保罗做外邦人的使徒,不是凭着自己,而是蒙神呼召。在大马色的路上遇见基督之后,保罗深知自己还在母腹中,神已将他分别出来,又施恩召了他。Paul became an apostle to the Gentiles not by his own choosing, but because he was called by God. After meeting Christ on the road to Damascus, Paul understood that God had set him apart and called him by grace even while he was still in his mother’s womb.他过往的每一个经历,无论是逼迫残害神的教会,还是热心于律法,受教于迦玛列门下,都是神所掌管的,又被神所使用,成为见证。Every experience he had in the past—whether it was persecuting and harming God’s church, or being zealous for the law and taught by Gamaliel—was under God’s control and used by Him to make Paul a witness.
神将祂儿子启示在保罗心里,为让他脱离外在律法的辖制,与基督的生命联合。保罗从神亲自领受了使命,往外邦人中传福音,就没有与属血气的商量。God revealed His Son in Paul’s heart so that he could be freed from the bondage of the external law and united with the life of Christ. Paul received his mission directly from God to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, and he did not consult with flesh and blood.保罗用尽一生,不以性命为念,也不看为宝贵,活着不再是自己,而是让耶稣在里面活,证明神恩惠的福音,忠心完成了神的托付。Paul spent his entire life not considering his own life as precious, living no longer for himself, but for Jesus to live in him—proclaiming the gospel of God’s grace and faithfully fulfilling God’s commission.
主啊,我在母腹中,你早已拣选。圣灵将神的爱浇灌在我们里面,我也被主耶稣舍命的大爱感动吸引,回应你的呼召,献上自己。ord, you have already chosen me in my mother’s womb. The Holy Spirit pours God’s love into us, and I am moved and drawn by the great love of the Lord Jesus who gave His life for me. I respond to your call and offer myself to you.然而身边有多少属血气的人起来拦阻,仇敌也不断地说:这条路太难了!奉主的名斥责那恶者离开!主啊,我的心要坚定于你!我要跟随到底!Yet, there are so many worldly people around me who rise up to block my way, and the enemy keeps whispering, “This road is too difficult!” In the name of the Lord, I rebuke the evil one—leave! Lord, my heart must be steadfast in you! I will follow you to the end!
主啊,求你赦免我靠自己行事,想荣耀自己,走错了路…离了你,我就不能做什么。主啊,改变保罗的灵,今天也住在我里面,Lord, please forgive me for acting on my own, seeking to glorify myself, and going down the wrong path. Without you, I can do nothing. Lord, the same Spirit who transformed Paul lives in me today.靠着你的恩典,帮助我也背起自己的十字架,钉死自己,叫自己的意思受苦,效法你的死,使我也可以活过来,脱离家族咒诅的追赶,见证你福音的大能!By your grace, help me to take up my own cross, crucify my flesh, surrender my will, and imitate your death—so that I may live, break free from the curse of my family, and bear witness to the power of your gospel!
(付传道Pastor Fu)