【双语灵修】仍是一个巢ONE HIVE
哥林多前书 12:12-31
12 就如身子是一个,却有许多肢体,而且肢体虽多,仍是一个身子;基督也是这样。 13 我们不拘是犹太人,是希腊人,是为奴的,是自主的,都从一位圣灵受洗,成了一个身体,饮于一位圣灵。 14 身子原不是一个肢体,乃是许多肢体。 15 设若脚说:“我不是手,所以不属乎身子”,它不能因此就不属乎身子。 16 设若耳说:“我不是眼,所以不属乎身子”,它也不能因此就不属乎身子。 17 若全身是眼,从哪里听声呢?若全身是耳,从哪里闻味呢? 18 但如今,神随自己的意思把肢体俱各安排在身上了。 19 若都是一个肢体,身子在哪里呢? 20 但如今肢体是多的,身子却是一个。 21 眼不能对手说:“我用不着你。”头也不能对脚说:“我用不着你。” 22 不但如此,身上肢体人以为软弱的,更是不可少的; 23 身上肢体我们看为不体面的,越发给它加上体面;不俊美的,越发得着俊美; 24 我们俊美的肢体,自然用不着装饰。但神配搭这身子,把加倍的体面给那有缺欠的肢体, 25 免得身上分门别类,总要肢体彼此相顾。 26 若一个肢体受苦,所有的肢体就一同受苦;若一个肢体得荣耀,所有的肢体就一同快乐。 27 你们就是基督的身子,并且各自做肢体。 28 神在教会所设立的:第一是使徒,第二是先知,第三是教师,其次是行异能的,再次是得恩赐医病的,帮助人的,治理事的,说方言的。 29 岂都是使徒吗?岂都是先知吗?岂都是教师吗?岂都是行异能的吗? 30 岂都是得恩赐医病的吗?岂都是说方言的吗?岂都是翻方言的吗? 31 你们要切切地求那更大的恩赐。我现今把最妙的道指示你们。
2026-07-08
仍是一个巢
“就如身子是一个,却有许多肢体,而且肢体虽多,仍是一个身子,基督也是这样。” - 哥林多前书 12:12
根据统计蜜蜂的人估计,每一个巢里大约有20,000到60,000只蜜蜂,它们都属于同一个巢。基本上蜂巢里有三类蜜蜂:蜂后、工蜂和雄蜂,它们都属于同一个巢。出于本能,所有的蜜蜂都在一个互相依赖的群体中发挥作用,它们就像一个有生命的个体。
哥林多的基督徒估计大约有40至150人,他们的表现并不“合一”。这个多种族的初信群体,包括受过高深教育和劳工阶级的人,有富裕也有贫穷的,他们很未能彼此关顾,也难以表达神的爱。保罗写信给他们,形容他们是一群分裂、我行我素、自私,又骄傲地嘎嘎作声的信徒。说得好听一点,他们的表现就是众多个体,却要挣扎成为一体。
同样,今日的世界并没有尝试鼓励我们去相信,并显明我们是一个有生命、互相依赖的群体(一个身体)。个人主义、特权、拥有和自我满足,往往成为个人的敬拜的偶像,这些表现是成为一体最大的障碍。
惟有“在基督里”,跟随基督的人才能成为一体。这不是出于天性的表现,需要心灵上的改变,也需要谦卑努力实践爱心。你是否愿意祷告,谦卑地去爱,并与其他基督的肢体一起去事奉吗?
祷告
主耶稣,求你感动我们每一个人朝着你的肢体合一努力。在我们与你一同事奉时,求你改变我们的心,并赐我们能力去爱和建立他人。阿们。
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
ONE HIVE
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. —1 Corinthians 12:12
People who count honeybees estimate that there are 20,000 to 60,000 bees in any given hive. Yet there is one hive. The hive has three basic kinds of bees: the queen, workers, and drones. Yet there is one hive. All of the bees work together by instinct to function as an interdependent community, like a living organism.
The Christ-followers at Corinth, estimated to be about 40 to 150 people, were not acting as “one.” This multiethnic group of recent converts included a mixture of educated and working-class people, rich and poor, and they struggled to care for and show God’s love to one another. The letter Paul wrote to them describes a divided, individualistic, selfish, and proud gaggle of believers. At best, they revealed that they were many parts struggling to become one body.
Similarly, our world today does little to encourage us to believe and act like we are an organic, interdependent community— one body. Individualism, privilege, possessions, and self-gratification are often the altars at which people worship. These behaviors make being one body most difficult.
Christ-followers can be one body only “in Christ.” This is not instinctual. It takes heart change and the hard and humble work of love. Will you pray and work humbly to love and serve with others who make up the body of Christ?
Lord Jesus, inspire us all to work toward the unity of your one body. Change our hearts and energize us to love and build up others as we serve with you. Amen.