【双语灵修】神的宣教事工在于门徒GOD’S MISSION HAS DISCIPLES

路加福音 10:1-20
这事以后,主又设立七十个人,差遣他们两个两个地在他前面,往自己所要到的各城各地方去。 就对他们说:“要收的庄稼多,做工的人少。所以,你们当求庄稼的主,打发工人出去收他的庄稼。 你们去吧!我差你们出去,如同羊羔进入狼群。 不要带钱囊,不要带口袋,不要带鞋,在路上也不要问人的安。 无论进哪一家,先要说:‘愿这一家平安!’ 那里若有当得平安的人[a],你们所求的平安就必临到那家;不然,就归于你们了。 你们要住在那家,吃喝他们所供给的,因为工人得工价是应当的。不要从这家搬到那家。 “无论进哪一城,人若接待你们,给你们摆上什么,你们就吃什么。 要医治那城里的病人,对他们说:‘神的国临近
你们了。’ 无论进哪一城,人若不接待你们,你们就到街上去,说:‘就是你们城里的尘土粘在我们的脚上,我们也当着你们擦去。虽然如此,你们该知道神的国临近了。’ 我告诉你们:当审判的日子,所多玛所受的比那城还容易受呢! 哥拉汛哪,你有祸了!伯赛大啊,你有祸了!因为在你们中间所行的异能,若行在推罗、西顿,他们早已披麻蒙灰、坐在地上悔改了。 当审判的日子,推罗、西顿所受的比你们还容易受呢! 迦百农啊,你已经升到天上[b],将来必推下阴间!” 又对门徒说:“听从你们的,就是听从我;弃绝你们的,就是弃绝我;弃绝我的,就是弃绝那差我来的。”那七十个人欢欢喜喜地回来,说:“主啊,因你的名,就是鬼也服了我们!” 耶稣对他们说:“我曾看见撒旦从天上坠落,像闪电一样。 我已经给你们权柄可以践踏蛇和蝎子,又胜过仇敌一切的能力,断没有什么能害你们。然而,不要因鬼服了你们就欢喜,要因你们的名记录在天上欢喜。”
九月二十九日
神的宣教事工在于门徒
“那七十个人欢欢喜喜地回来,说:‘主啊!因你的名,就是鬼也服了我们。’” - 路 10:17
Wally是一个热爱宣教事工的会友。他和我曾经有几年时间一起带领一个有关基督教信仰的课程,在这段时间,我们见到人的生命有很积极的改变。我记得在驾车回家途中,我有时这样想:“没有能比这样更好的了!”
当耶稣差遣门徒一对一对出去时,在他们的工作中,门徒似乎也有类似的感受。耶稣庆祝他们的成功,宣称藉着他们的工作,甚至撒但自己也被击败了。多么有力的声明!真是没有能比这样更好的了!
在这个月,我们把焦点放在几个宣教事工的重要字词上:福音、作见证、整全,和跨文化。这些都是重要的词语和观念,但如果只是停留在理念上,它们便没有任何的意义。如果它们是用来描述我们怎样与耶稣一起去改变生命,更新社区,它们便变得充满生气,有真正的意义了。
当Wally与他碰见的人互动时,无论是在他的温室植园内、在教会内与到访者说话、在咖啡室中与人交谈、或是在带领课程,他不会想到这些伟大名词,他只是想肯定每一个人都知道他们是被一个永存的爱所爱,而且他们会见到耶稣。我们作为耶稣的门徒,祂也是以同样的呼召来差遣我们的。
祷告
耶稣啊,求祢帮助我随时候命,被祢所用。愿我能带着祢那赐生命、医治和盼望的信息去接触人。主啊,求祢以祢的灵来装备我。阿们。

Luke 10:1-20
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
GOD’S MISSION HAS DISCIPLES
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” —Luke 10:17
Wally was a church member who had a big heart for mission. He and I led a course for several years about the basics of Christian faith, and we saw a lot of good change in people’s lives during that time. I remember thinking sometimes as I drove home, “It doesn’t get any better than this!”
It seems that Jesus’ disciples sensed something like that in their own context when he sent them out in pairs. Jesus celebrated their success by declaring that through their work, Satan himself was being defeated. What a statement! It truly doesn’t get better than that!
This month we have focused on some big mission words: gospel, witness, holistic, and intercultural. These are important words and concepts. But they don’t mean a thing if they remain just ideas. They come alive and truly mean something when they describe how we join Jesus in the work of changing lives and renewing communities.
As Wally interacted with the people he met, whether it was in his greenhouse operation, talking to a visitor at church, striking up a conversation at the coffee shop, or hosting our course, he wasn’t thinking about those big words. He just wanted to make sure that every person knew they were loved with an everlasting love and that they would meet Jesus. Jesus commissions us, his disciples, with the same call.
Jesus, help me to be available to you. In my interactions with others, may I bring your message of life, healing, and hope. Equip me with your Spirit, Lord. Amen.


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