2015年12月18日 星期五

希伯來書10:21



又有一位大祭司治理上帝的家,

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

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    這位「大祭司」就是指主耶穌,祂是我們這些祭司們的頭,祂要治理上帝的家—教會。因為祂是真正教會的頭,教會是屬於祂的,是要遵行祂的教訓,這才是真教會的標誌和實際。

    讓我們放下自己想左右教會的心,讓聖經與聖靈來領導教會,這樣的教會才是健全與健康的

2015年12月17日 星期四

路加福音1:46-49

1:46 馬利亞說:我心尊主為大;

1:47 我靈以上帝我的救主為樂;

1:48 因為他顧念他使女的卑微;從今以後,萬代要稱我有福。

1:49 那有權能的,為我成就了大事;他的名為聖。

 

And Mary said:

 "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.

From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me—holy is his name.

 

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    這一段話是馬利亞聽見天使的話之後去見以利沙伯知道她確實懷孕之後心中發所發出的讚嘆

 

    從這樣的讚美詞知道當人順服上帝的旨意是喜樂的是沒有勉強的。因此,我們要尋求人生的喜樂與平安,最重要之途徑是要順服上帝的旨意。

   

加拉太書4:8-11



4:8 但從前你們不認識上帝的時候,是給那些本來不是神的作奴僕;
4:9 現在你們既然認識上帝,更可說是被上帝所認識的,怎麼還要歸回那懦弱無用的小學,情願再給他作奴僕呢?
4:10 你們謹守日子、月份、節期、年份,
4:11 我為你們害怕,惟恐我在你們身上是枉費了工夫。

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist. So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world? You are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days or months or seasons or years. I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.

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   這段話告訴我們不要再受過去的律法規條所影響因為只有基督是主

加拉太書4:4-7



4:4 及至時候滿足,上帝就差遣他的兒子,為女子所生,且生在律法以下,
4:5 要把律法以下的人贖出來,叫我們得著兒子的名分。
4:6 你們既為兒子,上帝就差他兒子的靈進入你們(原文是我們)的心,呼叫:「阿爸!父!」
4:7 可見,從此以後,你不是奴僕,乃是兒子了;既是兒子,就靠著上帝為後嗣。

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir.

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    這裡告訴我們,我們蒙耶穌基督拯救之後,就有一個新的身分,就是上帝的兒女,不僅如此還是上帝國的繼承人,是真正為上帝所愛的兒女。

加拉太書4:1-3



4:1我說那承受產業的,雖然是全業的主人,但為孩童的時候卻與奴僕毫無分別,
4:2乃在師傅和管家的手下,直等他父親預定的時候來到。
4:3我們為孩童的時候,受管於世俗小學之下,也是如此。

Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had. They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set. And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.

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    這段話是延伸說明:人在基督未來以前,需要律法如同啟蒙師傅一樣照管。而在那樣的照管之下人如同奴隸一般。也因此,人要受世界的一般法則來約束,因為這樣並不違背基督信仰要求。只是基督來了,要基督的法則生活

2015年12月15日 星期二

腓立比書2:5-6



2:5 你們當以基督耶穌的心為心:
2:6 他本有上帝的形像,不以自己與上帝同等為強奪的;

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Ngì-têu oi yung Kî-tuk Yâ-sû ke sîm cho ho̍k-si̍p ke mù-fam: Kì pún-lòi chhiu yû Song-ti ke pún-chṳt, chúng-he m̀-sṳt lam-yung kì thùng Song-ti khiung-yong ke thi̍t-khièn.

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    昨晚在寫聖誕主日的講章時,想到基督耶穌是為了上十字架成為我們的贖罪祭或挽回祭時,心中十分的難過與不捨。但是,又想到祂復活、升天坐在上帝右邊的時候,心又受到極大的安慰,上帝真是公義上帝,祂使基督降卑,又使基督高升。而透過基督這樣的地位變化,人的地位也獲得高升,成為上帝的兒女。

    保羅體會到基督願意降卑的奧秘,所以他也以此勸勉我們:「你們當以基督耶穌的心為心:他本有上帝的形像,不以自己與上帝同等為強奪的。」

    人最大的問題就是因為罪性,導致人有看不起自己的自卑感,而這自卑感使人無法接納自己,於是產生病態的自傲,用虛假的形象來欺騙自己,以至於不能接納別人的批評和建議,導致與別人的關係破裂。

    所以,一個人以基督的心為心的意義,就是效法基督願意尊榮上帝,以上帝為至高,而不是自己為自高;求上帝的喜悅,高過自己的喜悅。存感恩的心,來感謝上帝透過基督所賜的恩典—使我們成為祂的兒女。