你是否太过“基督化”，以至无法传基督？[9月24日专题信息]

专题信息｜你是否太过“基督化”，以至无法传基督？

9月24日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 徒17:26-27、32-34；提后2:24-26

课题: 基督的榜样, 爱, 生命目的/荣神益人建国, 美意/神的旨意, 人际医治,

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我们基督教的文化一般上显得比较保守。通常，当信徒有了家庭之后，主要的关注是只有放在家庭和教会了。那时候，我们的生活圈子似乎就会缩小，我们与人的话题就会限制在工作、儿女，或是教会的事物。这时，我们接触非信徒的感应力就会渐渐减少了。有时在圣民当中，我们看见中年人无法跟年轻人沟通。有了孩子的人无法给单身者或没有孩子的人更多的关怀。或者，我们发现我们的非信徒朋友也渐渐减少，关系只留在泛泛之交。当然，我们都面对必然的现实情况，特别是活在都市的人都受到繁忙的生活节奏限制。但是，神给我们的恩膏不应该是有限制的。我们人越长大，越应该有累积的经历。我们越蒙恩，也应该是有越活泼的心灵。保罗说他向什么样的人，就作什么样的人，为的就是要拯救他们。这句话不是一个概念，乃是需要刻意放在我们的祷告里，不断的确认、察验神的美意，然后在各种限制中挑战自己，我们才能活出这样的性情与生活。有时，我们的环境是其中一个限制。但我们体贴心里的难处又是另外一种限制。特别，对于一个在基督教信仰已久的人，他很容易落入一种不健康的形态，就是自己的谈吐、风格、话题都带有基督教风味。自己因为要圣洁，所以不习惯非信徒的不圣洁；自己因为要期盼人快快信主，所以不深思非信徒目前所关注的属世话题，以致与他们谈世界的话题没有兴趣。渐渐的，我们就形成了一种不能传基督的“基督文化”。当保罗说到要向各种的人传福音时，他又说：“岂不知在场上赛跑的都跑，但得奖赏的只有一人？你们也当这样跑，好叫你们得着奖赏”《林前9:24》。试问，我们要怎么跑呢？我们因为要传基督，我们是留在自己舒服的范围跑，还是继续向往跑出这范围，得着新的传福音体验呢？例如：当我们有了孩子，我们是先想放掉一切其他的关注来养育孩子，还是快快学习怎么养育孩子，好叫自己能够得着新的传福音管道与经历呢？或是得着新的工作时，是向往能安居乐业，还是向往从新的工作环境和经历接触更多人呢？保罗在《提后2:6》也说到：劳力的农夫理当先得粮食。农夫劳力的撒种、耕农、观察天气、时间一到快快收成，这都是我们在传福音接触人当中需要的勤劳、忍耐与爱心。但是，在这一切里面，我们都面对共同的限制，就是在一个人越来越长大，他的生活圈子越来越小、体力越来越弱、性情也越来越保守，不想多接触新人（所以，在教会界里，大致上会看见人数迅速增长的都是年轻人较多的教会）。所以，我们在教会久的人，很容易落入一种不健康的“基督教文化”，就是不能向人传基督，或是只能在教会里传基督。在此求神赐给我们圣灵的能力与恩膏，能将福音带到新的领域和群人中。

Generally, our Christian culture may appear to be more conservative. When believers have family, the main focus will be on the family and church. That time, our circles of lives seem to shrink, and our conversations with others evolve around work, children, or church matters. At time like this, our influence on non-Christians through interactions will reduce. Among God’s people, we see how middle-aged unable to communicate with younger people. People with kids cannot give enough care to the singles or those who are childless. We may also discover that our non-Christian friends are getting lesser, and the relationships remain superficial. Certainly, we all face realities in life, especially people living in the city, we are constrained by the busy rhythm of life. However, the anointing of God is not constrained. The more we grow, the more we accumulate experiences; the more we are blessed, the more we should have a lively spirituality. Paul said that he became all things to all people, so that by all possible means he might save some. This is not a mere concept, rather, it has to be intentional through our prayers, continuously affirming it, and examine God’s perfect will, and then challenging selves in various constraints we are in, in order to live out such temperament and life. Sometimes, our environment is one of the limiting factors; but us yielding to the dilemma in our hearts represents another limitation. In particular, to a person who has been in Christian faith for a long time, he may fall into an unhealthy state – his speech, styles, and conversations are spiced with Christianized vibes. Because he wants to be holy, he is not accustomed to the unholiness of non-believers; because he hopes for others to be in faith sooner, thus he does not think deeper the carnal topics which non-believers are concerned about, such that he is not interested in the worldly topics they are talking about. Gradually, we are shaped into a “Christ culture” that cannot preach Christ. When Paul said that we are to evangelize to all kinds of people, he also said, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?” <1 Co 9:24>. Lets ponder, how should we run the race? Because we want to preach Christ, should we remain in our own comfort zones, or continue to run beyond this boundary and receive new experience of evangelism? For example: If we have children, do we let go all to focus on raising the children, or do we quickly learn how to raise them so that we can receive new channels and experiences of evangelism? When we have a new job, do we yearn for a comfortable living, or do we yearn to engage more people through the new working environment and experiences? In <2 Ti 2:6> Paul said: the hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. The farmer is diligent in sowing, farming, observing the weathers, and quickly harvesting when time comes; these are what we ought to be diligent in, with endurance and love, as we engage people through evangelism. However, in all these, we all face a common limitation, that is as a person grows up, his life circles shrink somehow, his physical strength is weakened, the temperament is more and more conservative, and he engages others less (therefore in church, we see the numbers multiply most exponentially in churches with more youths). Therefore, we who have remained in church for a long time, may easily fall into an unhealthy “Christianized culture”, that is, we are unable to evangelise, or can only preach Christ in the church. In this, may God gives us the power and anointing of Holy Spirit, such that we can bring gospel to new boundaries and crowds.

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