於2012-02-12發佈

尊榮/孝敬父母

加州和美國西北部在過去一個半世紀,產生了一些最偉大的屬靈領袖,現在仍在持續產生中。有些不單是教師,更是真正的屬靈父母。正如我們先前所談到的,以色列尊榮他們父母的一個方式,便是從他們所挖掘的井中飲水,高舉並感謝他們。我們也當飲用他們所挖的井來尊榮他們,不單是因為我們仍可以向他們學習,更是因為主會尊榮祂的誡命,祝福凡是遵守的人。

一個來自好萊塢並污染全世界的屬靈與道德毒素就是不孝敬父母,此尤其攻擊了父親與父權超過半世紀之久,近來則開始攻擊母親與母權。想一想:在上個世紀,幾乎出於好萊塢電影或電視節目中的父親都是卑鄙、邪惡或是傻瓜。這為我們國家,還有許多其他國家打開了一個最大的地獄之門─性別扭曲與不法。這是主無法再容忍的首要事情。

與此形成對比的是,祂會再次釋放以利亞的靈,重建父親對兒女的心,以及兒女對父親的心,免得祂來咒詛遍地(參考瑪垃基書4)。因為聖經告訴我們,我們在地上綑綁的天上也會綑綁,我們在天上綑綁的地上也會綑綁,教會的責任就是面對並勝過我們時代的邪惡。當教會開始尊重屬靈父母,藉由飲用他們的井來尊榮他們,有可能是閱讀他們的書籍,甚至是寫關於他們的書。這樣做可以開始醫治我們的土地,使主不會擊打這地。

復興的重點在於轉向神─我們的天父,但我們也需要尊榮父母的復興,否則我們很快就要遭受大災難。讓我們的心再次轉向祂,此也意味著轉向彼此。讓我們尊榮我們的家庭,包括我們的『家譜』─這是我們身為基督徒所擁有的非凡傳承。

在這世界,電影和電視上的母親與母權現在也像父親一般被攻擊,我們可能以為這些不過是戲劇或夢幻,不會真的有影響,但現在的新世代都從電影、電視與電動遊戲中吸收大部分的生活教育。此所帶來的影響為何?完全就是保羅在提摩太後書三章1-8對這些時候的預言:

你該知道,末世必有危險的日子來到。
因為那時人要專顧自己、貪愛錢財、自誇、狂傲、謗讟、違背父母、忘恩負義、心不聖潔、
無親情、不解怨、好說讒言、不能自約、性情兇暴、不愛良善、
賣主賣友、任意妄為、自高自大、愛宴樂、不愛神,
有敬虔的外貌,卻背了敬虔的實意;這等人你要躲開。
那偷進人家、牢籠無知婦女的,正是這等人。這些婦女擔負罪惡,被各樣的私慾引誘,
常常學習,終久不能明白真道。
從前雅尼和佯庇怎樣敵擋摩西,這等人也怎樣敵擋真道。他們的心地壞了,在真道上是可廢棄的。

現在這些特質充斥在我們的年輕人身上,甚至在電影和電視中被尊崇。 雅尼和佯庇  ,還有其他抵擋摩西,像是可拉的結局如何?當他們沒有為悖逆悔改,可拉和他們的家眷就被毀滅,甚至地打開把他們吞了。他們的毒害無法被容忍,因為那會帶來許多人的死亡,正如今日從娛樂事業出來的道德和屬靈悖逆毒害所造成的影響一樣。

神愛世人,渴望他們來認識真理。祂寧可施憐憫而非審判,但憐憫也有定時,因為悖逆所帶來的腐敗影響會毀掉更多人,所以毀滅毒害的源頭是必要的。直到這事發生前,都還有補救方法─惟有悔改能切除毒害。 

 (摘自喬納 word for the week, Week 4, 2012)

 

Honoring Fathers and Mothers - What is the Spirit Saying? Part 2

Week 4, 2012

Rick Joyner

         California and the Northwest have produced some of the greatest spiritual leaders over the last century and a half and are still producing them. Some are not just teachers but true spiritual fathers and mothers. As we covered previously, one of the ways Israel honored their fathers and mothers was to keep drinking from the wells that they dug, acknowledging and being thankful for them. We should be honored by drinking from the wells that they dug, not only because of all we can still learn from them, but also because the Lord will honor His commitment to bless those who do this.

          One of the great spiritual and moral toxins that has been originating from Hollywood and polluting the world has been the dishonoring of fathers and mothers. For more than half a century, it has been especially resolute to attack fathers and fatherhood, but recently it has begun to attack mothers and motherhood as well. Think about it: Almost any father figure in a movie or television program from Hollywood over the last half century has been mean-spirited, evil, or an idiot. This has opened one of the biggest gates of hell of perversion and lawlessness in our country, as well as in many other countries. This is one of the main things that the Lord can no longer tolerate.

           In contrast to this, He will release the spirit of Elijah again to restore the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers, so that He won’t have to come and smite the land with a curse (see Malachi 4). Because we are told that what we bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and what we bind in heaven will be bound on the earth, it is the church’s responsibility to confront and overcome the great evils of the times. As the church begins to esteem spiritual fathers and mothers, honoring them by drinking from their wells, which could be reading their books, or even writing books about them, it can begin to heal our land and keep the Lord from smiting the land.

          The main point of revival is to return to the Father, God, but we also need a revival of honoring the fathers and mothers or we will soon suffer a great calamity. Let our hearts be gathered to Him again, which also means gathering with one another. Let us honor our family, including our “family tree,” the remarkable heritage that we have as Christians.

          In the world, mothers and motherhood are now being attacked like fathers in movies and television so that the children are being promoted as the only ones with wisdom or goodness. We may think these are just dramas or fantasies that don’t really make a difference, but a large part of the education about life that the emerging generations are receiving now are from movies, television, and video games. What is the result of this? Exactly what Paul predicted for these times in II Timothy 3:1-8:

           But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

           For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to
parents, ungrateful, unholy,

           unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

           treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

           holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; avoid such men as these.

           For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down
with sins, led on by various impulses,

           always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

           Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of
depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.

          These characteristics are now prevalent in our youth and are even glorified in movies and television. What was the fate of Jannes and Jambres, as well as others like Korah who stood against Moses? When they did not repent of their rebellion, they and the people who heeded them were destroyed as even the earth opened and swallowed them. Their poison could not be tolerated because it would lead to the death of many others, just as the poison of moral and spiritual rebellion coming out of the entertainment industry is doing today.

          God loves all men and desires for them to come to the knowledge of the truth. He would much rather show mercy than judgment, but there is a time when, because of the corrupting influence of the rebellion to destroy many more, destruction of the source of poison is necessary. Until it has happened, there is a remedy—repentance that cuts off the poison.