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第十篇 按着神牧养

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第三十四周 周一
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2壹 牧养是给群羊周全、柔细的照顾;牧养是指顾到羊一切的需要——约二一15~17徒二十28
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3贰 牧养的两个基本元素是顾惜和喂养——弗五29
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4一 牧养是安慰、抚慰、以柔爱养育并以亲切的照料维护。
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5二 我们牧养别人时,应当先顾惜他们,使他们快乐,然后就要喂养他们。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
6约二一15~17 ……耶稣对西门彼得说,约翰的儿子西门,你爱我比这些更深么?彼得对祂说,主啊,是的,你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你喂养我的小羊。……约翰的儿子西门,你爱我么?彼得对祂说,主啊,是的,你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你牧养我的羊。……约翰的儿子西门,你爱我么?彼得……对耶稣说,……你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你喂养我的羊。
6John 21:15-17 …Jesus said to Simon Peter,…Do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs…Simon, son of John, do you love Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Shepherd My sheep…Simon, son of John, do you love Me?…And he said to Him, Lord,…You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
7当主在复活之后,并在祂升天之前,与祂的门徒在一起时,在祂一次的显现里,祂托付彼得,当祂不在这里而在诸天之上时,要喂养祂的小羊,并牧养祂的羊(约二一15~17)。牧养含示喂养,但牧养所包含的比喂养要多。牧养乃是给群羊周全、柔细的照顾(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册,五七四页)。
7When the Lord stayed with His disciples after His resurrection and before His ascension, in one of His appearings, He commissioned Peter to feed His lambs and shepherd His sheep in His absence, while He is in the heavens (John 21:15-17). Shepherding implies feeding, but it includes much more than feeding. To shepherd is to take all-inclusive tender care of the flock. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” p. 447)
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8我们生出〔初信者〕,给他们施浸以后,他们就成了我们的小孩。现在我们必须像母亲一样保养顾惜他们。保养就是喂养,顾惜就是以柔爱养育,并以亲切的照料维护。母亲顾惜婴孩最有效的方法,就是把他抱在怀里。母亲这样作,小孩就得着温暖的顾惜和安慰。许多时候小孩哭叫,就是向母亲“祷告”,求她顾惜他。当母亲把他抱起来,搂在怀里,他很快就会停止哭叫,因为他得了亲切照料的维护。当我们去家聚会照顾新浸者,我们需要领悟,我们是要保养顾惜他们。这样照顾家聚会非常有功效。新人会觉得受到顾惜、安慰并温暖,而不会有孤单的感觉。
8After we beget new believers and baptize them, they become our little children. Now we must be like mothers to nourish and cherish them. To nourish is to feed, and to cherish is to nurture with tender love and foster with tender care. The most effective way for a mother to cherish her babe is for her to hold him in her bosom. When the mother does this, the little one is warmly cherished and comforted. Many times when a little one cries, he is “praying” to his mother, asking her to cherish him. When she picks him up and puts him in her bosom, he will soon stop crying because he has been fostered with tender care. When we go to the home meetings to take care of the newly baptized ones, we need to have the realization that we are going to nourish and cherish them. This way of taking care of the home meetings is very effective. The new ones will feel cherished, comforted, and warmed up. They will lose any feeling of loneliness.
9保罗告诉帖撒罗尼迦人:“在你们中间为人温和,如同乳母顾惜自己的孩子。”(帖前二7)保罗在照顾初信者的事上,将自己比喻为乳母。我们需要以生机的方式,不以老旧的方式传福音并照料初信者。……盼望我们能在小排中研讨这些事;这会使我们传福音的方式有彻底的改变。我们必须以生机的方式传福音,将罪人生为神的儿女,使他们成为基督身体重生的肢体。然后我们必须操练,一周又一周,在新人家中顾惜他们。在他们受浸后的头一个月里,最好能探访他们十次。这样顾惜一个月后,新人就得着稳固并建立。已往我们给新人施浸后,缺少照顾他们。结果,许多新人几个月后就消失了。这不是保罗的作法。保罗顾惜他借着福音所生的人。除了像乳养的母亲以外,保罗对初信者也像劝勉的父亲一样(11)。
9Paul told the Thessalonians, “We were gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother would cherish her own children” (1 Thes. 2:7). Paul likened himself to a nursing mother in his care for the new believers. We need to preach the gospel and take care of the newly baptized ones in the organic way, not in the old way…I hope that we can study these matters in small groups. This will revolutionize our way of preaching the gospel. We must preach the gospel in the organic way to beget sinners as children of God, making them the regenerated members of the Body of Christ. Following this we must exercise to cherish the new ones in their homes week by week. Within the first month after they are baptized, it is good to visit them ten times. After one month of this cherishing, the new ones will become settled and established. In the past we were short in caring for the new ones after we baptized them. As a result, many of the new ones disappeared after a few months. This was not Paul’s way. Paul cherished the people whom he had begotten through the gospel. In addition to being like a nursing mother, Paul was also like an exhorting father to the new believers (v. 11).
10顾惜保养新浸者,就是喂养小羊(约二一15~17)。约翰福音嘱咐我们两件事:结果子和喂养小羊。结果子是我们日常的本分。住在主里面是我们结果子的条件。我们若不住在主里面,就不能结果子。要喂养小羊,我们需要爱主。结果子是住的事,喂养小羊是爱的事。在约翰二十一章十五至十七节,主三次问彼得,他爱主么?当彼得告诉主他爱祂,主就告诉彼得要喂养祂的小羊,牧养祂的羊,并喂养祂的羊。我们必须住在主里面,使我们能结果子;我们也必须爱主,使我们有心照顾祂的羊群。羊群的牧人劳苦,不是照着他喜欢或不喜欢。一天又一天,他尽本分牧养羊群,并喂养小羊(李常受文集一九八九年第一册,三九六至三九八页)。
10To cherish and nourish the newly baptized ones is to feed the lambs (John 21:15-17). In the Gospel of John we are charged…to bear fruit and to feed the lambs. To bear fruit is our daily duty. Abiding in the Lord is the condition for us to bear fruit. If we do not abide in the Lord, we cannot bear fruit. To feed the lambs, we need to love the Lord. To bear fruit is a matter of abiding, and to feed the lambs is a matter of loving. In John 21:15-17 the Lord asked Peter three times if he loved Him. When Peter told the Lord that he did love Him, the Lord told Peter to feed His lambs, shepherd His sheep, and feed His sheep. We have to abide in the Lord that we may bear fruit, and we have to love the Lord that we may have a heart to take care of His flock. The shepherd of a flock does not labor according to whether or not he feels like it. He does his duty to shepherd the flock and to feed the lambs day by day. (CWWL, 1989, vol. 1, “The Practical and Organic Building Up of the Church,” pp. 321-322)
11参读:神人,第二篇。
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今日要点
12主题:经历并享受基督作牧人,而按着神牧养
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13引经:约二一15~17
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141.彼得经历、享受基督作牧人:
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15A.在约二一15~17说,『...耶稣对西门彼得说,约翰的儿子西门,你爱我比这些更深么?彼得对祂说,主阿,是的,你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你餧养我的小羊。 ...约翰的儿子西门,你爱我么?彼得对祂说,主阿,是的,你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你牧养我的羊。 ...约翰的儿子西门,你爱我么?彼得...对耶稣说,...你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你餧养我的羊。 』
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16B.这段经文启示,当主复活之后,升天之前,与门徒在一起时,祂托付彼得,当祂在诸天之上时,彼得要餧养主的小羊,并牧养主的羊,对彼得而言,最深刻的应该是主三次问彼得,你爱我比这些更深吗?并且托付彼得要牧养主的羊这件事,因此本周要来看关于牧养的题目,这个题目出自彼前五2,我们要经历、享受基督作牧人,使我们能够彰显基督,按着神牧养。
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172.牧养的定义和基本元素:
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18a.首先我们来看牧养的定义和元素,牧养含示餧养,但牧养所包含的比餧养还多,牧养是给群羊周全、柔细的照顾,牧养也是指顾到羊一切的需要,此外,根据圣经,牧养的两个基本元素是顾惜和餧养,是安慰、抚慰、以柔爱养育、并以亲切的照料维护,我们牧养别人时,应当先顾惜他们,使他们快乐,然后就要餧养他们。
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19B.我们在这里所说的牧养,还不仅仅在于有没有去牧养,而是在于是否按着神牧养,保罗告诉信徒,牧养要如同乳母,当孩子哭叫时,地上的母亲把婴孩抱在怀里顾惜,也给他长大所需要的奶喝,保罗将自己比喻为乳母,顾惜、保养信徒,约翰也嘱咐我们,要结果子和餧养小羊,我们不仅要爱主,使我们有心照顾羊群,更要按着神牧养。
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20应用:我们需要操练,不以老旧的方式,而该以生机的方式传福音并照料初信者,不是叫他们来聚会,而是叫他们的心得着温暖的顾惜和安慰,不是这次不受浸就不放他回家,而是使福音朋友能够稳固、坚定地跟我们读主的话,并使新人能够得着稳固并建立,借此才稳定聚会。
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