信仰與生活

信仰與生活

這是我最近在慕道班讀以弗所書對教會的一點心得感想。我想如果我們的教導充滿了神話語的能力，我們的團契充滿了生命的見證，我們的教會充滿了神的同在，其實不信的人踏入教會應該就可以感受到神在這裡。我們也不一定要特別為他們設一個福音聚會，因為無論甚麼聚會，他都會感受到神在這裡。

Faith and Life

This is some thought about church which I learn from Ephesians in seekers class recently. If our teaching is full of the power of God's Word, our fellowship is full of the testimony of life and our church is full of God's presence, nonbelievers should be able to know God is here when they come to our church. It may not be necessary to have an evangelical meeting special for nonbelievers because they always can feel God is here whatever meeting they go.  

信仰: 神與人的關係。父，子，聖靈，人
生活: 人與人的關係。教會，夫妻，親子，工作
信仰與生活是十誡的兩大主題，這兩大主題在新約中也不斷地出現，特別在保羅書信這兩大主題常常就是書信的兩大段落。

一個好的生活見證總是根基於正確的信仰，真實的信仰。
無論教會，夫妻，親子，工作中的關係其實都應該是神與人關係的映射。正確的神與人關係又是以父神與子神之間關係為原型的映射。
神創造人是按著神的形象，這形象因人的墮落而失去，因基督的救贖而恢復。基督就是神的像，基督成為我們的榜樣。為什麼是三位一體? 因為神是愛，神在他自己的裡面顯明他自己愛的本性，聖父愛聖子，聖子順服聖父，他們是完全的愛與完全的順服。聖靈降臨則使我們有新生命，可以效法神的愛與順服。門徒就是效法基督的學生，門徒訓練就是要更像基督，愛神愛人。這就是神在我們身上的旨意。

聖父愛聖子，聖子順服聖父。
基督愛教會，教會順服基督。
丈夫愛妻子，妻子順服丈夫。
父母愛兒女，兒女順服父母。
主人愛僕人，僕人順服主人。
這一切都是愛與順服的關係，而不是壓迫與屈服的關係。愛與順服是出於神，壓迫與屈服不是出於神。法老王與以色列人是壓迫與屈服的關係，但神要把我們從捆綁中釋放出來。在愛中的順服是主動的，是自由的，是出自內心的。在壓迫下屈服是被動的，是受轄制的。一個愛主的人，也應是愛人的人，在基督的權柄之下，使用神所賦予的權柄來造就別人。一個愛主的人，也應是順服的人，他也願意謙卑地順服在神所設立的權柄，來得造就。


Faith: the relationship of God and human. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, human. 
Life: the relationship of human and human. Church, husband and wife, parent and children, job
Faith and life are two major topics in Ten Commandment. These two topics also appear repeatedly everywhere in the New Testament. Especially Paul usually used these two topics as two sections in his Epistles.

A good life testimony is always based on a correct faith, a true faith.
All of church, husband and wife, parent and children, job in our life actually should be a reflection of the relationship of God and human. The right relationship of God and human is a reflection of the relationship of Father and Son.
God created human based on the image of God. We lost this image because of the fall of human. We recover this image because of the salvation of Christ. Christ is the image of God. Christ becomes our model. Why God is the Trinity? Because God is love, God reveals his nature of love inside Himself. Father loves Son and Son obeys Father. They are the perfect love and the perfect obedience. The coming of Holy Spirit gives us a new life, so we are able to imitate God's love and obedience. Disciples are students of Christ. The purpose of discipleship is to be more like to Christ, love God and love people. This is the God's will for our life.

Father loves Son and Son obeys Father.
Christ loves Church and Church obeys Christ.
Husband loves wife and wife obeys husband.
Parent love children and children obey parents.
Master loves servant and servant obey master.

All of these are the relationship of love and obedience, not oppression and yield. Love and obedience come from God. Oppression and yield are not from God. Pharaoh and Israel are the relation of oppression and yield, but God want to release us from this binding. The obedience in love is active, free and from the heart. The yield under oppression is passive and controlled. A person who loves God should also be a person who loves people. He uses the authority from God under the authority of Christ to edify people. A person who loves God should also be a person who obeys the authority. He is willing to humble himself to obey the authority from God to be edified.


實行的途徑:
聖經是神賜給人的豐富的寶藏。對聖經的消化，改變我們的生命，使我們得著更豐盛的生命。這是我們領受恩典的途徑。
讀經三步: 觀察，解釋，應用
觀察是找出經文的人時事地物。古時。
解釋就是找出其中的神學真理信念，著重所信。永恆。
應用就是思想其中的生活實踐準則，著重所行。今時。
聖經的教導:
主日學，主日崇拜 重點在聖經的教導。重點在信心，向下紮根。
聖經的實踐:
週間就是我們應用聖經在生活，團契就是應用聖經在生活的見證。重點在行為，向上成長。
主日是一週的起點，週六的團契小組是一週的句點。
主日是認識基督，使我們在週間的生活來跟隨基督。每一天都是新的，每一天我們都可以經歷到神的恩典，每一天我們都可以心意更新而變化。 週末時，我們在團契小組中一同見證分享在生活中的基督。一週是神在創造世界的時候就為我們預備的自然週期。用一週的週期來設計教會的主題，使教會的屬靈成長形成一個節奏感，使人來到教會，很自然地感受到一個動力十足的生命節奏，也能很自然地加入這個團隊的生命節奏。這種生命節奏就像心跳與呼吸是維繫生命持續運作的規律節奏。教會應該就像一個交響樂團，不同的樂器，共同的節奏，一同演奏一首美麗的生命旋律。
用十二年為一個大循環來走過一遍聖經。這代表一個世代的門徒訓練。用十二個團契小組來組織教會，使萬民做主的門徒，效法基督。用生命影響生命，生命傳承生命，代代相承。這就是主給我們的大使命。


The way of practice:
Bible is the abundant treasure given by God.  The digestion of the Bible transforms us from life to abundant life. This is the way we receive God's grace.
Three steps of Bible study: observation, interpretation and application.
Observation is to find who, when, what, where and why in Bible text.  Ancient time.
Interpretation is to find the theological truth and faith. Focus on faith. External time.
Application is to think about the principle of life practice. Focus on work. Current time.
The teaching of Bible:
Sunday school and worship focus on the teaching of Bible. Focus on faith. Down to deepen the roots.
The practice of Bible:
We apply Bible to our life during weekdays. We share the testimony of life application of Bible in fellowship. Focus on work.  Up to growing up.
Sunday is the beginning of a week. The fellowship on Saturday is a period of a week. We use Sunday to know Christ, so we can follow Christ in our daily life during the weekdays. Every day is a new day. Every day we experience God's grace. Every day our mind is changed and transformed. On the weekend we gather together to share testimony how we encounter Christ in our daily life. A week is the natural period God prepared for us in the creation of this world. We can use the period of a week to design the theme of church.  Create a rhythm for the spiritual growth of church. When people come to church, they can naturally feel a dynamic life rhythm. They can naturally join this life rhythm of the team. This life rhythm is like heartbeat and breathes. It is the regular rhythm to keep a living body running and functioning. A church should be like a symphony orchestra performing a beautiful life melody together with different instruments in the same rhythm. 

A 12 years cycle is the big cycle to walk through the whole Bible. It represents the discipleship of a generation. Using 12 fellowship groups to organize church to make people to be Lord's disciples, learn after Christ. Using life to influence life and passing life to life from generation to generation. This is the Great Commission that Lord give us.