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“Because Noah had faith, after God had shown him what was to happen in the future, he built the ark with a heart of reverence to save all his family. By faith, he condemned that generation and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith. ”‭‭[Hebrews 11:7]

The sky is like a dome, covering the vast plains. At the mountain top in the morning, the air was fresh and the sunlight as ever, as if every day would be like this forever. Noah gazed into the distance, trying to find signs of the storm before the storm on the horizon, but saw not a single cloud. At the foot of the mountain, the city’s noise was faint and unnoticed, as if a wedding procession was there, writhing like colorful ladybugs slowly writhing on the ground. Smoke curled up everywhere, and the river winding around the city shimmered like satin, shining with sunlight. Noah felt compassion in his heart; this was the last peaceful day, yet no one believed him!

Time flies, God created man, and the year 1650 has passed. At that time, the normal lifespan was eight to nine hundred years, the population reproduced rapidly, and large cities rose and fell one after another. After Adam sinned, the original sin of rebellion against God was passed down through genes to every descendant, man and woman. A strong body, a long lifespan, a clear mind, and other blessings from God have all become tools for human sin. Desire floods like a flood, and men freely seize beautiful women as wives. Brutal as a thick night, everyone was immersed in it, unwilling to escape. God sees through human hearts, yet sees that what people think and think all day is evil.

Adam’s tenth-generation descendant—Noah (meaning rest)—gazes beyond the vast city, gazing toward the intersection of heaven and earth. The conversation with God from decades ago is still vivid in my memory.

“People in the world are full of evil, and their fate has come.” I will destroy them along with the earth. ”

“God, you are the Lord who made heaven and earth and all things; the sovereignty is with you. You did not immediately destroy our ancestors at first, but you must have given us a chance to repent. Today, not only have we not repented, but our sins have only grown worse, filling us with sin. Just give them another time to repent. ”

“If anyone repents, I will save them. But above all the earth, only you honor me as a god, pure and without fault. Your family of eight will be saved because of this. Look, I will make the floodwaters overflow the earth and destroy the whole world. All living beings on earth with breath will perish. Only your family of eight is spared. ”

“God, please allow me to proclaim your warning to the world, that they may repent, and that by your infinite mercy you will take back your severe punishment.”

“Go and warn them, but none of them will repent, and they will perish and condemn themselves. From today onward, you shall build an ark out of cypress, with cabins inside and out coated with asphalt. The ark you are building will be 133 meters long, 22 meters wide, and 13 meters high. The top of the boat had a fifty-centimeter-high light-light opening, and the door was opened on the side of the ark. The entire ark was divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. ”

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“God. It will take many years for me to build this great boat. ”

“The years you need to build this great boat will be the years I patiently wait for their repentance, and you must also proclaim my warning to them. But I will make a covenant with you, because you believe in me, and I see you as righteous. You and your wife, son, and daughter-in-law can all enter the ark. For each animal, you must bring two into the ark, one male and one female, to preserve their lives. All kinds of birds, beasts, and reptiles must come to you in pairs according to their kind, so they can survive. You need to prepare various foods for yourself and these animals, and store them. ”

Thinking of this, Noah withdrew his gaze and looked behind him. Behind them was a flat mountain ridge, and the sturdy cypress forest within dozens of miles had been cleared by him and his three sons. At the most open point stands the newly completed massive ark. Everything was designed and built just as God had originally intended. The three sons were still conducting final checks, while the three daughters-in-law laid hay and placed animal feed in each room. Pairs of animals lay quietly in their own enclosures, their eyes shining with an instinctive alertness and peace.

Noah looked up to the sky and sighed deeply. At this life-or-death moment, why are the people down the mountain less alert than the animals on this boat? God can move and guide these ignorant animals to the great boat, so why do people not only fail to feel their inner unease, but also ignore decades of warnings?

For decades, he built the ark while preaching God’s warnings. People thought they would wake up, but unexpectedly, they were met with all kinds of ridicule:

“What are you four men going to build on the mountain?” A boat? A great flood? Destroy all of humanity? Haha, I think you’ll ruin your whole family first! ”

“Repent?” Who told you? Oh, God? Haha! Where is the Old God? Why didn’t he tell me in person? Please pass on the message! ”

“No investing in the city walls, no beautiful women, you keep a yellow-faced wife and have three children delayed, hiding outside the city—why build an ark!” How many tickets do you charge? I definitely visit. ”

Noah eventually became a laughingstock. He was famous, and people from distant places came to see him, but they all sneered and shook their heads before leaving.

Decades have passed, and the great boat has finally been built—a colossal creature unlike any other, not by the water, but on the mountain. People gradually became accustomed to Noah’s family and stopped paying attention. But seven days ago, God once again instructed Noah:

“You and your family will enter the ark, for in this generation only you are righteous in my eyes. In seven days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and nights, destroying all living things I have made. ”

The end of the seven days was today. Noah looked down at the foot of the mountain again. The wedding procession in the city had dispersed, the smoke from cooking no longer lingered, and everything was quiet. He gazed into the distance again, and on the far horizon, far away, a shadow the size of a broad bean, seemingly dark clouds, slowly spreading in.

Noah stood up; the whole family had already been prepared. Standing at the bow of the boat, he looked at him but remained solemn and silent.

“Let’s get on board. “The heavy rain is coming,” Noah walked toward them.

5. Crime …

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“Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, death came to all because they had sinned. Adam is a type of the one who is to come. “[Romans 5:12]

A cool breeze rises in the sky, dusk is vast and vast, and the mountains and forests rise in layers. At the foot of the mountain, Adam stood like a stump burned by fire, haggard and stubborn. He stood before Eve’s tomb, his beard white drifting in the wind, tears streaming down his face. Through his tears, his dim eyes seemed to see that afternoon nine hundred years ago. In Eden, Eve rushed to him in a panic, holding the forbidden fruit she had just eaten, threw herself into his arms, tears in her eyes, tightly clutching his arm, as if afraid he might disappear at any moment.

“I ate the forbidden fruit, you should eat it too. I love you so much, you eat it as I do. After eating it, we become like God, knowing good and evil. Adam looked at his beautiful wife, his heart filled with compassion, and he bit down the fruit Eve had brought to his mouth.

In that moment, the most precious work was shattered, and what was lost could never be returned to its beginning. At that moment, he suddenly felt an instinctive longing for eternity, wishing he could always hold his beloved wife and look into her delicate eyes. In that instant, fear struck his heart like lightning. They had broken God’s command and eaten the forbidden fruit. When would God punish them to die? He picked fig leaves to shield himself and Eve, hiding in the woods.

A cool breeze rose, the sun set in the west, and God walked in the Garden of Eden. He had long seen Adam holding Eve’s hand and hiding in the forest. “Where are you, kid?” God gently called to him.

When they ate the forbidden fruit, didn’t God’s heart also break along with His works? But the greatest right and dignity God gives people is freedom; their greatest gift is having the image of God; their greatest privilege is to be free and unrestrained with God.

They sin, unaware that death has come upon them—they are dead in spirit, separated from God by sin, and can never be with Him again; The bell of death within their bodies has been triggered, and from then on, illness and frailty will accompany them until the soul leaves the body and the body returns to dust; They are no longer free; from then on, pride, jealousy, and anger will bind their hearts. They thought eating the forbidden fruit would make them like God, but they didn’t realize it would tarnish God’s image and lead them to death.

God was waiting for the hiding man to come to Him. The flower of sin has already bloomed, the fruit of sin is bound to wither, yet the source of sin lies in Satan’s corruption and temptation. God first prophesied judgment on Satan: “I will make you and the woman an enemy; Your offspring and the woman’s offspring are also enemies of one another.

The offspring of the woman will crush your head; You want to hurt his heel. ” – The mystery of this prophecy will only be revealed thousands of years later, but God must personally pay the price.

The great price is because God loves people deeply. Because of Adam, humanity fell, but God wanted to become the second Adam to save humanity. The cool wind grew stronger, the sun set, and Adam still stood guard at Eve’s tomb.

His beloved Eve had left him, and he felt his strength waning, soon to pursue her. He looked toward the place where the sun set, Eden in his dreams, where are you? Where do we find our early days? Nine hundred years ago, on that twilight evening, the couple were driven out of the garden by God because of sin, and had to work to survive, but the land grew thorns because of sin.

Animals were also dragged into death, beginning to prey on the weak, fearing humans, and not being restrained. For nine hundred years, they have borne many children, and the land is filled with their descendants, yet he sadly sees sinfulness spreading like a virus spreading in the heart to his descendants. The ground was filled with greed, deception, brutality, and slaughter. How could a family member act like this?

The Satan who deceived Eve at first, how cruel he was. Adam stood facing the wind, and in the last ray of light, he reminisced about the last glimpse of God from years ago—God stood tall in the garden, radiating glory, confident and composed.

That warm glance made him believe that God would never abandon his descendants; otherwise, at that dusk, at that moment of judgment, how could God have made them garments of animal skins? But God, how are you supposed to deal with these completely out of control and disorder among the rioting crowd!

4. The an…

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For your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, roaming everywhere seeking someone to devour. “[1 Peter 5:8]

She suddenly turned her head and followed the sound, seeing the giant snake coiled in the tree, the serpent’s cold, stern eyes, its tongue swirling like flames, and the red and yellow patterns swaying in the mottled sunlight.

“How can snakes talk?” she was surprised, stood up, and walked toward the snake. When Satan saw Eve approaching, he was secretly delighted and repeated his earlier question: “Did God really say you would not eat from any tree in the garden?” Its voice was hoarse, yet carried a hint of magnetism.

Eve showed a puzzled expression. How could a snake in a tree speak? But in her pure and innocent heart, there was no trickery, like a four- or five-year-old child answering a con artist’s question. Although confused, she still answered the snake’s question. She searched her memory of the divine command her husband had told her: “We can eat the fruit from the trees in the garden, but we must not eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden.”

God once commanded, ‘You shall not eat the fruit or touch it, or you will die.’

“” A cold smile seemed to appear at the corner of Snake’s stern mouth, “She really misremembered the divine decree. Striking her first was definitely the best strategy. I have an opportunity, and the god’s plan is about to be disrupted by me!”

I will provoke her lusts, make her ignore God’s warnings, and in the end, sin like me, rebel against God…” – Satan inside the potential serpent’s body thought excitedly, but it casually commented: “You may not die! God said this because He knew that after you ate the fruit from that tree, your eyes would be opened, and you would be able to discern good from evil like God.

“Not necessarily to die, like God”—Eve had never heard or thought of these words. That’s right, what exactly is death? Is it as painful as falling? Where did he die? How come I never saw it in Eden? Why didn’t God show us what death was? Is death really that terrifying? Like God?

God is so glorious, holy, almighty, merciful, yet awe-inspiring.

After eating that fruit, will I be like a god?! Is God not letting us eat the forbidden fruit because he fears we will be like Him? Maybe I won’t die if I eat the forbidden fruit. Even if I die, maybe it’s not scary.

但是我也许能像上帝呢?蛇静静的看着夏娃,关键时刻的沉默胜过任何的言语。“哼,上帝最完美最精致最倾心的作品马上要被我打破了。她的心动了。她一旦吃了禁果,就是悖逆神的禁令,不听神的话就是犯罪,犯罪的后果就是心灵与神隔绝,肉体进入死亡。她一旦犯罪,她的男人不也马上束手就擒吗?

哈!”沉默是无声的力量。

在蛇的注视下,夏娃的鼻尖渗出了汗珠,她用神给的自由思考能力盘算着,用神给的自由意志试图做出艰难的抉择。她抬头看蛇,想再确认蛇说过的话,蛇的目光却如无底之湖。

阳光刺到夏娃的眼,她感到轻微的眩晕,不由伸手拄在树干上。“你看你死了吗?” 带有磁性的沙哑声音突然再次响起。夏娃轻微颤栗一下,手触电般离开树干,才发现自己刚才碰到了树。但她什么变化也没有觉察到。“不可吃,也不可摸,否则你必定死。嘶嘶,你看你没有死。

正如我刚刚所说。你知道神是欺骗你了吧。因为你吃了那果子就会像神一样了。

” 说完话,蛇再次沉入静默。夏娃看那禁果,它从来没有那样充满诱惑,魅力和光彩。它到底是怎样的滋味呢?吃了它我会变成怎样呢?我为什么不能尝一口呢?哪怕是一口啊。她走上前一步,踮起脚尖,有颗禁果刚刚悬在她头顶上面,她抓住那果子,轻微旋了下,果子落入她手中。

她拿到鼻前细闻,有陌生的香气。她闭上眼,深深的吸口气,轻轻的啃了一口那禁果。那瞬间她身体轻微的颤栗,头眩晕如同微醉,她感到自己的心灵和身体发生了奇异但清晰的变化。

这变化让她马上感到一种新的情绪-惶恐。恐惧中,她再看那蛇,从蛇的眼中看到了阴森和嘲讽。从蛇的目光中,她突然注意到自己赤裸的身体,脸霎时通红,感到了汹涌的羞愧。

慌乱中,她夺路而逃,手里紧紧抓着那果子。她必须马上找到丈夫,让他也吃下那果子.

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亚当吃果子

亚当和夏娃与神说话

亚当挖地

From then on, Adam and Eve worked hard to obtain food. They gradually aged. They knew that one day they would die.

3. Satan …

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“Satan said: I will ascend to heaven; I will lift up my throne above the stars of God; I will sit on the mountain of gathering, at the far north of the world. I will rise above the high clouds; I want to be equal to the Supreme. [Isaiah 14:14]

Satan, the angel known as the “Bright Star, Son of the Morning,” stood outside Eden, gazing at the beautiful scenery and the intimate embrace of the man and woman. Jealousy and hatred surged like volcanic lava, seemingly about to burst through his chest.

When this beautiful blue planet took shape under God’s command, he and many angels watched together, marveling in admiration. A truly unique planet—why was it only built and prepared for this couple, while he himself was just serving on a military assignment?

Am I not beautiful enough? Didn’t my beauty and charm make a third of my companions willingly serve as my subordinates? Is it because I lack ability? Am I not strong enough to be like a god, able to challenge him directly? Without this couple, wouldn’t I be the center of attention in the entire universe?

But why did the God who first create me create them? Why does that man have divine dignity, while I am forever a servant? Why is it that woman is so charming and charming, while I am destined to be neither male nor female? Why is this blue Earth called their home, while I am busily floating in the air?

Why does God scatter countless stars at night just for their after-dinner viewing? Those enormous galaxies, in their eyes, are but faint fireflies! And how much effort do we angels have to put in to keep them running! This God, what a waste and injustice He is doing is truly wasteful!

I must destroy God’s plan. Didn’t God give that man and woman complete free will? Isn’t God not afraid of their rebellion? Didn’t God spoil them to the point of giving them only one commandment? I will lead them into sin and disobey God’s commands.

They may not realize that God’s word is no joke, and may think that not listening to God’s word is insignificant. They have no idea that the consequence of betrayal is death; they have not fully experienced life and do not understand the terror of death.

Exactly! I will tempt them, because once they sinned, I would completely destroy God’s entire plan and expectations for them. At that time, God will surely fulfill the warning, and they will surely die and disappear from the earth for good. Thus, the earth will become a wasteland, and I will once again become the center of attention in the universe, with no other creature above me again. At that time, I will incite more angels to follow me and thus oppose God. I want to transcend God, be God myself, and let all creation worship me.

Thinking of this, he gave a cold laugh. Yes, only by cleverly making them willingly sin, then God has nothing to say. He looked toward Eden, where the beautiful Eve had worked with her husband for half a day. It was nearly noon, sitting resting beside the flowers, sweat beading on her forehead and cheeks flushed faintly from labor. Was she planning to wait until her husband rested before eating together? But she was clearly hungry, because she was not far from that “tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” staring blankly at its fruit.

This is a wonderful opportunity. The perceptive Satan had long seen a snake coiled on the branch of that tree, resting. God forbade people from eating the fruit of that tree, so the serpent was enjoying undisturbed peace. Snakes are the most cunning animals in the park. Satan seized the opportunity, sneaked into the serpent’s body, and the serpent immediately became a tool controlled by Satan.

The snake moved its body, its red and yellow stripes reflecting mottled sunlight through the green leaves. Its cold eyes fixed on the woman, its message stirring like flames. It said to the woman under the tree, “Did God really say you would not eat any fruit from the trees in the garden?” ”

The woman was startled and looked toward the source of the voice, seeing that it was a snake speaking. No animal in the park has ever spoken human language, and snakes have always preferred quiet solitude. So why did this snake speak today? How does it know God’s commandments? The woman stood up and walked over.

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“O Lord our Lord, how beautiful is your name in all the earth.” [Psalm 8:9]

God first created thousands upon thousands of angels. They have no gender, no body, cannot marry, and their mission is only one: to carry out God’s commands and fulfill His mission.

The Bible calls them serving spirits. God’s angels each belong to their own kind, fulfill their own duties, have their own names, and cannot be usurped by usurpation.

But God’s creations are born equal, free to dream, to create, and to love.

The angels created by God have terrifying powers, unrestricted by time and space. God created humans from dust, making their bodies intricate yet humble, not only limited by time and space but also placed in the great cradle of Earth to survive.

Within six days, the universe and galaxies created by the gods, the birds and beasts, all displayed the glory of the gods. And the peak of glory displayed by God during creation, like any great work of art, must be preserved until the very last moment. At the final moment of creation, the focus of His glory was His final work: Man.

But God created only one person—a man with body and soul—who not only gave him the stewardship of the entire earth but also gave him the most beautiful gift—a woman.

God unites man and woman into one flesh, enjoying marriage and sexual love, and multiplying children until the number of mysteries God has predestined is fulfilled. The lives created by God are countless, marvelous, showcasing His boundless creativity and boundless artistry.

Among millions of lives, only humans are created by God in His own image. Thus, people not only possess God’s innate disposition, but also have the ability to know God and the instinctive need to communicate with Him.

Only humans inherit the image of God; Only humans carry God’s greatest and most mysterious will; Only humans have been given the greatest freedom and value by God; Only humans will be recreated by God in the future; Only humans, whom God personally sacrifices to save the redemptive, And all of this was predetermined and arranged by God before the world existed, before man was created, and was fully prepared.

But the time hasn’t come; the hidden secret plan is known only to God, no angel knows. The young Earth bathes in sunlight, and on the surface, life flourishes; Outside the atmosphere, a layer of water surrounds it. At this moment, there is no rain or rainbows, but the land is moist, with mist rising from underground.

The man God made from dust was called Adam. God placed him in the Garden of Eden, where a river flowed from the garden, filled with various fruit trees, and all the created animals were there. Adam named each of them, exercising the wisdom and authority God had given him.

God gave Adam the greatest freedom, but gave him only one commandment: “You may eat from every tree in the garden; But you must not eat from the tree of the tree that you eat to know good and evil; For when you eat it, you will surely die. ”。

Adam was naked, his heart pure as he walked through the garden. The orchard swayed with swaying branches, the fruits piled high, and the air filled the air with fragrance; The river water is noisy and clear, and birds sing and rise and fall among the water’s edge and forest; The animals in the garden ran or lay down, leisurely playing on the green grass, and whenever they saw Adam walk by, they would gaze at him with solemn attention.

Adam’s young body was full of vitality, and God gave him authority to govern all animals, transforming into his surging passion. He chased lions, jumped with antelopes, climbed with brown bears, and played with monkeys.

After playing until exhausted, he would sit under the shade of a tree, eating the fruit overhead, watching all kinds of animals in pairs and herds while he himself was covered in cumin. A strange melancholy welled up in his heart, but he couldn’t quite describe what he was searching for.

God had been waiting for this moment, saving the best gift for Adam for last, just to wait for Adam to feel this melancholy.

God wanted Adam to personally experience the taste of love. According to God’s original design, love is therefore completely different from the instinct of animal mating. God put Adam to sleep and personally performed the first surgery and the most perfect clone in human history. He opened Adam’s ribs, took out a segment of rib, and after sewing it up, used it to create the first human woman, Eve.

Adam woke up, opened his eyes, saw Eve, and immediately shouted, “This is bone of my bones, flesh of flesh. I will call her woman, for she is born of man.” Adam’s searching eyes no longer lost their way, his melancholy mood no longer diminished, and the fire of love God placed in his heart began to burn.

From that day on, husband and wife became the most important, intimate, and earliest relationship in human relationships. Thus, women become the final stroke in God’s creative process. Adam and Eve were naked, their hearts pure and innocent, their bodies burning with the fire of love placed by God. They were inseparable, inseparable, their joyful union like singing and telling a tale.

Adam led Eve through the garden, teaching her the names of various plants and animals. Thus, Eve was both Adam’s lover and his helper. Isn’t the way of life we dream of today to return to the carefree life of Eden, free from illness, without suffering or sin, without death? Did our ancestors not think they could enjoy this sweet life forever? They never expected that a pair of dark, jealous eyes were already fixed on this naked lover.

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“Everything concerning God that can be known to humanity is already evident, because God has been revealed to mankind.” [Romans 1:19]

Before the world existed, time and space did not exist, and matter and energy were nowhere to be found. Only one Duyi God exists eternally.

Time, space, matter, energy, and life are all created by this Duyi God.

 

The Bible records that God created the universe and all things in six days, and on the sixth day He created His masterpiece, the spirit of all things—humanity. What was the moment God created all things from nothing to something? Is it the super shock of trillions of atomic bombs exploding simultaneously? No one knows, and the Bible doesn’t say so.

How long are the six days of God’s creation each day? Is it 24 hours? No one knew, because there was no one at that time. The Bible uses “evening and morning” to distinguish each day. Some scientists have used relativity to speculate that the first day equals tens of thousands of years today, but this is clearly impossible to verify.

Given this, why do we believe the words of the Bible? Since there were no people when God created the heavens and the earth, how did the biblical authors know and record the circumstances at that time?

The Bible is a wonderful book, divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the New Testament 27 books, totaling 66 books, with more than forty authors in total. Moreover, the oldest book of the Bible was written by Moses around 1440 BCE, while the last book of the New Testament was written by the Apostle John in 96 AD.

So the Bible spanned nearly 1,600 years.

Moreover, many Bible authors mention that God Himself told them how to write the Bible. Biblical scholars call this “revelation” or “revelation,” meaning the biblical authors were moved by God when writing and accurately recorded what God intended to say. From this perspective, God is actually the true author of the entire Bible.

This is not self-sufficiency or self-talk; the authority of the Bible is not only based on more than forty authors spanning 1,600 years to discuss a harmonious and consistent theme, but also on the fact that many prophecies recorded in the Bible have later been accurately fulfilled by history. We’ll talk about this later.

Moses wrote the first book of the Bible, recording the origin of the world—God created it from nothing in six days.

God spoke many words to Moses personally, and based on these, Moses wrote five books of the Bible. Today, based on scientific findings, we know that the matter we can see—including mountains, forests, rivers, celestial bodies, nebulae, and so on—accounts for a very small proportion of the entire universe, less than 5%. Additionally, 26.8% is dark matter that, although we cannot directly observe it, can be inferred from its gravitational effects.

In addition, there is dark energy, which physicists can only theoretically deduce, accounting for 68.3%. All of this was created by God within six days, and He also established several laws that regulate and regulate everything in the universe that operates in a regular order up to today.

Some of these laws among us humans discovered them, such as Newton discovering universal gravitation, and Einstein discovering relativity. But many laws remain mysteries to humanity, and humanity continues to explore them diligently. This also testifies to God’s greatness.

In addition, the Bible records that God created another kind of being—not matter or dark matter, not energy or dark energy, not flowers, insects, birds, beasts, or humans. Scientists cannot observe or infer their existence because they are intelligent beings, with individuality, temperament, ability, and thought.

God created them first before creating humans; the number of them created by God is fixed and unchanging. Their capabilities surpass those of humans. In the Bible, they are called angels.

This is neither superstition nor fantasy. So how did God create humans? What is the relationship between humans and angels? Is human death related to angels? Next time, we will continue according to the biblical account.

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「就是照父神的先见被拣选、借着圣灵得成圣洁,以致顺服耶稣基督,又蒙祂血所洒的人。愿恩惠、平安多多的加给你们。」【彼前1: 2】

在已过的永远里,神照着祂的先见拣选了我们。祂选上我们,并且定意要得着我们。然后在时间里那灵临到我们,圣别我们,将我们从世界分别出来,使我们顺从基督的救赎。

祂拣选了我们,藉着圣灵得成圣洁,并蒙基督之血所洒。完成顺服耶稣基督。那将我们从世界分别出来,使我们顺从基督的  –  乃是圣别人的灵。首先我们悔改、相信,然后我们顺从基督在十字架上所作的。在这之后,我们受基督的血所洒。这是那灵在神的拣选之后圣别人的工作,完成神的拣选,并将我们带到基督的救赎里。

救恩的源头完全是出于三一神自己  – –  父神策划,圣灵作工,耶稣基督成就。若非父神预知的拣选,我们凭自己的行为是不能得救;若非我们的顺服,神所安排好的救恩亦不能实现在我们身上。神的拣选和人的信服,或者说神的主权和人的意志,两者看似不能融和的矛盾,实则彼此并不冲突,我们一面须尽该尽的责任,另一面仍须仰望神的恩典,若非神施恩,我们便甚么都不是,也甚么都不能。

圣灵的工作逐步引导我们从罪恶和世界中被分别出来,最后才能归服耶稣基督。世人对圣灵工作的正当反应乃是顺服耶稣基督。神在救恩中设立耶稣基督作我们顺服的对象,我们顺服祂就是顺服神;而我们相信并接受耶稣基督所成功的救恩,就是完全顺服祂。

当我们明白褔音真道时,也就承授了基督在各各他流血所带来的一切祝褔。在每一天的基督徒生活中,我们仍需要恩惠和力量,在这纷扰动荡的世代中,我们需要主所赐的平安。信徒们在世既将「多多」受苦难,所以仰望神「多多」的加给恩惠和平安。

父神的拣选是在创立世界之前作成。这拣选是照着神的先见。然后那灵进来执行神的拣选。然而,那灵的圣别是在时间里进行的。从前我们流荡,没有方向,但那灵执行神对我们的拣选。结果,我们悔改,相信,并蒙基督在十字架上所流之血所洒。所以,我们有父、灵、子的行动。这是神格的三一在祂所拣选的人,及祂的选民身上工作,使我们有分于祂完全的救恩。奉主耶稣圣名蒙恩! 阿们!

 

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「你们中间,谁愿为大,就必作你们的用人;」【可10: 43】

经上说:雅各和约翰请求耶稣让他们坐在祂的左右手来分享祂的荣耀。在这样的位置上,他们会受到尊敬和得到非凡的权柄。耶稣抓住这个教导的机会,来揭示祂那截然不同的领导方式。祂解释说,外邦人的领导者「尊为君王的治理他们」,并且「操权的管束他们」。但是,耶稣的跟随者必须走一条不同的路。耶稣说,「你们中间谁愿为大,就必做你们的用人。」谁想在你们中间为领导者,就必做你们的仆人。仆人关心他人的需要,而不是自己的需要。这个词意味着一个人以恭顺和谦卑的职分服事他人。

耶稣对于领导方式的异象一定让门徒们感到震惊。领导者如何同时又是仆人呢?这个问题至今天依然困扰着耶稣的跟随者。所有人都倾向追求地位和权势,而不是谦卑服事的机会。仆人式领导的理念在今日如同在耶稣那个时代一样,与主流文化反其道而行之。然而,当我们管理他人时,我们就是被呼召做仆人。即使在为着所领导的机构寻求最大益处的时候,我们也必须尊敬待人,关心他人的需要,为他们寻求最大的益处。跟随耶稣的领导方式不容易,但作为基督徒,我们寻求顺服和效法耶稣,这是我们被呼召去做的。

仆人式领导的异象是一种挑战。这种方式对我而言并非天性使然。主啊,请你翻转我的想法和态度。愿我扶持那些职位比我低的下属,寻求尊荣他们并且认可他们的贡献。帮助我谦卑地行使赐给我的权柄。总是把「你的仆人」看作是我首要的身份,因此也去作他人的仆人。阿们

实质上,这个项目涉及重新设计一个培训方案。在所有参与项目的人中,我是处于中间位置的人。为了按时完成方案,我们需要努力拼搏。同时,也需要有效的领导力来让所有环节协调运作。而我的方法是扮演服事的角色。会迅速回应同事们对信息的请求,甚至预先考虑问题并在他们提出之前给出答案。我的目标是提供一切所需的资源来组建一个出色的计划。在积极帮助他人的过程中,我视自己为一名仆人。我的工作就是做大量的杂活,让其他人能够闪耀。“有趣的是,我所认为的服事却被视为在领导,”我说。 他承认之前并未这样看待领导力,但这很有道理。

通过帮助他人实现目标,最终你是在领导他们。我们都带着要成为更好的仆人的决心,结束了这次对话。』当耶稣为门徒洗脚的时候,祂清楚的告诉他们 – – 也包括我们在内 – – 要 我们学习祂的样式。“我是你们的主,你们的夫子,尚且洗你们的脚,你们也当彼此洗脚。我给你们作了榜样” 。

在我们可以做到的事情上,耶稣是 我们应当效法的榜样。这种谦卑服事的态度,应该体现在我们所做的一切事上。如果首席执行官走入生产线楼层,就像是来为公司工人洗脚一样。同样的,加油站的服务人员应该清理洗手间,耶稣,这位统管整个宇宙、圣灵充满的导师,定意要用这么具体、低微的行为服事,表明对他的子民应有的日常态度。

通过这个行为,祂不仅赋予了谦卑服侍尊崇的地位,而且要求祂的追随者同样的谦卑。为什么?因为如此行让我们实实在在的面对现实,明白神的工作就是要带给人益处,而不是只有成就自我。感谢神 ! 奉主耶稣圣名蒙恩! 阿们!

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「你们贪恋,还是得不着;你们杀害嫉妒,又斗殴争战,也不能得。你们得不着,是因为你们不求。」【雅4: 2】

自私的野心正好与服务别人的需要相对。“在何处有嫉妒、纷争,就在何处有扰乱和各样的坏事。并且使人和平的,是用和平所栽种的义果”。为我们伤害了他人而忧伤,谦卑自己,不要谗言、批评和论断人,以及怜悯和真诚待人。所有这一切,都能被基督徒应用在工作之中。

自私的野心会导致基督徒社群的纷争,纷争背后的原因是他们没有依靠神。“你们贪恋,还是得不着;你们杀害嫉妒,又斗殴争战,也不能得。你们得不着,是因为你们不求。你们求也得不着,是因为你们妄求,要浪费在你们的宴乐中”。如果我们甚至不费心求我们所需的东西,那么我们就没有认真依靠神。我们常被世界所引诱,以为不依靠神也能在今世找到财富和快乐。

在职场中,有一种诱惑就是把他人当作自己成功的垫脚石。当我们把属于下属或同事的功劳据为己有、为了晋升对竞争者隐瞒资讯、把责任推给不在场、无法为自己辩护的人、或者趁他人处于困境时占他们便宜,我们就因自私的抱负而犯罪。

在工作中,我们会受到诱惑,把他人当作我们成功的垫脚石。当我们窃取下属或同事的功劳,或者不与升职的竞争对手分享信息,或者将责任推卸到不能当场为自己辩解的人身上,或者当别人有难时乘机牟利,我们就因自私的野心而犯罪了。自私的野心可能阻碍我们取得成功,而不是有助于我们。我们在组织中的地位越高,我们的成功就越依赖于别人的成功。无论是简单地委派工作给下属,还是复杂地协调国际项目团队,概莫如此。但是如果尽人皆知我们以他人为踏脚石,如何可以取信他人,让他们跟从我们的带领呢?

补救办法在于顺从那按照自己形象创造了所有人,并且派他的儿子为所有人牺牲生命的神。当我们将服侍别人放在自己的野心之前时,我们就是在顺从神。投资他人的成功也许是我们能为自己做的最好的投资。因投资别人比自己花钱更快乐。感谢神 ! 奉主耶稣圣名蒙恩! 阿们!

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“忘记背后,努力面前的,向着标竿直跑,要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。【腓3: 13-14】

超越自我,不是凭血气快跑,乃是回应主的呼召,走十字架的路;让神的话如刀修剪生命,让口先向神祷告赞美。

经上说:“忘记背后,努力面前的,向着标竿直跑,”。超越自我,不是胜过别人,乃是舍己跟随主:“我已经与基督同钉十字架,现在活着的不再是我,乃是基督在我里面活着”。这条路靠恩典走,不靠咬牙撑。

蒙召的根基:先是“得救”,后是 “事奉”  蒙召的第一层含义,是神在基督里呼召我们归向祂自己。 这是所有其他呼召的根基。你不是先“被呼召去做工”,而是先“被呼召属于祂”。身份先于使命,关系先于任务。这是每一个基督徒都有的呼召,不分职业、不分性别、不分地位。你信主的那一刻,就已经蒙召了。我们蒙召不是逃离现在的处境,而是在现在的处境中活出基督。这一层呼召是具体的、个人的,但它永远服从于第一层呼召——你属于基督。使命的呼召不能取代共同的呼召,事奉不能取代与基督的关系。

主耶稣天未亮就起来,到旷野祷告;大卫说:“耶和华啊,早晨你必听我的声音;早晨我必向你陈明我的心意,并要警醒”。清晨先亲近神,让心被主更新,再走一天的路。口先向神开,就不轻易向人发怨言;口先赞美,就少许多抱怨。

神“以圣召召我们”,我们既蒙召,就当与蒙召的恩相称。让“刀” – – 神的道 – – 剖开魂与灵,除去骄傲、自义和惧怕;让“口”祷告、见证、说造就人的话。

蒙召不等于一帆风顺。在苦难中仍然忠心,是蒙召的确据之一。蒙召的终极方向,是与基督一同得荣耀。蒙召的最终回应,不是“我该做什么”,而是“我把自己献给主”。蒙召的必修课,归根到底是一句话:不是我们要为神做什么,而是咱们要属于祂。

先尊主为大,再让脚走路;先让话修整,再让口赞美。如此,走的是蒙召的路,活的是基督的生命。祝福大家,与主无限连接、必定超越有限自己!—尽本分,完全交托。感谢神 ! 奉主耶稣基督的名祷告,阿们!