爱的举动，爱的文化[3月6日罗马书]

罗马书｜之三十七: 爱的举动，爱的文化

3月6日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 罗12:9-16

课题: 基督的榜样, 爱, 善行, 人际医治, 教会牧养,

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圣经说到那住在我们心中的主要叫我们的爱心有根有基，以至能和众圣徒一同明白基督的爱是何等的长阔高深。让我们简单来试想，我们爱人吗？可能对许多人来说，“爱人”是一种很自然的表现。倘若我们问自己，我们在一生里都有爱过人，如同爱我们的父母、配偶、儿女、肢体、或甚至有些与我们没有关系的人。但是，很少人却能够“反思自己的爱”。今天，很多信徒似乎能够爱人，却不能反思爱。很多信徒可能会说：“我当然爱我的配偶，我当然爱我的肢体”，但是他们不去想“为何我的配偶不开心？为何我的肢体一直软弱不能起来？”往往在这类情况，我们可能会认为说他们的困惑是因有一些不好的情况或条件造成的，但是我们却不反思我在当儿是否给予他们足够的爱，使他们能度过所面对的难关。其实，一个人不反思自己的爱，往往是因为他怕受控告，他不想面对一个被自己的心谴责的光景。因此，他的爱就不会成长了。没错，他是按着他本有的性情来爱人，但那爱的本质还是自我为中心的，是一种不能舍己的爱。另外，当我们反思了自己的爱之后，我们将会面对另一个难关，就是要将那爱的举动活出来。
相对之下，思考、分析、检讨我们爱人的心态还是容易的，但是要将爱的举动活出来才是真正的挑战所在。说实在的，若我们的心意不是最终要将爱活出来，那多重的“反思爱”也是无用的。那反而是一种自我安慰的举动。当我们反思了自己爱人之心后，我们在帮补配偶、教育儿女、扶助肢体、接触人等，都会有实际与进展性的举动。并且，在这实际的举动当中，我们会进入更深切的反思爱，得着更真诚的爱人之心与更多爱人的智慧。我们虽无法完整的领会主耶稣无限的大爱，但从祂道成肉身的举动，与罪人在一起，活在罪人那污秽的想法、言语、行为当中，而这之中天天按时教导他们，甚至到最后为他们的罪而牺牲，我们会知道这领会神的爱的事情上绝对不能留在反思却不行动。因为在行动当中，我们的灵魂会不断的被刺激，领受更深，做法更实，最后才能明白主的爱是何等长阔高深。唯有当我们反复这么做之后，真爱才能成为一种文化。确实上，单单反思不会成为文化，单单举动也不能成为文化，唯有反思之后所带来的重复举动最终才能成为文化。因此，倘若神的爱不断借着我们在这黑暗堕落的世界彰显，例如：当自私的做法中反复出现舍己的做法、粗暴的言语中反复出现柔和的言语、虚假的关系中反复出现真诚的关系、等，爱的文化就会被建立起来。所以最后，让我们真切的问自己：倘若一个人在我们当中几个月的时间，就算不能因所听见的道理受感化，他能否因这教会里爱的文化而感觉到上帝的存在吗？这是我们的挑战。

The bible speaks of the Lord who dwells in our hearts, so that we being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. Let us think of this in simple terms. Do we love others? Perhaps for many, “to love” is a natural behavior. If we look at ourselves, we have all loved someone in our lives, be it our parents, spouse, children, brethren or even someone who is not related to us. However, very few people can “introspect on his own love”. Today, many believers seem to be able to love others, but they cannot introspect about love. Many believers may say, “Of course, I love my spouse, and I love my brethren”, but they do not ponder “why is my spouse not happy? Why are my brethren always weak and not able to get up?” Often in these situations, we may think that they are at a loss because of unfavourable circumstances or conditions, but we do not reflect if we are giving them enough love, to help them tide over the troubles they are facing. Actually a person does not introspect on his own love, often because he does not want to feel accused. He does not want to be rebuked in his heart. Therefore, his love will not grow. Without a doubt, he can love another person in his own disposition, but the nature of that love is one that is centred on self, not a self-sacrificing love. Furthermore, when we ponder about our own love, we will be faced with another difficulty, which is to live out the love in actions. In comparison, it is still easy to think, analyse and examine our attitude of love towards others, but the real challenge is in living out the acts of love. In fact, if our ultimate desire is not to live out the love, then no amount of “introspection on love” is useful. It is instead just an action to comfort ourselves. When we reflect on our heart of love for others, we will take practical and progressive steps, when we are helping our spouse, educating our children, supporting our brethren, interacting with others, etc. Also, in these practical actions, we will go deeper into our introspection of love and receive a purer heart and wisdom to love others. Although we cannot totally comprehend the great infinite love of Lord Jesus, from His deeds during His Incarnation, when He is with sinners, living in the midst of their corrupted thinking, words and deeds, day by day, He gave them timely teachings, till He sacrificed Himself for their sins, we know that comprehending God’s love is not something that remains only in reflections, without actions. Only when we act, our souls will be activated, receive more deeply and do more practically, leading us ultimately to know how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Lord. Only when we repeatedly do this, real love can become a culture. Actually, mere introspection will not create a culture. Neither can mere actions create a culture. Culture is only formed when there are repeated actions from introspection. Therefore, when the love of God is unceasingly manifested in our dark fallen world: out of selfish ways, there are repeated self-sacrificing moments; in the midst of harsh languages, gentle words are said, in fake relationships, true relationships are developed, etc, the culture of love will be built. Finally, let us truly ask ourselves: if a person is with us for a few months, though he cannot be convicted by the sermon he heard, can he sense the existence of God in the culture of love in this church? This is our challenge.

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