敬拜,个人 OR 群体?

敬拜,是基督徒再熟悉不过的概念了;敬拜,更是我们基督教信仰最重要的表达方式之一。基督徒的一生,是敬拜的一生。这是我们基督徒生命的本质,我们的受造、被赎,其实都是为了要敬拜神,这是我们信仰的核心。

“人受造,以及基督徒蒙拯救,都是为了敬拜。保罗在《以弗所书》第一章中清楚地说明了这一点,他说,神在创造世界之前所立下的救赎计划就是为了引导我们‘称赞祂的荣耀‘。为了防止我们忽视这一点,他说了三遍(弗1:6, 12, 14)。”1

持续两年多的新冠疫情,对教会冲击最大的,除了教会会员人数的骤减,到奉献金额的减少,最直接和可观的影响莫过于主日敬拜人数的下降和居高不下的线上出席人数。

虽然绝大多数教会都在疫情后开始了线上聚会,但是,这也引发了一个问题:线上的聚会,是真实的敬拜吗?或者,线上的聚会,会带给我们怎样的反思和期待?

新冠疫情给教会的敬拜带来了诸多改变,这种改变可能是由实体到线上的转变,这或许只是短暂的形式上的改变;也可能这种转变是不少信徒彻底地离开教会的主日敬拜;或是从过去的固定委身在某间地方教会的主日敬拜,到游走于各个不同的虚拟的网络直播的敬拜中。

可以说,新冠疫情给教会带来了许多挑战,一方面,教会都在后疫情时代面对着如何将会友重新带回教会的挣扎;另一方面,许多基督徒在已经习惯了线上敬拜的便利性后,开始怀疑每周日早上回到教会的必要性:我们真的需要每个周日早上回到教会吗?我们真的需要每个周日早上穿戴整齐、舟车劳顿去到教会吗?我们真的不能每个主日早上,起床后,一边吃着早餐、一边躺在沙发上“观看主日直播”吗?我们真的不能因着自己的喜好而随时切换主日敬拜的“频道”吗?

“是的,我们都有很多不再回教会聚会的理由。实际上,很多教会也不期待我们再回来。他们正在建立网络教会,并且也在招募网络牧师。周日不再需要早起,不需要穿正装,不需要一早出门找停车位,不需要理会别人哭闹不止的婴儿,不需要和那些你不喜欢的人聊天,不需要在冗长的讲道中憋住不打哈欠,不再需要领受饼和杯。”2

这些问题或许是我们需要面对的。或许,我们需要问的另一个核心问题是:敬拜,到底是个人的行为,还是教会整体的行为?是我们作为个人的行动,还是教会作为圣约群体的行动?

Paul Tripp 说:公共敬拜是对个人主义这个谎言的重击。3

主日敬拜之所以重要,其意义很大程度是在提醒我们,作为奔走天路的朝圣者,我们不是一个人,我们也无法仅仅依靠个人。在这个个人主义盛行的年代,共同敬拜/公共敬拜(Corporate Worship)便是对这一主义最直接的回应。

当我们在主日敬拜中将自己置于屏幕前的时候,镜头的后面,很大程度上是等于我们切割了自己与教会公共敬拜的联结,我们只是成为了主日敬拜的“观看者”,虽然我们也会在敬拜的时候开口唱,我们也会在祷告的时候闭眼和说阿们,我们也会在讲道的时候聆听;但是,我们却并不是真正的属于那个敬拜的群体,最起码,我们的人不在那里。

上帝的灵无所不在,圣灵随时随地都与我们同在,但是在特定的时刻,特定的场合,上帝的灵是有特别的同在的,这样的一种特别的同在,就是在主日的敬拜中。无论是新约或是旧约,当神的百姓共同聚集的时候,当神的百姓聚集在神的圣殿和神的教会的时候,神的灵会特别地与他们同在,这种同在是圣灵在每日的生活中与我们个人的同在不同的。

“新约明确指出,基督徒的聚会(这个家,这个身体,这个社群)是神在这个世界特别与人同在的地方。在旧约时代,神彰显其特别临在的地方是『会幕』、『圣殿』或『耶路撒冷』。在新约中,这个特别的’地方‘如今是主的家,也就是祂子民聚集的地方。”4

神荣耀的彰显,神的灵与祂的百姓同在,是在神的殿中,是在教会中。当我们离开了与神的众百姓在神的教会中的聚集,我们也就离开了圣灵的特别同在。这不意味着我们离开了圣灵或圣灵离开了我们,而是意味着,在那个特定的时间和地点——神所分别为圣、神所设立的——我们与圣灵的特别同在无关。

“共同敬拜(之所以称为共同敬拜是因为基督的身体,即神的子民、教会,集体性地与神『相遇』)有时被称为’聚集‘、’集体‘、’公共‘或’会众‘敬拜。所有这些名称都很有帮助,并且体现出了合乎圣经的敬拜在共同敬拜这一重要方面的不同面向。尽管圣经指出,除了公共敬拜之外,基督徒敬拜还有其他独特且重要的方面(如家庭敬拜、个人敬拜和一生的敬拜),但公共或共同敬拜的重要性在新旧约中都有体现。当《诗篇》100:2和《希伯来书》10:25提到’来向祂歌唱‘和’聚会‘时,所说的都是公共或聚集的敬拜。”5

我们需要关注的不是教会的建筑,不是去到教会这个地方很重要,我们需要关注的不是一定要把弟兄姐妹从沙发上拽到教会的椅子上,而是因着基督的名而一同聚集的人,这是教会。如果我们的目的只是将人带回教会,那我们的方法和方式可以很丰富,但是,如果我们的目的是将人们从虚拟的“线上观看者”,转变为“实体敬拜的参与者”,那我们需要做的就是回归最简单、最基本的:带着敬畏的心来朝见神。

此文的立论并非是要批评或是论断那些至今仍旧留在线上参与教会主日聚会的弟兄姐妹,而是为要再次提醒弟兄姐妹敬拜的真义和共同敬拜的重要性。

苏明思(James K. A. Smith)在他的那本《欲望的门训:一切从“心”的习惯开始》一书中指出:“要正确地敬拜,让自己沉浸在直指天国的崇拜礼仪中,即便是无意识的欲望与渴求,也就是我们暗暗热切期望世界该有的样貌,也都要指向上帝与上帝对世界的心意。透过由圣灵引导的崇拜,上帝的恩典将能吸引我们并为我们的无意识定向。”6

我们或许之所以会看轻主日敬拜,看重线上直播,很大原因或许不仅仅是因为方便,而是因为我们的心缺乏对神同在的渴慕和追求。我相信不少弟兄姐妹之所以不愿意回到教会,绝不是因为方便与否,而是因为我们似乎已经失去了对敬拜的渴望和热切的期盼。

正如苏明思所指出的:“人之所以为人,就是会受到某些美满生活愿景的激励与驱策,也就是那些我们认为『生气蓬勃』的画面。我们想要它、渴望它、切慕它。这就是为什么我们在这个世界上,是以爱作为最基本的目的的导向模式。”7

我的儿子很喜欢乐高,一直很想去圣地亚哥或奥兰多的乐高主题乐园。他的期盼是今年夏天我可以带他去,并且如果能在那里住上一晚,那会是他生命中最美好的一天。我问他,我在YouTube上给你放一个介绍乐高乐园的视频,你每天看,仔细看,然后我们就不用去了,你觉得怎么样?我六岁的儿子立刻大声叫到:但是爸爸,YouTube上是别人去的,不是我去的,我要自己去,我不要看别人去后拍的视频。

敬拜何尝不是如此?若我们的心中果真爱神、渴慕神,我们如何能够离开祂的同在如此之久而仅仅满足于每周的线上直播呢?如果你和我真的渴望圣灵的同在,我们又岂能不渴望将自己沉浸在教会主日的共同敬拜中呢?

参考书目:
1. 马太·默克(Matt Merker);杨文皓译,《共同敬拜:教会如何作为神的百姓聚集》,九标志中文事工,19页。 
2. 柯林·汉森(Collin Hansen)和约拿单·李曼(Jonathan Leeman)着,高洁 译,《重新认识教会:为何基督的身体至关重要》,Wheaton: Crossway, 2021,15页。 
3. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=592269252263718&set=a.284525119704801 
4. 马太·默克(Matt Merker);杨文皓译,《共同敬拜:教会如何作为神的百姓聚集》,九标志中文事工,22-23页。 
5. 马太·默克(Matt Merker);杨文皓译,《共同敬拜:教会如何作为神的百姓聚集》,九标志中文事工,21-22页。 
6. 苏明思着,钟悯译,《欲望的门训》,台北:校园,2020,33页。 
7. 苏明思着,钟悯译,《欲望的门训》,台北:校园,2020,17页。

作者秦路,一个妇人的丈夫,三个年幼孩子的父亲,印城华人教会西北堂的植堂者/牧者。

此文原文發表於《使者》雜誌,承蒙允許轉載,特此感謝,原文鏈接:https://afcministry.org/worship-individual-or-corporate/

家庭敬拜資源推薦

家庭敬拜資源推薦

秦傳道 / Pastor Calvin

親愛的弟兄姊妹們平安

我們8週的家庭敬拜的操練雖然結束了,無論這個過程如何,可能我們每天都在堅持,有可能我們時而會忘記或忽略,或者我們陸陸續續、跌跌撞撞地在操練,但是讓我們記得一件很重要的時期,這8週的操練,只是開始,而不是結束。

接下來的每一天,我希望大家都可以繼續堅持,繼續每日進行家庭敬拜的操練。家庭敬拜不是培養敬虔後裔的全部,家庭敬拜其實是我們家庭門訓的一部分,家庭敬拜是我們在家中進行門訓的一種方式和體現。

我也鼓勵所有的弟兄們、父親們能夠站起來,在家庭門訓中主動承擔帶領的責任。這是上帝給我們每個父親的使命和榮耀,讓我們一起忠心地履行、實踐這個使命。

為了幫助大家更好地進行家庭崇拜,我整理了一些我覺得實用且紮實的資源,希望給弟兄姊妹們帶來一些幫助和指引。

Unfolding Grace for Kids: A 40-Day Journey through the Bible:https://www.crossway.org/bibles/unfolding-grace-for-kids-hc/

此書也有配套的給成人的,可以一起使用:Unfolding Grace: 40 Guided Readings through the Biblehttps://www.crossway.org/bibles/unfolding-grace-hcj/

這套書的作者是我們當地 Zionsville Fellowship Church 的 Drew Hunter 牧師,也是我特別要好的朋友。

Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worshiphttps://www.crossway.org/books/be-thou-my-vision-cob/

Exploring the Bible Together: A 52-Week Family Worship Planhttps://www.crossway.org/books/exploring-the-bible-together-case/

The New City Catechism: 52 Questions and Answers for Our Hearts and Minds:https://www.crossway.org/books/the-new-city-catechism-tpb/

還有一本是我非常喜歡的 Kevin DeYoung 牧師所編輯的一本聖經:The Biggest Story Bible Storybook,全書配有非常精美的插畫:

https://www.crossway.org/books/the-biggest-story-bible-storybook-hcj/

最後,我推薦一本我讀過的關於談論家庭門訓最好的著作, Matt Chandler 牧師所寫的這本:Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home through Time, Moments, and Milestoneshttps://www.crossway.org/books/family-discipleship-case/

這本書,我希望你可以傾盡全力去讀她,不計代價地去讀她,你會獲益匪淺!

附上我之前的一個關於家庭敬拜的講座視頻,希望給大家一些幫助和提醒。

🎬:

上帝祝福大家!

愛你們、和你們一起成長的 秦傳道/Pastor Calvin

CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第四十天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第四十天:02/25/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:两个麻雀不是卖一分银子吗?若是你们的父不许,一个也不能掉在地上;就是你们的头发也都被数过了。所以,不要惧怕,你们比许多麻雀还贵重!(马太福音10:29-31)

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:29-31)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,你是爱我、看顾我的主,谢谢你每天的看顾和保守,让我学习依靠你,相信你,在凡事上都寻求你的帮助。阿门。

🎤 诗歌:

7-15岁:(材料来自:http://newcitycatechism.com

❓Question 40: What should we pray?

The whole Word of God directs and inspires us in what we should pray, including the prayer Jesus himself taught us.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 3:14–21

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

 

 

🙏 Prayer

God Who Hears, let your living Word shape our desires and our prayers. May it challenge us to pray for things that don’t seem possible. May it inform our view of you as we approach you as beloved sons and daughters. May it drive us to our knees as we recognize our need of you. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十九天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十九天:02/24/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:他看见许多的人,就怜悯他们;因为他们困苦流离,如同羊没有牧人一般。(马太福音9:36)

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (Matthew 9:36)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我有你的心肠,看到很多人还没有认识你,还没有得救,求主帮助我,可以乐意和人分享耶稣,帮助更多人可以认识你。阿门。

🎤 诗歌:

7-15岁:(材料来自:http://newcitycatechism.com

❓Question 39: With what attitude should we pray?

With love, perseverance, and gratefulness; in humble submission to God’s will, knowing that, for the sake of Christ, he always hears our prayers.

📖 Scripture: Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

 

🙏 Prayer

Loving Father, we come to you in the name of your beloved Son. Give us perseverance in prayer, even when we do not immediately see answers. Let us believe that you will not keep back any good thing from us, and trust that you will withhold those things we seek that would harm us. Your ways are higher than our ways, and we entrust our requests to your sovereign kindness. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十八天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十八天:02/23/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:你们祈求,就给你们;寻找,就寻见;叩门,就给你们开门。因为凡祈求的,就得着;寻找的,就寻见;叩门的,就给他开门。(马太福音7:7-8)

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我学习用信心依靠你,让我用信心去寻求你,让我在每一件事上都用祷告来寻求你的心意。阿门。

🎤 诗歌:

7-15岁:(材料来自:http://newcitycatechism.com

❓Question 38: What is prayer?

Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God in praise, petition, confession of sin, and thanksgiving.

📖 Scripture: Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

 

 

🙏 Prayer

Our Great Refuge, thank you for calling us to prayer. You are not far away; you are near, and you hear us when we pray. Let us pour out our hearts to you without ceasing. Let us pray without guile, bringing our true selves before your throne of grace. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十七天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十七天:02/22/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:你們要先求祂的国和祂的义,这些东西都要加给你们了。(马太福音6:33)

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (Matthew 6:33)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我可以先求你的国和你的义,让我可以成为讨你喜悦的儿女,让我更多思想、关注你的国和你的旨意。阿门。

🎤 诗歌:

7-15岁:(材料来自:http://newcitycatechism.com

❓Question 37: How does the Holy Spirit help us?

The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, comforts us, guides us, gives us spiritual gifts and the desire to obey God; and he enables us to pray and to understand God’s Word.

📖 Scripture: Ephesians 6:17–18

 

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.

🙏 Prayer

God the Spirit, have your way in us. Shine your light on the secret sins of our hearts. Equip us for tasks that are too large for us. Make us glad in what delights you. Intercede for us and open our eyes to rightly understand the Word of truth. Amen.

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CCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十六天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十六天:02/21/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:我们在天上的父:愿人都尊你的名为圣。愿你的国降临;愿你的旨意行在地上,如同行在天上。我们日用的饮食,今日赐给我们。免我们的债,如同我们免了人的债。不叫我们遇见试探;救我们脱离凶恶。因为国度、权柄、荣耀,全是你的,直到永远。阿们!(马太福音6:9-13)

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我遵行你的公义,喜爱怜悯,存谦卑的心,每日与你同行。阿门。

🎤 诗歌: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXE6PrQy0_g&list=PLWcRMWaH9zDs5vD0Fbsv3R6iTvy0TozZ4&index=2

7-15岁:(材料来自:http://newcitycatechism.com

❓Question 36: What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?

That he is God, coeternal with the Father and the Son, and that God grants him irrevocably to all who believe.

📖 Scripture: John 14:16-17

 

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

🙏 Prayer

God Our Help, we thank you for sending your Spirit to live in us. Thank you that he chastens and disciplines, strengthens and comforts us. Let us live the life of faith in his power, not our own. Let us walk the path of obedience, filled with his joy. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十五天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十五天:02/18/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:怜恤人的人有福了!因为他们必蒙怜恤。(马太福音5:7)

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. (Matthew 5:7)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我成为一个满有爱心和怜悯的人,就好像你怜悯我这个罪人一样,让我效法你的怜悯,对我的家人、同学、朋友和身边的人。求主赐给我怜悯的心。阿门。

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❓Question 35: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?

All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith itself.

📖 Scripture: Titus 3:4-6

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

 

🙏 Prayer

Holy Spirit, you sought us when we could not seek you because we were dead in our trespasses and sins. You are the giver of our faith; none of us would believe apart from your regenerating grace, by which you make hearts of stone into hearts of flesh. Let us put aside all boasting in light of your undeserved mercy. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十四天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十四天:02/17/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:饥渴慕义的人有福了!因为他们必得饱足。(马太福音5:6)

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (Matthew 5:6)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我遵行你的公义,喜爱怜悯,存谦卑的心,每日与你同行。阿门。

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❓Question 34: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God’s Word?

Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Spirit; so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; so that we may be assured of our faith by the fruits; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ.

📖 Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9–12

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

🙏 Prayer

Heavenly Father, you have saved us from sin. Let us not continue in it as if we were still enslaved to it. You have given us commands that are the path of life. Let us treasure those commands. May all who know us see our good works and glorify you because of them. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十三天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十三天:02/16/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:温柔的人有福了!因为他们必承受地土。(马太福音5:5)

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我学习温柔,使我可以学习耶稣基督的温柔,让我的心里柔和、谦卑。阿门。

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❓Question 33: Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?

No, they should not, as everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. To seek salvation through good works is a denial that Christ is the only Redeemer and Savior.

📖 Scripture: Galatians 2:16

Yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

🙏 Prayer

One and Only God, keep us from trusting in good works or living in such a way that we imply they are the grounds of our salvation. Let us glorify your grace by leaning our whole weight upon it, staking our lives on the promise that you are the beginning and the end of our salvation. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十二天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十二天:02/15/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:哀恸的人有福了!因为他们必得安慰。(马太福音5:4)

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我在伤心、难过的时候可以寻求你,因为你是那赐安慰的神。求你帮助我常为我的罪哀伤,让我看到我的罪常常使你哀恸。阿门。

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❓Question 32: What do justification and sanctification mean?

Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit’s work in us.

📖 Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1–2

To those who are elect exiles . . . according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

🙏 Prayer

Our Savior and Lord, you have completed the work of our justification. You have begun the work of our sanctification, and we trust that you will carry us through to its completion. Transform us day by day into your likeness, conforming us to your ways. Amen.

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CCCINW 家庭敬拜 第三十一天

印城华人教会西北堂 每日家庭崇拜指引

第三十一天:02/14/2022

0-7岁儿童:

📖 经文:虚心的人有福了;因为天国是他们的。(马太福音5:3)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3)

🙏 祷告:亲爱的天父,求你帮助我,让我可以在你的面前,在人的面前学习虚心,让我看到自己的有限,让我成为虚心的人。阿门。

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❓Question 31: What do we believe by true faith?

Everything taught to us in the gospel. The Apostles’ Creed expresses what we believe in these words: We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

📖 Scripture: Jude 3

I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

🙏 Prayer

Maker of Heaven and Earth, make the startling claims of our faith come alive to us. Let us not divorce theological truth from the history of your salvation, which occurred in time and space. Let us not waver in unbelief, but rest our lives upon the truth that you raise the dead. Amen.

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