拒接情慾的種子（一）     Refusing to Receive the Seed of Lust (1)

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      文/田珍寶
     前晚(西元2009年1月29日)聽聞一個令人震驚的消息，一個十年前常與她同工的弟兄，與有夫之婦通姦，犯第七誡。記得，西元1997年，在電話中，她曾提醒他：「要小心喔！不要跟姊妹聊得很深入、無話不談；而她已婚、卻還跟你說那些話、很不得體，你更要提防！」他笑著回答：「不可能啦！她大我很多歲，我們隻是聊一聊，沒有什麼。」很有自信，然不出幾年，還是出事了。
     無怪乎，西元2006年，當她遭遇機關首長和同事們頻頻追求、騷擾之際，神曾跟她說：「他們都是很罪惡的人。」神說的「他們」，包括多年前常與她同工的那位弟兄；她很疑惑，為何他也列在其中，被神說很罪惡的人？難道他也是淫亂的人麼？他犯死罪了嗎？
     昨天再度確認消息是否無誤？得到的答案是：那婦人用巧言、世上的歪理，誘他隨從，他竟然相信，輕易地離棄從小最愛的主耶穌……
     西元1999年的上半年，她打電話、再次鼓勵他：「今年可以報名神學院啊！你不是要獻身當傳道的嗎？」他說：「我覺得我現在(有碩士學位)還不夠，我要讀到博士才獻身。」他們二人為此辯論，最後他贏了，仍堅持取得博士學位之後再報考神學院。往事歷歷在目，多少次的互相鼓勵、勸勉，沒想到，他、一位從小立志要獻身當傳道、且為了獻身而努力讀書的弟兄，在男女關係上竟倒下來，多麼令人心痛？傷心！淚流下來……
     真耶穌教會的弟兄姊妹啊！一定要小心、謹慎、再謹慎！除了自己的配偶以外，跟異性深度對話、交往，得分外小心，不論對方是已婚或未婚、是主內或主外之人；總要保持距離！許多的失敗，都是從聊天、談心開始。即便是教會的同靈，雖然出於做聖工而對話，也不可以大意！犯死罪的人，不都是先從聊天談心、愈走愈偏，最後不顧一切放縱情慾，離棄神的麼？一位信徒在禱告中，神啟示：「人常常以為這樣作沒有關係(靠近罪惡)，等到真的發生事情了(犯死罪)，才覺悟自己錯了。」一點一點地親近誘惑、試探，一大步一大步地遠離神，最後被魔鬼吞吃了！才痛哭流涕，悔不當初！卻為時已晚，不能從新懊悔了(來六4~8)。職此之故，自己以為站得穩的，須要謹慎，免得跌倒（林前十12）。
    已婚的弟兄姊妹，不要貪心，有一個丈夫（妻子），就夠了，要用神的真理和聖靈的能力，與主所婚配的人同心禱告、相扶相持、奔跑天路。眼睛不要戀慕其他的異性，心裡不要妄想得到他人的情愛。「滿了一把，得享安靜，強如滿了兩把，勞碌捕風」（傳四6）。不滿足於婚姻裡的愛情，奢望刺激、偷情的興奮，必兩頭空；今生得不到神的祝福，尚有永遠的刑罰、地獄不滅的火湖等著你。
     未婚的弟兄姊妹，當教會的同靈介紹主內的弟兄（姊妹）時，不要以世上的條件、東挑西挑了，挑來挑去，延誤婚期，又沒有獨身的恩賜，孤單地承受風起雲湧、情感潮流的沖擊；孤身一人，當軟弱時，很容易被擊垮，危險重重！同為主耶穌的兒女，必須重視屬靈的門當戶對──受洗歸入真耶穌教會、同保守在神的懷裡、沒有犯罪、有信心、有聖靈、努力追求神的國和神的義、有得救盼望、屬於神的人，就夠了；這才是神眼中、門當戶對的佳偶。守住神的話，終身大事完全交託在天父的手中，神絶不會虧待你的。祂必為愛祂而守道之人，張羅一切，使你們的婚姻大大榮耀神的名，並住在你們的家，成為你們的「一家之主」，時刻與你們同在，直到世界末了，接你們回天家享永福。「婚姻，人人都當尊重，牀也不可污穢；因為苟合行淫的人、神必要審判」（來十三4）。職是之故，必須在禱告中等候神的安排，不要自由戀愛而喪失在神的家結婚、蒙神賜福的恩典；務要儆醒，在真道上站立得穩，要作大丈夫，要剛強。凡你們所作的，都要憑愛心而作（林前十六13）。
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     願神賜您平安！
     豫言從來沒有出於人意的，乃是人被聖靈感動說出神的話來（彼後一21）。所以你要敬拜神，因為豫言中的靈意，乃是為耶穌作見證（啟十九10下）。

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靈糧分享     Spiritual Food to Share

     得救，是我們人生、最重要的ㄧ件事！我們請看馬太福音第十六章26節；主耶穌說：「人若賺得全世界，賠上自己的生命，有甚麼益處呢？人還能拿甚麼換生命呢？」
     這裡所說的生命，主要的是指著永遠的生命。意思就是說我們假使不能得到永遠的生命──就是得救、進天國，那你得到全世界有甚麼用？！這是告訴我們：得救是一件多麼重要的事！
     所以、使徒時代，他們為了得救，他們甘願殉道！捨去這個肉體的生命，這個可以說是人的、所擁有的東西當中最寶貝的東西！
     這個肉體的生命說起來是幾十年，或著幾個小時、現在幾個小時；我們不知道5個小時後，有沒有「我」的存在？
     雖然這樣子，我們看這一條生命，比全世界的財產還要緊……
     上天國，好像爬樓梯啊！一樣啦！是ㄧ步一步來！一步一步地！不是說一個信就跳到上面去！不是的！
     你要相信耶穌是救主！你要悔改信耶穌！你要受洗、洗去你的罪！你要得聖靈！但是！要靠聖靈作新人！這個得救的根本，很清楚！
     所以我們不可以停止！要ㄧ直地前進！一直地走上去！
     我們今天弟兄姊妹啊！我們已經接受洗禮、我們已經得到聖靈，我們在這個新年度、要靠聖靈幫助！真的有新人的好表現！
     求主耶穌祝福我們！

     歡迎您點選下載聆聽Elder J Yang 楊約翰 -- Apostle Paul (3) - Paul's Discussion on Salvation--英語翻譯語音檔。

報主的話：

Refusing to Receive the Seed of Lust (1)

                                                                     written by Angel Tien
                                                                    translated by Amos Ku

         Last night, (01/29/2009), she heard a very shocking news: A brother who worked with her ten years ago had sex with a married woman, violating the seventh commandment.
         She remembered one day in 1997 when she reminded him, “Watch out! Do not chat too deeply with that sister. She has been married, and she still talks about these subjects. This is not very appropriate. You should be very careful.” He smiled and answered confidently, “Impossible! She is much older than I am. We only chatted. Nothing will happen.” Well, after a few years, accident did occur.
         No wonder, in 2006, when she was pursued and harassed by her boss and coworkers, God told her, “They were all very evil men.” Here, one of“them”refers to the brother who worked frequently with her. She was puzzled why was he among the evil men? Was he also a lustful person? Has he committed the mortal sin?
         She double checked yesterday and confirmed the news indeed was true. The reason for him to fall was because the woman used the theories of the world to trick him to follow her. Surprisingly, he believed what she said and left the beloved Lord Jesus from his childhood...
         During the first half of 1999, she called to encourage him, “You should apply for the theological school this year. Didn't you want to dedicate yourself to be a preacher?”He said, “I have not studied (a master's degree) enough. I want to dedicate myself after I have had a doctorate degree.”They argued for a while. He won. So, he insisted to dedicate himself after receiving his Ph D.
         All these incidents were as if just happened yesterday. All the encouragements.... It was so shocking that a brother who determined to dedicate himself to be a preacher since his childhood and studied for this determination finally felt in a sexual related sin . How painful it must have been to her heart! Her' tears drop one by one....
         Brothers and sisters of the True Jesus Church: Please be very careful about relation between sexes. Besides ones own spouse, one should be very careful not to chat too deeply with any member of opposite sex. Regardless he/she is married or unmarried, believer or unbeliever, a distance should always be kept! Many failures started with chatting. Even if another party is a church member and the reason for talking is to perform sacred work. We should always use caution! Didn't many of those who committed sexual sins started by chatting and then went all the way later to indulge lust of fresh and forsook God?
         One member was revealed by God during prayer, “Men often think it is okay to walk close to sin. Only when they actually commit sins, do they realize everything has been too late!”These people walked closer to temptation one step at a time until they were all devoured by Satan. Then, they wept very bitterly, but it was too late! Repentance and becoming a new man again will be impossible (Hebrew 6: 4~8). Those who think he/she can stand firmly should be all the more careful so that he/she will not fall (1 Corinthians 10: 12).
         For those who have married -- Do not be greedy. One husband (wife) is enough. We should use the truth of God and rely on the power of Holy Spirit to pray with our spouse, so that we will be able to help each other to run on the road toward the Heavenly Kingdom. Our eyes should not stare at other members of opposite sex and our hearts should not think that we will gain lusty love from him/her. “Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.”(Ecclesiastes 4: 6) If we are not content with love within marriage and to hope for excitements from our lusty pleasures, we will finally be chasing after the wind. Not only we won't be able to receive blessings from God, but we will be waiting for eternal punishments of having to suffer in fiery lake of the Hell as well.
         For those who are still single – When church members are trying to introduce us brothers or sisters to us, do not use worldly standards and be very picky. You will be missing the period for marriage. This way we will need to risk ourselves in the world of emotional storms. When you are single, you are weaker and will fall very easily under Satan's attack. We are all Lord Jesus' children and we need to see to it that we marry those who have been baptized into the True Jesus Church and that we are to be kept in the bosom of God. We only need to look for our spouse among those who are sinless, faithful, filled with the Holy Spirit, those who seek God's kingdom and His righteousness, and those who are belonging to God. Only matching with a person with these qualifications can we have a marriage pleasing to God. If you place your marriage in the hands of God, God will bless you greatly. He will take care of those who love him and obey His words. Your marriage will glorify God's name and He will abide with you and become the Lord of your household until the end of the world, when He will receive you into His Heavenly Kingdom.
         ”Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.”(Hebrew 13: 4). Therefore, we need to wait for God's arrangement in our prayers. We should not chose our spouse carelessly and lose the chance to be married in the house of God and be blessed by God. We all need to“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.”(1 Corinthians 16: 13)

                                                                     (Continued on next issue.)

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         May Lord Jesus Christ protect you always.
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                                                                    Spiritual Food to Share
         Salvation is the most important thing of our lives. Please read Mathew chapter 16 verse 26. Here the Lord Jesus said, “What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?”
         The life mentioned here refers to the everlasting life. In other words, this passage is to say that what will we gain nothing without everlasting life – to be saved and enter the Heavenly Kingdom. How important it is to be saved!
         Therefore, members in times of Apostolic church rather died for the truth. Life is the most precious thing one can ever own, but they were willing to give up their life to gain salvation.
         The fleshly life can last many decades and can also last only several hours. We have no idea how many more hours will we still live. Are we able to live 5 more hours? No one knows.
         Even it is so, we are regarding our live more precious than all the properties of the world....
         Going to Heavenly Kingdom is like climbing stairs: One step at a time. We can never jump all the way to the top.
         We ought to believe that Jesus is the Savior. We need to repent and believe in Him, baptized and wash away our sins, and receive the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, one needs to become anew by the Holy Spirit – a basic foundation for salvation. The requirements are very clear.
         Therefore, We can not pause at any point but move forward always. Move forward!
         Sisters and brothers who have been baptized according to the Bible and received promised Holy Spirit should all rely on the help of the Holy Spirit to act out good deeds of a new person.
         May the Lord bless us.

         Please click and listen to this audio sermon file: Elder J Yang -- Apostle Paul (3) - Paul's Discussion on Salvation.