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教會開放了,大家一起來敬拜!           熊天牧牧師

6/14/2020

 
​        在三個月新冠病毒的壓抑之下,蒙愛羅省基督教會所有的堂會要在6月21日,開放親自參與的主日崇拜了!這是好消息,因為我們又能夠親自與弟兄姊妹一同來敬拜上帝。但同時我們的心也忐忑不安,因為疫情的壓力還沒消失。在這樣的情形之下,我們可以思想兩個問題:第一,為什麼要集體敬拜?第二,為什麼我們要親自參與?

        主耶穌說:「因為無論在哪裡,有兩三個人奉我的名聚會,那裡就有我在他們中間。」〈馬太福音18:20〉這讓我們看到一幅教會是多數人聚集的藍圖。當初代教會建立,在使徒行傳裡,我們也看到「信的人都在一處,凡物公用,…他們天天同心合意恆切地在殿裡,且在家中擘餅,存著歡喜、誠實的心用飯,讚美神,得眾民的喜愛。」〈徒2:44-47〉這又是一幅集體敬拜的畫面。另外,聖經許多地方都表明了群體敬拜的必要性,也告訴我們要在群體的教會生活中,學習彼此相愛。在希伯來書10:25提出了一個群體敬拜的規範:「你們不可停止聚會,好像那些停止慣了的人,倒要彼此勸勉,既知道那日子臨近,就更當如此。」

        但問題來了,因為我們在疫情當中仍然在雲端進行集體的敬拜,並沒有停止啊!所以,我們也必須看到親自參與的重要性。哥羅西書3章16節提供了一條線索,那裡說:「當用各樣的智慧,把基督的道理豐豐富富地存在心裡,用詩章、頌詞、靈歌,彼此教導,互相勸戒,心被恩感,歌頌神。」我們在敬拜當中,是用詩章、頌詞、靈歌,彼此教導,互相勸戒。若我們不能親自參與,那麼如何「彼此」教導,「互相」勸戒呢?又如何心被恩感,歌頌神呢?我們因此不但會失去了彼此建造的功能,敬拜神也打了折扣。還有 一個重要的原因:我們一同在教堂裡面的集體敬拜,也是帶領社區認識福音、敬拜上帝的橋樑〈參林後14:24-25〉。

        雲端敬拜只是在不得以的情形之下的一個選項,卻不是正常集體敬拜的方式。所以,當政府一但容許教堂開放的時候,我們的考量是晚開放不如早開放,但在絕對遵守政府的防疫措施,盡量減少傳染機率的前提之下,提供給能夠參與的弟兄姊妹們一個現場敬拜的機會。

        讓我引用葛理翰牧師的一句話作為結束:「您可以隨時隨地敬拜上帝,但除非您先學會了在某個特定的地方、某個特定的時間裡敬拜上帝,否則您不會這樣做。」

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