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愿我们的旨意与神一致。 [罗马书 15:1–6]

  愿我 们 的旨意 与 神一致。     [ 罗马书 15:1–6]   最近,在周三 祷 告 会 后的 领 袖 查经时间 里,我 们 一直在 研 读 《 约 拿 书 》第四章。 研 读 越深,我越 发 感到神要 教 导 我的功 课 可以 概 括 为 一句 话 :“不要成就我的意思,只要成就祢的意思。” 约 拿作 为 神的仆人和先知,却因神收回了原定降在尼尼微人身上的灾 祸 而向神 发 怒——要知道, 这 些人已 经 悔改 并 离弃了罪 恶 。他 发 怒的原因何在?因 为约 拿渴望成就的是他自己的意愿,而非神的旨意。 约 拿的意愿是什 么 呢?那就是毁 灭 尼尼微人。他 极 度渴望——甚至抱着一 种 “不 达 目的誓不 罢 休”的 决 绝 心 态 ——要神降灾于他 们 。看着 约 拿的 态 度,我反思了何 为真 正的 属灵 成熟。 简 而言之,我 认为属灵 的成熟在于 将 自己的意愿放下在十字架前, 并 顺 服主的旨意。 换 言之,一 个属灵 成熟的基督徒, 会 像耶 稣 在受 难 前夜于客西 马 尼 园 向父神 祷 告那 样 祈求:“然而,不要照我的意思,只要照祢的意思。”那 么 ,主 对 我 们教会 有何旨意呢?   在今天的 经 文——《 罗马书 》 15 章 5 至 6 节 ——中,我 们 看到使徒保 罗为罗马教会祷 告:“但愿 赐 忍耐 与 安慰的神,叫 你 们 彼此同心,效法基督耶 稣 ,好叫 你 们 同心合意,用一口一舌 荣 耀我 们 主耶 稣 基督的神和父。” 总 之,保 罗 向神祈求 教会 的合一。 这 是因 为教会 的合一正是 教会 之首——主的旨意。那 么 ,我 们该 如何促 进 “ 胜 利 长 老 会 ”( Victory Presbyterian Church )的合一呢?我祈愿我 们 都能留心 并 顺 服神借着今天的 经 文所 教 导 的功 课 ,致力于在多 样 性中 维护教会 的合一。首先, 为 了 维护教会 ——即基督身体——的合一,我 们 必 须寻 求取 悦 邻 舍,而不是取 悦 自己。   请 看今天的 经 文, 罗马书 15 章 1 至 2 节 :“我 们坚 固的人 应该 担代不 坚 固人的 软 弱,不求自己的喜 悦 。我 们...

Let’s pray together with one accord! (Acts 4:23-31)

  Let’s pray together with one accord!     [Acts 4:23-31]     A faithful daughter-in-law lived under constant persecution from her unbelieving mother-in-law for her faith in Jesus.   However, through tearful prayers for her mother-in-law's soul and singing hymn “Yield not to Temptation,” she found comfort.   One day, members of the church went to preach the gospel to her mother-in-law together.   'Grandma, believe in Jesus and come out to the church.   Your daughter-in-law is praying for you with tears.'   'That's all just a show.   I followed her secretly when she went to pray, and all she did was sing a song about overcoming me.'   A surprised pastor asked her: 'What song was it?'   'Uh... something like... 'You, don't be discouraged by trials, gather your courage and overcome, gain new strength by overcoming trials~' (Internet).   This anecdote brings a smile through the misunderstanding of praise by t...

Let's pray (Matthew 7:7-11)

Let’s pray.       [ Matthew 7 : 7-11]     When we think about prayer we Christians often talk about Pastor George Mueller, who was called a man of prayer or a warrior of prayer.  The reason is because he is known for receiving the most answers to prayers in history.  He is said to have received answered prayers more than 50,000 prayers.  As I was preparing for this sermon, I learned about Pastor George Muller's six lifelong prayer tips and shared them with you (Internet): (1) Trust in Jesus!  Pray on the merits of Jesus, not on your merits.  (2) Forsake sin!  If we pray with sin, God will not hear our prayers.  Forsake the sin hidden in your heart (Ps. 66:18).  (3) Believe!  We must believe in the word of promise that God has sworn and pray (Heb. 11:6).  (4) Pray with patience!  The attitude of a prayer is firstly patience, secondly patience, and thirdly, patience.  As a farmer waits pati...

‘Pray in this way’ (Mt. 6:9-13)

‘Pray in this way’     [Matthew 6:9-13]     We were taught by Jesus about prayer by focusing on Matthew 6:5-8 under the title ‘when you pray.’  We received three lessons from Jesus about prayer: (1) When we pray we must not be like hypocrites.  Jesus was pointing out the wrong public prayers of the Jews (Seyoon Kim).  Jesus is telling us not to pray hypocritically like the Pharisees and the scribes.  (2) When we pray we should pray to our Father in secret.  This is the lesson that Jesus taught the Jews to pray right after pointing out their wrong public prayers.  We must pray to our Heavenly Father in secret.  (3) When we pray we must not keep on babbling.  This lesson Jesus pointed out to the wrong prayers of the Gentiles.  In this way, after pointing out the wrong prayers of the Gentiles, Jesus comes to verse 8 and teaches the correct prayer: “So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need befo...