第二场 |圣徒向神的敬拜[3月28日专题信息]

专题信息｜第二场 |圣徒向神的敬拜

3月28日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 创4:1-8; 约4:24; 罗12:1-2

课题: 属灵奥秘, 天国, 与神的关系/认识神，认识自己, 教会, 基督的身体,

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很多人（包括非信徒）一旦想到基督教的时候，最深刻的印象就是基督教每周有很多聚会。不信主的人则会问我们每周好几次上教会干什么？他们都以为这好像是一种有宗教社彩的社交性活动，像是唱歌、祷告、听道、交流等。其实，他们不知道在我们信徒所做的这一切里原来是向独一的真神献上最真实与诚挚的敬拜。其实，信徒向神的敬拜是整个信仰生活的起点。我们主日敬拜，每当相聚敬拜，我们两三个人在家中敬拜，我们个人灵修时敬拜等。信徒的敬拜显示了他对创造主的赞叹与敬畏，以至同时确认自己应当卑微与降服于神的角色。因此，信徒真诚的敬拜一定带来他再次认定“神是谁，我是谁”，以至他过后的整个信仰生活是被带入以“听从神而活”，不是“自己做主而活”。因此，一个没有好好敬拜，或是在敬拜失败的信徒，他很容易会落入的过犯就是“骄傲”。这骄傲有时不一定是显示在他直接的表态，但在他的思维、判断、决定、处事里，会看见他多会体贴自己的意思，多会相信自己的感受，甚至在处事待人中多会相信自己的聪明与意志。渐渐的，他也很快被他所处于的群人与环境影响。但对那常常敬拜成功的信徒，他会继续的活出“本于信，以至于信”的信仰，在所做的一切凭着信（神的话），不凭眼见出发。因此，信徒的敬拜是会直接的影响他接下来整个的信仰生活的。其实，神为圣徒设立的首先不是服侍，也不是传福音，乃是敬拜。教会的服侍虽多，但那是圣徒敬拜神所带来的结果，不是大家相聚的理由。倘若圣徒的敬拜失败了，教会的服侍很快就成为一种劳动，不是以敬畏的心所献上给神的祭物。因此，我们常常会看见很多人因服侍而纷争，或是因服侍而过度劳累，以至失去喜乐，且有人因服侍而忽略家庭或一些个人的本分。可能在此我们会认为那是因为我们没有将时间安排得妥当，或是要服侍的项目太多。但是最根本的理由是我们在敬拜的事上开始削弱了。我们没有在敬拜中从所唱的诗歌、祷告的内容、聆听的道、向神的回应（奉献），领受的祝福（祝祷）来真实的朝见我们的君王，因此我们在很多的服侍上缺乏爱心、智慧、忍耐、节制等。那么，当我们谈到敬拜的事情时，我们知道众圣徒最神圣与庄重的敬拜就是主日敬拜了。那时，信徒将生活的一切事物放下，将最重要的一天，也最重要的时刻分别为圣，以最敬虔的心一同相聚敬拜主。在旧约，这是星期六的安息日，且是被视为圣日《创2:3》。但自从我们主耶稣复活之后，门徒与初代教会信徒都在七日的头一日（星期日）相聚《约20:19》《徒20:7》，因此我们可以说那取代了旧约信徒在星期六做崇拜的传统。在神为圣徒定的这么庄严的崇拜，且是要让属于他的儿女一同来到神面前朝见祂的圣日，现代教会却慢慢引进很多人的社彩来将人吸引到教会。最明显的做法就是现代教会将传统的崇拜设计为寻道者友善崇拜 (Seeker Sensitive Worship)。这样的崇拜是将整个崇拜的结构、仪式与程序弄成很合乎新朋友或慕道友的胃口。不管是传讲的信息、唱的诗歌、祷告的内容、讲台的装饰、呈现的节目等，都是为了要吸引新人来。当然，我们不反对要传福音，传福音也是信徒的责任，但教会聚会是为了敬拜而被设计的，不是为了传福音被设计的。在初代教会《徒2:42》，信徒遵守使徒的教训，彼此交接，擘饼，祈祷，这都是为信徒设计的。那我们的崇拜也当然欢迎非信徒参加，而非信徒在我们的崇拜中见证了在崇拜中所显示的神的荣耀和众圣徒与神的关系，他们也会被圣灵感动。当然，我们在特别的聚会中有时也有布道会或一些特别给非信徒的聚会，但如果我们以寻道者友善崇拜取代了圣徒相聚的每周崇拜，那崇拜的属灵意义就渐渐失味了。信徒也将专注放在新人，不放在神，就逐渐失去在崇拜中内心应当向神怀有的虔敬。由此可见，现在有些信徒不感觉到崇拜的慎重。有不少甚至以目前的疫情为借口，选择在家上网聚会。这些其实都是因为教会逐渐削弱了神为基督徒所设立的敬拜。今天，我们要在此反思敬拜的意义。

Many believers’ (including non-believers’) deepest impression when they think about Christianity is that Christians have many meetings every week. Those who do not believe in the Lord will ask what we do so frequently in church. They all think that these meetings and worship are religious social activities with singing, prayers, listening to sermons, socializing, etc. In reality, they do not know that all these that we believers do are our most sincere and true worship offered toward the only true God. Actually, the worship of God by believers is the starting point of our faith living. We have Sunday worship, we worship whenever we meet, two or three persons worship at home, we worship during personal devotion, etc. The worship of believers demonstrates our awe and reverence toward our creator Lord and at the same time, confirm our role to be humble and submit to God. Hence, the sincere worship of believers will definitely result in them acknowledging once again, “Who is God, who am I”, thereafter, their whole faith living will be brought to one that “lives by listening to God” and not one that “lives as his own master”. Therefore, a believer who does not worship correctly or fails in his worship will easily fall into the sin of “pride”. Sometimes, this pride is not just revealed in his direct attitude, but we will also see that in his thinking, judgement, decisions, management of things, he will consider his feelings more and even in the way he deals with people and things, he will believe more in his own intelligence and determination. Gradually, he will quickly be influenced by the people he mixes around with and the environment. But those believers who always succeed in their worship will continue to live “by faith from first to last”, and everything they do is based on their faith (God's word), and not on what their eyes see. Therefore, the worship of believers will directly influence their entire faith living. Actually, what God has first established is not serving, it is also not evangelism but worship. Even though there are much serving in church, they are a result of the worship of God by the saints and not the reason why everyone gathers. If the worship of the saints fail, the serving in church very quickly become labor, and not a sacrifice offered to God with a revering heart. Hence, we often see many conflicts among people due to serving, or because of serving, people get excessively exhausted such that they lose joy. There are also people who neglect their family or their personal responsibilities as a result of serving. Perhaps, we may think that this is because we did not plan our time appropriately or the plans of our serving are too many. But the most fundamental reason is because we start to get weak in matters relating to worship. We do not truly meet God through the hymns we sing, our prayer contents, the message we hear, our response to God (offering), and the blessing we receive (benediction) during worship. Hence, we often lack love, wisdom, patience, self-control, etc., in many of our serving. Then, when we talk about matters relating to worship, we know that the most sacred and solemn worship for all the saints is the Sunday worship. At that time, believers put aside all things in their lives, and dedicate the most important day and also the most important moment to set their lives apart as holy and gather together to worship the Lord with the most devoted hearts. In the Old Testament, this is the Sabbath on Saturday and is considered a holy day <Gen 2:3>.  But since the resurrection of our Lord Jesus, the disciples and the believers of the early church all met on the first day of the week (Sunday) <Jn 20:19> <Ac 20:7>, hence we can say that it has replaced the tradition of believers in the Old Testament to worship on Saturday. God has set such a solemn worship for the saints, so as to allow His children to come together before God to meet Him on this holy day. However, the modern church has slowly introduced humanistic social activities to attract people to the church.  The most obvious approach is that modern churches design traditional worship as Seeker Sensitive Worship. Such a worship is to make the entire structure, rituals and order of worship very palatable for new friends or seekers. Whether it is the message that is shared, the hymn that are sung, the contents of the prayer, the decoration of the pulpit, the program that is presented, etc., they are all aimed at attracting newcomers. Of course, we do not object to evangelism. Evangelism is also the responsibility of believers, but church gatherings are established for worship, not for evangelism. In the early church <Ac 2:42>, believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teachings and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer, all of which were established for believers. Of course, our worship also welcomes the participation of non-believers. In our worship, non-believers are also able to witness the glory of God and the relationship between all the saints and God shown in the worship, and they will also be moved by the Holy Spirit. Of course, we have special evangelistic meetings or special gatherings for non-believers, but if we replace the weekly worship and gathering of saints with seeker-sensitive worship, then the spiritual meaning of worship will gradually lose its taste. Believers also put their focus on newcomers, rather than on God, and they will gradually lose the godliness that should be within their hearts for God during worship. This shows that some believers do not feel the importance of worship.  Many even use the current pandemic as an excuse to choose to have online meetings at home.  All this is actually because the church has gradually weakened in the worship which God has established for Christians. Today, we once again want to reflect on the meaning of worship.

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