试炼使我们认清悖论的基督徒人生[2月16日专题信息]

专题信息｜试炼使我们认清悖论的基督徒人生

2月16日

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经文: 林后 6:8-10；罗 8:35-37

课题: 苦难与试炼, 得胜, 圣灵的能力, 教会,

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从新冠状病毒疫情在我们教会发生之后，我们已经经过一个礼拜多的祷告。我们都见证了神的伟大。神不但是掌控疫情的上帝，祂更是那能够将恶转为善的上帝。在这当中，我们从众教会弟兄姐妹的代祷得了神的安慰，因此我们也能用神所赐的安慰（透过我们现在每日勉励与疫情报道的视屏：http://www.lifechurchmissions.com/posters/2020/Local/DailyInspUpdates.html）去安慰那遭各样患难的人《林后 1:4》。神的作为真是何等奇妙，且借此将祂的教会连接起来，使我们在这疫情中一起遭患难，也一起得勉励。我们与众教会真是“命运共同体”！那么，这疫情虽目前看来对我们个人、家庭、教会，甚至是国家是一个危机，可能过几个月后就会过去，但它反射了我们基督徒人生的试炼。其实，这次的疫情影响了我们的经济，且叫我们国人陷入惊慌。这是人之常情。但是如果我们这认识慈爱与全能的上帝都继续这样惧怕，甚至不如非信徒，试问这是否反射了我们在信仰上有误区呢？在这时候，有些信徒不敢到教会，有些信徒一旦知道某某人是从一些感染群或来自这三间教会的，就对他们躲躲闪闪。这不是比非信徒更糟糕吗？有些信徒现在则是天天拿着《诗 91》宣告说：“瘟疫与病毒不能临近我，因为千人万人扑倒在我旁边，这灾不临近我们”。试问在这时候，这是合乎神旨意的宣告吗？在这时候当几所教会在新加坡都已经拥有了病例，难道我们这时候看不清怎么应用圣经吗？这不是如同在《民 25》所说：当以色列拜巴力. 毗珥，且与摩押女子行影淫时，瘟疫临到以色列。那时24000人因瘟疫而死。唯有当祭司亚伦的孙子、以利亚撒的儿子非尼哈看见了，就从会中起来，手里拿着枪，跟随那以色列人进亭子里去，便将以色列人和那女人由腹中刺透。这样，在以色列人中瘟疫就止息了《民 25:7-8》。试问今天有像非尼哈这样的信徒吗？试问有像他这样为着神的家带着义怒的教会领袖起来吗？虽我们都拿着圣经，但我们在察验这实况中，不能错用神的话，要不然我们不能明白神的心意，也无法在这患难中反败为胜。让我们从今天的信息再次思想我们基督徒今天应该受的教导，且应该预备过的人生是如何。特别在我们这第一世界的国家里，我们的病菌其实不是肉体的，乃是心灵的。很多到教会的信徒根本是带着求福观来度日，就是在遇到患难的时候也是完全被所看见和听见的情报来左右。他们渴盼的不是天上的荣耀，乃是地上的安康，然后盼望问题不要发生在自己身上就好。但是一旦问题发生，很多唯有惧怕与愁苦，得不到希望。更糟糕就是我们与没有神的世人一样的反应。由此可见，这就是一种一方向的信仰，如好就开心，不好就担心。确实，这是第一世界人民的弊病，也是活在第一世界国家信徒的偶像。但是圣经清楚告诉我们信仰不是一方向性的，信仰乃是悖论性的。今天，我们要明白什么是在基督里的悖论人生。我们在试炼时，神要我们明白的真理就如同保罗所说的：我们似乎忧愁，却是常常快乐的；似乎贫穷，却是叫许多人富足的；似乎一无所有，却是样样都有的《林后 6:10》。试问我们的基督信仰是否如此呢？当我们与基督一同受苦时，我们的肉身自动是会感受到苦楚。那时，可能心灵和实况都看不见希望。但是若我们认识那爱我们的主的应许，且清楚认定永恒的盼望而为大使命活，我们就会经历圣灵意想不到的帮助与扶持。那时，我们就会显出一种世人不能理解的喜乐与丰盛。那是能够叫我们周围的人因我们而得蒙祝福，且将荣耀归给神。

Ever since the COVID-19 epidemic happened in our church, we have already been through more than one week of prayers. We all witnessed the greatness of God. He is not only the God who is in control of the epidemic, but He is also the God who is able to turn evil into good. In the midst of this, we receive God’s comfort through the intercession of the brethren from various churches. With the comfort we ourselves received from God, we can comfort those in any trouble <2 Co 1:4> (through our current livestream of “Daily Inspirations and Coronavirus Updates”: http://www.lifechurchmissions.com/posters/2020/Local/DailyInspUpdates.html). God’s ways are indeed wonderful; through this, He links up His churches to confront this epidemic and trial together, and encourages them. We indeed share the same fate with all churches as the body of Christ! Although at this moment, this epidemic seems like a crisis to the individual, family, church, even nation, perhaps it will be over in a few months, but it reflects the trials of our Christian life. In fact, this epidemic affects our economy, and causes our people to be in a panic. This is a natural human reaction. However, if we who know the loving and all-powerful God also continue to fear, and fear even more than non-believers, then does this reflect some problems with our faith? At this moment, some believers dare not go to church, some believers shun whoever they know that have come from infected clusters or the three affected churches. Is this not worse than non-believers? Some believers hold onto <Ps 91> every day and proclaim, “pestilence and plague will not come near me, a thousand and ten thousand may fall at my side, but it will not come near me.” At this moment, is such proclamation in line with the Lord’s will? At this moment when a few churches in Singapore already had cases, are we still unclear about how to apply the Bible? Is this not as what <Num 25> says, “When Israel worshipped the Baal of Peor, and indulged in sexual immorality with Moabite women, plague came upon Israel. At that time, 24000 people died in the plague. And the plague against the Israelites was stopped only when Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw an Israelite man and Moabite woman, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach <Num 25:7-8>. Are there believers like Phinehas today? Are there church leaders like him who have such righteous anger for the sake of God’s house? Although we all carry the Bible, as we test and approve in this real situation, we cannot use misuse God’s word, otherwise we cannot understand God’s heart, and also cannot turn defeat into victory in this adversity. From today’s message, let us once again think about the teachings we Christians should receive today, and the kind of life we should be prepared to live. Especially in a first-world country like ours, our virus is in fact not in the flesh but in the spirit. Many believers who go to church are in fact living their days with a prosperity-seeking outlook; even when they encounter adversity, they are also completely influenced by the information they see and hear. What they yearn for is not the glory in heaven, but the peace and security on earth. They hope that as long as problems do not come upon them, then it is fine. But once problems come, many are only fearful, sorrowful and without hope. The worst is when they have the same reaction as people without God. From here we can see that this is a kind of one-dimensional faith; happy when things are good, worried when things are not good. Indeed, this is the problem of people in first-world nations, it is also the idol of believers living in first-world countries. However, the Bible clearly tells us that faith is not one-dimensional, but faith is paradoxical. Today, we must understand what a paradoxical life in Christ means. When we are experiencing trials, the truth that God wants us to understand is as what Paul said, “we are sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything <2 Co 6:10>. We have to ask if our Christian faith is like this? When we suffer together with Christ, our flesh will naturally feel the pain. At that moment, perhaps we cannot see hope in our spirit nor in the realistic situation. However, if we know the promises of the Lord who loves us, and clearly set our minds on the eternal hope and live for the Great Commission, then we will experience the Holy Spirit’s unimaginable help and support. At that point, we will manifest a kind of joy and abundance which people of the world cannot comprehend. With that, people around us can be blessed through us and God can be glorified.

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