28 October 2007
Knowing God
10/28/2007 10:06 PM Filed in: Michael Chen
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Knowing God: Deacon Michael Chen
Corinthians 2:16, "But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
Wisdom From the Spirit
6We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9However, as it is written:
"No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him"[b]— 10but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.[c] 14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
16"For who has known the mind of the Lord
that he may instruct him?"[d] But we have the mind of Christ.
Footnotes:
a. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts as I proclaimed to you God's mystery
b. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
c. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to spiritual men
d. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13
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Knowing God: Deacon Michael Chen
Corinthians 2:16, "But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2
1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[a] 2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. 4My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, 5so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.
Wisdom From the Spirit
6We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9However, as it is written:
"No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him"[b]— 10but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.[c] 14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:
16"For who has known the mind of the Lord
that he may instruct him?"[d] But we have the mind of Christ.
Footnotes:
a. 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts as I proclaimed to you God's mystery
b. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
c. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to spiritual men
d. 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13
同心建造 神的家–家人一體
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李穎霖長老 (John Lee)
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同心建造 神的家–家人一體: 李穎霖長老 (Elder John Lee)
以弗所書 2：11–22
11 所 以 你 們 應 當 記 念 ： 你 們 從 前 按 肉 體 是 外 邦 人 ， 是 稱 為 沒 受 割 禮 的 ； 這 名 原 是 那 些 憑 人 手 在 肉 身 上 稱 為 受 割 禮 之 人 所 起 的 。
12 那 時 ， 你 們 與 基 督 無 關 ， 在 以 色 列 國 民 以 外 ， 在 所 應 許 的 諸 約 上 是 局 外 人 ， 並 且 活 在 世 上 沒 有 指 望 ， 沒 有 神 。
13 你 們 從 前 遠 離 神 的 人 ， 如 今 卻 在 基 督 耶 穌 裡 ， 靠 著 他 的 血 ， 已 經 得 親 近 了 。
14 因 他 使 我 們 和 睦 （ 原 文 作 ： 因 他 是 我 們 的 和 睦 ） ， 將 兩 下 合 而 為 一 ， 拆 毀 了 中 間 隔 斷 的 牆 ；
15 而 且 以 自 己 的 身 體 廢 掉 冤 仇 ， 就 是 那 記 在 律 法 上 的 規 條 ， 為 要 將 兩 下 藉 著 自 己 造 成 一 個 新 人 ， 如 此 便 成 就 了 和 睦 。
16 既 在 十 字 架 上 滅 了 冤 仇 ， 便 藉 這 十 字 架 使 兩 下 歸 為 一 體 ， 與 神 和 好 了 ，
17 並 且 來 傳 和 平 的 福 音 給 你 們 遠 處 的 人 ， 也 給 那 近 處 的 人 。
18 因 為 我 們 兩 下 藉 著 他 被 一 個 聖 靈 所 感 ， 得 以 進 到 父 面 前 。
19 這 樣 ， 你 們 不 再 作 外 人 和 客 旅 ， 是 與 聖 徒 同 國 ， 是 神 家 裡 的 人 了 ；
20 並 且 被 建 造 在 使 徒 和 先 知 的 根 基 上 ， 有 基 督 耶 穌 自 己 為 房 角 石 ，
21 各 （ 或 作 ： 全 ） 房 靠 他 聯 絡 得 合 式 ， 漸 漸 成 為 主 的 聖 殿 。
22 你 們 也 靠 他 同 被 建 造 ， 成 為 神 藉 著 聖 靈 居 住 的 所 在 。
Ephesians 2:11-22
One in Christ
11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
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同心建造 神的家–家人一體: 李穎霖長老 (Elder John Lee)
以弗所書 2：11–22
11 所 以 你 們 應 當 記 念 ： 你 們 從 前 按 肉 體 是 外 邦 人 ， 是 稱 為 沒 受 割 禮 的 ； 這 名 原 是 那 些 憑 人 手 在 肉 身 上 稱 為 受 割 禮 之 人 所 起 的 。
12 那 時 ， 你 們 與 基 督 無 關 ， 在 以 色 列 國 民 以 外 ， 在 所 應 許 的 諸 約 上 是 局 外 人 ， 並 且 活 在 世 上 沒 有 指 望 ， 沒 有 神 。
13 你 們 從 前 遠 離 神 的 人 ， 如 今 卻 在 基 督 耶 穌 裡 ， 靠 著 他 的 血 ， 已 經 得 親 近 了 。
14 因 他 使 我 們 和 睦 （ 原 文 作 ： 因 他 是 我 們 的 和 睦 ） ， 將 兩 下 合 而 為 一 ， 拆 毀 了 中 間 隔 斷 的 牆 ；
15 而 且 以 自 己 的 身 體 廢 掉 冤 仇 ， 就 是 那 記 在 律 法 上 的 規 條 ， 為 要 將 兩 下 藉 著 自 己 造 成 一 個 新 人 ， 如 此 便 成 就 了 和 睦 。
16 既 在 十 字 架 上 滅 了 冤 仇 ， 便 藉 這 十 字 架 使 兩 下 歸 為 一 體 ， 與 神 和 好 了 ，
17 並 且 來 傳 和 平 的 福 音 給 你 們 遠 處 的 人 ， 也 給 那 近 處 的 人 。
18 因 為 我 們 兩 下 藉 著 他 被 一 個 聖 靈 所 感 ， 得 以 進 到 父 面 前 。
19 這 樣 ， 你 們 不 再 作 外 人 和 客 旅 ， 是 與 聖 徒 同 國 ， 是 神 家 裡 的 人 了 ；
20 並 且 被 建 造 在 使 徒 和 先 知 的 根 基 上 ， 有 基 督 耶 穌 自 己 為 房 角 石 ，
21 各 （ 或 作 ： 全 ） 房 靠 他 聯 絡 得 合 式 ， 漸 漸 成 為 主 的 聖 殿 。
22 你 們 也 靠 他 同 被 建 造 ， 成 為 神 藉 著 聖 靈 居 住 的 所 在 。
Ephesians 2:11-22
One in Christ
11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.