598 中翻英 (298) God is love. 上帝就是愛. 12/1/2023
十二月一日晨曦默思啟示我們基督信仰者, 上帝就是愛. 在哥林多前書十三章，保羅把「愛」之面面觀述說得淋漓盡致. 那還只是人間的愛, 上帝的愛更是純潔真誠. 那是從天上向天下人間賜下的愛 --- 沒有高底的分別, 是一視同仁的真愛.
「我先前心里難過痛苦，多多的流淚，寫信給你們乃是叫你們知道我格外的疼愛你們。」（林后 2:4 新國際版）
那帶著醫治和生命的職事，在基本上必須出自經歷，這事實在使徒保羅身上，顯得更加明朗。例如哥林多前書的職事，是牢牢的根据于哥林多后書所示的那一個人。
在哥林多前書一章，保羅寫出神揀選了世上「軟弱的」，而哥林多后書第十二章，便在嚴格的現實里，顯明他自己軟弱的經歷。在前書他請求他的讀者們要在圣靈里合一，而后書卻不顧他們的抗拒，仍然實際的表現他如何是在他們中間的一份子。在前書十三章，保羅提供那篇論「愛」之面面觀的典范經文，而后書十二章十五節，他就斷言說：「我也甘心樂意為你們的靈魂費財費力。」最后，在哥林多前書十五章，他給了我們新約里那關乎复活題目最清楚的教導和介紹，而在后書一章，他便很清楚的說出，他自己是如何迫切的每時每刻都需要信靠那位「叫死人复活的神」。他每一項的教訓，都根据他自己的經歷。誠然，除此以外，再沒有其它的基礎，叫我們可以將基督供應給別人。
December 1
"I wrote to
you with great sorrow and anguish in my heart, and with many tears, so that you
might know how much I love you." (2 Corinthians 2:4 NIV)
The ministry of
healing and life must fundamentally come from experience. This fact becomes
even clearer in the case of the apostle Paul. For example, the ministry in 1
Corinthians is firmly based on the person who was shown in 2 Corinthians.
In 1 Corinthians Chapter 1, Paul writes that God has chosen the "weak" in the world, and 2 Corinthians Chapter 12 reveals his own experience of weakness in strict reality. In the first letter he asks his readers to be united in the Holy Spirit, but in the second letter he actually shows how he is the one among them despite their resistance. In 1 Corinthians Chapter 13, Paul provides the paradigmatic text on this aspect of love, and in 2 Corinthians Chapter 12, verse 15, he asserts, “I will gladly spend money and labor on your souls.” Finally, in 1 Corinthians Chapter 15, he gives us the clearest teaching and introduction on the subject of resurrection in the New Testament, and in 2 Corinthians Chapter 1, he clearly states how urgently he himself Every moment requires trust in the “God who raises the dead.” Every lesson which he teaches is based on his own experience. Indeed, apart from this, there is no other basis on which we can minister Christ to others.
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