2023年度經文「我又看見寶座與四活物並長老之中,有羔羊站立,像是被殺過的,有七角七眼,就是神的七靈,奉差遣往普天下去的。」(啟示錄5:6)

banner 2023「我又看見寶座與四活物並長老之中,有羔羊站立,像是被殺過的,有七角七眼,就是神的七靈,奉差遣往普天下去的。」(啟示錄5:6)

主題經卷:使徒行傳
我們訂2023年的主題是《神的七角七眼:差往普天下的聖靈》


《參考資料》

一.神的七靈

  • 七,在聖經裡代表完全,啟示錄稱聖靈為神的七靈,意思是豐滿的聖靈。藉著基督十字架救贖,以及復活、升天,帶來聖靈的澆灌;聖靈將天一切的豐富與榮耀帶下來,也就是將神一切的豐盛帶下來。
  • 聖經用各樣的表號來講聖靈:鴿子覆孵、火與光、活水江河、雲彩、風、膏油;我們可以由此來思考、想像、體會聖靈豐滿的祝福。
  • 聖經也用九種果子來講聖靈:仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、溫柔、節制;我們可以由此來思考、想像、體會聖靈豐滿的祝福。

二.七角七眼

  • 啟示錄說,神的七靈就是羔羊的七角七眼。角,代表能力;眼,代表看見、透視、啟發、明白,都說到聖靈的作為。
  • 聖經用各樣美善的恩賜來講聖靈的作為:智慧的言語、知識的言語、信心、醫病的恩賜、行異能、作先知、辨別諸靈、說方言、繙方言;我們可以由此來思考、想像、體會,聖靈如何運行在我們身上,成全有能力、帶來啟示的服事。
  • 聖經用聖靈各種職事來講聖靈的作為:使徒、先知、傳福音的、牧師和教師、幫助人的、治理事的、勸化的、施捨的、憐憫人的;我們可以由此來思考、想像、體會聖靈如何運行在我們身上,成全有能力、帶來啟示的服事。

三.奉差遣往普天下去

  • 基督受難、復活、升天,將聖靈澆灌下來,是帶著偉大任務的,我們習稱之「大使命The Great Commission」。
  • 啟示錄說,神的七靈奉差遣往普天下去,要將基督的福音帶給萬國萬民,要讓神旨意行到地極,如同行在天上。
  • 創立摩拉維亞弟兄會的Zinzondorf伯爵,說出聖靈的宣教神學:「聖靈的作法是,先前往宣教禾場,在一個人心中激發了渴慕,然後差遣宣教士去那人那兒;宣教士所作的見證,使慕道者的追尋得以滿足。」
  • 這不只說到讓人初聽福音,初信基督;也包括將渴慕的人帶進聖靈的大能與豐滿中,將神的道之榮耀美麗,開啟在渴望求明白真理的人心中。神的七靈是神羔羊的七角七眼!

《聖靈的金言雋語》

  • 有智慧的領袖應該知道,人類的心靈不能維持在真空狀態;如果基督徒被禁止享受聖靈的新酒,他們將轉向肉體的醇酒。基督為我們的心靈而死,聖靈則想來滿足它。(陶恕)Wise leaders should have known that the human heart cannot exist in a vacuum. If Christians are forbidden to enjoy the wine of the Spirit they will turn to the wine of the flesh....Christ died for our hearts and the Holy Spirit wants to come and satisfy them.(A.W. Tozer)
  • 讓我們禱告時,總是帶著一顆真摯的心,感謝聖靈在我們裡面教導我們禱告。感謝會驅使我們的心靠近神、與神聯結,感謝會將我們的注意從自己身上挪開,讓聖靈在我們心裡找到居所。(慕安得烈)Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.(Andrew Murray)
  • 五旬節之後,教會是否仍然將其他一切工作撇開,在祂面前等候十天,直到聖靈大能彰顯出來?我們太多注意方法、機制與資源,而太少回到能力的源頭本身。Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power.(Jeremy Taylor,17世紀英國教會牧師,被稱為Shakespeare of Divines)
  • 主啊,我在外頭找不著你,因為我犯了錯誤,在外頭尋找你,而你是在我的裡面。(奧古斯丁)I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.(Augustine)
  • 若缺少神聖靈的火,任何事都失去意義;若擁有神的火,任何事都無關緊要了。Destitute of the Fire of God, nothing else counts; possessing Fire, nothing else matters.(Samuel Chadwick)
  • 今天的教會多麼限制聖靈啊!教會與宣教機構用紅色膠帶將聖靈包裝起來,請祂坐在角落裡,而由他們自己來作工。How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a corner while they do the work themselves.(C.T. Studd,劍橋七傑中的一位)
  • 如果你藉理性思維進入基督教,某個聰明傢伙也能以理性思維使你走出基督教。但如果你藉著聖靈的光照而來到基督面前,使你直覺地意識到你是神的孩子;你是藉著聖經知道這個,但也藉著內在的光,也就是聖靈內在的點亮而知道,那麼沒有人能以理性思維使你從其中出來了。(陶恕)If you have to be reasoned into Christianity, some wise fellow can reason you out of it! If you come to Christ by a flash of the Holy Spirit so that by intuition you know that you are God's child, you know it by the text but you also know it by the inner light, the inner illumination of the Spirit, and no one can ever reason you out of it.(A. W. Tozer)
  • 被聖靈充滿的人因神而著火,他們以發光的愛去愛,以燃燒的信心來服事,他們委身於事奉如火燎原,以燃燒著的烈火來恨惡罪,他們的喜樂閃爍著光芒。愛在神的火裡得以完全。Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a devotion that consumes. They hate sin with fierceness that burns. They rejoice with a joy that radiates. Love is perfected in the fire of God.(Samuel Chadwick,《The Way to Pentecost》之作者)
  • 若無聖靈幫助,我們不知道我們應該禱告什麼、向誰禱告、藉著什麼來禱告、請誰為我們禱告。(本仁約翰)We know not the matter of the things for which we should pray, neither the object to whom we pray, nor the medium by or through whom we pray; none of these things know we, but by the help and assistance of the Spirit.(John Bunyan)
  • 停滯呆坐的生活是得罪聖靈的,只有走動著生發的思維才有價值。(尼采)A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value.(Friedrich Nietzsche)

請思想下面真理與問題:

  1. 請用一句話,30字以內,描述聖靈帶來怎樣的豐盛。
  2. 請用一句話,30字以內,來詮釋「七角、七眼」的聖靈。
  3. 請用一句話,30字以內,描述聖靈被差往普天下的大使命。

 

 

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