於2019-05-09發佈


美國第二次革命/內戰 15 
作者:雷克喬納 Rick Joyner 
摘自喬納 word for the week, Week14, 2019 
中譯:國度禱告網 
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上週我們開始討論在我們國家司法專制的威脅與教會如何成為肇事者之間的連結,我們需要簡短說明之間的關係。 

在馬太福音十六章,耶穌問祂的門徒人祂是誰。接下來的對話記載在馬太福音十六章16-19節: 

西門彼得回答說:袮是基督,是永生神的兒子。 

耶穌對他說:西門巴約拿,你是有福的!因為這不是屬血肉的指示你的,乃是我在天上的父指示的。 

我還告訴你,你是彼得,我要把我的教會建造在這磐石上;陰間的權柄(權柄:原文是門),不能勝過他。

我要把天國的鑰匙給你,凡你在地上所捆綁的,在天上也要捆綁;凡你在地上所釋放的,在天上也要釋放。 

主要把祂的教會建造『在這磐石上』指的不是彼得,彼得的意思是『小石頭』,父神所啟示的磐石指的是耶穌。沒有人是因為父母認識主或受教於某位牧師而成為祂真實教會的一份子,我們每個人都需要有從神而來關於耶穌是誰的啟示。 

接著耶穌陳述此教會的權柄勝過陰間的門,在地上所綑綁的,在天上也要綑綁。在地上所釋放的,在天上也要釋放。在這裡的天堂不單是來生─它常被用來當作屬靈領域的用語,此陳述是關於一個賜給教會無以倫比卻很少被瞭解、尚未被開發的權柄,當此權柄釋放在地上時同時也滲透屬靈領域。當我們瞭解屬靈領域充滿在全地之上,我們便瞭解其在人類事物上的影響力。 

這要如何應用在我們的政府、憲法與我們建國父老曾警告會對我們國家帶來最大威脅的司法專制呢?在哥林多前書六章,使徒保羅哀嘆在哥林多教會沒有審判官,他們被呼召來『審判天使』,這卻成為他們的羞恥,因為他們竟然無法找到一個能審斷今生小事的智慧人。現在讓我們來想一想,有沒有教會可以找到如此智慧的審判官? 

新約教會管理是以摩西為以色列所建造的舊約管理,並被帶進應許之地為樣本。在此樣本中,長老坐在城門口審判百姓,聆聽並裁決爭執,甚至履行司法職責,例如鑑定行為。在新約教會所建立的長老制度同樣也被期待成為會眾的仲裁者。保羅哀嘆哥林多教會的長老沒有這樣做,當他這樣說是要叫『他們羞恥』。保羅可能比他當時所領悟的更具先知性,因為這樣的欠缺已成為今日基督身體所受到最大的羞恥。 

在詩篇八十九篇14節說『公義和公平是主寶座的根基。』公義和公平必須在一起─不可能只有其一。倘若我們被呼召審判天使,在教會怎麼能沒有如此的公平?為何世界不向我們登門造訪尋求智慧以伸張公平?世界沒有這麼做,有可能是因為他們認為教會是最後一個擁有公平與公義審斷智慧的地方。我們已經偏離這麼遠了。 

現在教會充斥許多關於神審判的錯誤教導,更不要說我們的呼召是在教會裡擁有公義與智慧的審判。因此,基本上結果是教會中的司法專制,那些擁有掌控的靈的人占主導地位。或是在教會中呈現無政府狀態,長老害怕做出任何審斷。在我們國家不也是這樣嗎?我們有那些在法律上強加自己意見和偏見的假定並篡奪權柄,或是我們有那些真正讓殺人犯逃脫法律制裁的法官。 

那解決方法是什麼呢?首先,我們需要對於神的審判健全的教導,基督審判的寶座─在教會領袖的權柄例如長老,必須『審斷教會裡的人』,正如保羅聲稱這是我們必須做的事。因為司法專制與司法無政府狀態目前是我們國家最大的威脅,被稱為世上的光的教會應該擁有對這些終極問題的解答,如此對公平的公義擺上,甚至連世界也會開始渴望。 公義是行主眼中看為正的事,公平基本上是人人被平等對待,主對此也相當看重。倘若我們要將房子建造在抵擋暴風雨的磐石上,公義和公平是兩大關鍵因素。

 
The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War, Part 15
Week 15, 2019
Rick Joyner 

Last week we began to discuss the link between the judicial tyranny threatening our Republic and how the church has been a culprit in this. We need to briefly elaborate on how this is so. 

In Matthew 16, Jesus asked His disciples who men say that He is. This is the dialogue that followed in Matthew 16:16-19: 

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 

"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” 

The “rock” that The Lord is building His church on is not Peter, which means “a little stone,” but rather the rock that is The Father’s revelation about who Jesus is. No one is part of His true church because they had parents that knew The Lord or sit under a pastor that does. We must each have our own revelation from The Father of who Jesus is. 

Then Jesus states the authority of this church to prevail over the gates of hell, and what is bound on earth gets bound in heaven and what it loosed on earth gets loosed in heaven. Heaven here is not just the next life—it is a term often used as a reference to the spiritual realm. This is a statement about the remarkable and yet rarely understood and untapped authority given to the church that what it releases on earth is pervasive in the spiritual realm. When we understand the prevalence of the spiritual realm over the earth, we understand its influence over the affairs of mankind. 

So how might this apply with regard to our government, Constitution, and the judicial tyranny that our Founding Fathers warned would be the greatest threat to the Republic? In I Corinthians 6, the Apostle Paul lamented that there were no judges among the church in Corinth. They were called to “judge angels,” but it was to their shame that they could not find a single one wise enough to judge the small matters of this life. Now let us consider, is there a church anywhere where such wise judges can be found? 

New Testament church government was modeled after the Old Testament government that Moses established for Israel and was carried over into the Promised Land. In this model, elders sat in the gates of cities to judge the people, hearing and deciding disputes and even carrying out judicial duties, such as authenticating deeds. The elders established in the New Testament churches were likewise expected to be the judges of the congregations when needed. Paul lamented to the Corinthian church that their elders were not doing this. When he said that this was “to their shame,” he was likely being far more prophetic than he may have realized, as this lack could be attributed to most of the shame that the body of Christ has suffered to this day. 

In Psalm 89:14 we are told that righteousness and justice are the foundations of The Lord’s throne, which is His authority. Righteousness and justice go together—you cannot have one without the other. If we are called to judge angels, how is it possible that we do not have such justice in the church? Why is the world not beating a path to our door seeking our wisdom for justice? It does not do this because the church might be the last place they think of as having the wisdom of just and righteous judges. We have strayed that far. 

Now there are many false teachings circulating in the church about God’s judgment, not to mention our calling to have righteous and wise judges in the church. So the result is basically judicial tyranny in the church where those with control spirits dominate. Or we have anarchy in the church where elders are afraid to judge anything. Do we not have the same in our country? We have those presuming and usurping authority that do not legally have to impose their own opinions and prejudices on the land, or we have those who literally let murderers get away with it. 

So what is the solution? First, we need sound teaching on the judgment of God, the Judgment Seat of Christ—the authority that leaders in the church such as elders have “to judge those who are in the church,” as Paul asserted that we must. Since judicial tyranny and judicial anarchy are now the greatest threats to our country, the church that is called to be the light of this world should have answers to these ultimate issues with a righteous devotion to justice that even the world would start to desire.  

Righteousness is doing what is right in the sight of The Lord. Justice is basically about people being treated fairly, and The Lord cares deeply about that as well. Both of these are key factors if we are going to build our houses on the rock and stand against the storms.