2 Corinthians 的4章和11章。附录下面。
BACH,前些天,从全伊那里学习到早期基督从胆小如鼠地裸奔到耶稣复活给他们带来的巨大生命转变,我和你讨论的时候,只是字面上证实我信的证据,我曾经很奇怪,这么铁证如山地怎么就说服不了你们这些都知道证据的人呢?你们和我父老兄弟还不一样,他们都没有机会(或者说被生活压的没工夫)知道这些事情。昨晚上,我看2 Corinthians 4忽然意识到,其实从信到现在,我自己也不是被这些说服的,我是千真万确被耶稣挑上了,所以当我反过来回头看的时候,看耶稣说的一切都合理的要命。而不是因为合理而信福。
尤其是,看到保罗描述他被hard pressed on every side,以前看是把他当高高挂起的,他能挥洒自如神迹那他受的没什么了不起,昨天看,刹那间,感同身受,额的娘啊,在风和日丽的周五晚上,我享受天伦之乐,如果象童坛的媳妇被人忽然扇耳光,就已经无法想象了,居然还日常地被struck down被flogged还要known hunger and thirst饥寒交迫,可是他呢说:I believed; therefore I have spoken。为什么呢?因为All this is for 我的你的 benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God。我的确是被巨大的thanksgiving 给overflow了,这就是我读的那个时刻的感觉。
灵恩的羊们,我还有一个念头,就是看11章他们平常这么艰难险阻,inwardly burn的人,他们的神迹也许给当时的人见证了,可是给我见证的是他们拥有神赐巨大恩赐的人居然仍然过饥寒交迫艰难险阻的日常生活,这本身比让我看见摊子行走更震撼,这是不是才是真正意义上的:必有神迹相随,见证所传的道呢?
2 Corinthians 的4章和11章。附录下面。
7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
11For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.
12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
13It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken."With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak,
14because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.
15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers. 27I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?