完全的愛

已經接受主耶穌救恩的你,是否仍擔心沒有做到宗教規條而受責罰呢?

如果是,那麼你還沒看到這位已經宣判你無罪的正直法官,已經變成你的天父上帝,

正敞開雙臂迎接你進入祂的國。

你想體會祂對你的愛嗎?

那麼就求主耶穌的聖靈打開你心靈的眼睛,使你看見天父上帝正以笑臉幫助你。

祂所賜的平安將使你確知自己已屬於祂。

你將因感恩而敬畏天父,因愛祂而甘願做祂喜悅的事,不做使祂傷心的事。

「愛裡沒有懼怕;愛既完全,就把懼怕除去。因為懼怕裡含著刑罰,懼怕的人在愛裡未得完全。」(約翰一書4:18)

His mercy

Merciful is Jesus Christ to all mankind,
He meets each of us where we are.
For He loves us and endured the insult on the cross,
And He arose from the death to walk with us through the dark valley.
His example encourages us to walk with the suffering by the power of the Holy Spirit.
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” (Romans 15:1-3)

主的憐憫

主耶穌憐憫世人的軟弱,

原原本本地接納每個人。

因祂愛我而忍受十架羞辱,

復活來伴我走過苦難幽谷,

使我能靠主力量也與受苦的人同行。

「我們堅固的人,應該擔代不堅固人的軟弱,不求自己的喜悅。 我們各人務要叫鄰舍喜悅,使他得益處,建立德行。 因為基督也不求自己的喜悅,如經上所記:「辱罵你人的辱罵都落在我身上。」(羅馬書15:1-3)

屬靈跆拳道

敬畏順服你的師傅–主耶穌;

安靜你的心在聖靈裡;

站穩在聖經真理中;

然後用口說出真理抵擋擊敗仇敵。

「故此,你們要順服神。務要抵擋魔鬼,魔鬼就必離開你們逃跑了。」(雅各書4:7)

Spiritual Taekwondo

Surrender to your Master, Jesus Christ;

Rest your spiritual muscle in the Holy Spirit;

Stand your fighting stance firm in the Scripture of the Bible;

And then punch and kick the devil by speaking God’s truth.

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)

聯合

活在當下,

不憑律法操課,不看人意,不靠經驗,

此刻聆聽聖靈聲音。

老我與基督死,

新我與主聯合復活,

必然要結出豐盛生命的果實。

「我的弟兄們,這樣說來,你們藉著基督的身體,在律法上也是死了,叫你們歸於別人,就是歸於那從死裡復活的,叫我們結果子給神。」(羅馬書7:4)

Saved and overcome

Mercy is that the deserved punishment is exempted.
Grace is that the undeserved gift is freely granted.

We are saved by God’s mercy.
We are justified by God’s grace.

The saved is freed from the bondage of sins and control of the devil.
The justified is restored to be God’s children and cannot be condemned by the devil.

Sins are cleansed by the word of God so that we are reborn with freedom.
Minds are renewed by the power of the Holy Spirit so that we are empowered to overcome the world and the devil.

The complete salvation definitely imparts deliverance and victory to life.

“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.” (Titus 3:5-7)

Faith has an object

Faith in Jesus Christ, is like in Noah’s ark, holding you secure, anchoring your soul;
So that you are not shaken by waves of the world,
Not afraid of the unknown passage,
But in full speed, breaking through the ice of evil,
by resting in His mighty protection,
To sail toward His assured haven of eternity.
 
Faith in idols (such as self, success, health, religion, etc.), is like a swimmer in the ocean,
Holding nothing real perpetual,
Floating with tides of ego,
Being tossed by waves of worldly values,
Trembling at rapidly changing uncertainty.
In the blink of an eye, drowning in exhausted self-help effort,
And still has no assurance about the prospect of arrival to shore.
 
 
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1, KJV)

信心的對象

信心的對象是世界功名偶像,好像隻身在大海裡,

無定的載浮於瞬息萬變的風浪,

轉瞬間耗盡倚靠自我的力量,

仍然不知何地是歸處。

 

信心的對象是主耶穌上帝,好像在挪亞方舟裡,

不被世界的風浪搖擺,

也不懼怕未知的航程,

而是放心讓主掌舵,

全速前進,乘風破浪,

航向應許的永恆家鄉。

「信就是所望之事的實底,是未見之事的確據。」(希伯來書11:1)

得救又得勝

憐憫(mercy),就是本該遭受的後果被免除了,

恩典(grace),就是白白獲得了本來沒有的。

我們得救(saved)是因為上帝的憐憫,

我們稱義(justified)是因為上帝的恩典。

得救的人,脫離了罪的綑綁和魔鬼的轄制,

稱義的人,恢復做上帝兒女的身份,不再接受魔鬼控告。

靠主話語潔淨罪污,使人重生得自由;
靠聖靈能力更新心靈,使人爭戰得勝。
完全的救恩,賜下得救又得勝的生命。

「他 便 救 了 我 們 ; 並 不 是 因 我 們 自 己 所 行 的 義 , 乃 是 照 他 的 憐 憫 , 藉 著 重 生 的 洗 和 聖 靈 的 更 新 。聖 靈 就 是 神 藉 著 耶 穌 基 督 我 們 救 主 厚 厚 澆 灌 在 我 們 身 上 的 ,好 叫 我 們 因 他 的 恩 得 稱 為 義 , 可 以 憑 著 盼 望 承 受 永 生 。」(提多書3:5-7)