約翰福音 第20章 中英摘要

  耶穌復活了!祂首先跟抹大拉的馬利亞顯現,告訴她說:「不要摸我,因我還沒有升上去見我的父。你往我弟兄那裡去,告訴他們說,我要升上去見我的父,也是你們的父,見我的神,也是你們的神。」
基督教不是一個宗教,而是一個關係,一個我們與神的關係;神何等愛我們,耶穌基督稱我們為祂的弟兄,讓我們可以稱耶穌基督的父為我們的父,稱耶穌基督的神為我們的神。

  一般慕道友常面臨的問題,就是怕信主後會發生很大的家庭危機,因為長輩或配偶都還沒信主,所以明明知道這位神是好的、是真的,卻是不敢承認或是去教會聚會;這種表現都是因為怕神力有未逮,不相信神能解決所有的問題。摩西帶領以色列人出埃及,若是只想著埃及法老的剛硬、埃及軍隊的強盛,到曠野後200多萬人要吃什麼?喝什麼?要住在哪裡?若一直定睛在這些問題上,那根本不可能踏的出埃及,更遑論要進到迦南美地。

   大事神已經都幫我們做了,我們只要相信並順服,其他一切都是神的事。

  今天負責導讀的弟兄,受洗不到一個月,就馬上接受培訓,我們都看到他可以把神的話講的那麼好;所以不在乎你信主多久,而是在於你有沒有用心的來認識神、服事神。每個人都可以傳講神的話,不要再說我才信主不久,或是我信主已經很久,我就是沒有辦法…天下無難事,只怕有心人,世上的人對屬地的事,都有如此的信心,更何況天上的父已經賜下聖靈在我們裡面來幫助、開啟我們;神用各種律令、典章、歷史、譬喻…寫下整本的聖經,就是巴不得讓我們都能更多的來認識祂、明白祂的心意。

  人會離開神,但是神說:「我永不丟棄你們,也不撇下你們」就如同我們跌下懸崖時,主耶穌在上面抓住繩子的一頭,而我們則在下面抓住繩子的另一頭,神說祂永遠不會放手,但我們卻常常是自己鬆手,以至於摔得粉身碎骨。
  緊緊抓住神,不要放手,是得救蒙福的秘訣。
  主耶穌說:「你因看見了我才信,那沒有看見就信的有福了!」

葉長老 風美小組信息 / 高雄 錦泰 摘錄回應

John 20

  Jesus resurrected! He first showed himself to Mary Magdalene. He said to Mary, “Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘ I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'” (John 20:17)
Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship. It is our relationship with our God. God loves us so much that Jesus calls us His brother; we can call His Father our Father, and we can call His God our God.

  Seekers often face a big issue, that is, they fear that their conversion to Christianity may bring crisis to their families, because the elders and their mates do not believe in Jesus. Therefore, they dare not go (or dare not admit going) to church even though they know our God is good and real. This is because they have doubt about God’s might; they don’t believe God can solve their problems. When Moses was leading Israeli out of Egypt, he would not have gotten out of Egypt if he focused on the problems they might face: the hardness of Pharaoh and the powerful Egyptian army. What is he going to feed those two hundred thousand Israeli with? What are they going to drink? Where are they going to sleep? If Moses saw only the problems, they wouldn’t have gotten to the Promised Land. God has done all the great works for us, all we have to do is to believe and obey and leave everything else to God.

  The brother who is guiding today’s Bible reading received his training not even a month after he was baptized, and we all see how well he can convey God’s words. So, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been a Christian, what matters is that you understand and serve God with your heart. Everyone can preach God’s words, so stop saying anything like “I’ve just converted to Christianity” or “Although I’ve long been a Christian, I just can’t.”It is said that nothing is impossible to a willing mind; people are so confident about things in this world, so why shouldn’t we be confident in God? Let alone that God has already sent the Holy Spirit to live among us and to help us. He has given us the Bible; He used all kind of laws, decrees, regulations, histories, metaphors and so on just to let us know Him better, and understand His will better.

  People leave God, but He says, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” It’s like we are falling from a cliff, and Jesus is on the edge, holding one side of a rope, while we are hold the other side of that rope. God says that He will never let go of the rope, but it is often us who loosen our grip, and we would just fall to the bottom.
Hold firmly onto God and not letting it go is the key to blessings. The Lord says, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (John 20:29)

Message by Elder Yeh / Summary and response by Jim Lin