(509) 「灵粮主题 TODAY’s Topic」：神要给人类和好的事工中做祂最后的一件新事 The Final New Thing in God’s Ministry of Reconciliation to Mankind

「灵粮经节 TODAY’s Verses」：「神与人类和好事工的最终成果，神做了祂最后唯一的新事，也就是神的最终救恩计划，藉着祂的爱子耶稣基督完成了神最终的救恩大使命，使人类永远拥有与神和好的路径；所以耶稣升天前也就这样给了我们信徒一样的大使命，吩咐我们要往全地万民引人归主信耶稣与神和好得救恩。保罗也就是有耶稣这样的榜样，一个为主殉身热心传福音的使徒，且写了13本书信教导我们后代的信徒，说：“所以，我们从今以後，不凭着外貌认人了。虽然凭着外貌认过基督，如今却不再这样认祂了。若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。一切都是出於神；祂藉着基督使我们与祂和好，又将劝人与祂和好的职分赐给我们。”; The final result of the work of reconciliation between God and mankind. God has done His last and only new thing, which is God’s final salvation plan. Through His beloved Son Jesus Christ, Jesus has completed God’s final great mission of salvation and saved mankind forever. We have the path to be reconciled with God through Jesus; so, before Jesus ascended to heaven, he gave us the same great commission as believers, commanding us to go to all nations on the earth and lead people to convert to the Lord and believe in Jesus to reconcile with God and obtain salvation. Paul had this kind of example of Jesus, an apostle who died for the Lord and zealously preached the gospel, and wrote 13 letters to teach our future generations of believers, saying: “So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation” 」 (哥林多后书 2 Corinthians 5: 16-18 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， “不要想念过去” 的分享。牧者鲍勃牧师引用以赛亚书 Isaiah 43:18-19 节，描述以色列人对神的不忠，但是神仍然怜悯爱护着他们，叫他们不要想念过去，神答应必给他们目前与将来一件新事来拯救他们。这也就是「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」 主题要分享的, “神要给人类和好的事工中做祂最后的一件新事” ，这新事就是新约福音书里的好消息，救主耶稣基督殉身承担完成了神之救世大恩的使命与复活，打胜了罪的死亡惩罚。鲍勃牧师接着解释道：我们就用传奇棒球运动员萨奇·佩吉（Satchel Paige）的话来说，就是： “不要回头看。不然若有不利的东西可能快要追上你了。” 这是一个好的忠告！就像保罗在腓立比书 Philippians 3:13 节里表示的，他对肉体和世俗的经历都不存有信心的总结： “...我只专注一件事，就是忘记背后，努力向前。” 。他的信心是对准人生的最后目标，也就是等候神将来留给他的救恩恩典，也就是永生的赏赐冠冕。

接着牧者举例说，作家艾伦·沃恩（Ellen Vaughn）曾经写道：“为了使我们的属灵生命力能真正流动，我们必须忘记三件事： (1) 我们必须忘记自己的罪。显然，为了认罪，我们必须记得自己的过犯。然而，既然已经认罪悔改了，我们就必须放手忘记它。因为，约翰一书 1 John 1: 9 节告诉我们，神是信实的，祂会忘记我们一切的过犯，这是一个事实。犹如呼唤天堂，并听到神的使者从天而来的回应说： ‘你没有任何犯罪的记录了’ ，可以上来。我们的罪被耶稣的拯救除去了，就好像从未有罪犯记录的存在一样。但是要谨慎，撒旦还会继续引诱我们活在内疚和惧怕当中。魔鬼会想尽办法，把我们拉进记忆的暗箱，让我们最严重的罪在我们的脑海中重演回忆 … 我们这时需要非常清楚，否则我们就会错过释放点，又要陷入明知故犯魔鬼的圈套。这并不是说我们只有经历某种神圣的健忘症，神给我们的饶恕是真实的。饶恕并不取决于我们，而是取决于神。所以，希伯来书 Hebrews 8: 12 里再次给我们证实着说，神要忘掉我们的罪。 (2) 我们必须忘记自己曾有的犯罪耻辱。保罗本来就是这位最该感到耻辱的罪魁祸首。他曾经负责骚扰、监禁、折磨和谋杀无数无辜 的基督徒和教会。然而，神的恩典比我们感到耻辱的更强大，当耶稣替我们死在十字架上而复活的时候，我们一切的过犯耻辱就被除去了。我们可以 忘记我们的耻辱，因为耶稣背负了它。神鄙视耻辱，因为祂的独生子已经打败了它，粉碎了它。我们不需要再把它收回来回忆着。（3）就如今日灵粮分享的，神早在以赛亚书里，告诉我们，祂在将来必做一件新事，这也就是今日灵粮所分享的， “神要给人类和好的事工中做祂最后的一件新事” ：神派祂的独生子耶稣降生，完成了拯救世人的使命，意眛着也实现了神在以赛亚书 43:18-19 节里给祂子民的一件新事的承诺。神对人类之爱是不变的，一向都在怜悯祂所爱的子民。所以先知以赛亚在他的书里也就记载了神的话语，说， “不要记念从前的事 … 我要做一件新事，… 。” 因为耶和是他们的圣者，以色列国的成立也都是经过神的允许和创造的，也像神在列王记前做他们的君王一样，带领着祂心爱的子民有着各处生存的能力，拯救保佑着他们。当神的子民遇到患难和受苦时，神也就是他们唯一的救赎主，所以神当时就答应给他们做一件新事，就是拯救他们目前会脱离外邦人的侵略和受苦，赦免他们与神的不忠心。在新约的时代里的，耶稣拯救世人的罪，也就是神给人类最后一次的救恩新事。信祂的人得拯救，不信祂得人便会沉沦，永不能得到神的和好与救恩。大家星期五开心与周末愉快！

「灵粮祷告 TODAY’s Prayer」：最后「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」也就引用腓力比书 Philippians 3: 13-14 节,鼓励大家在主的爱里互相勉励祷告，经节里提醒我们要抓紧神给我们最后的一件新事，这也就是信靠主耶稣，就能得有“神要给人类和好的事工中做祂最后的一件新事”，也就是信耶稣罪得赦免，且能与神享有永远的和好得救与永生。所以今日灵粮的结语，所引用腓力比书里的经节，使徒保罗也都这么用他的身世勉励着我们说，“ 弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了；我只有一件事，就是忘记背後，努力面前的，向着标竿直跑，要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。” 求神坚固我们的信心，叫我们只能专注一件事，就是忘记背后，努力向前，等候神赐给我们的和好有着永生的赏赐。祷告奉主名祷告，阿门！

This morning in "今日圣言 Holy Word Today ", I read the sharing of "Don't Miss the Past" written by Rev. Bob & Mrs. Debby Gass. Pastor Bob quoted Isaiah 43:18-19 to describe the Israelites' unfaithfulness to God, but God still showed mercy and love to them, telling them not to think about the past. God promised to provide them with the present and the future and something new to save them. This is what the theme of "今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY " is about to share, "The Final New Thing in God’s Ministry of Reconciliation to Mankind." This new thing is the good news in the gospels of the New Testament, the Savior. Jesus Christ was martyred to undertake the mission and resurrection for God’s unfailing love with grace and salvation to mankind, and defeated the death penalty of sin. Pastor Bob went on to explain: Let’s use the words of the legendary baseball player Satchel Paige: “Do not look back. Otherwise, something bad may be about to catch up with you.” This is a good advice! As Paul expressed in Philippians 3:13, he also concluded that he had no confidence in the flesh and worldly experience: "... I focus on one thing: forgetting what is behind and pressing forward.” His faith is aimed at the final goal of life, which is to wait for the salvation and grace that God will leave for him in the future, which is the reward crown of eternal life.

The pastor then gave an example. writer Ellen Vaughn once wrote: “In order for our spiritual vitality to truly flow, we must forget three things: (1) We must forget our sins. Obviously, we must forget our sins, although in order to confess our sin, we must remember our sin. However, now that we have confessed and repented, we must let go and forget it. Because, 1 John 1:9 tells us that God is faithful and will forget us all transgressions, that's a fact. It's like calling to heaven and hearing God's messenger from heaven respond by saying, 'You have no record of sin anymore.' Come up. Our sins are removed by the salvation of Jesus, as if there has never been a criminal record. But be careful, Satan will continue to tempt us to live in guilt and fear. The devil will try his best to pull us into the dark box of memory, so that our most serious sins can we replay the memories in our minds. We need to be very clear in this moment, or we will miss the point of release and fall into the devil's trap of knowingly committing sin again. This is not to say that we only experience some kind of divine amnesia, God's forgiveness for us is real. Forgiveness does not depend on us, but on God. Therefore, Hebrews 8:12 confirms to us again that God will forget our sins; (2) We must forget that we have ever the shame of sin. Paul was the one most deserving of shame. He was responsible for harassing, imprisoning, torturing, and murdering countless innocent Christians and churches. However, God’s grace is more powerful than our shame when Jesus all our transgressions and shame were taken away when He died on the cross for us and was resurrected. We can forget our shame because Jesus bore it. God despises shame because his only begotten Son has defeated it and shattered it. We do not need to take it back and remember it.; (3) Just like today’s sharing of spiritual food, God told us as early as in the book of Isaiah that He will do a new thing in the future, which is today what spiritual food shares with us, “The Final New Thing in God’s Ministry of Reconciliation to Mankind”: God sent His only begotten son, Jesus, to be born to complete the mission of saving the world, meaning that God also realized what He had accomplished in Isaiah. The promise of a new thing to His people in Isaiah 43:18-19. God’s love for mankind is unchanging and has always shown mercy to the people He loves. So, the prophet Isaiah in His book also recorded God’s words, saying, “Remember not the old things … I will do a new thing …” Because Jehovah is their Holy One, the establishment of the nation of Israel was also approved and created by God. Just like God was their king before the records and books of Kings, he led His beloved people live and survived everywhere. The power of God saved and protected them. When God's people encountered trouble and suffering, God was their only savior, so God promised to do a new thing for them at that time, which was to save them from the Gentiles of aggression and suffering, and forgive their unfaithfulness to God. In the era of the New Testament, Jesus saves the sins of the world, which is the last and new salvation thing that God gives to mankind. Those who believe in Jesus are saved, and those who do not believe in Him will perish and will never receive God’s reconciliation and salvation. Happy Friday and great weekend everyone!

When all was said and done, "今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY" would like to quote Philippians 3: 13-14, and encourage every one of us to pray for each other in the love of the Lord. The verses remind us to seize the last new thing that God has given us. This means that if you believe in the Lord Jesus, you will have " The Final New Thing in God’s Ministry of Reconciliation to Mankind." That is, if you believe in Jesus, you will be forgiven of all your sins and you will be able to enjoy eternal life and peace with God through this final offer of salvation. Therefore, in the conclusion of today’s spiritual food, the verses quoted from Philippians, the apostle Paul also uses his life experience to encourage us, saying, “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” May God strengthen our faith so that we can only focus on one thing, forgetting what is behind, work hard to move forward, and wait for the reconciliation God gives us with the reward of eternal life. Pray in the name of the Lord, Amen!

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