信從主耶穌, 親愛眾聖徒

Faith in the Lord Jesus, Love for all the Saints

---不住增長的信心

--A Continuously Growing Faith

經節: 弗 2:8~10, 加 2:20~21, 來12:1~2, 弗 4:11~13

Scriptures: Ephesians 2:10-12, Galatians 2:20-21, Hebrews 12:1-2, Ephesians 4:11-13

背誦經文: “我們既有這許多的見證人，如同雲彩圍著我們，就當放下各樣的重擔，脫去容易纏累我們的罪，存心忍耐，奔那擺在我們前頭的路程，仰望為我們信心創始成終的耶穌。他因那擺在前面的喜樂，就輕看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦難，便坐在　神寶座的右邊。”(來12:1~2)

Memory verse:

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:1-2)

一. 基督徒的入門---本乎恩, 因著信

I. The beginning of a Christian -- by grace, through faith

v 信心使我們得著神的恩典

o Through faith we receive God’s grace

v 恩典印證信心的道路

o Grace confirms the way of faith

v 感謝神, “不再是我, 乃是基督”

o Thanks be to God, “No longer I, but Christ”

二. 基督徒的道路---不住增長的信心

II. The journey of a Christian -- a continuously growing faith

v 信心需要增長, 信心可以增長--- “得著了”, 但尚未 “豐滿的得著”

o Faith needs to grow and faith can grow – “Received it”, but not yet “received it abundantly”

v 在恩典中不住增長的信心--- “願你增加, 願我減少”

o A faith that is continuously growing in grace -- “May You increase and I decrease”

v 在基督身體中不住增長的信心

o A faith that is continuously growing in the body of Christ

v 成為長大成熟的基督徒

o To grow into a mature Christian