亲情关爱与神的正义个性!
一. 亲情关爱是人类的天性!
1. 圣经吩咐信主的人对亲戚朋友要有亲情关爱.特别是自己的家人.
任何人若不照顾自己家里的亲人,就是否认了他的信仰!比不信的人更不好!(提摩太前书5:7-9)
2. 圣经吩咐信主的儿女要在主里服从父母亲.(以弗所书6:1-2)
3. 圣经吩咐信主的父亲要按主的教训抚养教育儿女.(以弗所书6:4)
4. 若是寡妇有儿女或是孙儿女,让他们学习尽儿女和孙儿女实贱他们的信仰(有人译宗教),
就是供养自己的父母亲和祖父母亲,因为这是神所喜悦的!(提摩太前书5:4)
二. 行正义是神儿女的天性!
1. 这样就能知道谁是神的儿女,谁是恶者的儿女!凡不行正义的就不是神的儿女!(约一3:10)
(Doing righteousness是现在进行式!)
这就说明神的儿女是常常自然的行正义!行正义是神儿女的天性!
2. 圣经吩咐神属灵的儿女要锻练自己成为能吃干粮,成为能辩别什么是合圣经教导可以遵行.什么不合圣经导不可实行!(希伯来书5:13-14)
藉着常常应用所学的经文教训就能锻练自己!
三. 凡听见神的道照着遵行的就是我的母亲,我的弟兄!
1.经文:耶稣的母亲和弟弟们来要见他,因人多不能见,有人告诉耶稣说,母亲兄弟外面要见你.
耶稣指着周围的人对他们说,这些听了神的道照着遵行的人就是我的母亲,我的兄弟!
2.在 所有神的儿女来说这是非常重要的信息!
我家里的亲人朋友若是体念我与他们之间的这种亲情关爱,我们邀请他们来与我们一起跟从耶稣,他们就不能拒绝!
他们拒绝的时候就已经否定了他们与我之间的亲情或友情!
我邀请他们就是因为我关爱他们,就是因我与他们是亲人或是朋友的关系!他们拒绝就是否定了我们之间的任何关系!
3.某日一个人来教会说,我是基督教会的弟兄,我现在需要教会帮助!他提出与教会的关系作理由,要叫我们觉得有责任帮助他!
是的帮助教会自己的弟兄姊妹是我们的责任!
这是人类亲情关爱的天性!
我回答说,我认识你,你已经好几年没有来参加聚会敬拜神!
若是我们都像你一样,几年没参加聚会,这个教会已经消失了几年!
这是神儿女正义的天性!
四. 平衡这两样就能真正自由的生活!
1. 圣经叫我们要离开没有亲情关爱的人.(提摩太后书3:5)
2. 正义是神儿女的天性! (约翰一书3:10)
3. 平衡这两样人就能真正自由的生活在这个世界里!
这就是"给我自由,或是给我死"的真正意义了!这是自由世界的名言!
4. 请看主耶稣怎样平衡这两样!
(1)参加结婚宴席的时候,耶稣的母亲来对他说,他们没有酒了!耶稣对她说,妇人,我与你有什么相干.我的时候还没有到!(约翰福音2:3-4)
中文圣经不敢照翻,英文圣经也诸多回避!
其实这就是耶稣怎样平衡这两样天性的方法!
(2)耶稣对另一人说,来跟从我.他说,让我先回去埋葬我父亲.耶稣说,任凭死人埋葬他们的死人.
你只管去传扬神的国!(路加福音9:59-60)
这就是耶稣怎样平衡人与人之间的亲情关爱和神儿子的正义天性的方法!
愿神赐福保守你从今直到永远! 二零零八年六月十八日.
Natural affection and righteousness of God!
A. Natural affection is a human nature!
1. Christians are instructed to take care of their own family!
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family,
he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Tim.5:7-9)
2. Children are instructed to obey their parents in the Lord and to honor their father and mother. Eph.6:1-2
3. Fathers are instructed to bring up their children in the training and instruction of the Lord. (Eph.6:4)
4. If a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice
by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents for this is pleasing to God.
1 Tim.5:4
B. Righteousness is a nature of the children of God!
1. By this manifest: is the children of God and the children of the devil.
Anyone not doing righteousness is not of God.(1 Jn.3:10)
Doing righteousness is the nature of a child of God!
2. Christians are instructed to grow spiritually! (Heb.5:13-14)
By constant use of the scriptures which we have learned can train ourselves the ability to distinguish
what is biblical to practice and what is not biblical to practice!
C. He that hear God’s word and do it is my brother!(Lk.8:19-21)
1. The scripture: Came to him his mother and brothers, and they could not come at him for the crowd.
And it was told him, thy mother and thy brothers stand without, desiring to see thee.
But he answered and said unto them, my mother and my brothers are these that hear the word of God, and do it.
2. Very important message for all children of God!
If our relationship is family or friend, you would not reject my invitation to follow Jesus with me!
I invited you because we are family or friends! This is natural affection!
When you reject my invitation, you had rejected our relationship!
This is righteousness, the nature of a child of God!
3. One came in claim to be a member of the church, and ask for our help!
Stated the relationship as a reason to obligate us for help!
This is natural affection in practical use!
I said, you have not come to worship with us for years, if we all do what you did,
this church has disappeared for years!
This is righteousness, the nature of being a child of God!
D. Balance the two and live free!
1. We turn away from those without natural affection! 2 Tim.3:5
2. As a child of God doing righteousness is our nature! 1 Jn.3:10
3. Balance these two then we can all live free together!
This is the real nature of “give me freedom or give me death!”
4. See how Jesus balance these two! John 2:1-4
(a)During a wedding feast the wine was gone, Jesus’mother said to Jesus, They have no more wine.”
Jesus said to her, woman, what have I to do with thee? My hour is not yet come!
(b)He said to another man, "Follow me." But the man replied,"Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
Jesus said to him,"Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Lk.9:59-60
May the Lord bless you and keep you forever! June, 18, 2008.