我們必須吃完
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate 2022.5.11
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我們學習的主要目的是要清楚地瞭解我們在基督裡的目的，以及我們必須做什麼來完成這個目的。出於這個原因，我們正在研究走向成熟的步驟，以便我們能夠瞭解我們所處的位置，以及我們接下來需要做什麼。因為根基的強度將決定在其上所能建造的東西的強度和規模，所以我們要花時間正確地打好根基。毫無疑問，我們屬靈生活的力量將由我們生活中對十字架的啟示、理解和應用決定。正如保羅在《哥林多前書》1:18中所寫的。

因為十字架的道理，在那滅亡的人為愚拙；在我們得救的人，卻為神的大能。

我們會知道神在我們生命中的能力，以十字架在我們生命中的作用程度為標準。因此，讓我們不斷地尋求將我們的根紮得更深，瞭解在十字架上為我們所成就的事物，並拿起我們的十字架，每天背負它。十字架上的生命對正在滅亡的人來說是愚拙的，但對正在得救的人來說，卻是神的救恩、神的智慧、神的榮耀和神的能力。

基督耶穌被稱為神逾越節的羔羊，我們一直研究《出埃及記》中預言的逾越節獻祭，以說明十字架為我們所成就的。在《出埃及記》12:8-11中，我們又看到了這個節日的幾個重要方面，以及以色列人被命令如何吃，這對我們的理解至關重要。

當夜要吃羊羔的肉；用火烤了，與無酵餅和苦菜同吃。
不可吃生的，斷不可吃水煮的，要帶著頭、腿、五臟，用火烤了吃。
不可剩下一點留到早晨；若留到早晨，要用火燒了。
你們吃羊羔當腰間束帶，腳上穿鞋，手中拿杖，趕緊地吃；這是耶和華的逾越節

他們吃逾越節的方式概括起來有以下三點：
1）用苦菜和無酵餅
2）他們必須吃完，不可剩下一點
3）他們吃的時候必須準備好匆匆離去

因為第一點和第三點是相關的，我們將留到下一次學習，但第二點本身就值得我們一生去追求--他們必須吃完。我們在生活中可能做出的最危險的妥協之一就是挑選我們要接受的福音的部份。這可能是歷代以來最削弱教會的一件事，因為它沖淡了十字架在我們生命中力量的基礎。

如果我們帶著任何條件來到基督面前，告訴祂我們接受什麼，或者我們將做什麼，我們就沒有按照祂的規定參與祂的贖罪。祂將成為所有人的主，或者根本就不是。讓我們思考以下經文，從馬太福音28:18-20中所謂的 "大使命 "開始。

耶穌進前來，對他們說：天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。
所以，你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒，奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施洗（或作：給他們施洗，歸於父、子、聖靈的名）。
凡我所吩咐你們的，都教訓他們遵守，我就常與你們同在，直到世界的末了。

大使命的基礎是天上地下的 "所有權柄 "都交給了耶穌。地上沒有任何地方或人可以超越祂的權柄，如果祂選擇行使的話。正如大衛王在詩篇8:1中寫道："耶和華─我們的主啊，你的名在全地何其美！你將你的榮耀彰顯於天。....。" 在聖經時代，一個人的名字與他們的權柄是等同的。地上沒有任何地方是屬於魔鬼的。正如聖經在詩篇24:1中再次斷言："地和其中所充滿的，世界和住在其間的，都屬耶和華。"。這也必須是我們在尋求執行大使命時的追求--看到祂的權柄在全地顯現。這就是為什麼大使命是 "使萬民作門徒"。

該使命的最後一部分是教導列國遵守祂所吩咐的一切。這似乎是天使在使徒行傳5:19-20中提出的觀點：

但主的使者夜間開了監門，領他們出來，
說：你們去站在殿裡，把這生命的道都講給百姓聽。。

如果我們努力履行大使命，成為福音的傳道人，我們就必須介紹福音的全部資訊。那些被賦予這個大使命的人一直傾向於省略或忽視他們不理解或不同意的內容。這為教會的軟弱甚至異端打開了大門。

為此，我們必須理解、接受並拒絕妥協提摩太後書3:16-17。"聖經都是神所默示的（或作：凡神所默示的聖經），於教訓、督責、使人歸正、教導人學義都是有益的，叫屬神的人得以完全，預備行各樣的善事。。"

如果我們要吃主的逾越節，我們必須吃完它。我們不能選擇接受福音的某部份而不接受某部份。十字架和福音的某部份對許多人來說是絆腳石，但如果我們開始淡化這個資訊，那麼我們就在整體上絆倒了。那會導致我們挑選我們要服從和不服從的事物，正是人類第一次犯罪的理由，也是將死亡釋放到世界的原因。只有當我們決定完全死於自己的意志，以便完全順服於祂時，救贖才會完成。如果我們不這樣做，我們將繼續為進一步的不順從及其伴隨的後果--死亡敞開大門。
 

We Must Eat the Whole Thing
Rick Joyner

The main purpose of our study is to gain a clear understanding of our purpose in Christ and what we must do to accomplish it. For this reason we are examining the steps to maturity so we can understand where we are, and what we need to do next. Because the strength of the foundation will determine the strength and magnitude of what can be built upon it, we are taking the time to lay the foundation correctly. Without question, the strength of our spiritual lives will be determined by the revelation, understanding, and application of the cross in our lives. As Paul wrote in I Corinthians 1:18:

For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

We will know the power of God in our lives to the degree that the cross has worked in our lives. Therefore, let us continually seek to sink our roots deeper into the knowledge of what was accomplished for us at the cross, and to take up our cross and carry it daily. The life of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the salvation of God, the wisdom of God, the glory of God, and the power of God for those who are being saved.

Christ Jesus is called the Passover Lamb of God, and we have been studying the prophetic Passover sacrifice in Exodus to illustrate what the cross accomplished for us. In Exodus 12:8-11, we see several more important aspects of this feast and how Israel was commanded to eat it, which are crucial for us to understand.

And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire,
and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water,
but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.
And you shall not leave any of it over until morning,
but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire.
Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded,
your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand;
and you shall eat it in haste—it is the LORD's Passover.

The way they had to eat the Passover is summed up in these three points:

1) with bitter herbs and unleavened bread
2) they had to eat the whole thing 3) as they ate they had to be ready to depart in haste

Because points one and three are related, we will save them for the next study, but point two is worthy in itself of a life of pursuit—they had to eat the whole thing. One of the most dangerous compromises we could ever make in our lives is to pick and choose which aspects of the gospel we are going to accept. This is possibly the one thing that has most weakened the church through the ages because it dilutes the very foundation of the power of the cross in our lives.

If we come to Christ with any conditions as to what we will accept, or what we will do, we are not partaking of His atonement as He has prescribed. He will be the Lord of all, or not at all. Let us consider the following Scriptures, beginning with what is called "the Great Commission" in Matthew 28:18-20:

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying,
"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

The basis for the Great Commission is "all authority" in heaven and earth has been given to Jesus. There is no place or person on earth that is beyond the exercise of His authority, if He chooses to exercise it. As King David wrote in Psalm 8:1, "O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Thy name in all the earth…." In biblical times one's name was equated with their authority. There is no place on earth that belongs to the devil. As the Scripture again asserts in Psalm 24:1: "The earth is the LORD's, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it." This must also be our quest in seeking to carry out The Great Commission—to see His authority revealed in all of the earth. That is why the commission is to "make disciples of all nations."

The last part of that commission was to teach these nations to observe all that He has commanded us. This seems to have been the point made by the angel in Acts 5:19-20: that He has commanded us. This seems to have been the point made by the angel in Acts 5:19-20:

But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the gates of the prison,
and taking them out he said, "Go your way,
stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life."

If we are endeavoring to fulfill The Great Commission, to be ministers of the gospel, we must present the whole message of the gospel. It has been the tendency for those who have been entrusted with this Great Commission to omit, or overlook, what they do not understand or agree with. This has perpetually opened the door to weakness and even heresy in the church.

For this reason we must understand, embrace, and refuse to compromise II Timothy 3:16-17: "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."

If we are going to partake of the Lord's Passover, we must eat the whole thing. We cannot pick and choose what aspects of the gospel we are going to accept and what parts we are not. There are aspects to the cross and the gospel that are stumbling blocks to many, but if we start watering down the message, then we have stumbled over the whole. That which would cause us to pick and choose what we will obey and what we will not was precisely the rationale for the first sin of mankind, and also what released death into the world in the first place. Redemption will only be complete when we determine to die completely to our own will in order to be fully obedient to Him. If we do not, we will continue to be open for further disobedience and its accompanying consequences—death.