(508) 「灵粮主题 TODAY’s Topic」：基督徒父母当作为门徒塑造者履行大使命 Christian Parents Should Live Out the Great Commission as Disciple Makers

「灵粮经节 TODAY’s Verses」：「耶稣升天前吩咐祂的门徒要成个神的传福音好器皿，也就像神在旧约里，吩咐始祖亚当夏娃和亚伯拉罕的后裔，要生养从多，管理这世界，做神的儿女好子民，说：“...天上地下所有的权柄都赐给我了。所以，你们要去，使万民作我的门徒，奉父、子、圣灵的名给他们施洗。凡我所吩咐你们的，都教训他们遵守，我就常与你们同在，直到世界的末了。”; Before Jesus ascended to heaven, he commanded his disciples to be good vessels for preaching the gospel of God. This is just like God in the Old Testament commanding the first ancestors, Adam and Eve, and the descendants of Abraham to be fruitful and multiply, to rule the world, and to be good children of God and good citizens, saying: “…, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 」 (马太福音 Mathew 28 18-20 节)

「灵粮分享 TODAY’s Sharing」： 今晨在「今日圣言 Holy Word Today」里，读到鲍勃牧师和黛比加斯夫人 Rev. Bob & Mrs. Debby Gass 写了一篇， “折断的箭” 的分享。牧者鲍勃牧师引用诗篇 Psalm 127: 4-5 节，提醒我们养育儿女的目的和祈望，说: “儿女是耶和华所赐的产业；所怀的胎是他所给的赏赐。少年时所生的儿女好像勇士手中的箭。箭袋充满的人便为有福 ...” 。这也就是「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」 主题要分享的, “基督徒父母当作为门徒塑造者履行大使命” 。也就像印第安纳州格林伍德市石十字教堂 Stones Crossing Church 的门徒训练牧师 Pastor Indy Crowe 曾经宣讲过一篇道，说到基督徒父母是门徒训练者。 他们的目标是在你家里履行耶稣在马太福音 28 章 18-20 节中指示我们的伟大使命，通过培养门徒，你可以将他们带入世界去培养其他门徒。 它们是箭头。 确保您将他们瞄准正确的目标，做神的好器皿，传扬神国的福音，使万人得救，不致沉沦，反得永生。

鲍勃牧师解释道：神给我们所生的儿女的希望就像有着箭和射箭一样；必须教导他们瞄准正确的方向射去。如果他们的生活目标方向有错误，就有可能导致后来落入暴力和混乱的情况之下、毒品和破坏性的生活方式。若是我们嘲笑或评判不帮他们，也不存有怜悯爱护教导儿女的心，他们在生活中就永远不会乐意向我们寻求帮助。就像折断的箭，我们的儿女后代，就会以各种颜色和形式的出现：黑色、白色、富裕、贫穷，因为人生的苦楚与受苦不会带有偏见的；它对任何年龄阶段或社会阶层的人都一样不留情面。所以，我们要找的答案是在哪里呢？(1) 我们要有让坚强的人扶助软弱的人：使徒保罗在罗马书 Romans 15: 1-2 节里教导着说，我们坚固的人应该担代不坚固人的软弱，不求自己的喜悦。我们各人务要叫邻舍他人喜悦，使他得益处，建立德行。因为，保罗都没有忘记马太福音 Mathew 14: 14 节里说的教导，救主基督是如何怜悯看到世人的遭遇和受苦， 就像医治有着病痛的人一样： “耶稣 … 心里怜悯他们，就治好了他们当中的病人。”; (2) 因此，怜悯是神迹之母！马可福音 4: 38 节告诉我们，救主耶稣的怜悯爱护人之心，是何等的豁达，当门徒认为他们必死于在狂风暴雨中的时侯，他们并没有挑战基督的教导能力，而是挑战祂的怜悯之心：所以祈喊求着主人耶稣说， “你怎么不管呢？” 耶稣此刻若不是有怜悯，也就没有平静风浪的神迹记载了。

只有当你被某个人的痛苦所触动，而不是对他们的症状感到厌烦时，你才能给他们带来医治。有一位作者写道：“我们可以建造所有我们想要的教会。然而，如果人们在我们神圣的大厅里听不到爱的声音，他们就不会被我们的陈词滥调和宗教言论所改变。教会不是富人的俱乐部，而是为那些需要得到医治和释放的人设立的医院。你不必喜欢你蒙召去服侍的人的方方面面，但你确实得爱护他们，因为神爱护他们。” 我们蒙召把那些被世界所抛弃的人聚集起来，是要他们能感到神的爱和基督教大家庭之爱的温暖。因为他们的失落对神来讲，若是他们能悔改，回归到神的怀里而得救，这便是神所期望重要的。 因为，玛拉基书 Malachi 3: 17 节， 就这么记载传扬神的不变之道和博爱，：“万军之耶和华说：在我所定的日子，他们必属我，特特归我。我必怜恤他们，如同人怜恤服事自己的儿子。”大家星期五开心与周末有个新年快乐的蒙恩庆祝！

「灵粮祷告 TODAY’s Prayer」：最后「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」也就引用箴言 Proverbs 17：6 节,鼓励大家在主的爱里互相勉励祷告。这所罗门王的箴言经节里说，“子孙为老人的冠冕；父亲是儿女的荣耀。” 由此可以看到生养儿女教育子孙更是多么的重要。鲍勃牧师在分享里形容神给我们所生的儿女的祈望就像有着箭和射箭一样，必须教导他们瞄准正确的方向射去。安娜·米德·哈里斯 Anna Meade Harris 女士曾写过一篇文章并在 “扎根事工 Rooted Ministry” 中分享，以纪念申命记 6: 4-9 节中神如何指示我们向孩子们教导神的事情。她说： “根据圣经，神希望父母都能成为孩子的主要门徒训练者。” 所以今日灵粮的结语，所引用的箴言 17 章第 6 节，也都间接地在提示我们，意眛着教养子孙的重要性，记得儿女是神所赐的产业，“基督徒父母当作为门徒塑造者履行大使命”。求神帮助我们，不但能教导子女瞄准箭，有正确的方向活下去，也都要能做神传福音带人信耶稣主的好器皿。祷告奉主名祷告，阿门！

This morning in "今日圣言 Holy Word Today ", I read the sharing of "The Broken Arrow" written by Rev. Bob & Mrs. Debby Gass. Pastor Bob quoted Psalm 127: 4-5 to remind us of the purpose and hope of raising children, saying: " Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them ..." This is what the theme of "今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY " is about to share, " Christian Parents Should Live Out the Great Commission as Disciple Makers." It’s also like Pastor Indy Crowe, discipleship pastor at Stones Crossing Church in Greenwood, Indiana, once preached a sermon about Christian parents being the disciple makers. Their goal is to fulfill in your home the great commission that Jesus instructs us in Matthew 28:18-20, by making disciples who you can then take into the world to make other disciples. They are arrows. Make sure you aim them at the right target, to be good instruments of God, to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of God, so that all people may be saved and not perish but have everlasting life.

Pastor Bob explained: God’s hope for the children we bear is like having arrows and shooting arrows; they must be taught to aim in the right direction. If their life goals are misdirected, they may later end up in violent and chaotic situations, like taking drugs and destructive lifestyles. If we ridicule or judge rather than help them, and if we do not have compassion, love, and teaching in our children, they will never be willing to ask us for help in their lives. Like broken arrows, our children and future generations will appear in various colors and forms: black, white, rich, poor, because the pain and suffering of life has no prejudice; it has no prejudice against any age group or society. People of all classes are equally ruthless. So, where is the answer we are looking for? (1) We must let the strong support the weak: The apostle Paul taught in Romans 15: 1-2 that we who are strong should bear the weakness of the weak without seeking to please ourselves. Each of us must please his neighbor so that he may benefit and build up his virtue. Because Paul has not forgotten the teaching in Matthew 14: 14, how the Savior Christ saw the misfortunes and suffering of the world with compassion, just like healing those who were sick: "Jesus ... had compassion on them in his heart, and He healed the sick among them."; (2) Therefore, mercy is the mother of miracles! Mark 4: 38 tells us how open-minded the Savior Jesus’ compassionate and loving heart is. When the disciples thought they would die in a violent storm, they did not challenge Christ’s teaching ability, but Challenging His mercy: So, they cried out to their master Jesus, "Why don't you care?" If Jesus had not been merciful at this moment, there would be no recorded miracles of calming the storm.

You can only bring healing to someone when you are touched by their pain, rather than disgusted by their symptoms. One author writes: “We can build all the churches we want. However, if people cannot hear the voice of love in our sacred halls, they will not be converted by our platitudes and religious rhetoric. The church is not a club for the rich, but a hospital for those who need healing and deliverance. You do not have to like everything about the people you are called to minister to, but you do have to love them because God loves them.” We are called to those who have been abandoned by the world gather together so that they may feel the warmth of God's love and the love of the Christian family. Because their loss is important to God, if they can repent, return to God’s arms and be saved, this is what God expects. Because Malachi 3: 17 records and preaches God’s unchangeable ways and fraternity: “‘On the day when I act,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.’” Happy Friday everyone and have a great welcoming New Year Celebration this weekend with many blessing to come!

When all was said and done, "今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY" would like to quote Proverbs 17: 6, and encourage every one of us to pray for each other in the love of the Lord. This verse from King Solomon's Proverbs says, "Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children." From this we can see how important it is to have children and educate them. In his sharing, Pastor Bob described God’s desire for the children we give birth to as having arrows and shooting arrows, and they must be taught to aim in the right direction. Ms. Anna Meade Harris wrote an article and shared it with Rooted Ministry in memory of how God instructs us to teach our children about the things of God in Deuteronomy 6: 4-9. She said: "According to the Bible, God hopes that parents can become the main disciples of their children." Therefore, the conclusion of today's spiritual food and the quotation of Proverbs 17: 6 also indirectly remind us that it means education. Regarding the importance of children and grandchildren, remember that children are an inheritance given by God. “Christian Parents Should Live Out the Great Commission as Disciple Makers.” Pray that God will help us not only teach our children to aim their arrows and live in the right direction, but also to be good instruments for God to deliver the gospel and lead more people to believe in Jesus our Lord. Pray in the name of the Lord, Amen!

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