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教会会员须知 – Z

热情。作为一个教会的会员,另一个特权就是接受弟兄姊妹对我们的劝勉,免得我们因着罪的欺骗性而变得心地刚硬(来3:12)。但是,为了使教会得享这种祝福,我们都当各尽其职。因此,让我们彼此激励,焕发圣洁的热情和爱心;无论何时,只要需要,就当以爱心彼此劝勉。

ABC’S of Church Membership – Z

Zeal. Another privilege of being a member of the church is having the brethren to exhort us lest we be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin (Heb 3:12). But in order for the church to […]

教会会员须知 – Y

降服。教会内部的冲突是不可避免的。如果所争议的事项并非涉及到不不可侵犯的真理,我们就当首先降服在基督之下,也当彼此降服,从而把冲突转化为有益的学习经验。在某些特定的事项上我们不能屈服。但是,在一些灰色地带,或是涉及的是意见性而不是确信性的事情上,我们就当随时甘心乐意地让步。

ABC’S of Church Membership – Y

Yield. While conflict within a church is inevitable, we can turn conflicts into profitable learning experience by yielding to Christ and yielding to one another whenever the matters in dispute do not involve inviolable truths. […]

ABC’S of Church Membership – X

Xerox. It is important to know that although we are joined together into one body, we are not Xeroxed copies of one another. God made us differently and he gives us different gifts. We must […]

教会会员须知 – W

见证。 教会是上帝指定的传福音的工具。上帝指定的传福音的方式就是讲道。不是教会的每一个成员都蒙召讲道。然而,教会的所有会员都蒙召为基督作见证,并且都是教会传福音工作的一部分。我们的生活当为基督发光,以平常聊天的形式“谈福音”,邀请和劝导我们认识的人来听讲道,这也是我们传福音的重要方面。

ABC’S of Church Membership – W

Witness. The Church is God’s appointed instrument for evangelism. The appointed means of evangelism is the preaching of the Gospel. Not every member of the church is called to preach. However all members of the […]

教会会员须知 – V

发泄。当我们作为会员加入一个特定的地方教会时,我们就成为那个家庭的成员。因此,我们应该牢记,千万不要把对教会的不满发泄到教会之外去。家庭中的争吵应该在家庭内部以一种荣耀上帝的方式解决(参考:太18:15-20;林前6:1-11)。

ABC’S of Church Membership – V

Vent. When we join as members of a particular congregation, we become a member of a family. As such we should remember never vent our frustration about the church outside the church. Family squabbles should […]

教会会员须知 – U

合一。我们的主曾为信徒中间的合一祷告(约17:21)。因此,教会的合一是每个信徒都当渴慕的教会特色。要寻求这种教会的合一,我们必须从我们会员资格所属的教会内开始。我们不仅应当寻求信心的合一,也要寻求爱心的合一。要做到信心上的合一,我们可以本于自己的良心,顺服包含在教会附属性教义标准或信仰告白中所综述的上帝的真理之下(所有会员都当相信这些教义标准或信仰告白是与上帝不可能错谬的圣言相一致的)。另一方面,爱心的合一,必须由审慎和顺服才能培养出来。审慎是指我们不当做任何破坏教会合一的事,例如对事工表达破坏性的意见等。顺服是指我们当爱弟兄姊妹,即使我们一开始的时候并没有感觉到有很深的感情,也当继续相爱。爱是个动词。我们彼此相爱不仅应当体现在言语上,也当体现在行为上(约一3:18)。我们藉着互相服事来彼此相爱。无论何时,如果我们认为教会中某个成员得罪了我们,就当积极寻求和解,我们彼此相爱就必须这样行。

ABC’S of Church Membership – U

Unity. Our Lord prayed for unity amongst believers (Jn 17:21). Church unity is therefore a quality to be desired by every believer. We must begin by seeking to maintain unity within the church of our […]