559 中翻英 (250) We, believers must recognize God. 信徒必須認識上帝. 10/23/2023

559 中翻英 (250)        We, believers must recognize God.   信徒必須認識上帝.           10/23/2023   

十月二十三日

「耶和華的使者哈該，奉耶和華差遣對百姓說,  "..... ".」（該   1:13   新國際版）

神將先知講道的恩賜分給祂的仆人，而又將先知賜給教會。先知是一個与神有屬靈歷史的人，他在生命里經歷過圣靈組織的工作。有些准備出來事奉主的傳道人問我們，一篇講道需要准備多少天？那答案是最少十年，或者接近二十年！「越久越好」這句格言，至少在這件事上通常是正确的。對于神來說，一個傳道人在神面前的重要性，不下于他所講的道。神所揀選的先知，就是那些在生活中受神對付，而結出合神心意之果子的人，這樣的果子，就成為神定規在今時代使用信息之原料。

我們有一個專一的目的，就是要叫人認識主。神把我們擺在環境中，叫我們遇見難處，我們就有一個很大的需要，叫我們不能不去尋求認識主。你對于主的認識要完全，就自然而然你所要經過的要相當多，要有新的對付、新的管治，對于基督也就有新的認識，一天過一天對于基督的認識增加，就能夠供應教會。

October 23

"Then Haggai, the   LORD's   messenger, gave this message  of the LORD  to the people, said to them,    '...... .' "   (Haggai 1:13 NIV)

God imparts the gift of prophecy to His servants, and He gives prophets to the church. A prophet is a person who has a spiritual history with God and has experienced the organizing work of the Holy Spirit in his life. Some preachers who are preparing to serve the Lord ask us, how many days does it need to make preparing a sermon? The answer is at least ten years, or close to twenty years! The adage "the longer the better" is usually true, at least in this case. To God, the importance of a preacher before God is no less than the sermon he preaches. The prophets chosen by God are those who are dealt with by God in their lives and bear fruit that is in line with God's will. Such fruit becomes the raw material for the message God has destined to use in this era.

We have  the  only   one purpose to make people knowing the Lord. God places us in an environment that it causes us to encounter difficulties, and  a great need that we force us to seek and know the Lord. If you have a complete knowledge of the Lord, you will naturally have to go through a lot, such as: having new dealings, new disciplines, and  a new understanding of Christ. As your knowing of Christ increasing day by day, you will be able to supply church.