在我的痛苦中，神在哪里？[8月18日专题信息]

专题信息｜在我的痛苦中，神在哪里？

8月18日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 可10:17-22；创18:20-33；林后4:16-18

课题: 苦难与试炼, 以马内利/神的同在, 属灵环境, 教义上的误解,

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试问我们所敬拜的上帝是怎样的上帝？他值得我们的敬拜吗？若他值得我们敬拜，那祂一定是一个全能的神，也是一个良善的神。牧师见证：「曾经在我年轻时参加一次的座谈会中，有一个传道人问会众：“若我们能见到上帝，我们会问祂的一个问题是什么？”会众当中发出两个问题直到今日深印在我的脑海里。第一就是这宇宙多大，有否外星人？另外一个就是为什么地上有苦难？」第一个问题是讲到神的全能与无限。我们渺小的人都对上帝的全能与无限很赞叹，甚至是不可思议。第二个问题就是我们对神的良善有疑问。这是为什么呢？因为我们人都生在苦难中。《约14:1》说：“人为妇人所生，日子短少，多有患难。”特别，当苦难是这么的真实与靠近我们，我们的痛处叫我们不禁会对神感到质疑。我们人在痛苦中，心中发出的疑问是：“神，你在哪里？”有时，我们的疑问并不是因我们不信上帝，反而是因我们信上帝。我们信什么呢？我们信神是全能的，所以祂能除去我一切的痛处 –祂的全能能叫他医治我的疾病、除去我的孤单、释放我的捆绑、拿走我的缺乏、改变我所爱的人等。但是当这些痛苦持续不断留在我们身上的时候，我们又不得不会质疑说神既然是良善的，那为何祂许可我一直承受这些痛苦呢？良善的神为何许可这世界有邪恶与不公义之事呢？所以，不信神的人常常会因这世界的邪恶与苦难来否定神的存在。当他们看到这世界的动乱、不公义、邪恶，或是人所遭受的疾病与死亡，他们得到的结论就是神是不存在的。要是祂存在，祂也不是一个全能的神（因为祂不能禁止邪恶或是释放人的痛苦）。倘若说祂是全能的，祂就不是一个良善的神（因为良善的神怎么能够眼睁睁的让有意识与情感的人承受这些痛苦）。因为不信的人对神有这样的反驳，就是连信的人在痛苦中也对神有这样的质疑，教会界就出现了一种新的教导，就是将神从人所受的一切痛苦里隔离出来。这些教导宣称在基督里面没有痛苦、悲伤、平穷、疾病、死亡等，且强调说这等负面的光景是我们所有信徒要拒绝，且不该接受的。他们都是要帮上帝说话，帮祂打好人际关系。他们都是为了要带给人希望与安慰，所以造出了一种将上帝与一切不理想的情况和感受隔离的神学。与其说神在你的痛苦里与你同在，他们说在神里面没有痛苦。这是真理吗？其实，圣经清楚告诉我们神与我们所遭受的一切痛苦有关。这地上所有的患难，人身上所有的痛苦与死亡都是因为神是良善与公义的，而这带来的结果就是有罪的世人都陷在苦难中。但也因为这苦难的现实，神透过祂儿子带给世人救赎。试问我们有哪一个人不是因痛苦而来到神面前呢？我们不是因痛苦而从有罪的生活转向主吗？我们不是因苦难而认识了永生之道，且继续追求这道吗？倘若人要将神美化而制造出“将神与痛苦隔离”的神学时，他们刚好是将痛苦之人真正的盼望拿走了。其实，我们在痛苦中最需要知道的就是我们的痛苦不是偶然临到，也不单单是人或环境造成，乃是神确实在我们的痛苦里。因为祂在我们的痛苦里，所以那个痛苦一定有祂的作为和荣耀的计划。那个痛苦也一定指向终点与祝福。这才是真能安慰痛苦之人的事实。

Ask yourself, what is the God we worship like? If He is worthy to be worshipped, He must be an omnipotent God and also a good God. This is Pastor’s testimony: [In a symposium that I attended when I was young, a preacher asked the congregation, “If we can see God, what is one question that we would ask Him?" Two questions were raised in the congregation which until today still remained vividly in my mind. The first was, are there aliens since our universe is so big? The other was, why is there suffering on earth?] The first question relates to the omnipotence and infinity of God. People are so small in the presence of the omnipotent and infinite God that we are filled with awe and wonder. The second question relates to the doubts that we have towards God’s goodness. Why is this so? This is because we are all born in suffering. <Job 14:1> says, "Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.” In particular, when suffering is so real and close to us, we tend to doubt God in our pain. In our suffering, our heart often asks, "God, where are you?" Sometimes we doubt not because we don't believe in God, but precisely because we believe in God. What do we then believe? We believe God is omnipotent and hence He can take away all the suffering, His omnipotence is able to heal my illnesses, eliminate my loneliness, free me from bondages, take away my lack, change my loved ones, etc. But when these sufferings continue to remain in us, we cannot help but to question, if God is good, why does He allow me to suffer these pains? Why does a good God allow evil and injustice in this world? Therefore, people who do not believe in God often deny the existence of God because of the evil and suffering in this world. When they see the world's turmoil, injustice, evil, or the diseases that people have and death, they come to the conclusion that God does not exist. If He exists, He is not an omnipotent God (because He cannot prevent evil or set people free from suffering). If He is omnipotent, He is not a good God (because how can the good God consciously allow humans who have awareness and emotions to undergo such suffering?). Because unbelievers have such rebuttals to God and even believers who are in suffering also have such doubts of God, new teachings emerge in the church that separate God from all the sufferings of man. These teachings claim that there is no pain, sorrow, poverty, disease, death, etc. in Christ, and emphasize that these negative situations ought to be rejected and should not be accepted by all believers. They all want to speak up for God and help Him to build relationships with people. They are all meant to bring hope and comfort, so they create a theology that separates God from all undesirable situations and feelings. Rather than saying that God is with you in your pain, they say that there is no pain in God. Is this the truth? In fact, the Bible clearly tells us that God is related to all our sufferings. All the sufferings on earth, all the pain of people, as well as, death are all because God is righteous and as a result of this, sinful people of this world all fall into sufferings. But also because of the reality of such suffering, God brought redemption to mankind through His Son. Think about it, haven’t we come before God because of our suffering? Haven’t we turned away from sinful living and turned to the Lord because of suffering? Haven’t we come to know the way of eternal life because of our suffering, and we also continue to pursue this word? If people wish to beautify God and create a theology of “separating God from suffering”, they are in fact taking away the true hope for those who are suffering. Actually, what we most needed to know during suffering is that our suffering is not by chance, and it is not merely caused by people or environment, but God is indeed in our suffering. Because He is in our suffering, so that suffering surely has His work and glorious plan. That suffering will also point to an ending and blessing. This then is the truth which really comforts suffering people.

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