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讓人不舒服的議題   --   熊天牧牧師

5/17/2020

 
​    新冠疫情徹底改變了我們生活的模式。在最近「重新開放」的聲浪中,我們看到整個世界在許多方面,比如說經濟體系、社會體系和醫療體系等都需要重建。這讓我想到,當福音一旦介入我們的生活之後,我們就有一個全新的生命,我們的生活模式也會相對的徹底改變;我們的生活體系在各方面也都需要進行重建。可是,這也讓我意識到自己裡面仍然殘餘著許多固有的本性,正在抗拒福音的運行,也因此讓生活的重建緩慢下來。這些固有的本性躲在基督徒內心裏面的一些陰暗角落,是我們不喜歡別人看見的,甚至連自己都很怕看見。在聖經裡有些議題,道理我都很清楚,我也很會呼喊口號,但若走深一點,我就不願意去碰觸了,因為碰了,就必須面對自己陰暗的角落,會讓我感覺不舒服。這些議題包括:
人喜歡躲在黑暗裡;
必須翻轉的世界觀與價值觀;
對人分享自己的失敗和軟弱;
捨不得離開的「舒適區」;
      摘下面具。

因為我雖然已經是基督徒,卻仍然喜歡躲在黑暗裡面,不敢曝光,讓人看見;而「舒適區」是一塊我很熟悉、習慣的地方,待在裡面太舒服了,又有安全感,你卻要我離開,我怎麼捨得呢?我又要面對揮之不去的世界觀與價值觀,也因此不敢分享自己的失敗和軟弱;也不願意摘下保護自己的面具。

在疫情當中,我想到了這些議題,因此推出「讓人不舒服的議題」講道系列。我的目的絕對不是要使人「不舒服」,而是希望藉此提供一個思考生命旅程的機會。就像新冠病毒必須被清除,我們才能不害怕、有平安;而基督徒內心陰暗的角落也必須被清除,我們生命的成長才不會停滯,這才是真平安的來源。

有意思的是福音的大能絕對遠超過我們的想像,當我們在如此的困境當中經歷到福音的時候,你不但不會感到不舒服,反而會更欣賞耶穌基督的救贖。約翰福音3章21節說:「但行真理的必來就光,要顯明他所行的是靠 神而行。」這是主耶穌告訴我們的好消息。「行真理的」的意思,你不必想得太複雜,就是那單單仰望上帝恩典的。若真是如此,那我們一定很高興向主敞開,你也無法想像,跨出黑暗有多簡單。這就是信主之道!

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