我们回天家-第236章
8月22日 教会不是依从一个人的意见
我们回天家-第236章
The Church Is Not One Man’s Opinion, August 22
我们回天家-第236章
“若有人以为自己知道什么,按他所当知道的,他仍是不知道”(林前8:2)。{HB259}[1]
我们回天家-第236章
And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.—1 Corinthians 8:2.{HB 259.1}[1]
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世界的救赎主已赋予祂的教会极大的权能。祂提出一些可用以审断其成员的规则。祂在赐下明白指导,显示其所当行之道后,说:“我实在告诉你们,凡你们在地上所捆绑的,在天上也要捆绑;凡你们在地上(教会的纪律方面)所释放的,在天上也要释放”(太18:18)。这样,如果教会按圣经的条例,对其成员实行纪律制裁之时,天庭掌权的就会批准。{HB259.1}[2]
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The world’s Redeemer has invested great power with His church. He states the rules to be applied in cases of trial with its members. After He has given explicit directions as to the course to be pursued, He says: “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever [in church discipline] ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 18:18.) Thus even the heavenly authority ratifies the discipline of the church in regard to its members when the Bible rule has been followed.{HB 259.2}[2]
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上帝的话并没有允许人倡立自己的判断,来反对教会的判断,也没有让人坚持自己的意见,来对抗教会的意见。教会中若是没有纪律和管理,就要瓦解而不能聚成一体了。总有些怀存独立心思的人,自称为是,而说上帝已特别教导,感动,引领他们。他们各倡一说,标新立异,各称己见吻合圣经教训。他们的理论及信仰各不相同,但却都说自己是有从上帝来的特别亮光。这些人离开了主体,各人自成一教会。这一切都不可能是对的,但他们竟都说是出于主的引导。主所默示的圣经,“总没有是而又非的,”乃是在“耶稣基督都是是的,所以藉着祂也都是实在的”(林后1:19,20)。{HB259.2}[3]
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The word of God does not give license for lone individuals to set up their judgment in opposition to the judgment of the church, neither are they allowed to urge their opinions against the opinions of the church. If there were no church discipline and government, the church would go to fragments; it could not hold together as a body. There have ever been individuals of independent minds who have claimed that they were right, that God had especially taught, impressed, and led them. They each have a theory of their own, views peculiar to themselves, and they each claim that their views are in accordance with the word of God. Each one has a different theory and faith, yet each claims special light from God. These draw away from the body, and each one is a separate church individually. All these cannot be right, yet they all claim to be led of the Lord. The word of Inspiration is not Yea and Nay, but Yea and Amen in Christ Jesus.{HB 259.3}[3]
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我们的救主在发了这种教训之后,接着又提及一个应许说,若有两三个人同心合意求什么事,上帝就必赐给他们。基督在此显明,甚至在我们要求主赐之物的心愿上,我们也当与别人联合。联合祷告──心意的联合──被认为是很重要的。上帝垂听个人的祷告;但耶稣这次所给的特别而重要的教训,却是特别着重于祂在地上新组织的教会。他们在所愿望及为此祈求的事物上,必须一致同意。这样,那祈求就不是单单出于个人易于受欺之心的思想与活动;而是集数人的迫切心愿于同一目标上的请求。(《教会证言》卷三428,429页){HB259.3}[4]
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Our Saviour follows His lessons of instruction with a promise that if two or three should be united in asking anything of God it should be given them. Christ here shows that there must be union with others, even in our desires for a given object. Great importance is attached to the united prayer, the union of purpose. God hears the prayers of individuals, but on this occasion Jesus was giving especial and important lessons that were to have a special bearing upon His newly organized church on the earth. There must be an agreement in the things which they desire and for which they pray. It was not merely the thoughts and exercises of one mind, liable to deception; but the petition was to be the earnest desire of several minds centered on the same point.—Testimonies for the Church 3:428, 429.{HB 259.4}[4]
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