大使命Part 45

一封充滿恩慈的信

這週我收到一封我認為是我曾收過最重要的信之一，它來自我自己教會的會友。它使我確信自己最糟的假設和推測。我在這裡分享是因為許多人可能有同樣的感覺。信件如下，我會在最後做簡短的評論：

我成為貴教會會友有一段時間了，我受到晨星事工的吸引是因為我覺得教導很有深度，這對我的屬靈成長非常需要。雖然如此，我對喬納在政治方面的信息卻有很大的掙扎，原因很多，主要原因是我對政治沒有興趣，其次是我不太同意他的某些看法。

我是個黑人女性，我告訴您此是因為我並不認同目前政府的大部分政策，此外我也無黨無派。我私底下相信，多數反對歐巴馬健保案的白人都是種族主義份子。我這樣說是因為這些年在所有反對歐記健保的辯論中，我聽不到任何反對有理的觀點（我個人看法）。我聽說此健保案會提高我們的保險費，但醫療費用本來就會逐年增高，至少目前沒有健保的人未來會有。我聽到人們說：『歐記健保會成為美國的致命傷』，但他們從沒解釋如何…這使我相信許多人仍需面對種族主義的問題，他們就是不能接受歐巴馬想要為我們國家的窮人，以及沒有醫療保險的人所做的一件好事。我知道其他有色人種也有同樣的感覺，因為他們有向我表達過。

喬納在馬克斯主義系列的信息完全打開我的眼睛，使我看見台面下的問題，最終給予我關於邪惡的社會主義的確實例子，如歐記健保。我只能說哇，這一系列的信息應該給美國的每一個家庭看。人們需要知道歐記健保會把我們帶到哪的真相，此鼓勵我更注意政治。我非常感謝喬納願意為此目的來被神使用。

首先我想要說的是，我非常感謝這位充滿恩慈的姊妹在我們教會聚會，也謝謝她受到每週一話的內容挑戰還願意閱讀它，那樣的恩慈在今日是相當罕見的。若我從她的角度來想，我不知道是否自己有著相同的恩慈或屬靈成熟度這麼做。我們教會有如此偉大的姊妹，我真的倍感尊榮！

其次我要為著在表達這類議題時沒解釋清楚道歉，在口述信息或發表的期刊中真的無法著墨太多，但我必須有所調整。這個問題我會迫切尋求解決，卻又不需要講得太細。當然，我會在我所寫的書中更深度來解釋這些，例如『嶄新的美國（暫譯）』（A New America）一書，但只有一小群會跟著我們節目或每週一話的讀者才會讀這類的書。

當我在這裡分享馬克斯主義和社會主義，我猜想大部分的人都已經知道，從所得到的回應知道我的猜想錯誤，我很抱歉。這封信還帶來其他很值得深入探討的議題，我盼望明年有機會來談。

再次感謝所有人對這幾週每週一話的回應，特別是有建設性的評論。我不會說連自己都不相信是真實的事情，但有時我可能解釋或表達不夠清楚，而這一類的回應真的幫助頗大。

(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week 45, 2013)

The Great Commission, Week 45

A Gracious Letter, Week 45
Rick Joyner

This week I received one of the most important letters I think I’ve ever received from a member of my own church. It convicted me of a terrible assumption and presumption on my part. I’m sharing it with you because many others may feel the same. This is the letter. I will make some brief comments at the end:

I've been a member of the Fort Mill church for some time. I was attracted to Morningstar because I felt the teaching was so profound and that it was truly something I needed for spiritual growth. With that being said, I have always struggled with Rick's political messages for a variety of reasons. One big reason is I'm not terribly interested in politics, and another is because I couldn't say that I agreed with some of his opinions.

I am a black female and I am telling you this because while I do not agree with most of the policies of the current administration, and am not affiliated with any political party, I've secretly believed that most white people that oppose Obamacare are closet racists. I say this because in all of the years the debate against Obamacare has gone on I've never heard one really valid point (in my opinion) against it. I've heard it will raise our premiums, but healthcare costs rise on a yearly basis and at least the people that are without healthcare now will have something in the future. I've heard people say “Obamacare will be the death of this country,” but they never explain how...this is what led me to believe a lot of people are still dealing with racism and couldn't accept the one good thing that Obama was trying to do for the poor and uninsured in our country. I know many other people of color have felt the some way because they have expressed themselves to me.

Rick’s series on Marxism totally opened my eyes to the underlying issues and finally gave me a valid example of the evils of socialism, and thus Obamacare. All I can say is wow. This series should be sent to every household in America. People need to know the truth of where we are heading with this. It's encouraged me to become more informed about politics. I can't thank Rick enough for being willing to be used by God for this purpose.

First I want to say how much I appreciate this gracious lady staying in our church and reading things like the Word for the Week when they had to be so challenging to her. That kind of grace is truly rare today. Had I been in her shoes, I don’t know that I would have had the same grace or spiritual maturity to do this. I am truly honored to have such a great lady in my church!

Next I want to apologize for not going deeper with my explanations when addressing the issues. In my spoken messages or published bulletins I can only go so far, but I must rectify this. This is a problem I will seek very hard to resolve without getting into too much detail. Of course, I have explained these in much more depth in books I’ve written, such as A New America, but only a small percentage of the people who follow our programs or receive things like this WFTW have time to read such books.

What I have been sharing here about Marxism and socialism I assumed most people already knew. The responses I’ve gotten indicate that I may have been off in my thinking by about 98%. I’m sorry. There are other issues this brings up that are well worth addressing with more depth, which I hope to do this coming year.

Thanks again for all the feedback I receive on these WFTWs, especially the constructive criticism. I would not say something that I did not believe was true, but I can be far too superficial in my explanations or express them very clumsily at times, and this kind of feedback really helps.