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不禱告的原因     --    徐天傳道

9/6/2020

 
​    成了徒弟,卻不與師傅交談溝通。這種關係誰都會說不正常。基督徒不奉耶穌基督之名禱告同樣也是不正常。為什麼這是不正常呢?因為師徒關係應該是很親密的關係。基督徒和耶穌的關係應該是生死之約的關係。這裡講的禱告不僅指我們禱告會的禱告,團契的禱告,更是指我們內室的禱告。那麼,為什麼有些基督徒不願意禱告呢?原因到底是什麼?是不是由於不信或信心不足呢?

    答案是:“當然”。也許會有人否認。很多時候,我們不禱告看上去,原因好像和不信沒關係。但深入分析,就是不信。有人會說,目前本人沒有什麼事需要禱告。他的意思是說,如果自己有自己不能解決的事就會向神禱告了。這樣的“信”不是一個真正的基督徒的信。他將我們的神看成了有事就去拜一拜的菩薩了,看成了自己可以利用的工具了,受洗信耶穌只是為了需要的時候可以拿來幫助自己。所以,其信耶穌的動機和內涵都有問題。有時那些動機不純的自稱耶穌信徒的比那些不信者還要令人厭惡。

    按理,禱告會讓我們蒙福,禱告的內室也是我們蒙福的地方,為何有些人對禱告如此冷淡。聖經教導我們說,信徒只有兩種生活情況:一種是隨從聖靈行事,另一種是隨從“肉體”。這兩種勢力是誓不兩立,彼此相爭的。因此,很多基督徒,雖然已靠聖靈重生,而且已接受了神的生命,卻仍舊繼續生活在不隨從聖靈,只隨從“肉體”的生活形態裡。如果我們基督徒沒有從禱告中得著恩惠,這種恩惠可以是心靈的安慰,靈裡的剛強,疾病的治愈,生活的供應,等等,那我們就很難繼續禱告,一定會認為這是浪費時間。一定會被“肉體”的慾望戰勝,我為什麼要這個“沒有實質意義”的禱告呢?我們為什麼不可用這個時間來享受世界呢?於是,我們便開始體貼肉體,不知不覺地順服它。我們有多少人能真正認清有關“肉體“的頑固性,和它無法估計的罪惡呢? 

    清晨,我們有讀經和禱告,很多有時間的兄弟姐妹一定也在掙扎,是繼續賴在床上,還是起來讀經禱告。所以,我們可以看到,肉體私慾這個頑固的罪根應是我們不禱告的原因。肉體本身是不會渴慕也無能力禱告的,但禱告本身卻能使我們進一步追求,更深地認識神,因與神交通而喜樂,且學會繼續不斷地依靠祂的力量。

    下面是一些肉體生命的各種形態:情緒急躁;缺乏愛心;盡情吃喝,養尊處優;隨心所欲,求名求利,驕傲自恃,貪圖娛樂。這些隨從肉體的生活縮影,我們有嗎?求神赦免我們,幫助我們,讓我們將我們的肉體棄絕,將不禱告的根拔掉,再次回到神的懷裡安息。

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