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REVELATION 3

启示录 3章

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

20看哪,我站在门外叩门,若有听见我声音就开门的,我要进到他那里去,我与他,他与我一同坐席。



ANSWER THE DOOR!!!!

回应(主的)敲门

This is probably the most misused verse in the Bible, when I came to faith back in 1975, this was the verse that I remember from the book Journey into life. But it is not aimed at unbelievers, it comes right at the end off the letters to the seven churches and indeed right at the end of the last one to the Laodicean church, which has some of the strongest rebukes in the Bible.

这可能是《圣经》中被误用最多的一节,当我在1975年开始信主时,这是我记得的《生命之旅》一书中的一节。但它并不是针对不信教的人,它出现在给七个教会的信的末尾,实际上也出现在最后一封给老底嘉教会的信的末尾,老底嘉教会在圣经中得到了一些最强烈的谴责。

You remember that Jesus has become so upset with this Church and its compromise that he has threatened to spew them out of his mouth, that means what they are makes him physically sick. This Church was not one thing or the other, they wanted to serve Christ and still wanted to live in the world.

你还记得,对于该教会 及其妥协的态度,耶稣非常不满,他威胁要把他从嘴里吐出来,这意味着这个教会让他身体感到不适。这个教会不是这样或那样,他们想侍奉基督,仍然想生活在这个世界上。

But there is hope, this is one of the greatest invitations in the Bible. Let's look at it for a minute.

但盼望是有的,这是圣经中最伟大的邀请之一。让我们看一分钟。

It is Jesus who is knocking, Behold I stand, if you go and read in Song of Solomon chapter 5:2, Solomon is seeking for his bride. This is a wonderful picture of what Jesus is doing today, he is earnestly seeking his bride, the Church. He is standing at the door of the Church and knocking to get in. Is he standing at your Church and knocking to get in?

是耶稣在敲门,看哪,我站着,如果你去读所罗门之歌第五章第二节,所罗门正在寻找他的新娘。这是耶稣今天所做的一幅奇妙的图画,他恳切地寻找他的新娘-就是教会。他站在教堂门口,敲门要进去。他有没有 站在你的教堂门口,敲门要进去呢?



Although these letters were addressed to the Leaders of the seven Churches, this invitation is to everyone in the Church. note the words, if any one hear my voice and open the door. This whole invitation is a personal invite for every Christian as well as for the whole Church. The Lord stands at the door of each believers heart and he is constantly knocking, but the door handle is on the inside, it's up to you Believer’s to open the door.

虽然这些信是写给七个教会的领袖的,但这份邀请是写给教会的每一个人的。记住这些话,如果有人听到我的声音就开门。整个邀请是对每一个 基督徒 个人的邀请,也是对整个教会的邀请。主耶稣站在每个信徒的门口,他不断地敲门,但门把手是在里面的,要靠信徒自己去开门。



Well what happens when you open the door, it's the most glorious thing ever, Jesus comes and has intimate communion with us, there are two amazing promises here, one is that Jesus will come in, when you open the door, he will be there. Sometimes you open the door after someone has been knocking and they have disappeared, not Jesus. Secondly, he will have fellowship with us and get this.. us with him. The most intimate thing that we have is a meal and that is why Jesus is knocking, he wants intimate and deep fellowship.

当你打开门的时候发生了什么,这是最荣耀的事情,耶稣来了,和我们有亲密的交流,这里有两个惊人的承诺,第一 是耶稣会进来,当你打开门的时候,他会在那里(不会走)。生活中有时候 你听到有人敲门,你打开门时 他们已经不见了,但耶稣不会这样。其次,他会与我们相交并得到这个。我们和他在一起。我们拥有的最亲密的东西是一个宴席,这就是为什么耶稣敲门,他想要亲密和深入的交通。

It's time for some Churches to open the door to Jesus, because the door to him, is closed. Are you going to brave enough to open it?

所以教会来说,现在正是为耶稣敞开大门的时候,因为通往他的大门已经关闭。你有足够的勇气打开它吗?



As an individual believer are you going to open the door of your own life to Jesus?

作为一个信徒,你会打开你自己生命的门来迎接耶稣吗?



How long are you going to leave him at your door knocking?

你打算让他敲你的门多久呢



It's time to answer the door!!!

是时候打开门了



God Bless You,

愿上帝祝福你

Keith







SMALL THINGS

小事物



“For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth…Zechariah 4:10.”

“谁藐视这日的事为小呢?这七眼乃是耶和华的眼睛,遍察全地。见所罗巴伯手拿线铊就欢喜……撒加利亚书 4:10”



Big things usually start small and the temple was to be rebuilt by Ezra and Zechariah. Jesus said that if you have faith, the size of a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed, it would move mountains.

大事通常从小事开始,圣殿是由以斯拉和撒迦利亚重建的。耶稣说,如果你有一颗芥菜种子那么大的信心,即便是最小的种子,它却可以移山。



You don't have to have a large ministry to have an impact; it is not the size of the ministry or of the church that counts. Your church can have 20 members and can greatly influence its community. Because, if those members are filled with God's power and a church of 300 is largely dead or lifeless, which one does God bless and use?

你不需要有一个很大的部门来产生影响;重要的不是牧区的规模或教会的规模。你的教会可以有20个成员,可以对社区产生巨大的影响。因为,如果这些成员都充满了上帝的力量,而一个300人的教会基本上已经死亡或没有生命,上帝会保佑和使用哪一个呢?



Look back in the chapter to verse 6, the Lord says the work, any work for Him, is not by man's might but by his Spirit. He will bless the work. I worry about numbers, believe me, I am a numbers person, but God will bless the work however small it is.

回顾第6节,主说他的作工,一切作工,不是靠人的能力,而是靠他的灵。他将祝福这项作工。我担心数字,相信我,我是一个数字人,但上帝会保佑这作工,无论它是多么小。



Do not worry that your work is small. Do not despise it. You are working in your area of the vineyard and you are doing all you can. Watch God bless you, although you may be few and weak.

不要担心你的作工很小。不可轻看它。你在你的葡萄园里作工,尽你所能。尽管你可能又小又弱,上帝会保佑你的。



God bless you,

上帝祝福你,

Keith








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