大使命 40
命令的總歸
大使命只有在下列兩種情況得以完成：
1) 帶門徒而不單是帶人信主而已。
2) 教導他們遵守主所吩咐的每一件事。
今日在哪裡有完成此大使命？我們能做什麼比看見祂使命完成更好的事？
沒有任何人、任何教會或運動可以獨自完成大使命。我們必須合一，一起來完成大使命。神所吩咐的一件基本事情就是祂子民的合一，基督身體的合一即將來到。耶穌一再為此禱告，我們知道神兒子的禱告一定會蒙應允，這將成為最偉大的神蹟之一─大到甚至讓全世界信服耶穌是天父所差來的，正如約翰福音17章所言。
我們曾多次談到，此合一不是一致性的合一，而是多元性的合一。沒有一個人可以完成基督的服事，但我們每個人都被給予祂服事的一部份，我們必須與他人所得著的部分合在一起。正如我們在以弗所書四章所讀到的，基督新約的服事是一個團隊服事，需要使徒、先知、傳福音的、牧師和教師來裝備聖徒，他們才能作神的工。當我們長成我們所蒙召成為的教會，我們要如何來應用此？
當我們在北卡夏洛特地區開始建立教會，我被問到我們要建造何種教會，當時的答案是我毫無概念，直到我看到主所送來的建材。倘若主差來的多半是傳福音的，我便知道我們被呼召成為傳福音的教會。倘若主差來更多的教師，我會考慮讓此成為我們的主要根基。最後我們發現祂差來多半是有先知性恩賜的人，但也有非常堅強的教師與傳福音陣容。然而，我們從一開始在牧師職事上就非常弱。我們在牧養上不足到我常告訴會友，若他們需要許多個人服事與輔導，他們應該考慮到其他輔導事工比較強的教會。
教會不是要能夠滿足每個人的需要嗎？沒錯，的確能夠，倘若我們照教會的本質來瞭解它的話。在夏洛特的教會有著那城市所有類型的教會本質，有些教會的強項剛好是我們的不足。同樣地，我們的強項可能是別人的不足。那城市或地區的教會若沒有正確與當地其他基督身體連結，就不可能如所蒙召的一樣強大。
現在我們世界觀的目標是用神的眼睛來看世界，我們必須考慮到要這樣看需要合一。我們透過個人經歷和知識的過濾器來看事情，然後再將個人觀點建造在聖經所建立關乎祂法則的知識上。這些都被建造在我們的終極目的上，就是愛神超乎一切，之後我們才能愛人如己。因為我們愛祂，並想要愛祂所愛的一切，我們開始愛祂來到並捨下生命的世界。這正是提摩太前書一章5節所告訴我們的每一件事：
但命令的總歸就是愛；這愛是從清潔的心和無虧的良心，無偽的信心生出來的。
因此，我們的目標是：
1) 愛
2) 清潔的心
3) 無虧的良心
4) 無僞的信心
這些命令的總歸從我們接受此教義開始，當我們在基督肢體相交的經歷中操練，這些命令會在我們心中得以堅固。透過肢體相交的團契生活，這些命令會在我們生活中變得實際可行，因而成為我們生命的一部份。從此堅固的肢體相交位置中，我們將這些命令帶到世界，作為神國度的呈現。正如約翰壹書一章7節告訴我們：『我們若在光明中行，如同神在光明中，就彼此相交，他兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。』
一切都關乎神和人，在神所建造的事物中，祂是與人一起建造，而不是與體制或原則。我們可以利用體制和原則，也可能很有幫助。然而，它們並不是建築物本身，而是在建造期間用來協助建造的鷹架。
為此緣故，我們成為什麼樣的人比我們做什麼更為重要。倘若我們成為像主一樣的人，我們將會做祂曾做過的事。但祂並沒有呼召我們單做神的工而已，而是當我們做神的工時，祂要我們用和祂一樣的理由與心態來做。這就是我們命令的總歸，這總歸就是愛，因祂就是愛。
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week40, 2014)
The Goal of Our Instruction - The Great Commission, Part 40
Week 40, 2014
Rick Joyner
The Great Commission can only be accomplished if we:
1) make disciples, not just converts, and
2) teach them to observe everything that He commanded.
Where today is this being accomplished? What have we better to do than give ourselves to seeing His commission fulfilled?
There is no one person, church, or movement that can fulfill the Great Commission alone. We must come together in unity for this to be accomplished. One of the basic things that He has commanded is the unity of His people. The unity of the body of Christ is coming. Jesus prayed for this repeatedly, and we know the Son of God is going to have His prayers answered. It will be one of the greatest miracles of all—so great that it will convince the world that Jesus was indeed sent by the Father as we are told John chapter 17.
As we have covered, this unity is not a unity of conformity, but a unity of diversity. No one person has the complete ministry of Christ, but each of us has been given an aspect of His ministry that must fit together with what has been given to others. As we have read in Ephesians chapter 4, the New Testament ministry of Christ is a team ministry. It takes apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers to equip the saints, who are then supposed to do the work of the ministry. How does this apply as we are growing up to be the church we are called to be?
When we started our congregation in the Charlotte area, I was asked what kind of church we would build. My answer was that I had no idea until I saw what kind of building material the Lord sent. If the Lord sent mostly evangelists, I knew we were called to be more of an evangelistic church. If He sent more teachers, I would have considered this to be our main foundation. As it turned out, He sent us mostly prophetic people, but also some very strong teachers and evangelists. However, from the beginning we were very weak in pastoral ministry. We were so weak in this that I used to tell people that if they needed a lot of personal ministry and counseling, they should consider going to another church that had a strong counseling ministry.
Now the goal of our worldview is to view the world with God’s eyes. We must also consider that this requires unity as well. We each see things through our own filters that are the composite of our own experiences and knowledge. Then we build on this view with the knowledge of His ways established in the Scriptures. These are built upon our ultimate purpose, which is to love God above all things. After this we are to love one another. Then, because we love Him and want to love all that He loves, we begin to love the world that He came and gave His life for. In everything, as we are told in I Timothy 1:5:
“But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.”
So our goals are:
1) love
2) a pure heart
3) a good conscience
4) a sincere faith
All of these begin as a doctrine we perceive. These are solidified in our hearts and actions as we practice them in the experience of koinonia life in the body of Christ. It is through koinonia that they become practical and operational in our lives, and therefore a part of our lives. From this strong position of koinonia, we carry it forth into the world as a demonstration of the kingdom of God. As we are told in I John 1:7, “If we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship (Greek word koinonia) with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”
It is all about God and people. What God is building, He is building with people, not systems or principles. Systems and principles can be used and may be helpful. However, they are not the structure, but the scaffolding used to help during construction.
For this reason, it is more important who we are becoming than what we are doing. If we are becoming like the Lord, we will do the works He did. But He did not call us just to do works. Yet when we do the works, He wants us to do them for the same reasons and with the same heart that He did them. This is the goal of our instruction and it is love, because He is love.
