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喚醒教會的呼喊          熊天牧牧師

5/31/2020

 
​   最近讀了一篇文章(作者:Chip Ingram) ,題目是「Wake-Up Call for the Church」,我把它翻譯為「喚醒教會的呼喊」。作者說:「我們所知道的世界停止了!邊界關閉、學校和企業關閉,旅行渡假、外出就餐、球賽都暫停,甚至教堂禮拜也都全部停止。疫情就像一場大屠殺一樣,剝奪了成千上萬的生命,也造成上百萬患病者以及他們親友的恐慌。更帶來失業等龐大的社會成本,使許多原本生活就不容易的人無以為繼。」作者又丟出了問題:「如果這是因為世界(甚至在那些自稱基督徒的人中)充滿了暴力、腐敗、不公正、貪婪、權力控制、不道德和對窮人與邊緣化族群的忽視,以至於上帝允許這種邪惡的病毒傳播,導致世界停止運轉,那該怎麼辦?」

        我順著作者的指引去讀舊約的「耶利米哀歌」,我有點驚訝,因為發現其中的架構〈參新國際版研讀本聖經〉竟然與今天疫情中的情景相似:

「耶利米哀歌」 今天的疫情
耶路撒冷的悲慘和荒涼 (1章) 世界的悲慘和荒涼
耶和華向他的子民發怒 (2章) 耶和華向世界發怒
猶大的怨訴、以及得安慰的根源 (3章) 世人的怨訴、以及得安慰的根源
錫安今昔情況的對照 (4章) 世界今昔情況的對照
猶大懇求神的饒恕 (5章) 世人懇求神的饒恕(?)

        我在對照表中最後一行的右邊放了一個問號,意思是世人會因此懇求神的饒恕嗎?若從「啟示錄」裡看,上帝降下各式各樣的大災難,目的就是要喚醒人回頭,但結果卻是世人仍然硬著頸項。那麼我們基督徒如何看呢? 

        「喚醒教會的呼喊」的作者說:「因為上帝的憐憫,祂要藉著這場危機和悲劇,懇請並警告他任性的孩子們:『不要效法這個世界,只要心意更新而變化,叫你們察驗何為神的善良、純全、可喜悅的旨意。』這全球性的干預使我們停下來檢查自己,使我們悔改,丟棄自己的邪惡、貪婪和自我專注,並且要我們幫助弱者、解決不公、愛護貧窮、原諒我們的敵人。」

        新冠病毒疫情真的是上帝對世界的審判或懲罰嗎?我不能確定,因為我們很難對苦難的原因下定論。可是,不管是或不是,我們可以在這次世界停止當中,學習安靜,因此能夠聽見上帝喚醒教會的呼喊。目前最熱門的話題是「重新開放」,或許,至少我們可以重新設定尋求上帝和禱告的方向。或許,我們需要的是悔改,讓我們不離棄起初的愛心,繼續跟隨耶穌基督!

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