於2014-06-27發佈

大使命 24

基督教世界觀

要擁有基督教世界觀就是看世界和基督一樣,我們要得著此並不是藉著觀看世界,而是藉著觀看基督,當我們瞻仰祂的榮光,我們就變成祂的形狀。唯有當我們像祂一樣,我們才能夠看祂所看。為此緣故,每一位基督徒的主要委身都應該是按著主的本相來看主,而不是照我們想要祂成為的樣式,讓祂成為我們起初的愛與首要的擺上。我們在哥林多後書三章17-18節看見此:

主就是那靈;主的靈在哪裡,那裡就得以自由。
我們眾人既然敞著臉得以看見主的榮光,好像從鏡子裡返照,就變成主的形狀,榮上加榮,如同從主的靈變成的。

這裡告訴我們,我們要變成祂的形狀,必須敞著臉來看主的榮光。帕子扭曲祂的形狀,也扭曲我們要變成的形狀,許多人有著對基督和世界扭曲的觀點,是因為他們沒有除去他們的帕子─他們的偏見、意見、受傷、失望、拒絕或其他的不當對待。倘若他們的生活很嚴苛,他們可能傾向看主是很嚴苛的。倘若他們的生活很容易或被寵壞了,他們可能傾向看祂如同他們的伺者,為著他們的需求而存在。

使徒保羅寫信給哥林多的人,說他們仍屬血氣,因為在他們中間有分裂,有的說自己是跟隨保羅的,有的跟隨彼得,有的跟隨亞波羅,還有跟隨基督的。雖然跟隨基督似乎是對的答案,但保羅責罵了所有人,因為他們用此成為分裂的理由。當我們長大成熟,我們將看見保羅是如何呈現出基督重要的面貌,而彼得、亞波羅和其他人也做了同樣的呈現。

那即是何以保羅並沒有說他擁有基督的心,而是說我們有基督的心』(參考哥林多前書2:16。沒有人能完全容納基督的心,但當我們加在一起時,我們才能有祂的心。當我們開始看見此,我們便瞭解一位見過主榮光的傳福音者,是如何彰顯出基督的面貌。另一位曾見過主榮光的教師,又是如何彰顯出祂的面貌。當我們成熟見到此,我們看見我們在基督肢體中被呼召的合一,並不是一致性的合一,而是多元性的合一。

為此緣故,成熟的人看見與他們擁有不同基督觀點的人就很興奮,並敞開心向他們學習。以這樣的方式,手不會對腳說『我不需要你』,我們乃是開始看見身體上不同的部分如何彼此相容,彼此需要。

正如哥林多前書十三章9節所說:『我們所知道的有限,先知所講的也有限』。所以沒有人擁有完整的圖畫,直到他們學習將他們的部分與他人拼湊在一起。我們也必須這樣做才能看見基督,並且用祂的眼睛來看。這顯然需要謙卑,既然神賜恩給謙卑的人,我們都應該追求謙卑。

我們的基本目標是按主的本相來看主並成為祂的形狀,好讓我們用祂的眼睛來看,用祂的心來瞭解。若不更多愛祂,我們是不可能按著主的本相來看祂,因為祂就是愛。愛神並行在祂愛中是我們在地上所能知道最大的追求、滿足與喜樂。我們無法正確看待任何人或任何事,除非我們擁有祂對他們的愛,這即是何以腓立比書一章9節告訴我們: 

我所禱告的,就是要你們的愛心在知識和各樣見識(分辨)上多而又多。 

只有充滿愛或在愛中成長的人才能擁有真實的知識,或正確的知識與分辨力。我們永遠無法正確認識任何人或分辨任何人,倘若我們不愛他們。若神愛世人,甚至將祂的獨生子送上十架來救贖他們,祂真實的跟隨者也將愛世人愛到足以捨下自己的生命,帶來拯救。我們所做的犧牲並不是為了贖罪,而是藉此讓基督的贖罪得以彰顯出來。

 (摘自喬納 word for the week, Week24, 2014)

 

A Christian Worldview - The Great Commission, Part 24

Week, 24 2014
Rick Joyner

To have a Christian worldview is to view the world as Christ does. The way we attain this is not by viewing the world, but by seeing Christ and being changed into His image as we behold His glory. Only when we become like Him in nature will we be able to see as He does. For this reason, the chief devotion of every Christian should be to see the Lord as He is, not as we want Him to be, and to keep Him as our first love and first devotion. We see this in II Corinthians 3:17-18:        

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

As we are told here, we must see the Lord’s glory with “an unveiled face” to be changed into His image. The veils that cause us to distort His image, also distort what we are changed into. Many have a distorted view of Christ and the world, because they have not removed their veils—their prejudices, opinions, or the effects of their wounds, disappointments, rejection, or other mistreatment. If they have had a harsh life, then they can tend to see the Lord as harsh. If they have had an easy life or have been spoiled, they may tend to see Him as their divine bellhop who exists to do their bidding.

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians that they were still carnal because they had divisions. Some claimed to follow Paul, some Peter, some Apollos, and some Christ. Though it may seem that to follow Christ is the right answer, Paul chastised them all because they were using this as a point to divide over. As we mature, we will see how Paul presented an important aspect of Christ, and how Peter, Apollos, and others do the same.

That’s why Paul did not say that he had the mind of Christ, but he said, “We have the mind of Christ” (see I Corinthians 2:16). No one person can contain the mind of Christ, but it is as we come together that we have His mind. As we begin to see this, we understand how an evangelist, who has been beholding the glory of the Lord, who is The Evangelist, is revealing that aspect of Christ. Another who has been beholding the glory of the Lord as The Teacher, having been changed into a teacher by this, is revealing that aspect of Him. As we mature to see this, we see that the unity we are called to in the body of Christ is not a unity of conformity but a unity of diversity.

For this reason, the mature get excited when they meet others who have a different perspective of Christ than they do and open their hearts to learn from them. In this way, the hand does not say to the foot, “I have no need of you,” but we begin to see how different parts of the body fit together and are necessary.

 As stated in I Corinthians13:12, we see in part, know in part, and prophesy in part, so no one has the whole picture until they learn to put their part together with what others have. We must also do this to see Christ and to see with His eyes. This obviously requires humility. Since God gives His grace to the humble, we should all be in pursuit of humility.

Our basic goal is to see the Lord as He is and to be changed into His image, so that we will see with His eyes and understand with His heart. It is not possible to see the Lord as He is without loving Him more, because He is love. To love God and walk in His love is the ultimate quest, fulfillment, and joy that we can know on this earth. We will not see anyone or anything accurately unless we have His love for them. This is why we are told in Philippians 1:9:

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment.

Real knowledge, or accurate knowledge, and discernment will only be had by those whose love is abounding, or growing. We will never know anyone or discern anyone accurately if we do not love them. If God so loved the world that He would send His Son to redeem it on the cross, His true followers will also love the world enough to lay down their lives for its salvation. Our sacrifice on its behalf is not for atonement, but so that the atonement of Christ will be manifest.