SVCA獻堂週年特別聚會
Anniversary of
—「屬靈的傳承」Passing on the Spiritual Inheritance
背誦經文:「你只要謹慎、殷勤保守你的心靈、免得忘記你親眼所看見的事、又免得你一生、這事離開你的心。總要傳給你的子子孫孫。」(申 4:9)
Memory
verse:
“Only take heed to
yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes
have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And
teach them to your children and your grandchildren…” (Deuteronomy 4:9)
經文:申 4:9,4: 40,6:4-9
Scriptures: Deuteronomy 4:9,
4: 40, 6:4-9
(一) 屬靈的傳承不僅是祝福,更是 神的要求
—「我今日將他的律例誡命曉諭你,你要遵守,使你和你的子孫可以得福,並使你的日子在耶和華─你 神所賜的地上得以長久。」(申 4:40)
—「你要盡心、盡性、盡力、愛耶和華你的 神。我今日所吩咐你的話、都要記在心上,也要殷勤教訓你的兒女…」(申 6:4-9)
I. Passing on the spiritual
inheritance is a blessing and a commandment of the LORD
-- “You
shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you
today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that
you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD your
God is giving you for all time.” (Deuteronomy 4:40)
-- “You shall love the LORD your God with all your
heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you
today shall be in your heart. You
shall teach them diligently to your children…“ (Deuteronomy 6:4-9)
(二) 兩個令人警惕的例子
(1)「世界為我們效力」與「受督工轄制苦害」
—「埃及地都在你面前,只管叫你父親和你弟兄住在國中最好的,……」(創 47:6a)
—「約瑟和他的弟兄並那一代的人都死了…有不認識約瑟的新王起來治理埃及…派督工轄制他們,加重擔苦害他們…嚴嚴的使以色列人作工,使他們因作苦工覺得命苦…」(出 1:6-14)
(2)「事奉 神」與「事奉偶像」。」(士2:7-15)
—「約書亞在世和約書亞死後、那些見耶和華為以色列人所行大事的長老還在的時候、百姓都事奉耶和華。…後來有別的世代興起,不知道耶和華,也不知道耶和華為以色列人所行的……去事奉諸巴力,離棄了領他們出埃及地的耶和華 - 他們列祖的 神、去叩拜別神、就是四圍列國的神、惹耶和華發怒」
II. Two alarming examples
(1) “The world working for us” versus
“Under the affliction and hard bondage of taskmasters”
--“The
-- And Joseph died, all his
brothers, and all that generation. … Now
there arose a new king over
(2) “Serving God” versus “Serving idols”
-- So the people served the LORD all the days of
Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all
the great works of the LORD which He had done for
(三) 是「生命與使 命」的傳承,也是「祝福與見證」的傳承
—摩西與約書亞,以利亞與以利沙,保羅和提摩太,彼得和馬可,…
III. An inheritance of “Life
and
- Moses
and Joshua, Elijah and Elisha, Paul and Timothy, Peter and Mark…