Tuesday, 27th September 2022
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-4 To Know God
Peter was talking to us about how so we live as a church. God wants to help us to really enter His teaching and become His true disciples. We must have faith to be the followers of God and we must know God. When we know God then we will have peace, and we can go through all challenges ahead of us.
We’re unwilling to know and unwilling to understand the way God works in this world. We use our own ways and understandings to face everyday life, and we become fearful. God will help us, but we must know Him, understand Him, hear His Words and see His Ways. God brings peace to us through His Words.
V4 When we know God then we won’t be easily defeated by the things of this world. We can be like Jesus, full of glory and light.
Section Two V5-11 To Be Diligent and Not Be Barren
We know God’s Heart, God’s Word, God’s Way, and we must act out. God wants us to bear fruits and not to be barren, through our serving at church, we will be trained and disciplined, to really become more like Jesus. People don’t follow us only by what we say, but by our lives. How we live our lives for God determines how people would see God in us.
If we don’t follow God’s teaching and step out, then we will always stay in the same place. God has already given us a new life, He has already cleansed us. Do not give ourselves excuses to not act out because Jesus has overcome the world. There should be nothing holding us back from acting out and living the life of God, except for ourselves.
Let us convict ourselves by sin, by righteousness and by judgement. Do not allow our emotions become the killers of our eternal lives from God. It’s time to live a new life, to declare our old-self has died, and to receive this abundant blessing from God. Speaking in tongues can help our spirit to be strengthened and to be more alert of what God wants to say to us. We can also be more diligent in examining our lives. God has prepared abundance for us to enter eternal blessings.
Section Three V12-21 To Stand Firm in the True Way
We need to be reminded, because we will become slack and we will become weary. We must appreciate it when our authority disciples and teaches us. God loves us and He will disciples us, so we can continue to walk on this path. He will encourage us and He will also affirm us, just like what He did for Jesus, for Peter and for all the disciples.
God has already given all we need to serve Him and to follow Him, but what is our focus, do not focus on this world, do not try to gain this world, but focus on God. God had already given us His Holy Spirit, to touch our inner man, to get rid of the fear, weakness, greed… from the world, and receive true peace and abundance from God.
彼得后书 1 – 真门徒
2022年9月27日 星期二
潘锡安牧师
在这十天的赎罪日里,我们要好好鉴察自己的生命,迎接5783年神给我们教会的开始。彼得后书讲述的是关于教会的事情。我们信主后,生命又如何?本章经文帮助我们能够真正建立在耶稣基督的磐石里。
一、v.1-4 要认识神
若我们不认识神,怎能说自己是跟从耶稣基督的人呢?
V1 跟从神的人一定要有信心。
V2 “恩惠、平安”是因为“认识神和我们主耶稣”才有的。我们若不认识我们的主,“平安”就只是虚浮的知识。在疫情的恐慌、物价高升等世上各种动荡中,我们会尝试用自己的方法来保护自己,然而跟从神的人要放轻松,才站立得稳。我们的主日和晨祷信息都是帮助我们认识神和神的国度。
V3 彼得再一次提醒我们,我们要认识神、神的国度、神的话语,而不要成为一个什么都不知道的文盲。
V4 我们认识神之后,就能“脱离世上从情欲来的败坏”。若没有神的话语做我们脚前的灯、路上的光,我们就很容易体贴自己的肉体,被内心情绪的小剧场打败。“与神的性情有份”意思是我们像神一样,在我们的言行举止上都有神的荣光。
二、v.5-11 要殷勤不闲懒
V5-7 既然认识神如此重要,我们就要“分外地殷勤”。我们在传福音时讲的都是信主后的好处,带人信主后反而“放牛吃草”,其实我们要教导人“殷勤”。我们明白神的心意和前面的路之后就要走出去,而不是坐在原地或呆在祷告房间里以为事情自己会完成。耶稣基督在世时,以身作则带着门徒出去传福音、教导众人、以生命影响生命。
V8 我们要结果子,才说明自己是真认识神。耶稣基督的真门徒是能够结果子、以生命影响生命的。唯有在传福音、牧养中,我们的生命才会在被别人的磨练中成长并影响别人。我们过往的自私、脾气都会慢慢被放下,因为别人不是因为我们的演讲而跟从我们,而是被我们的爱感动。我们是否愿意为这些贫穷的人摆上自己? 人缺的不是金钱,而是得永生的福音。
V9 若我们没有做这几样事情,我们其实仍在在自己的情欲、老我中打转,没有跨出去。信主后我们的旧事已过、一切都变成新的了。如今活着的不再是我,乃是耶稣基督在我里面活着。我们信主后,自己的老我、过去的经历、连同从原生家庭来的缠绕都在基督里死去了。我们要为罪为义为审判自我鉴察,不要让我们的情欲杀死从神而来的新生命。当我们的思想想要放纵旧有的情欲时,我们就要宣告那个“旧我”已经死去!方言祷告就是帮助我们灵里强大起来,能以抵挡如洪水猛兽般的情欲。当我们心思意念都在神的国度里,一切的权柄、能力都属于我们。
V10-11 彼得再次提醒我们要“更加殷勤”。我们所住的地球总有毁灭的一天,神给我们预备的却是永恒的国,并且我们要带着丰丰富富进入神的国。我们是否只能看见眼前的缺乏,却无法看到神要给我们的丰富?不要担心害怕,不要整天谋算自己在地上如何能有好的生活,因为神会为我们负责,只要我们愿意跟从他,无论经过高山低谷,神都与我们同在。不要因为身体上的软弱或缺乏而失去喜乐,反而更要为神的国多走一里路。
三、v.12-21 要在真道上站稳
V12 人很容易在开始时热情追求,但时间久了就会冷淡退后甚至消失不见。因此彼得“将这些事常常提醒”我们。
V13 “还在这帐篷的时候”指的就是还活在这世上的时候。我们有时会觉得从牧者来的教导我们都听过也懂得了,但其实我们是会“松掉”的。连两千年前的圣徒们都要被彼得提醒,我们就更不要看自己过于当看的。当我们被我们的属灵长辈、权柄提醒时,要有一颗感恩的心,因为他们的提醒是帮助我们不会松散下来。
V15 我们是否“时常”帮助那些我们传福音、牧养的人,让他们不会忘了福音?
V16 当时的教会面对很多假教师,他们只教导我们是被神爱的王子公主、只要做自己喜欢做的事情。然而,圣经教导我们的不是如何爱自己,而是要爱神爱人,当我们愿意爱神爱人时,我们就得到神的爱了。我们是否只想着自己,还是一心想着天国的事?成为真门徒跟从神,我们才能得到从神而来的丰富,而不需要去跟别人抢夺。我们的能力若都花在赚取世界的财富、享乐,我们失去的是自己的时间、爱心。我们要真实面对自己里面的诡诈,放下贪婪、贫穷的心,不是什么都不做,而是倚靠神、先寻求神的国和神的义,我们的一切所需神都会加给我们。在真道上站立得稳,才不会被世上的理论欺骗。
V19 要留意所听到的先知预言,察验是否验证出来。
V20-21 我们一定要被圣灵感动,我们里面出来的才是属于神的。让我们放下里面的害怕和贪心、老我,真正跟从神,经历神的丰富和平安!


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