370 中翻英 (100) Jesus is the head of the church. 主耶穌是教會的頭。 4/28/2023

 370  中翻英 (100)        Jesus is the head of the church.      主耶穌是教會的頭。       4/28/2023

四月二十八日的默思是針對教會的肢體的運作。基督是教會的頭，我們信徒都是肢體，都當依照上帝的恩賜而參與服事，決不可像那拿一千兩銀子的，把它埋在土裡，使教會失去這肢體的參與，教會的生命因此受到攔阻，并且貧乏下去。親愛的主內訪友，我們都是借著這樣運用屬靈所賜的才能，使教會的生命活躍。

「但如今，神隨自己的意思，把肢體俱各安排在身上了。」（林前     12:18  新國際版）

請你告訴我，身上哪一個肢體是更好的？是手呢？是腳呢？當你思想到這個問題時，你會無從比較，因為各肢體的功用不同，而又同樣的不可或缺，然而有許多信徒，竟輕看神對他個人的呼召，當他們不能成為他們所欽羡的那肢體的時候，他們就放棄了他們在身體上作肢體的地位。這种情形，就是主耶穌在馬太福音廿五章所描述，那些仆人們憑才干領銀的比喻。在這比喻里，有人領五千，另有人領二千，但整個比喻的重點系于那個領一千的。這里的危机乃是：那領一千銀子的弟兄，將他的恩賜埋藏起來。他或者自問：「我既然不能在身體里占一個顯著的地位，那么占不占其它地位又有什么要緊呢？」請你記得，這是絕對要緊的！因為這比喻教訓我們，如果二千能另賺二千成為四千，那么一千也能成為二千的。我們就是借著這樣運用屬靈的功能，才會發現生命。因著那領一千銀子的肢體將恩賜扣住了，教會的生命就受到攔阻并且貧乏下去。

April 28

"But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, .... just as He willed them to be."                    (1 Corinthians 12:18  NIV)

Please tell me, which part of the body is better? Is it the hand or the feet?  When you think about the question, you can't answer.  Each member has its unique function. They are equally important for the body.  However, many believers look down on God's personal calling, thinking that they cannot be what they are. They relinquish their status as members of the Body when they are members of the body whom they desire.  In Matthew chapter 25, it is the situation what the Lord Jesus described those servants receiving money according to their ability. In this parable, one man received five talents and another received two talents, but the key point of the whole parable  is the one who received one talent.  The danger thing is happened as the one receiving talent servant who buried his gift in the earth.  Maybe he will ask himself, "Because I am not the prominent part of the body, what it does matter if I function it or not?" Please, it does matter! Because this parable teaches us that if two talents can earn another two talents to become four talents, then one talent can also become two talents. It is by exercising our spiritual faculties in this way that we discover life. The life of the church is hindered and impoverished because the gift is withheld by the one-talent member.