信仰傳承的危機與轉機 (李昊傳道)
我們的種族、膚色都可以遺傳給下一代,我們的房產、股票等也都可以透過一紙文書就讓子女們輕鬆繼承,據說馬斯克(Elon Musk) 正在研究將人的記憶傳給人工智能,但是信仰無法通過DNA遺傳,也不能通過法律繼承,更沒有任何高科技能夠將信仰複製給下一代,我們綜觀以色列的歷史,獨一真神的信仰一直都處在危機之中,從耶和華揀選亞伯拉罕,到近百年來基督教在各個領域都是節節敗退,直到今日,這個危機是越來越嚴重。
神的教會是個屬靈的大家庭,希望我們不僅僅是在家裡,也要在教會當中承擔起屬靈父母的責任來牧養教導下一代,來面對時代的危機和挑戰,用永恆的真理來裝備下一代。
申命記 6:1-9 (和合本)
- 這是耶和華─你們神所吩咐教訓你們的誡命、律例、典章,使你們在所要過去得為業的地上遵行,
- 好叫你和你子子孫孫一生敬畏耶和華─你的神,謹守他的一切律例誡命,就是我所吩咐你的,使你的日子得以長久。
- 以色列阿,你要聽,要謹守遵行,使你可以在那流奶與蜜之地得以享福,人數極其增多,正如耶和華─你列祖的神所應許你的。
- 以色列阿,你要聽!耶和華─我們神是獨一的主。
- 你要盡心、盡性、盡力愛耶和華─你的神。
- 我今日所吩咐你的話都要記在心上,
- 也要殷勤教訓你的兒女。無論你坐在家裡,行在路上,躺下,起來,都要談論。
- 也要繫在手上為記號,戴在額上為經文;
- 又要寫在你房屋的門框上,並你的城門上。
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 (NIV)
- These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
- so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.
- Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
- Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
- Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.
- Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.