LOVE WORKED

愛能成就

 

Speaker: Brother Kyle R. Allen

Memorization Verses: John 14:12

背誦經文: 14:12

 

John 14:1-14, 18-24

14:1-14, 18-24

 

THE WORLD WORKED OUT

世界的運作與答案

What does John mean by the key term world? (1:10, 3:16, 7:7, 14:19, 27 among others) What defines the mission of the world?

約翰用世界這個字的原意為何? (1:10, 3:16, 7:7, 14:19, 27) 世界的使命從何定義呢?

Where do you clearly see kingdom clashes in the world around you?

在你周圍, 你是否清楚的看見國度之間的衝突?

What kind of kingdom clashes rage inside you?

在你裡面, 又激盪著哪些國度間的衝突?

 

OUR RESCUE WORKED OUT

我們救恩的運作與答案

Our culture takes serious issue with the claims of Jesus. How do our world’s definitions contrast with those of Christ?

我們的文化對主耶穌的宣告存有嚴重的質疑. 世界所下定義的如何與主耶穌的宣告對比?

The nature of Truth:

真理的性質:

 

The meaning, purpose, and source of Life:

生命的意義, 目的, 和源頭:

 

Way(s) to God and salvation:

通往 神和救恩的道路:

 

Our culture’s metaphors of equally valid ways to find God—many paths to the top of the mountain, all rivers flow into the same ocean—are false ones. Jesus’ picture is not that we need help finding a way to Him but that He has come down to rescue us because we are so utterly lost in the bondage of our sin. Jesus’ metaphor is one of home. There might be millions of people who can take you to their home but the real question remains—to whose home do you want to go? Jesus is the only Way because He’s the only one for whom Heaven is His home.

 

我們的文化隱喻人能用不同, 卻都同樣有效的方式找到 - 通往山頂的路不只一條, 所有河流都流到大海 - 這是錯誤的. 主耶穌讓我們看見, 並非我們需要幫助才能找到通往 神的路, 而是祂自己必須下來拯救我們, 因為我們已經完全失落在罪的轄制裡. 祂提供的是一條回家的路. 也許有千萬人能夠帶你回他的家, 然而問題是 - 你想去誰的家? 耶穌是唯一的道路, 因為天堂是祂的家.

 

LOVE WORKED OUT

愛的運作與答案

How can we know Jesus is who He claimed to be? (7:17, 14:11)

我們如何知道耶穌真是祂所宣稱的? (7:17, 14:11)

 

Seeing the works (14:11)

看見祂的工作 (14:11)

Believing and living the works (14:15)

相信並活出祂所成就的

Doing the greater works (14:12)

作更大的事 (14:12)

 

Follow thou me. I am the way and truth and the life. Without the way, there is no going; without the truth there is no knowing; without the life there is no living. I am the way which thou must follow; the truth which thou must believe; the life for which thou must hope. I am the inviolable way; the infallible truth; the never-ending life. I am the straightest way; the sovereign truth; life true, life blessed, life uncreated. Thomas à Kempis The Imitation of Christ

 

跟從我, 我是道路, 真理, 生命. 沒有路就無法前行; 沒有真理就無從明白; 沒有生命就無所謂生活. 我就是你必須跟從的道路; 必須相信的真理; 必須盼望的生命. 我是不可侵犯的道路; 無誤的真理; 無窮的生命; 我是最直接的道路; 主宰的真理; 那真實, 有福, 非受造的生命. ----多馬·肯培《效法基督》