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8月15日 教会的责任
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Duty of the Church, August 15
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“你若将这些事提醒弟兄们,便是基督耶稣的好执事”(提前4:6)。{HB252.1}[1]
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If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ.—1 Timothy 4:6.{HB 252.1}[1]
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圣灵就是人属灵生命的气息。承受圣灵就是承受基督的生命。承受的人也就有了基督的品德。惟有如此受耶和华的教训,有圣灵在内心运行,并在生活上显示基督之生命的人,才能作主的代表,为教会服务。{HB252.2}[2]
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The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ. It imbues the receiver with the attributes of Christ. Only those who are thus taught of God, those who possess the inward working of the Spirit, and in whose life the Christ-life is manifested, are to stand as representatives, to minister in behalf of the church.{HB 252.2}[2]
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基督说:“你们赦免谁的罪,谁的罪就赦免了。你们留下谁的罪,谁的罪就留下了。”在这里基督并没有许可任何人随意论断他人。祂在山边宝训里已经禁止这样的事,因为这是上帝独有的权柄。但是祂把牧养个别教友的责任,放在有组织的教会身上。对于那些陷在罪中的同道,教会有责任警戒,教导,并尽可能把他们挽回过来。主说“用百般的忍耐,各样的教训,责备人,警戒人,劝勉人”(提后4:2)。要忠诚地对待犯错误的人。要警戒每一个陷在危险之中的人。不要让任何人欺骗自己。罪就是罪,不可文饰。关于说谎,干犯安息日、偷窃、拜偶像,以及其他一切恶事,上帝怎样说,你们也要怎样说。“行这样事的人,必不能承受上帝的国”(加5:21。)。如果他们怙恶不悛,那么,你们根据上帝的话而下的判决,在天上也要宣判在他们身上。他们既自愿犯罪,就是否认了基督,教会必须表示她不赞同他们的行为,否则,教会自己就玷辱了她的主。上帝对于罪有什么表示,她也必须有什么表示。她必须照上帝的指示处理罪恶,这样教会所作的决定天上就必批准。所以凡轻视教会威权的,就是轻视了基督的威权。{HB252.3}[3]
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“Whosesoever sins ye remit,” said Christ, “they are remitted; . . . and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.” Christ here gives no liberty for anyone to pass judgment upon others. In the Sermon on the Mount He forbade this. It is the prerogative of God. But on the church in its organized capacity He places a responsibility for the individual members. Toward those who fall into sin, the church has a duty, to warn, to instruct, and if possible to restore. “Reprove, rebuke, exhort,” the Lord says, “with all long-suffering and doctrine.” (2 Timothy 4:2.) Deal faithfully with wrongdoing. Warn every soul that is in danger. Leave none to deceive themselves. Call sin by its right name. Declare what God has said in regard to lying, Sabbathbreaking, stealing, idolatry, and every other evil. “They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” (Galatians 5:21.) If they persist in sin, the judgment you have declared from God’s word is pronounced upon them in heaven. In choosing to sin, they disown Christ; the church must show that she does not sanction their deeds, or she herself dishonors her Lord. She must say about sin what God says about it. She must deal with it as God directs, and her action is ratified in heaven. Anyone who despises the authority of the church despises the authority of Christ Himself.{HB 252.3}[3]
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但是这一幅景象也有它光明的一面。“你们赦免谁的罪,谁的罪就赦免了。”务要重视这一句话。在为犯了罪的人工作时,人人的眼睛都必须仰望基督。……{HB252.4}[4]
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But there is a brighter side to the picture. “Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted.” Let this thought be kept uppermost. In labor for the erring, let every eye be directed to Christ. . . .{HB 252.4}[4]
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教会要以感恩的心情来接纳罪人的悔改。要引领悔改的人脱离不信的黑暗,进入信心和公义的光明之中。要使他战兢颤抖的手,放在耶稣仁爱的手里。这样的赦免是上天所批准的。(《历代的愿望》805,806页){HB252.5}[5]
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Let the repentance of the sinner be accepted by the church with grateful hearts. Let the repenting one be led out from the darkness of unbelief into the light of faith and righteousness. Let his trembling hand be placed in the loving hand of Jesus. Such a remission is ratified in heaven.—The Desire of Ages, 805, 806.{HB 252.5}[5]
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