2007-01-18 23:34:19Jacky
膚色的偏見
讀 經：以弗所書2：11－22
金 句：「我的弟兄們，你們信奉我們榮耀的主耶穌基督，便不可按著外貌待人。」（雅各書2：1）
全年讀經：約伯記8－10章
大部份的人都不願被冠上種族歧視的罪名，然而種族歧視實在是太普遍了，即使是基督徒，也有一段相當長種族偏見的歷史。在一世紀時，猶太籍的信徒很難接受他們那些外邦的弟兄。而在最近幾年，種族歧視儼然成為主要的爭論關鍵。
由於偏見深植人心，以致有些時候必須藉由悲劇的發生，才能使人看清因膚色而產生的歧視是何等的荒謬！幾年前，我曾讀到一篇報導，某個頑固的卡車司機打從心底瞧不起非洲裔的美國人。一天清晨，他的油槽卡車突然翻覆，馬上起火燃燒。一個星期之後，他醒來發現自己躺在醫院的病床上，並看到一張黑人的面孔，就是這位黑人救了他的性命。當他知道在他燒得像把火炬時，那人用自己的外套和雙手將他身上的火扑滅，他不禁為那人毫無私心的英雄行為感激得痛哭流涕。
我們大可不必用悲劇來打開我們的雙眼，而只需定睛在各各他的十架上。在那兒，我們的主為不同語言、不同種族和不同國家的百姓，舍上自己的生命。他為全世界獻上自己作贖罪祭，表明瞭他對全人類的愛。
主啊，若我們煽起了偏見的余燼，也就是你捨命為要將之熄滅的，求你憐憫我們吧！MRD II
那麼，主裡的弟兄們，
不分種族，讓我們手牽著手；
凡像兒女般服事我聖父的，
必然就是我的弟兄姐妹了。Oxenham
偏見是懶人逃避思考的借口。
金 句：「我的弟兄們，你們信奉我們榮耀的主耶穌基督，便不可按著外貌待人。」（雅各書2：1）
全年讀經：約伯記8－10章
大部份的人都不願被冠上種族歧視的罪名，然而種族歧視實在是太普遍了，即使是基督徒，也有一段相當長種族偏見的歷史。在一世紀時，猶太籍的信徒很難接受他們那些外邦的弟兄。而在最近幾年，種族歧視儼然成為主要的爭論關鍵。
由於偏見深植人心，以致有些時候必須藉由悲劇的發生，才能使人看清因膚色而產生的歧視是何等的荒謬！幾年前，我曾讀到一篇報導，某個頑固的卡車司機打從心底瞧不起非洲裔的美國人。一天清晨，他的油槽卡車突然翻覆，馬上起火燃燒。一個星期之後，他醒來發現自己躺在醫院的病床上，並看到一張黑人的面孔，就是這位黑人救了他的性命。當他知道在他燒得像把火炬時，那人用自己的外套和雙手將他身上的火扑滅，他不禁為那人毫無私心的英雄行為感激得痛哭流涕。
我們大可不必用悲劇來打開我們的雙眼，而只需定睛在各各他的十架上。在那兒，我們的主為不同語言、不同種族和不同國家的百姓，舍上自己的生命。他為全世界獻上自己作贖罪祭，表明瞭他對全人類的愛。
主啊，若我們煽起了偏見的余燼，也就是你捨命為要將之熄滅的，求你憐憫我們吧！MRD II
那麼，主裡的弟兄們，
不分種族，讓我們手牽著手；
凡像兒女般服事我聖父的，
必然就是我的弟兄姐妹了。Oxenham
偏見是懶人逃避思考的借口。
Sin Of The Skin
Read: Ephesians 2:11-22
Do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. --James 2:1
Most people hate to be accused of racism. But racial bias is all too prevalent. Even Christians have had a long history of ethnic prejudice. In the first century, Jewish believers were reluctant to accept their Gentile brothers. In recent years, racial discrimination has been a dominant issue.
Prejudice can run so deep that it sometimes takes a tragedy to make a person see how wrong it is to discriminate on the basis of physical differences. Several years ago I read about a bigoted truckdriver who had no use for African-Americans. But one early morning, his tanker truck flipped over and burst into flames. A week later, he was lying in a hospital bed and looking into the face of a black man who had saved his life. He learned that the man had used his own coat and bare hands to smother the flames that had turned the trucker into a human torch. He wept as he thanked the man for his act of unselfish heroism.
We shouldn't need a tragedy to open our eyes. We need only look to Calvary. There our Lord gave His life for people of every language, race, and nation. The universal scope of His sacrifice shows His love for every human being.
Have mercy on us, Lord, if we have fanned the fire of prejudice that You died to put out. --MRD II
Join hands, then, brothers of the faith,
Whate'er your race may be;
Who serves my Father as a son
Is surely kin to me. --Oxenham
Prejudice is a lazy man's substitute for thinking.
Read: Ephesians 2:11-22
Do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. --James 2:1
Most people hate to be accused of racism. But racial bias is all too prevalent. Even Christians have had a long history of ethnic prejudice. In the first century, Jewish believers were reluctant to accept their Gentile brothers. In recent years, racial discrimination has been a dominant issue.
Prejudice can run so deep that it sometimes takes a tragedy to make a person see how wrong it is to discriminate on the basis of physical differences. Several years ago I read about a bigoted truckdriver who had no use for African-Americans. But one early morning, his tanker truck flipped over and burst into flames. A week later, he was lying in a hospital bed and looking into the face of a black man who had saved his life. He learned that the man had used his own coat and bare hands to smother the flames that had turned the trucker into a human torch. He wept as he thanked the man for his act of unselfish heroism.
We shouldn't need a tragedy to open our eyes. We need only look to Calvary. There our Lord gave His life for people of every language, race, and nation. The universal scope of His sacrifice shows His love for every human being.
Have mercy on us, Lord, if we have fanned the fire of prejudice that You died to put out. --MRD II
Join hands, then, brothers of the faith,
Whate'er your race may be;
Who serves my Father as a son
Is surely kin to me. --Oxenham
Prejudice is a lazy man's substitute for thinking.