建议程序
破冰(参考:2:11–3:7)
一、3:8-12 信徒相处之道
研经笔记要点
第8节——信徒间相处之道
- 同心——因目标一致彼此接纳(罗马 12:16)
- 体恤——感同身受(罗马 12:15)
- 相爱(帖撒罗尼迦前书 4:9-10)
- 慈怜——发自内心关怀而付出(马太 11:29)
- 谦卑——看别人比自己强(腓立比书 2:6)
第9节——对敌视的外邦人:用恩典待他们
诗篇 34:12-16
- 第10节:酷爱美满有生命意义的智士,言语上不行恶(雅各书 3:6-8)
- 第11节:信徒追求有好的行为,与人和平相处
- 第12节:拟人化表达神能看到一切,个别地回应人、关怀人;对罪恶有强烈的公义,赏善罚恶
信徒间切实相爱,对外人以善报恶,因为主必监察。
讨论题
Q1. 第8节的「总而言之」表明哪一段的结论?
Q2. 观察第8节中信徒相处的五个美德,第9节中对敌视的外邦人的态度,并用你自己的话来说明。
Q3. 此段经文指出我们如何承受福气?
Q4. 我们超越常情、不以恶报恶的基础是什么?
Q5. 请分享在教会团契中体现这五个美德的见证。
Q6. 请默想:我们个人生活中有没有敌视或伤害我们的人?我们如何去以善报恶?若你愿意,可以分享代祷事项。
二、3:13-17
研经笔记要点
- 第14节:八福(马太 5:10);彼前 1:7
- 第14-16节:心中尊主基督为圣,就不怕威吓;因知道末世临近而常常预备,存着爱心回应外人善意及恶意的询问;并且因好品行在神面前使毁谤者羞愧无言。
- 李慕圣的见证。
- 今世与永恒的眼光:为义受苦胜过行不义。
讨论题
Q7. 信徒当时所处的是逼迫的环境,这段经文如何勉励信徒面对这样的环境?这对我们传福音有何提醒?
Q8. 义人受苦是许多人所困惑的问题,此段经文如何帮助你思考此问题?
三、3:18-22
研经笔记要点
基督自己的榜样:受苦、复活、得胜。
基督是义人受苦的典范——祂一次献上自己,为罪人赎罪,受死复活,引领信徒与神和好。
第19节:
- 基督进到那些灵界权势被拘禁的地方。祂可以是在死后复活之前下到阴间,或在复活后上到天上监禁之所,宣告复活的得胜和神的审判。
- 先存的基督透过挪亚向那些不信服的人宣讲悔改的信息;但因为他们的不信,他们在洪水中灭亡,而且其灵魂现今被囚禁于监狱之中。基督透过挪亚的宣讲,成为信徒放胆将人引到神面前的榜样。
He was put to death in the human sphere of existence but was made alive in the resurrection sphere of existence, in which state of existence he made a proclamation of his victory to the fallen angels.
第20-22节: 用挪亚的时代与当时的时代作比较;挪亚时代的洪水作为「预像」,表明新约的水礼。基督死里复活,拯救我们;水礼表达拯救后的重生,而洗礼所代表的不只是脱去从前的软弱,更表明对神的忠心。基督升天,得到权柄和荣耀,完全得胜。信徒的盼望建立于基督得胜的事实;义人受苦的盼望也是基于基督已经得胜。
—— Rick Warren
「Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ-likeness.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys—you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness—'this is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD.」
讨论题
Q9. 这段经文表明了基督与为义受苦的信徒有何关系?
Q10. 请思想:哪些苦难塑造了你的基督徒品格和价值,以至于你不再一样?
Q11. 你是否真实相信为义受苦是祝福,以至于你可以为所经历的苦难而感谢神对你的塑造?