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专题信息｜第二场 | 我们会软弱，但不可妥协

11月15日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 太24:3-14

课题: 软弱/不冷不热的生命, 末世论, 世界观, 忍耐, 成圣/分别为圣/基督生活体系,

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序论：美国的大选刚刚过去。按目前媒体的结论来讲，那成绩不是我们所愿意的。当然，目前有很多号称有先知预言，也预言特朗普这次必会当选的牧师们，都纷纷出来要为自己从神得着的预言作出解释。有的仍旧说特朗普会反败为胜，有的说接下来会有出乎预料的事件发生。但无论最终的结果是怎样，神正在掌权，而信徒一定要记得主所赐给我们的国不属于这世界。神的国是与基督和教会有关，而基督得国再临的时候一定是为着教会而来。因此，当这世界越来越两极化或多极化，教会也出现越来越多偏邪的教导时，我们要跟紧神的话。我们要分清楚该要持守的与该要参考的。神应许在末后的世代一定会保守选民（为他们的缘故减少那灾难的日子），但也同时警戒他们不要被迷惑《太24:22-24》。确实，选民听见了神的应许和警戒，才能不被迷惑。因此，正当神的讲台传出拯救人灵魂的福音，同时也要带出安慰、劝勉、警戒信徒的声音。特别，当圣经提到末后的世代有很多的人会跌倒《太24:10》，我们一定要对这样的警戒感到谨慎。我们可能会看见越来越多信徒落入软弱的光景。特别在这次疫情不断持续时，有很多信徒也已经习惯靠视频来聚会了。有好些教会也因为某种的原因选择仍旧不开始实体聚会。很多信徒在这时候也只有忙于工作的需求，整个世界的大环境也要求信徒当要配合世界的指示行。例如：从疫情中，我们看见世界的指示是为着大众的利益，人要放弃自己各人相对的自由，包括信仰自由。宗教场所的开放是最后的优先级。很快的，每个人渐渐也“被迫”要带上tracetogether才能自由的活动，大众人也可能必须接受疫苗才能出国。没有人能预测这其中的复杂性，但这都是因为世界要确保每个人的安危而非施行不可的措施。但也就这样的，我们的信心也受到这些环绕我们的压力影响。信徒对天国当怀有的关心也会渐渐被夺走，以生存为关注。那么，神能不能体恤我们的软弱无助呢？或者圣经有否在此给信徒明确的答案呢？有的！圣经明确告诉我们信徒在这等诱惑与压力中都会有所软弱，如同使徒们在受逼迫时也会有软弱，但圣经也同时警戒我们不可妥协。我们当晓得“软弱”与“妥协”是不一样的。《罗8:26》应许说：我们的软弱有圣灵帮助。使徒保罗在《林后12:9-10》说道主的能力是在人的软弱上显得完全...因此，他什么时候软弱，什么时候就刚强了。确实，软弱使我们谦卑，且将我们带到神的面前，单一的依靠祂。因此，神知道我们会软弱，也体恤我们的软弱。但是神并没有许可我们妥协。圣经不断的警告我们不要妥协。《雅4:4》明确说：你们这些淫乱的人哪，岂不知与世俗为友就是与神为敌吗？《约壹4:1》：亲爱的弟兄啊，一切的灵，你们不可都信，总要试验那些灵是出于神的不是，因为世上有许多假先知已经出来了。主也在《太24:23》警戒门徒说：若有人对你们说‘基督在这里’，或说‘基督在那里’，你们不要信！确实，圣经很清楚警戒信徒不要妥协，并且应许说：惟有忍耐到底的，必然得救《太24:13》。很多信徒觉得说软弱与妥协是一样的。不然！虽然感觉上好像一样，但软弱是使我们谦卑而依靠主的，但妥协是为要满足自己而弃绝神的。一个人软弱之后，他被圣灵责备，以致更加的懊悔，直到他有一天振作起来跟从主。但一个人妥协是他因受控告而越来越将自己爱肉体与爱世界的举动合理化，以致最后造出自己的信仰。到最后很明显的，一个是被接纳，一个是被弃绝。在末后的世代，当圣灵加速祂施行救赎的工作时，在教会之人的「软弱与妥协」的光景会出现，而这两者的分隔将越来越明显。

Prelude: The US election has just passed. According to the conclusion from the media currently, the result is not what we want. Of course, many pastors who claimed to be able to prophesy also prophesied that Trump will be elected this time, they have all come out to explain the prophecies they received from God. Some continue to say that Trump will turn defeat into victory, and some say that unexpected events will happen next. But regardless of what the final result is, God is sovereign, and believers must remember that the kingdom the Lord gives us does not belong to this world. The kingdom of God is related to Christ and the church, and when the kingdom of Christ comes again, He will definitely come for the church. Therefore, as the world becomes more and more polarized, when more and more teachings that are biased and evil emerge in the church, we must follow God's word closely. We have to distinguish clearly what should be held onto and what should be taken as reference. God promises that He will preserve the elect in the end times (and for their sake, shorten the days of disasters), but at the same time also warns them not to be deceived <Mt 24:22-24>. Indeed, the elect will not be deceived when they hear God's promises and warnings. Therefore, when the pulpit of God preaches the gospel that saves souls, it must at the same time also bring out the voice of comfort, encouragement, and warning to believers. In particular, when the Bible brings out that many people in the end times will turn away from the faith <Mt 24:10>, we must be alert toward this kind of warning. We may see more and more believers falling into a weak state. Especially when the pandemic continues to persist, many believers are already used to video-gathering. A good number of churches also choose not to resume physical meetings for some reason. Many believers are also busy with the demands of their work at this time, and the macro environment of this world also requires believers to align with the instructions of the world. For example: from the pandemic, we have seen that the world’s instructions are for the benefit of the general public, and people must give up their own relative freedom, including the freedom of belief. The opening of religious venues is the last priority. Soon, everyone will gradually be “compelled” to use “tracetogether” in order to function freely. The general public may also need to take the vaccine before they go overseas. No one can predict the complexity of this, but all this is because the world wants to ensure everyone’s wellbeing and hence such imperative measures are taken. But because of this, our faith is also affected by these pressures that surround us. The concern that believers should have for the kingdom of heaven will gradually be taken away, and they will focus on survival. So, can God empathize with our weakness and helplessness? Or does the Bible give believers a clear answer here? Definitely! The Bible clearly tells us that believers will be weak under such temptations and pressures, just as the apostles were weak when they were persecuted, but the Bible also warns us at the same time that we cannot compromise. We must understand that “weakness” and “compromise” are not the same. <Ro 8:26> promises, “the Spirit helps us in our weakness”. The apostle Paul in <2 Co 12:9-10> said, the power of the Lord is made perfect in weakness... therefore, when he is weak, then he is strong. Indeed, weakness makes us humble and brings us to God, relying solely on Him. Therefore, God knows that we will be weak, and also empathizes with our weakness. But God does not permit us to compromise. The Bible constantly warns us not to compromise. <Jas 4:4> clearly says, “You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God?” <1 Jn 4:1> “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” The Lord also warned the disciples in <Mt. 24:23>, “At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.” Indeed, the Bible clearly warns believers not to compromise and promises that the one who stands firm to the end will be saved <Mt 24:13>. Many believers think that weakness and compromise are the same. Definitely not! Although it feels the same, weakness makes us humble and rely on the Lord, but compromise is to satisfy the self and reject God. After a person is weak, he is rebuked by the Holy Spirit, and he becomes more repentant, until one day he strengthens up and follows the Lord. But a person who compromises will because of accusations, rationalize his love for the flesh and self even more, and eventually creates his own belief. It gets very obvious at the end, where one is accepted and the other rejected. In the end days, when the Holy Spirit accelerates His work of redemption, situations of “weakness and compromise” among people in church will emerge and the separation between the two will become more and more obvious.

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