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客旅的尊贵生活(1Pet.2:11-25)
The Pilgrims’ Honourable Living
一.属天的盼望与真正的属灵(v.11-12)
True spirituality related to our hope of heaven
- 我们在地上是客旅,寄居的
We are sojourners and pilgrims
- 里面的敬虔---禁戒肉体的私欲
Inward piety---keeps away
from fleshly lusts
- 外面的敬虔---因好行为,引人归向基督
Outward piety --- By our
good works we might point others to Christ
二. 顺服政权的理由(v.13-17)
The reasons of submission to authorities
- 为主的缘故---权柄都是神设立的,为众人的益处(v.13, Rom.13:1)
For the Lord’s sake
--- all authorities are ordained by God for men’s good
- 神的旨意---基督徒行善可以堵住无知人的口(v.15)
The will of God --- by doing
good, Christians may put to silence foolish men
- 在基督里的自由---选择照神的吩咐顺服权柄(v.16)
The liberty in Christ--- the
command is given to submit ourselves to authorities
- 为良心的缘故(Rom 13:5)
for conscience’s sake
三. 仆人顺服不讲理的主人(v.18-20)
The submission of slaves to their unreasonable masters
四. 耶稣基督是我们的榜样(v.21-25)
Christ, our example
- 为什么基督徒仆人要受苦?你们蒙召原是如此(v.21)
Why must Christian slaves suffer?
Because we are called to suffer
- 主耶稣为义受苦的原则
Christ’s principle-- righteous suffering
- 基督的受苦是无辜的,出于祂的公义(v.22)
Christ’s suffering was
innocent suffering due to His righteousness
- 基督受苦时默默无声(v.23)
Christ’s suffering was silent
- 基督受苦是自己的拣选,不是人强加给祂的悲剧(约10:18)
Christ’s suffering
was a path He chose
- 基督的受苦是出于信心,将自己交托给公义的神(v.23b)
Our Lord’s obedience
was an act of faith
- 基督的受苦是为救赎我们 (v.24)
Our Lord’s suffering was
redemptive
- 基督从受苦到高升,得荣耀,作我们灵魂的牧人(v.25)
Our Lord’s suffering
was the divinely means to His glorification and
exaltation