【双语灵修】云彩般的见证人A Massive Cloud of Witnesses
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“我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们 …” - 来 12:1
这个月的灵修重点，是如何作耶稣的见证人。在结束祂在世上的工作时，耶稣差遣祂的跟随者到他们所在之处、到附近的地区、甚至直到地极，去作祂的见证人（使徒行传 1:8）。
希伯来书 12章为这事工提供了一些对我们有帮助的鼓励。在前一章希伯来书11章中，作者列出了在古时跟随主的人——挪亚、亚伯拉罕、摩西、喇合和许许多多其他的人。他们一生忠心地见证神和神在他们生命中各方面的工作。然后希伯来书12章告诉我们说，当我们今天去服侍主时，这些人便成为像一大片云彩那样的见证人来鼓励我们。
在这片云彩中其中一人是Johanna Veenstra。在百多年之前，Johanna——一位二十多岁和是我教会会友的女士——前往非州的尼日利亚作宣教士。今天，在这个国家中，我们的伙伴教会有超过70万的人跟随耶稣，而在其他基督教宗派里当然还有更多的跟随者呢！
我们在世界各地都看见忠心见证人的能力，在世界每一个洲，福音都在结果子。你和我无论身在何处，都被邀请去仰望耶稣和走同样的路程。愿神赐福和装备我们每一个人来作衪忠心的见证人！
祷告
耶稣啊，为着有那像云彩般的见证人鼓励我们继续努力，我们感谢你。求你帮助我们永远作你忠心的见证人。阿们。
希伯来书 12:1-3
1我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，
2仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣。他因那摆在前面的喜乐，就轻看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦难，便坐在神宝座的右边。
3那忍受罪人这样顶撞的，你们要思想，免得疲倦灰心。
A Massive Cloud of Witnesses
We are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses. . . . - Hebrews 12:1
This month we have focused on serving as Jesus' witnesses. Jesus ended his ministry on earth by commissioning his followers to be his witnesses in their immediate area, in the surrounding regions, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
Hebrews 12 offers some helpful encouragement in this work. In the previous chapter, Hebrews 11, the writer has listed examples of faithful followers of the Lord from early times—Noah, Abraham, Moses, Rahab, and many, many more. They all lived as faithful witnesses of God and of the ways God worked in their lives. Then in Hebrews 12 we are told that these souls make up a great cloud of witnesses who cheer us on as we serve the Lord today.
One person in that cloud is Johanna Veenstra. More than a hundred years ago, Johanna—a woman in her twenties who was part of my church—went to serve as a missionary to the African country of Nigeria. Today there are more than 700,000 followers of Jesus in our partner church in that country. And, of course, there are even more in other Christian denominations!
We see the power of faithful witnesses all around the world. The gospel is bearing fruit on every continent. You and I, wherever we find ourselves, are invited to fix our eyes on Jesus and run the same race. May God bless and equip each one of us to be his faithful witnesses!
Prayer
Jesus, thank you for the cloud of witnesses who cheer us on. Help us, we pray, to be your faithful witnesses always. Amen.
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