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经文:
马太福音24:3-14
"… 并要在… 直到地极… 作我的见证。" 徒1:8 |
Scripture:
Matthew 24:3-14
"You will be my witnesses ... to the ends of the earth." —Acts 1:8 |
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"神爱世人… " (约翰福音3:16) , 收割的主 —— 耶稣, 祂爱墨西哥、巴黎、纽约、开罗、多伦多、危地马拉、北京、莫斯科、迈阿密、雅加达、内罗毕、埃德蒙顿、的黎波里和西雅图等各地的人。 随着时光的流逝, 我们全权全能的神也使国与国之间的关系日益密切。所以, 向"各国" 和本地人传福音已经成为一个普世的使命。如今, 许多人都发现, 世界各地的人陆续来到北美。据2000年美国的统计数字显示, 来自世界各地的移民人数达到3, 110万, 占美国总人口的11.1%, 与1999年的1, 980万人口相比, 有明显的急剧增长。直至2009年, 移民人数再次大幅上升至3, 850万, 比二十年前增加了近两倍。 今天, 耶稣要我们效法祂, 在自己所处的地方实践祂的普世宣教使命。因此, 当许多其他国家的人们住在我们当中, 我们就要学习服侍"各国的人民" , 如同服侍我们城市和家园当中的邻舍一样。 另一方面, 我们仍然要扩张"直到地极" 的异象, 抓住向普世宣教的机会。 这是何等令人兴奋的时刻!你愿意如何参与到主耶稣普世宣教的使命当中来呢? |
"God so loved the world . . ." (John 3:16). Jesus, the Lord of the harvest, loves the people of Mexico City, Paris, New York City, Cairo, Toronto, Guatemala City, Beijing, Moscow, Miami, Jakarta, Nairobi, Edmonton, Tripoli, and Seattle. As time goes on, our sovereign God is also bringing the nations closer together, so there is a convergence of the mission "to the nations" and the mission to people in our own local areas. Today, for example, many of us are discovering that the peoples of the world are coming to North America. According to the United States census in 2000, immigrants from around the world numbered 31.1 million, or 11.1 percent of the U.S. population. This was a rapid increase from 19.8 million in 1990. And by 2009 the immigrant population rose again significantly to 38.5 million, nearly twice the amount from twenty years ago. Today Jesus asks us to follow him into his global mission right where we are. So as people from many nations come to live among us, we learn to serve "the nations" as our neighbors in our cities and backyards. Even so, we are also still drawn into mission opportunities internationally, "to the ends of the earth." What an exciting time! What are you willing to do to join Jesus in his global mission? |
祷告主啊, 感谢祢将世界各地不同地方的人带到我们身边, 求祢指教我们, 如何拆除阻隔我们与邻舍之间的种族围墙。奉耶稣的名求, 阿们! |
PrayerLord, show us how to break down walls that keep us from reaching out to neighbors. Thank you for bringing people from the ends of the earth to our own area. Amen. |
今天经文: 马太福音24:3-143 耶稣在橄榄山上坐着, 门徒暗暗地来说: "请告诉我们, 什么时候有这些事?你降临和世界的末了有什么预兆呢?"4 耶稣回答说: "你们要谨慎, 免得有人迷惑你们。 5 因为将来有好些人冒我的名来, 说: '我是基督', 并且要迷惑许多人。 6 你们也要听见打仗和打仗的风声, 总不要惊慌; 因为这些事是必须有的, 只是末期还没有到。 7 民要攻打民, 国要攻打国; 多处必有饥荒、地震。 8 这都是灾难的起头。 9 那时, 人要把你们陷在患难里, 也要杀害你们; 你们又要为我的名被万民恨恶。 10 那时, 必有许多人跌倒, 也要彼此陷害, 彼此恨恶; 11 且有好些假先知起来, 迷惑多人。 12 只因不法的事增多, 许多人的爱心才渐渐冷淡了。 13 惟有忍耐到底的, 必然得救。 14 这天国的福音要传遍天下, 对万民作见证, 然后末期才来到。" 回到页顶 |
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