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大使命34
長大成熟
當我們開始看見在千禧年結束前,神的基本目的在於重建,我們承接祂重建的心意,每一件發生在世界和我們個人生命的事都開始變得清晰。以此方式可以看見我們長大成熟的終極目標,我們也可以看見下一個步驟。我們還可以看見身旁之人的下一個步驟,而且可以沿路幫助他們。
現在讓我們來複習一下要如何在我們的終極目的上成長,下面的經文總結了每一個基督徒的終極目的,以及神為祂百姓所設立可執行出來的基本方法:
祂所賜的,有使徒,有先知,有傳福音的,有牧師和教師,
為要成全聖徒,各盡其職,建立基督的身體,
直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識神的兒子,得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量,
使我們不再作小孩子,中了人的詭計和欺騙的法術,被一切異教之風搖動,飄來飄去,就隨從各樣的異端;
惟用愛心說誠實話,凡事長進,連於元首基督,
全身都靠祂聯絡得合式,百節各按各職,照著各體的功用彼此相助,便叫身體漸漸增長,在愛中建立自己(以弗所書4:11-16)。
我們可以在這些經文中看見以下的基本原則:
11-12節:主賜下使徒、先知、傳福音的,牧師和教師五種職事,為了裝備祂的子民來建造教會。
13節:五種職事我們都需要,直到我們長大成熟。成熟被定義為滿有基督長成的身量。
14節:此成熟帶來穩定性與分辨力,好讓我們的生活不受環境變遷所掌控,乃是我們掌管生活。
15節:我們需要用愛心說誠實話,定意『凡事』長進連於基督。
16節:此需要基督肢體的每一個個體都運作得合式,好讓我們在愛中一起被建造。我們無法一人達成,我們需要其餘的肢體。
因為在基督裡建造我們的成熟並不是個人的事,我們必須從那些蒙召裝備我們的人那裡領受,我們必須融入信徒肢體中,彼此協助長大成熟。在祂的肢體(也稱為團契)裡有此關係是很重要的,但不幸的是在今日非常罕見。
平心而論,今日許多稱為『教會』的團體和大型羊圈沒什麼兩樣,每週餵食1-2次。他們沒有被一起裝備或建造,根據以弗所書四章,這是在基督裡真正長大成熟所需要的。這必須改變,正如多數人所知道的,教會到了那個時候將無法存活。對那些要在基督裡完成他們目的之人而言,以弗所書四章的命令是相當重要的。沒有行在祂的旨意中、完成祂的目的,將會使我們越來越危險。
因此,倘若我們還沒有此,我們要怎麼做呢?我們將在下週談到。
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week34, 2014)
Growing Into Maturity - The Great Commission, Part 34
Week 34, 2104
Rick Joyner
When we start to see that God’s basic purpose until the end of the millennium is restoration, and we take on His mind and heart for restoration, everything that is happening in the world and in our own lives begins to take on great clarity. In this way, we can see the ultimate goal of our maturity, and we can also see the next step. We can also see the next step for those around us, and we can help them along the way.
To do a bit more review on how we grow toward our ultimate purpose, the verses below sum up this ultimate purpose of every Christian, as well as the basic method God has established for working it out in His people:
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love (Ephesians 4:11-16).
We can see these basic principles in this text:
Verses 11-12: The Lord has provided for the ministries of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, and teacher to equip His people and build His church.
Verse 13: We need all these ministries until we reach maturity. Maturity is defined as attaining the measure of stature that is the fullness of Christ.
Verse 14: This maturity brings stability and discernment so that instead of being controlled by the shifting circumstances of our lives, we take control of our lives.
Verse 15: This requires us to speak the truth in love and keep the resolve to grow up in “all aspects” of Christ.
Verse 16: This requires the proper functioning of each individual part of the body of Christ so that we are built up together in love. We cannot get there alone. We need the rest of the body.
Because this establishes that our maturity in Christ is not an individual thing and that we must receive from those called to equip us, we must be fit together with a body of believers who are helping one another grow. Having this relationship in His body (also referred to as koinonia) is essential, but unfortunately today it is also very rare.
To be candid, many congregations that are called “the church” today are little more than big sheep pens where food is thrown to them once or twice a week. They are not being equipped or built together, according to what Ephesians 4 says is required for true maturity in Christ. This must change. Church, as most people know it, will not survive through the times ahead. The Ephesians 4 mandate is crucial for those who would fulfill their purpose in Christ. It will be increasingly dangerous to not be in His will, fulfilling His purpose.
So if we do not have this, and it is not available to us, what do we do? We will address this next week.