 弟兄們,這卻怎麼樣呢?你們聚會的時候,各人或有詩歌,或有教訓,或有啟示,或有方言,或有翻出來的話,凡事都當造就人。
14:27
若有說方言的,只好兩個人,至多三個人,且要輪流著說,也要一個人翻出來。
14:28
若沒有人翻,就當在會中閉口,只對自己和上帝說就是了。
14:29
至於作先知講道的,只好兩個人或是三個人,其餘的就當慎思明辨。
14:30
若旁邊坐著的得了啟示,那先說話的就當閉口不言。
14:31
因為你們都可以一個一個地作先知講道,叫眾人學道理,叫眾人得勸勉。
14:32
先知的靈原是順服先知的;
14:33
因為上帝不是叫人混亂,乃是叫人安靜。
14:34
婦女在會中要閉口不言,像在聖徒的眾教會一樣,因為不准她們說話。她們總要順服,正如律法所說的。
14:35
她們若要學甚麼,可以在家裡問自己的丈夫,因為婦女在會中說話原是可恥的。
14:36
上帝的道理豈是從你們出來嗎?豈是單臨到你們嗎?
14:37
若有人以為自己是先知,或是屬靈的,就該知道,我所寫給你們的是主的命令。
14:38
若有不知道的,就由他不知道吧!
14:39
所以我弟兄們,你們要切慕作先知講道,也不要禁止說方言。
14:40
凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。

26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. 28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.
29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. 31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. 32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. 33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
34 Women[f] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.[g]
36 Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? 37 If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. 38 But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.[h]
39 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 40 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

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    保羅講論教會中的聚會情形就是要我們明白:「先知的靈原是順服先知的;因為上帝不是叫人混亂,乃是叫人安靜。」「所以我弟兄們,你們要切慕作先知講道,也不要禁止說方言。凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。

    教會中的「次序」很重要!若沒有規定好,很容易讓大家衝突而感覺混亂。正如教會禮拜要有程序,照著程序進行,大家就明白在什麼時段要做什麼事,就不會不知所措:可以其聲讚美上帝;安安靜靜領受上帝的話;弟兄姊妹此之間,又可以互相關懷與代禱;又可以奉獻金錢和心志給上帝。

    在教會有會議進行,有「次序」就可以做充分之討論,增進開會的效率;有「次序」,也就可以安排各樣恩賜的人彼此配搭;各個團契、事奉小組,也是透過「次序」來完成任務。

    所以,保羅會告訴哥林多教會:「凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。

2018年6月24日 星期日

哥林多前書14:20-25


14:20 弟兄們,在心志上不要作小孩子。然而,在惡事上要作嬰孩,在心志上總要作大人。
14:21
律法上記著:主說:我要用外邦人的舌頭和外邦人的嘴唇向這百姓說話;雖然如此,他們還是不聽從我。
14:22
這樣看來,說方言不是為信的人作證據,乃是為不信的人;作先知講道不是為不信的人作證據,乃是為信的人。
14:23
所以,全教會聚在一處的時候,若都說方言,偶然有不通方言的,或是不信的人進來,豈不說你們癲狂了嗎?
14:24
若都作先知講道,偶然有不信的,或是不通方言的人進來,就被眾人勸醒,被眾人審明,
14:25
他心裡的隱情顯露出來,就必將臉伏地,敬拜上帝,說:「上帝真是在你們中間了。」

20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. 21 In the Law it is written:
“With other tongues
    and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
    but even then they will not listen to me,
says the Lord.”[e]
22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? 24 But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, 25 as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

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    保羅用明顯的例子來說明,使用悟性講道所帶來的果效!難道我們還要執迷不悟,在公開的場合中使用方言禱告嗎?正如我們不要在公開的佈道會中,使用神學上的專有名詞一樣。

    也因此,我們要看對象。若是在教會內,大家都可以接受方言禱告時,當然可以使用不反對。可是,禮拜中會有新朋友一起參與,他們不明白,就盡量避免,等到他們深入到教會再做解釋。

    我們在基督裡要處處考慮到帝兄姐妹的需要,雖然信主之後是完全自由了,但是堅固的人要照顧與體諒軟弱的人!就像使用方言禱告,也使如此喔!

哥林多前書14:13-19


14:13 所以那說方言的,就當求著能翻出來。
14:14
我若用方言禱告,是我的靈禱告,但我的悟性沒有果效。
14:15
這卻怎麼樣呢?我要用靈禱告,也要用悟性禱告;我要用靈歌唱,也要用悟性歌唱。
14:16
不然,你用靈祝謝,那在座不通方言的人,既然不明白你的話,怎能在你感謝的時候說「阿們」呢?
14:17
你感謝的固然是好,無奈不能造就別人。
14:18
我感謝上帝,我說方言比你們眾人還多。
14:19
但在教會中,寧可用悟性說五句教導人的話,強如說萬句方言。

13 For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,[d] say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? 17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.
18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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    保羅用誇飾的手法,再次談到悟性的重要:「我感謝上帝,我說方言比你們眾人還多。但在教會中,寧可用悟性說五句教導人的話,強如說萬句方言。

    可見在保羅的心中,是多麼看重基督信仰必須用清楚的話語傳講,讓人能夠明白真裡而接受耶穌基督為救主!所以,他不鼓勵方言,鼓勵人即使講五句讓人明白的話,還是勝過萬句人不明白的方言!

    親愛的弟兄姐妹們,讓我們相信上帝是多麼喜歡人能清楚回應他的呼召,快快使用人能懂的話,來呼召人成為耶穌基督的門徒吧!