親愛眾聖徒(一)
Love For All the Saints (1)
-- 是「有根有基」的愛
Love that is rooted and established
經文:弗 3:14-20, 林前 13:4-8a,13, 約壹 4:7,19-21
Scriptures:
Eph 3:14-20, I Cor 13:4-8a, I John 4:7, 19-21
(一)
是從 神而來的愛(約壹4:7)
It’s a love that comes from God (I John 4:7)
-- “…使基督因你們的信住在你們心裡,叫你們的愛心有根有基,…”“That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love”(弗Eph 3:17)
-- “…聖靈將 神的愛澆灌在我們心裏”” love of God has been
poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit”(羅Rom 5:5)
-- 是最大恩賜The
greatest gift(林前I Cor 13:1-3),是最大誡命the
greatest commandment(可Mark 12:30-31),也是最美生命與見證and
the most beautiful life and testimony(約John 13:35)
(二)
是有知識和見識,能分別是非的愛
It’s a love with knowledge and all discernment-to approve the things that are excellent
-- “我所禱告的就是要你們的愛心在知識和各樣見識上多而不多,使你們能分別是非…””And this I pray, that
your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that
you may approve the things that are excellent”(腓Phil 1:9-10)
-- “愛是…不作害羞的事,…不喜歡不義” “Does not behave
rudely … does not rejoice in iniquity”(林前I Cor 13:5-6)
(三)
是有具體行動的愛
It’s a love that is tangible and with actions
-- “小子們哪,我們相愛不要只在言語和舌頭上,總要在行為和誠實上”” My little children,
let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth”(約壹I
John
3:18)
-- “不愛他所看見的弟兄,就不能愛沒有看見的 神,愛 神的也當愛弟兄…””For he who does not
love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not
seen? … he who
loves God must love his brother also.”(約壹I John 4:20-21a)
(四)
是經得起考驗的愛
It’s a love that can be tested
-- “愛是永不止息”” Love never fails”(林前I
Cor 13:8)
(五)
是具有永恆價值的愛
It’s a love with an eternal value
-- “如今常存的有信、有望、有愛,其中最大的是愛”” And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”(林前I Cor 13:13)