Sunday, December 23, 2012

Q & A

(Q1) Are you Abram or Abraham?
Abram tried to carry out God's promise with his natural strength.  The result? Ishmael! (Genesis 16)  Abraham's allowing God's divine life to flow through him issued in Isaac. (Genesis 17)  Are you Abram or Abraham? 
Human effort in flesh issues in wood, grass, and stubble; Divine enjoyment in spirit issues in gold, silver and precious stones. (1 Corinthians 3:12 )

亞伯蘭出於天然人的熱心, 想要用天然人的力量達到神的應許, 其結果就是抵擋神的以實瑪利. 

神所要的是我們的合作, 樂意呼求祂, 甘心順服祂, 讓祂在我們裡頭運行, 調整我們, 變化我們, 製作我們, 與我們調和. 這就是亞伯拉罕, 其結果就是享受神的以撒.

倪柝聲弟兄曾說: 我們若不能讓神作, 就不能為神作. 你願意讓神製作你嗎?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30BcGexDnd8
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/321c

 (Q2) The Lord is life-giving, comforting and God's-will-seeking; are we? Because we are His duplication (John 12:24), every normal Christian should be a life-giver (1 John 5:16), a comforter (1 Corinthians 1:14), and a seeker of God's will (Ephesians 5:17).

人若看見他的弟兄犯了不至於死的罪，就當為他祈求，將生命賜給他，(約翰一書五16)
祂在我們一切的患難中安慰我們，叫我們能用自己從神所受的安慰，安慰那些在各樣患難中的人。(2 Cor. 1:14)
所以不要作愚昧人，卻要明白甚麼是主的旨意。(以弗所五17)
(Q3) Christ is a Lion-Lamb.  To God and God's will, He is tender and obedient, like a lamb (Act 8:32). To the power of darkness and death, He is firm and victorious, like a lion (Revelation 5:5). How about us?


Christ is balanced in every way. We are not: when we are meek, we tend to be weak; when we are strong, we tend to be stubborn. Humble ones have no actions; capable ones are not humble.  Oh, He must increase but we must decrease. (John 3:30)
http://recoveryversion.com.tw/Style0A/026/FunShow011.php?B=28_7_8_0_1

 (Q4) Christ is a Serpent-Dove.  This is His speaking in Matthew10:16, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be therefore prudent as serpents and guileless as doves." Are we pure and prudent? Guileless ones are often lacking prudence and discernment (Hosea 7:11).  Though normal Christians are single-purposed doves, we need to be prudent to stay away from wolves.

http://recoveryversion.com.tw/Style0A/026/FunShow011.php?B=40_10_16_0_1http://recoveryversion.com.tw/Style0A/026/FunShow011.php?B=28_7_11_0_1
http://recoveryversion.com.tw/Style0A/026/FunShow011.php?B=50_1_9_0_2
(Q5) Have you learned the lesson of retreating into God as your refuge?  Have you learned the lesson of not reacting to situations?  Have you learned the lesson of enjoying Christ in midst of frustrations and failures? (Psalm 23:5)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xu2xVQPpdY
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/287

 You have been wronged.  You have been misunderstood.  You feel bad and have a lot to say.  At this juncture, can you hold your tongue?  Can you quietly release your feelings to the Lord?  Can you calmly bring your reasoning to Him?  Let storms blow and roar, but let's be kept in Him.
http://recoveryversion.com.tw/Style0A/026/FunShow011.php?B=58_6_18_0_3
http://online.recoveryversion.org/FootNotes.asp?FNtsID=7302

 (Q6) Do you desire to be part of the group of overcomers - the Man-Child in Revelation 12:5?Overcomers are NOT spiritual giants; they are normal Christians with a little power (Revelation 3:8).  From the perspective of expressing Christ in oneness, they are full-grown man (Ephesians 4:13).  From the perspective of enjoying Christ as life, they are totally depending upon God like a child (Psalm 8:2, Matthew 18:3, 1 Peter 2:2). 

Don't be a child when it comes to the matter of God's building (Ephesians 4:14, Hebrews 5:13).  Don't become independent of God.

 (Q7) Is your speaking grace-giving (or are you nagging)? 
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, according to the need, that it may give grace to those who hear (Ephesians 4:29). Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt... (Colossians 4:6)
For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Where is this verse?) Our speaking expresses the condition of our heart.  To deal with our speaking, we have to let the Lord deal with our hearts.  When my heart is circumcised (cut off) and filled with grace, spontaneously I would overflow grace in my speaking.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf8TOR1lYd0
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/nt/643
(Q8) Are you keeping your room neat and tidy?  Do you sleep / eat / exercise / study regularly?  God is a God of order, regularity and diligence, but are you expressing this aspect of God in your daily living (Ecclesiastes 3:11, Luke 9:14-17, etc.)
 As we deny who we are and open ourselves to the Lord helplessly and hopelessly, confessing we are messy and lazy, God's life would come in to shine, supply and regulate.  It is in this way, we are becoming His duplicate in our daily living, expressing who He is through little things.
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/ns/285
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvO0F0m2B5s
(Q9) Jesus, the King of kings, was riding on a donkey (Matthew 21:5).  If you were a king, would you choose to ride on a donkey?  
看哪，你的王來到你這裡，是溫柔的，騎著驢...
Though Jesus is kingly, He is lowly.  To be as kingly as He is, we have to be made as lowly as He is.  When I am proud, demanding, insisting and dominating, I am not a reflection of this King on a donkey.
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1068 

(Q10) You are a thornbush all right (Genesis 3:18 ), me too.  We all are cursed due to Adam's fall.  But are you a shining thornbush? (Exodus 3:2-3)

Instead of hurting people all around us, we ought to shine like luminaries, holding forth the word of life (Philippians 2:15-16).
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