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葉菁華教授 - 上帝是互愛

講題:上帝是互愛  God is Mutual Love

講員:葉菁華教授

場合:香港中文大學崇基學院禮拜堂主日崇拜

日期:2024年5月26日

 

Romans 8:12-17

12弟兄們,這樣看來,我們並不是欠肉體的債去順從肉體活著。13你們若順從肉體活著,必要死;若靠著聖靈治死身體的惡行,必要活著。14因為凡被上帝的靈引導的,都是上帝的兒子。15你們所受的,不是奴僕的心,仍舊害怕;所受的,乃是兒子的心,因此我們呼叫:「阿爸!父!」16聖靈與我們的心同證我們是上帝的兒女;17既是兒女,便是後嗣,就是上帝的後嗣,和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦,也必和他一同得榮耀。

12 So then, brothers and sisters, we are obligated, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— 13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it is that very Spirit bearing witness[b] with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

 

John 3:1-17

1有一個法利賽人,名叫尼哥德慕,是猶太人的官。2這人夜裏來見耶穌,說:「拉比,我們知道你是由上帝那裏來作師傅的;因為你所行的神蹟,若沒有上帝同在,無人能行。」3耶穌回答說:「我實實在在地告訴你,人若不重生,就不能見上帝的國。」4尼哥德慕說:「人已經老了,如何能重生呢?豈能再進母腹生出來嗎?」5耶穌說:「我實實在在地告訴你,人若不是從水和聖靈生的,就不能進上帝的國。6從肉身生的就是肉身;從靈生的就是靈。7我說:『你們必須重生』,你不要以為希奇。8風隨著意思吹,你聽見風的響聲,卻不曉得從哪裏來,往哪裏去;凡從聖靈生的,也是如此。」9尼哥德慕問他說:「怎能有這事呢?」10耶穌回答說:「你是以色列人的先生,還不明白這事嗎?11我實實在在地告訴你,我們所說的是我們知道的;我們所見證的是我們見過的;你們卻不領受我們的見證。12我對你們說地上的事,你們尚且不信,若說天上的事,如何能信呢?13除了從天降下、仍舊在天的人子,沒有人升過天。14摩西在曠野怎樣舉蛇,人子也必照樣被舉起來,15叫一切信他的都得永生。

16「上帝愛世人,甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信他的,不致滅亡,反得永生。17因為上帝差他的兒子降世,不是要定世人的罪,乃是要叫世人因他得救。

 

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus[a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.” Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”[b]Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You[c] must be born from above.’[d] The wind[e] blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

11 “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, yet you[f] do not receive our testimony.12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[g] 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[h]

16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.

 

  1. 引言
    1. 三一主日
    2. 錯誤的類比:冰、水、蒸氣
    3. 內在三一immanent Trinity
    4. 經世三一economic Trinity
  2. 三一上帝:彼此相愛
    1. 愛的團契
    2. 不同於人的團契
    3. 不是三個個體,有三個意志,三個思想;而是一個意志,一個思想,源於聖父,藉著聖子,成於聖靈
  3. 愛的溢出,傾流
    1. 上帝的大愛,源於聖父,藉著聖子,成於聖靈
    2. 約3:16上帝愛世人,甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信他的,不致滅亡,反得永生。
      1. 甚至
      2. 唯一的兒子
      3. 賜給我們
      4. 永生:三一上帝的生命
        1. 約17:3認識你—獨一的真神,並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督,這就是永生。
        2. 參與三一上帝互愛的團契
    3. 永生(=參與三一上帝互愛的團契)來自聖靈
      1. 第5-6節:從水和聖靈生;從靈生的就是靈
    4. 出生:當時決定一切,現在也很大影響
    5. 重生:打破「命定」的限制,帶來新的機會
    6. 羅8
      1. 因為凡被上帝的靈引導的,都是上帝的兒子。
      2. 上帝的兒子,新的身份,新的關係,新的群體
      3. 15你們所受的,不是奴僕的心,仍舊害怕;所受的,乃是兒子的心,因此我們呼叫:「阿爸!父!」
        1. 奴僕的心,害怕:神明、君王、父親
        2. 兒子的心
        3. 地上的父親未必有此親密關係
      4. 和合:16聖靈與我們的心同證我們是上帝的兒女;17既是兒女,便是後嗣,就是上帝的後嗣,和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦,也必和他一同得榮耀。
      5. 和修:16聖靈自己與我們的一同見證我們是上帝的兒女。
        1. 我們:眾數;群體
      6. 三一上帝的群體
      7. 平等、彼此尊重、彼此相愛
        1. 聖餐
    7. 教會作為天國群體,展現社會應有的收況
  4. 神聖純愛歌 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
    1. Charles Wesley 查理士.衛斯理, who together with his brother John Wesley, founded Methodism 循道衛理宗
    2. 劉廷芳譯,原本很好,這個新的版本改了,
    3. 第一節:上帝的愛,藉著聖子耶穌基督,住入我們每顆顫慄心
      1. 神聖純愛,超乎萬愛,天上歡樂降人間!懇求屈尊居我心中,超過尋常恩萬般;
        耶穌,主是萬愛結晶,憐憫慈悲集大成;求攜救恩惠然來臨,進入顆顆戰慄心。
      2. Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heav'n to earth come down, …
        visit us with Thy salvation; enter every trembling heart.
    4. 第二節:慈愛的聖靈,吹入每顆煩惱心
      1. 求將上主慈愛聖靈,吹入每顆煩惱心;
      2. Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast!
    5. 第三節
      1. 全能神啊,求來救拯,容我接受主生命,…
        祈禱讚揚,永無停止,完全愛裏永歡欣
      2. Come, Almighty to deliver; let us all Thy life receive;
        pray, and praise Thee without ceasing, glory in Thy perfect love.
    6. 第四節
      1. 求主完成再造深恩,使我清潔無瑕疵;使我能見宏大救恩,再得歸回主愛裏;…
        願從光榮再進光榮,身列天班長供奉,到時免冠,拋擲主前,忘形愛頌驚奇中。
      2. Finish then, Thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be; …
        till we cast our crowns before Thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.