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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...

Wisdom When Politics Threatens Church Unity

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/politics-threatens-unity/   Wisdom When Politics Threatens Church Unity Review: ‘How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?’ by Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli AUGUST 12, 2022   |    DANIEL ANDERSON © Unsplash SHARE TWEET EMAIL The day before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, a small book by Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli was released:  How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?  Nobody knew at the time how much we’d need it. Faint cracks in relationships between Christians have become deep chasms as we disagree over one political issue after another. There is a detail hidden in the title of this short book that’s key to its wisdom: it’s a book about loving church members. It’s not a book about bringing civility back to politics or about how Christians should engage in political vocations. Even less is it an argument for a set of political doctrines that Chr...

Wisdom is ...

Wisdom is ...  "Wisdom is  knowing the right time  and the right circumstance  to apply the right principle  to the right person."   [Tremper Longman III, "How To Read Proverbs"]

Wisdom

Wisdom "Wisdom requires reflection.   Those who are wise take the time to reflect on life's experiences.   ...   Reflection on life's experiences provides us an opportunity to see in our lives the unfailing  love of the Lord.   ...   Wisdom is the skill of seeing God's unfailing  love in all the twists and turns off our lives."   (Mark D. Futato, "The Book of Psalms")

Foolishness vs. Wisdom

Foolishness vs. Wisdom "If 'foolishness is   ...   a failure to acknowledge God in trustful obedience'   ...,   then wisdom is the sincere   acknowledgment of God in trustful obedience."   (Mark D. Futato, "The Book of Psalms")

Wisdom is ...

Wisdom is ... "Wisdom is   knowing the right time  and the right circumstance  to apply the right principle  to the right person."     [Tremper Longman III, "How To Read Proverbs"]

A sluggard is far beneath than an ant.

A sluggard is far beneath than an ant.  A sluggard is far beneath than an ant.   The sluggard should go to the ant and consider its ways and be wise (Prov.6:6).   The sluggard must learn from the ant to work willingly, diligently and corporately (v.7).   The ant is thoughtful, helps each other and works according to their size.   But the sluggard is not thoughtful, do not help others and is busybody.   The sluggard must learn from the ant to prepare for the future (v.8).   The ant works very hard and diligently during the harvest season that is summer, in order to prepare food for the coming winter.   But the sluggard says “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest” (v.10). As a result, “poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man” (v.11).   But I wonder whether the sluggard will go to the ant and consider its ways and be wise since “The slugg...

Wisdom that shines in crisis

  Wisdom that shines in crisis     “Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning” (1 Samuel 23:22).     When I was little, my favorite TV comic program was "Tom & Jerry".  And now my three young children (especially the youngest one in elementary school) love “Tom & Jerry”.  The reason I liked that cartoon was because it was so funny that Jerry, the rat, wins a cat called Tom who is much bigger than Jerry.  In particular, I liked the scene in which Tom used all means to capture Jerry but clever Jerry not only escape the crisis but made Tom be in that crisis.  When I think of this comic, I remember the battle of David and Goliath in the Bible.  Perhaps because David was like Jerry and Goliath was like Tom.  As we already know, David wins the battle against the Philistine Goliath.  So King ...