哥林多後書 5-6

ch 5

6 時常存良心，行事憑信心，便可坦然無懼
eg 現下的環境或情況，可能會讓我們做出與聖經教導不一樣的決定，但我們應該要憑"信心"行

9 如何立志 得主的喜悅，不論活著或死後?
常禱告(Ivy)，遵守+人與人的fellowship(Hilary)，讀經(年芳)，學習把自己放比別人低(yo)

12 你們:哥林多信徒
保羅並非在誇耀自己，並立榜樣，使其他人能分辨是非與假的傳道人，並回應非信徒的質疑

13 為何基督的愛會讓我們忘形?
因為對神可以用自己的方式(如方言)， 可是向其他人的時候必須要使用大家懂的方式，且謹守的方式，避免嚇到人!

18-19 耶穌使神與人和好，使徒借傳福音也可以使神與人和好，此處沒有說到人與人之間的和好。

ch 6
1 要時常提醒自己不可徒受神的恩典。

8-10 很多傳教士所面臨的狀況，其實是有盼望不像世人所見的糟糕

11-14 狹窄:因為哥林多人只聽從自己所信的教派，所以保羅想叫他們打開心胸接受別人。
保羅真情流露，以較軟的姿態建立溝通的空間。

14 同負一軛是往同一個方向，立場相同的意思，並非指交往。
但義和不義是立場相對的，不過可以與不信的人交往並帶到神的面前，使之相信。
對另一伴的信仰要求: 起碼要有開放的態度，有變成基督徒的可能

Yo  當在想別人是怎樣的人的時候，要提醒自己已經開始高姿態了~
Ivy 人跟人的和好!? 常禱告，尋找下個階段的訊息~
Hilary

2 Corinthians 3-4

Discussion

1). 3:13-14 摩西的帕子 ？
<http://www.sekiong.net/BS/CoII/CoII_3.htm>

vv. 7-11 此段引自出埃及記34：27-35，記載摩西第二次取得十誡法版從西奈山下來時，臉上發光，他不知道自己臉上發光。亞倫跟以色列人看見摩西臉上的光不敢靠近他。摩西為他們拿帕子蒙住自己的臉。百姓怕摩西臉上射出的上帝榮光，這是他們對自身罪的反應，摩西所蒙的帕子代表百姓和神之間的隔閡，帕子凸顯百姓的罪。雖然我們已經被上帝分別為聖，在信心軟弱時仍然會害怕面對上帝的榮光(Kruse, 哥林多後書，pp. 94-96)。

這榮光原是漸漸退去的。意思是摩西臉上耀眼的光芒是暫時的，會漸漸退去，不是永久的。換言之，律法從上帝來，是上帝聖潔的要求，雖然是榮耀的，卻是暫時的。因為律法的功用，是要顯露罪。但是基督來要成全律法，使凡信他的都得著義，得著生命。（羅10:4）因為賜生命的不是人，乃是聖靈，而新約就是要叫人因耶穌而得生命。因此新約（聖靈）的職事比舊約（摩西）的職事更有榮耀。

2). 4:10-12 傳講福音的人 vs. 領受福音的人
--> 我們只是普通的瓦器 裝著這並非是實體的寶貝
--> (always) 常帶著耶穌的死

3). 4:4
--> 這世界的神明 可以代表很多東西
--> 人們崇尚的東西 (e.g. 科學 錢 偶像)

4). 4:18
--> 在這世界上積的財寶都是暫時的 都會過去 而我們要專注在積天上的財寶

Application

1). 傳福音
--> 使耶穌的死與活都顯明在我們身上 

2 Corinthians 1-2

Questions/Discussions

1). 1:17-18 這邊"Yes yes" 跟 "No no"的意思以及後面提到在神裡面？
- 保羅的個性問題？
- 針對哥林多教會對他的批評做出回應？

2). 1:23 "寬容"
- 保羅覺得哥林多教會對他還有成見，所以他不願專程為了斥責他們而去拜訪。

3). 1:24 很像爸爸在對小孩子講話

4). 2:3 態度比較軟化，感覺很誠懇。
- 保羅很清楚他們之間的關係

5). 2:5-11 挑起爭端的人
- 犯姦淫的人或是搞分裂的人 (引起教會爭端的人)
- 2:8 "reaffirm your love for him"
- 2:9 (msg) "The focus of my letter wasn't on punishing the offender but on getting you to take responsibility for the health of the church." 讓教會可以繼續成長下去

6). 2:13 這邊Titus是要帶著保羅的信去哥林多教會然後在回去跟他復合。
- 保羅很想知道哥林多教會的狀況，很希望先從Titus 那邊得到消息。
- 保羅看重同工多於工作

7). 2:14-17 Aroma 就很像是福音，相信的人可以得到生命，不肯相信的人= death

Application

1). 面對衝突的時候該有甚麼樣的態度

i v x 1 Corinthians

1:5-9
For in him you have been enriched in every way -- in your speaking and in all your knowledge -- because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

2:2-5
For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but wit ha demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

3:1
Brother, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly -- mere infants in Christ.

3:12-13
If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.

3:16
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

4:3-5
I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

4:7
For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

5:6-8
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast -- as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

6:12
"Everything is permissible for me" -- but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me" -- but I will not be mastered by anything.

7:35
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

8:1b-2
Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

8:9
Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

9:19
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to eveyone, to win as many as possible.

9:24-26
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.

10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

10:23-24
"Everything is permissible" -- but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible" -- but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

11:27-28
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

12:13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body -- whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free -- and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

12:22-25
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensible, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

14:19-20
But in the church I would rather speak give intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

15:42-44a
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

16:13-14
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.

本週目標

年芳   對家人要有耐心～
yo  在家徹底實行愛的真諦
Ivy  未來的不確定感
Isamu  十三章最後一節 faith hope and love  加強對神的信任 少煩惱

1 Corinthians 11-12

Chapter 11

Question

1. 前面第一段提到很多髮型的問題 (頭髮的造型,蒙頭 etc.)？外觀並非這裡的重點,然而背後的含意和所表現的屬靈態度才是我們需要注意的。
2. 順服的含意？

重點整理：

1. 11章10節的含意:讓敗壞的天使看見女性的順服,使其看見自己的不是,蒙頭是順服和敬畏頭(丈夫,神)的表現。<假如當時夏娃有順服而不是自己做頭，或許不會犯錯?>
2. 愛筵和聖餐的意義合適當的行為,假如我們守聖餐時沒有重新省視自己,就是自招審判。沒有分享的愛筵是否也失去了應有的含意？
3. 每一個肢體都是被需要且出於同一個聖靈，好的肢體不至於分裂，不同肢體可以互相關懷，一同受苦，一同快樂，一同得榮耀。

Applications & Challenges:

1. 是否我們年紀越增長越難替人著想，或是難以將自己和一個團體連結在一起?

• Isamu: 做為領導團契的人，要保持自己順服的心和用沒有偏見的視角看人。
• 年芳: 學會把話講清楚。
• Ivy: 不要瞬間當刺蝟。(多一點容忍和慢慢的想?)
• Yo: 一個肢體的思想,而不是誰誰誰?

1 Corinthians 9-10

Chapter 9 

問題

1. Verse 9 -- 牛在工作的時候，也要讓牠可以吃草～就像在傳福音的人一樣，工作的同時也可以有回報/補給/權益。(好像任何在教會服侍工作的人就不應該拿錢？)

重點/感想/Life application

1. 有人在服侍，也需要有人在旁邊幫忙支持，不然可能支撐不下去。但保羅在這裡是意志力很強，就算沒有其他人的幫助了解，他還是可以繼續走下去，朝著目標繼續走下去才是正確的想法，這是我們可以學習的。(v.24-27)
2. "He's different, but I'm better." 有些時候不放低自己或改變態度，"傳福音"也是無意義的，因為根本沒辦法傳到人的心裡。要學習用別人的角度或心態看事情，穿著別人的鞋子走衣里路！(v.19-23)

Chapter 10 

問題

1. v.29 -- 所以到底是可不可以吃？(這邊是在解釋別人的良心，我們很清楚我們吃的是甚麼，所以對我們來說這些食物就沒有甚麼特別意義。)

重點/感想/Life application 

1. "'I have the right to do anything,' you say -- but not everything is beneficial. 'I have the right to do anything' -- but not everything is constructive. No one should seek their own good, but the good of others."(v.23-24) 
2. "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God -- even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved." (v.31-33)我們的所言所行不要讓別人跌倒。Take out the - and add more +!
3. 不能同時信神又信鬼。很多人同時拜很多神，很不安的在尋求一些安慰。我們要怎麼面對當身邊的朋友在拜一些其他的偶像？(v.21)
4. 你自以為站得穩，你認為你都了解都知道了，提醒太過自信的人說你的驕傲反而會讓你跌倒。對於那些自信比較不足的人，這邊也提到說神不會給你所不能承受的試探/功課，當做是一個鼓勵。但有時候我們也要不斷的去嘗試了解神的旨意，才不會在錯誤的道路上堅持己見。(v.12-13)

感謝事項

• Isamu gift show 的part time job，有神的帶領以及錢的幫助！小祝福～:3

歌林多前書八章

9-11節
10節  為何軟弱的人會放膽去吃…感覺好像軟弱的人應該會沒膽吃？
ps msg把11節的原因解釋的很清楚～

1 Corinthians 7

Discussion

• About marriage and being single -- Paul favours unmarried so that we "may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord" (v.35)
• 討論結婚的動機以及時機，還有一些對感情上的看法。
• "And don't be wishing you were some place else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God's place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life." (v.17a, MSG) So we know that God has a perfect plan for us, whether it has been revealed or not. 

Prayer Request

• Isamu -- 希望能藉著這次的一個旅行跟休息能有新的insight 來啟動thesis mode; 有動力以及能力能去完成master的工作。
• Tiffany -- Interview with Microsoft on Tuesday Feb. 28! (YAY! =D) and also midterm on Wed! 
• Ivy -- Future career path/studies 

歌林多前書6章

結論

19-20節
身體跟心靈都是屬神的

1-6節
教會內不好的事情，不要帶到教會外

7-8節
情願為主吃虧

1 Corinthians 4-5

Questions:
- 在第四章的開頭 有教導要我們不可評斷人 因為唯有神是有權能和公正可以評斷的，可是在第五章當中，又有教我們要把那行為不聖潔的趕離我們當中，這樣有否存在著矛盾？
- 四章:8-13想表達的真正含意是? (參考解經書!)
- 五章:9-11我們和教外或教內的人有不同的相處標準?
- 五章:3-"5", 9-13 (參考解經書)

重點歸納:
-我們不應該評斷任何人，因為我們無法看見別人行為背後的動機，應該等待神來做祂的審判和獎賞。(四章:1-5)
-比較起判斷人的是非，我們必須先和當事人站在一起，了解事情的始末。
-我們不應該無視或刻意忽略弟兄姐妹犯的錯

分享:
-做為基督徒，我們應該實常檢視自己的動機

1 Corinthians 2-3

Isamu's sharing - "In the Name of Jesus" by Henri J.M. Nouwen
n reflections on Christian leadership
n choosing what is easier (e.g. to control, to hold power)

Temptations (esp. to church leaders) 
1) To be relevant
n not pursuing relevance in this world
n understand God's will
2) To be spectacular
n constant confession and forgivenes
n admit that even leaders have weakness and make mistakes
3) To be powerful

Background 

Paul 的書信
n 輩份問題
n discussion about parent-child communication

Chapter 3 Discussion

v.1
n self-righteousness
n 行為言語不見得是follow the Spirit

v.9

v.12-15
n "the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved -- even though only as one escaping through the flames."
n 建立慕道的人
n 教導的人如果不用心的教導 (poor quality), the building won't survive and the builder will barely survive ("the fire will test the quality of each person's work")
n 不單單只是有沒有事奉的差別 而是有沒有用心
n 在被建造的同時 我們也在建造別人

v.18
n how do you make yourself fools?
n be humble
n related to chapter 2 -- 神用這個世界看起來愚拙的人事 來顯現祂的智慧 (1Cor1:21)
n wise by the standards of this age = knowledge; 知識, 不代表智慧
n 當我們自己以為甚麼都知道的時候 (yeah yeah we know it all~) 反而聽不到 神要跟我們講的話

v.18-20
n relating back to Chapter - wisdom

重點summarize 


1) v.1, 3 - "mere infants in Christ"
n 我們還是按著屬世的生活標準在過
n 認知這一點很重要，要時常提醒自己。

2) v.5, 21-23 - know that we are of Christ, not of anyone else

3) 我們都是神的殿 要在基督的根基上互相建造 (with good quality) (針對教會的同工)
n 我們的根基不會變; unified
n Proverbs 16:24 "Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."

For next week:

Chapter 4-5
n to judge or not judge? contradictory point?

這樣讀聖經就對了part 1

研讀聖經的原則:

1. 你必須做基本的研讀
2. 你必須記錄所研讀的結果
3. 你要每天持續並系統性的研讀
4. 你的研讀結果必須可以傳遞下去
5. 你必須在生活中應用所學

基礎經文分析法:

基本要素：

Observation

Interpretation

Correlation

Application

基本步驟:

1. 閱讀上下文，並注意其分段。如果決定段落很困難，則參考較近代的聖經譯本。
2. 注意每一個你觀察到，或是任何有可能的生活應用。挖掘問題，並盡量具體的描述它。未來你進行其他步驟時，時常會用到這個方式。
3. 用你自己的話簡短的將這幾節經文重新寫出來。試著表達它要傳達的核心訊息。
4. 將這三個概念與聖經中類似的概念互相對照。聖經最好的住是就是聖經本身。找一些有助於解釋，說明或澄清的經文。

範例:帖撒羅尼迦前書 五:16-18

(O) 三項命令:　喜樂，導告，謝恩

(O) 這三向命力都有修飾詞: 常常 不住 凡事。

(O) 這是神在基督耶穌裡，向你們鎖定的旨意。這個句子是指這三項命令而言。

(O) 我們可以在不改變這句話的意思之下，將這三個修辭互相交換，如：常常喜樂，常常禱告，常常謝恩。

(A) 18節 "謝恩"不是我的強項,因為我時常抱怨。

(A) 我有時候喜樂，而不是常常喜樂。

( I ) 這些修辭都有"不停止"的概念：也就是說，我們在任何時候都要遵守這三項命令。

( I ) 第17節可以用字面的意義來解釋嗎? 我們有可能真的"不停"的禱告嗎? 亦或是保羅在這裡提到的事一種態度? 

附註:這算是我挑選出比較實用的精簡版，所以如果有哪一段大家覺得不夠清楚，我稍後再補充

1 Corinthians 1

Questions

Chapter 1: v. 21

Chapter 2: v. 15-16

Observations

Chapter 1


v.10
n  就算我們意見不同，還是要記得我們信的是同一個神 。
n  Our sense of self are often caught up in our opinions if we don’t have a deep relationship with God


The main point: 有一致的想法，有共同的目標。(現代中文譯本)

V.10-17
n  It is God who called you into fellowship with Jesus Christ, not Paul, not Cephas, not anyone else
n  Learning to build a community of Christ together
n  Our center is still God
n  “perfectly united in mind and thought” – rooting in our faith

V.17
n  我們的目的就是要一起去傳福音，而我們傳的是 神的話而不是我們自己的話語。

V.18-31
n  God’s wisdom vs. human wisdom