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Lesson 5 There is God, Short story shepherding material
So marvelous! Someone must have made it
Newton made an wonderful small physical model of the solar system. When handle is pulled, all the planetary models can go around harmoniously without any conflict.
One day, when Newton's friend saw this small model working so harmoniously without conflict. He was greatly impressed and asked Newton, "Wow! This model is really a wonder. Who made it?" Newton intentionally said "No one made it, it itself works on its own." His friend said, "Impossible, it's such a perfect masterpiece that there must be someone who made it, and this man must be a genius. Who is he?"
Then Newton said, "See ! even this small model can't be produced by itself to work so harmoniously that there must be someone who made it. Thus, in this truly vast universe, there must be a "Creator" who created it. The wonder of this great universe proves that there must be a "God" who creats and governs everything. 』
God's Declared Through the Universe.
The Bible says "God's eternal power and divine characteristics are seen through creation". As a picture expresses the characteristics of the painter; so the Creator’s characteristics are expressed through His created universe.
God revealed in the bible
In the Old Testament, God’s primary titles are : Elohim and Johovah. Elohim, means "faithful strong One", God is strong in strength and faithful in word. Jehovah means "I Am Who I Am" revealing that God is the One who was in the past , who is in the present , and who is to come in the future.In the New Testament, "Jesus" means that "Jehovah is our Savior, or our "Jehovah is the Salvation." The Lord Jesus is our Savior and Salvation, bringing us into the rest. .
God's plan for man
God's ultimate plan for man is for man to express ( = live out) God. If we pray to God and receive Him, God will come into us and fill us. God is no longer an "objective" God outside of us, but a "subjective" God within us. God desires to fill us with Himself and change our whole being. To be a true Christian is to know God and be filled with God so that God can be expressed ( lived out), which is the true worship of God
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第五課 有神,小故事牧養材料
太精巧了!必定有人製造它
牛頓造了個很精巧的太陽系的小模型。
只要一拉把手, 所有的星球模型竟能和諧ㄧ致地運轉且互不相撞 。
某一天,當牛頓的朋友一看見這個精巧小模型如此奇妙地運轉且互不相撞 。
他覺很佩服就問牛頓說 『哇!這模型真是太精巧了，誰造的啊?』
牛頓故意說 『沒有人製造它,它自己就運轉起來啦 』 。
他朋友說 『不可能！ ,它實在太精巧了, 必定有人製造它，
而且這人必定是個天才，他到底是誰啊?』
牛頓這才說『你看,連這小模型都不可能靠自己產生出來而如此奇妙運轉，
必定有人製造了它。同樣,在這真正浩瀚宇宙，
必定有創造它的"造物者",可見 這宇宙中一定"有神"正在主宰支配一切。』
神藉宇宙的宣告。
聖經說『神永遠的大能和神性的特徵，由創造即可洞見』。
一幅圖畫如何彰顯那畫家的特性；
照樣，造物主的特性也藉著祂的創造彰顯出來。
聖經中啓示的神
在舊約,神的較常之稱謂：伊羅欣、耶和華。伊羅欣,意為『信實的大能者』,
神在能力上是大能的，在祂的話上是信實的。耶和華 意為『我是那我是』
啓示出神是昔是、今是、以後永是的一位。
在新約,“耶穌”意為『耶和華救主，或耶和華救恩』。
主耶穌就是耶和華成了我們的救恩,救主，帶我們進入安息。
神對人的計畫
神對人終極的計劃是要人彰顯(=活出)神。
如果我們向祂禱告並接受祂，神就會進到我們裏面並充滿我們。
神不再是我們身外"客"觀的神，而是我們裏面"主"觀的神。
神要用祂自己充滿我們，並改變我們的全人。
真正作基督徒乃是認識神,並被神充滿,以致彰顯(=活出)神,才是真正的敬拜神
