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“人非有信就不能得神的喜悦, 因为到神面前来的人必须信有神,
且信他赏赐那寻求衪的人”。 ——希伯来书 11:6
Stephen Leinbach- Elkton, KY
Cited from Day 7, Beside the Still Water, Amish Devotion.
第十三章 ——我们对政府和所有人的责任
44. 在第十三章中,使徒教导我们如何尊重和服从政府,
第十四章——我们对软弱弟兄的责任
45. 在第十四章中,使徒教导我们如何温柔地对待信徒软弱的良心,
第十五章—基督徒之愛
46. 在第十五章中,使徒向我们展示了基督的榜样,
47. 最后,他为他们祈祷,赞美他们,将他们托付给上帝,
第十六章—问候和警告
48. 最后一章是问候,但他在其中插入一个非常严肃的警告,
总结
49. 那么,你会发现,在这封书信中,
Ch. 12—God-pleasing Worship
47. In conclusion, he prays for them, praises them, commends them to God, indicates to them his office as a preacher, and solicits in a very seemly manner a contribution for the poor at Jerusalem. In short, it is all love that he is talking about and inculcating.
第一个记念—主餐象征着基督为人类作出的无与伦比的牺牲(
• 无法估量的代价(以赛亚书 53:6)。当领受主餐时,耶稣特别命令我们“
• 十字架的荣耀反映出罪的恐怖(希伯来书12:26)
• 主餐提醒我们要活出圣洁,认识到我们的罪仍然令上帝悲伤
• 我们应该永远记住基督为什么来到世界,
• 主餐提醒我们,耶稣将会再来,那时将会有一场最后的盛大婚宴
• 我们愛他,因为他先愛我们,所以我们舍己,
第二个记念—主的晚餐反映出基督宝血的“新约” (路加福音22:20)
• “新约”的荣耀;新约远超过旧约
• “新约”意味着信徒有能力深刻认识神并活出得胜的生活(
• 我们没有任何借口可以继续被罪所束缚(罗马书 6:14;哥林多前书 10:13)
第三个记念—主餐提醒我们基督盼望信徒在愛中合而为一(
17: 20-22)
• 不敬虔和不合一是对主餐的危险亵渎
• 主餐是合一的庆祝,是早期教会的愛筵(哥林多前书11:17-
主餐应该提醒我们:合一远大于组织体制、
• 这是聚集在一起的最重要时刻; “除掉一切愤怒和毁谤” (以弗所书 4: 29-32 )
第四个记念—主餐生动地象征着上帝恩典和慈愛的盟约(
• 无与伦比的记念上帝的象征—对圣父和圣子不可思议的意义
• 重要的是,我们庆祝上帝的恩典和慈愛,
这并不是说我们完全了才能领受主餐。
承认一切罪孽,相信上帝会赐予你全心全意的愛和顺服。记住,
摘自Gregory Reed Frizzell, The Lord’s Supper: A Covenant of Love and Surrender, Chapter Three, “In Remembrance of Me”: Learning “what” to Remember, Fulton, KY: Master Design Publishing, 1982.
(接上文)
第九章至第十一章——预定或拣选
41. 然而,在这一点上,必须对那些妄自尊大的灵魂设定一个限度,
42. 至于你自己,我说:遵循这封书信的顺序。
(Continue from above)
Ch. 9–11—Predestination or Election
40. The apostle’s teaching in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh chapters is concerning the eternal predestination of God, whence it originally flows, whether a person is to believe or not, become rid of his sins or not, in order that our becoming godly may be taken entirely out of our own hands and placed in the hands of God. And this is of the very highest importance. For we are so feeble and full of uncertainty that, if it depended on us, not a single person would be saved; the devil would surely overpower all. But God being reliable so that His predestination does not fail, and no one can defeat His purpose, we have still reason for hope over against sin.
41. However, at this point a limit has to be staked off against presumptuous and arrogant spirits, who lead their reason to this point first, start from the top, undertake to explore before everything else the abyss of divine predestination, and worry to no purpose over the question whether they are predestinated. These people become the cause of their own downfall; they either despair of their salvation or abandon themselves to recklessness.
42. As to yourself, I say: Follow the order of this epistle. Occupy your mind with Christ and His Gospel in order that you may know your sin and His grace, and then wrestle with your sin, as chaps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 have taught you to do. After you have arrived at the eighth chapter and are subjected to crosses and sufferings, you will be rightly taught how comforting predestination is, as explained in chaps. 9, 10, and 11. For outside of a condition of suffering, cross-bearing, and mortal anguish, a person cannot contemplate predestination without injury to himself and without harbouring a secret grudge against God. Therefore Adam must be quite dead before a person can bear to listen to this teaching and drink of this strong wine. Beware, then, of drinking wine while you are still a suckling infant. There is a proper limit, time, and age for every doctrine.
“父亲怎样怜恤他的儿女,耶和华也怎样怜恤敬畏他的人”(
35. 同样,在罪恶的旧人统治下,我们的良心也受律法的束缚;
36. 接下来,使徒扩展了他关于罪恶和律法的教义,
37. 因此,圣保罗在这封书信中得出结论,
信徒内心的冲突
38. 接下来,他展示了圣灵和肉体如何在一个人身上相互斗争,
第八章——苦难是对抗肉体的帮助
39. 在第八章中,使徒安慰这些斗争者,