家庭与社会[6月21日专题信息]

专题信息｜家庭与社会

6月21日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 提前 3:5,12; 5:8; 代上 16:39-43

课题: 家庭, 儿女/后代, 成圣/分别为圣/基督生活体系, 生命目的/荣神益人建国, 世界观,

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我们常常将家庭看为一个单位，又将社会看为另一个单位。家庭是用爱与亲情来管理，社会是用法律和人道来运作。家庭是一个相爱的地方，社会是一个工作与赚钱的地方。这些说法固然有他的道理，但我们要进一步思想家庭的运作怎样影响我们在社会里的生活。在约书亚晚年，他告诉以色列人说：...至于我和我家，我们必定侍奉耶和华《书24:15》。这告诉我们一个家服侍耶和华在神的眼中是被视为何等可贵。神必定看重与重用这样的家庭。可能这样的家庭会成为一个很美好的模范，影响很多其他的家庭，以致逐渐影响社会。或者这个家庭因为尊主为大，神在这当中兴起一个服侍神的仆人，能影响众人的信念与思想；或者神也能在一个家庭里兴起像但以理或约瑟这样很重要的人物，能以影响社会。其实，在我们世俗社会里，基督徒很少这样去设想。我们多半想的是家庭能够不为糊口操心，孩子长大时好好读书，毕业后找份稳定的工作，那就心满意足了。确实，有很多基督徒的想法就是让自己的家庭能没有后顾之忧的好好服侍教会、参加诗班、教主日学或是参与一些宣教的奉献，这样就够了。其实，这样的基督徒家庭就对社会毫无意义了。这样的思想本身就是将自己的信仰与社会边缘化。或者可能有些人会认为若要让自己的家庭影响社会，在家庭当中起码要出现一些很优秀的人才，像是做政治家、大医生或是杰出的生意人。因为只有这样的人才能被媒体注意，受他们采访。其实，这是大错特错的观念了！圣经里有像路得这样死了丈夫，但却是一位孝敬家婆，且敬畏耶和华的外邦女子《得1:16-17》，她竟然成为大卫的祖母！圣经里有像哈拿，不能生育的妇人，生了一个撒母耳，且将他分别为圣献给神，让他在圣殿中长大《撒上1:11》。最后，撒母耳成为了以色列中伟大的先知，带领全以色列向神悔改《撒上7:5-6》。旧约最伟大的先知摩西，原来是一对微不足道的利未夫妇生的。我们连这对利未夫妇的名字都不晓得，唯有知道他们听从神过于害怕王命《来11:23》。其实，我们当信从神的应许来培养自己的家庭，而不是先看自己家庭有否能影响社会的条件。倘若我们看使徒书信的教导，他都是先讲到家庭（夫妇与父子关系），才讲到主人与仆人的关系。因此，当一个家庭的世界观、价值观与道德观符合神的应许，神一定会使用那家庭来影响社会，就是连奴仆也能得着正确的心来影响主人。但若我们的家庭没有灌输这样的观念给我们的下一代，夫妇两人也只有看重自己在地上的生计与成就，他们的家庭在那个时代不会有什么作为。他们就算得了什么优越的条件，也不能对社会带来有什么属灵层面的贡献。那么，我们现在要思考的是我们的家庭正在朝向影响社会的方向，还是正在受到社会来影响？我们是否是用我们认识的福音来建立我们家庭的世界与价值观，还是让我们的孩子受到社会风潮的影响？很多时候，我们们没有关注到底什么在左右我们家庭的方向或是家人的思想。夫妇没有影响彼此怎么在这世界站立得稳，唯有被物质来左右，父母也没有塑造孩子的理念，就只有让他受到社会和媒体的大众观念影响。其实，在今天网络兴盛的世界里，若我们不刻意的用神的话语来保护自己家庭的思想体系，且用主的教训来养育儿女，我们很快就会看见自己的家庭被社会的大环境同化了。

We often think of the family as one unit and the society as another. The family is managed with love and affection, while the society operates using law and human morals. The family is a place with love, while the society is a place to work and earn money. Such sayings certainly have its truth, but we have to think further about how the operation of the family affects our lives in the society. In Joshua's later years, he told the Israelites, “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” <Jos 24:15>. This tells us a family who serves the Lord is so valued in the eyes of God. God surely values and greatly uses such a family. Perhaps such a family will become a beautiful role model, influencing many other families and gradually also influencing the society. Or because this family greatly glorifies the Lord, God raises a servant who serves God among the family, who can influence the beliefs and thoughts of all people; or God can also raise up important characters like Daniel or Joseph in that family who can influence the society. In fact, in our secular society, Christians rarely think like this. Most of us worry about whether the family is able to make ends meet, and we are contented so long that our children grow up, study hard and find a stable job after graduation. Indeed, many Christian families’ thinking is, it is enough that their families can serve the church without worries by joining the choir, teaching Sunday school, or participating in some missionary work. Actually, such a Christian family is meaningless to society. Such thinking itself marginalizes one’s beliefs from the society. Or perhaps, some people may think that if our family were to influence the society, our family should at least have some very talented people, like politicians, renowned doctors or outstanding businessmen. Because only such people can be noticed by the media and be interviewed by them. In fact, this is an absolutely wrong concept! In the Bible, there are characters like Ruth who was a Gentile woman who lost her husband but continued to honour her mother-in-law and feared the Lord <Ru 1:16-17>. She actually became David's grandmother! In the Bible, there is a woman like Hannah who was infertile, who gave birth to Samuel, consecrated him to God, and let him grow up in the temple <1 Sam 1:11>. In the end, Samuel became a great prophet in Israel, leading all Israel to repentance before God <1 Sam 7:5-6>. Moses, the greatest prophet of the Old Testament, was actually born to an insignificant Levite couple. We don't even know the names of the Levite couple, only knowing that they obeyed God beyond their fear of the king’s edict <Heb 11:23>. In fact, we should nurture our own family by believing in the promise of God, rather than by first seeing whether our family has conditions which can influence the society. If we look at the teachings from the apostles’ epistles, the apostle first talks about the family (the relationship between the couple and that of father and son) before he talks about the relationship between the master and the servant. Therefore, when a family's worldview, values, and morals are in accordance with God's promise, God will certainly use that family to influence the society, even servants can have the right heart to influence their masters. But if our family does not instil such a concept in our next generation, the couple will only value their livelihood and achievements on earth, and their family will not accomplish much no matter which era they are in. Even if they have attained certain superior conditions, they cannot bring any spiritual contribution to society. So, what we have to think about now is whether our family is in the direction of influencing the society, or is our family being influenced by the society? Are we using the gospel we know to build the worldview and values of our family, or are our children being influenced by social trends? Many a times, we do not pay attention to what is influencing our family's direction or family members’ thinking. Both husband and wife do not influence each other to stand firm in this world but are only manipulated by material wealth, and as parents, they do not have the idea of shaping their child, only to let him be influenced by the ideas of the majority in society and media. In fact, in today's flourishing online world, if we do not intentionally use the Word of God to protect our family's ideology, and use the teachings of the Lord to raise our children, we will soon see our own family being assimilated with the social environment.

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