耶穌基督的啟示(三): 教會當作之事(下)
經文:啟示錄 3:19-22
講員:黃馮玉賢牧師
講道大綱
撒狄教會 (Sardis) 【啟示錄 3:1, 2, 4, 5, 6】
「你要儆醒,堅固那剩下將要衰微 (原文是死) 的;因我見你的行為,在我神面前,沒有一樣是完全的。」(啟示錄 3:2)
• 撒狄雖生如死。只有外表(名)
• 屬靈死亡,沒有內涵。
• 多我一個唔多 → 少我一個唔少
• 乏味無趣 (Boredom) (Depleted love)
• St Augustine: We were created for God and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Him.
• 白衣:配得羔羊 (啟示錄 5:9, 12)
• 生命冊:與神同行 (出埃及記 32:32;詩篇 139:16)
老底嘉教會 (Laodicea) 【啟示錄 3:14-17, 19-22】
• 我是富足,已經發了財 → 一樣都不缺 (啟示錄 3:17)
• 自足自滿 (Complacency is the peril of faith)
• 自我感覺良好
• 財主無知
• St. Augustine: the farmer did not realize that the bellies of the poor were much safer storerooms than his barns.
得勝
「20看哪,我站在門外叩門,若有聽見我聲就開門的,我要進到他那裡去,我與他,他與我一同坐席。21得勝的,我要賜他在我寶座上與我同坐,就如我得了勝,在我父的寶座上與他同坐一般。」(啟示錄 3:20-21)
非拉鐵非教會 (Philadelphia) (City of brotherly love)
• 勞力勞心 (Hard work and Heart work)
• The success of a leader is not measured by His big name, but by the obstacles he dares to overcome.
• 逼迫中堅守
• 危險 → 警覺
• 機會 → 前進
總結:
「我深信那在你們心裡動了善工的,必成全這工,直到耶穌基督的日子。」(腓立比書 1:6)