得勝的凱歌:與人同享福音 (趙武夷長老)

11 Oct

得勝的凱歌:與人同享福音 (趙武夷長老)

今年是不尋常的一年,大家都期盼能恢復以往正常的生活,但是對我們這些得到救贖的弟兄姊妹來說,如果學到的功課僅限於回到正常的時光當中,回到可以在餐館中心滿意足地享用美食,或者旅遊時的休閒娛樂,那對我們所蒙受到的恩典就太不相稱了。
一個基督徒對社會最大的影響就是在於傳福音。保羅在歌林多前書中說,「我傳福音原沒有可誇的,因為我是不得已的。」保羅傳福音真的非常勉強嗎?「不得已」就是沒辦法不做、不能不做。加拉太書4:19給了我們一個很好的解釋,婦女必須經歷巨大的痛苦才能產下嬰孩,但當孩子生下之後,一切的苦楚都是值得的。保羅就像一位待產的母親,生產的艱難是不得已的,但對拯救失喪靈魂的愛推動他不得不傳福音。



有多少人會因為我們而進入天家呢?我們的願望應該是甚麼呢?當我們抵達永恆的家園時,有沒有人會為我們的努力與付出幫助他們進入天家而感謝我們呢?讓我盡我們的力量,帶領那些迷失的人來到耶穌的面前,這些就是我們在永恆的家鄉享受快樂的方式。


哥林多前書9:16-27 (和合本)

  1. 我傳福音原沒有可誇的,因為我是不得已的。若不傳福音,我便有禍了。
  2. 我若甘心做這事,就有賞賜;若不甘心,責任卻已經託付我了。
  3. 既是這樣,我的賞賜是甚麼呢?就是我傳福音的時候叫人不花錢得福音,免得用盡我傳福音的權柄。
  4. 我雖是自由的,無人轄管;然而我甘心作了眾人的僕人,為要多得人。
  5. 向猶太人,我就作猶太人,為要得猶太人;向律法以下的人,我雖不在律法以下,還是作律法以下的人,為要得律法以下的人。
  6. 向沒有律法的人,我就作沒有律法的人,為要得沒有律法的人;其實我在神面前,不是沒有律法;在基督面前,正在律法之下。
  7. 向軟弱的人,我就作軟弱的人,為要得軟弱的人。向甚麼樣的人,我就作甚麼樣的人。無論如何,總要救些人。
  8. 凡我所行的,都是為福音的緣故,為要與人同得這福音的好處。
  9. 豈不知在場上賽跑的都跑,但得獎賞的只有一人?你們也當這樣跑,好叫你們得著獎賞。
  10. 凡較力爭勝的,諸事都有節制,他們不過是要得能壞的冠冕;我們卻是要得不能壞的冠冕。
  11. 所以,我奔跑不像無定向的;我鬥拳不像打空氣的。
  12. 我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。
1 Corinthians 9:16-27 (NIV)

  1. For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
  2. If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
  3. What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
  4. Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
  5. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.
  6. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law.
  7. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
  8. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
  9. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
  10. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
  11. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.
  12. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.