当今教会面临的挑战

Oct 18, 2024

……目的是为了透过教会让天上的执政者和掌权者现在可以看出上帝丰富的智慧。(以弗所书3:10)

这是当今教会所面临的三个挑战:一、如果我们拘泥于旧模式,就无法体验到上帝新一轮的行动。“(上帝的)目的是为了透过教会让天上的执政者和掌权者现在可以看出上帝丰富的智慧。”“复兴”这个词不仅仅表示唤醒某种沉睡的事物,也意味着复苏已死或将死的事物。二、我们担心超常,于是接受平庸,并称之为平衡。吸引他人,并非因为我们的相似之处,乃是我们独到的专长。论到信心和见证,我们千万不能轻视、低估或回避使我们与众不同的品质,那正是上帝所赐给的。如果我们那样做,人们就会失望而去。门徒没有跟大众混在一起;他们所传讲的信息以及彰显的能力,使之鹤立鸡群。三、在教会里,我们需要给凭信心行事者和敢于承担风险者空间。在耶稣所行的第一个神迹,也即把水变为酒的过程中,玛丽亚就告诉仆人说:“祂叫你们做什么,你们就做什么。”(约翰福音2:5)我们需要人的喜爱和人的欢迎,可能导致一种削弱冒险精神和信心的宗教主义。耶稣应许:“但圣灵降临在你们身上后,你们必得到能力,在耶路撒冷、犹太全境和撒玛利亚,直到地极,做我的见证人。”(使徒行传1:8)因此,当上帝告诉我们以不同的方式进行“教会的运作”时,我们不要害怕去服从祂。

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