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在張力中學習敬拜            熊天牧牧師

3/29/2020

 
​        上個主日,就在主日崇拜開始五分鐘前,我突然得知洛杉磯縣對新冠肺炎疫情的新規定:禁止所有的公眾和私人的聚集,違反者將加以處罰。在無奈中,我只有讓敬拜團隊回家,臨時改用YouTube來進行詩歌敬拜。我的心情有點沮喪,因為在短短的不到兩個星期之內,我們的主日崇拜由實體敬拜改為實體與上線敬拜混合,到完全上線敬拜,又到了連敬拜團隊都不能出現的地步。真的是計劃趕不上變化。

        我事後看到,在政府命令中規定,「必要行業」(Essential Business)活動卻可以照常進行,不必停止。但什麼是「必要行業」?對基督徒來說,沒有什麼事情比敬拜上帝還來得必要,上帝高過 一切,這才是真理。不是嗎?我心裡面有些憤憤不平,可是,我也突然領悟到,主耶穌當年在巴勒斯坦所面對的張力。

        當時,有法利賽人想要陷害耶穌,就來問他:「納稅給凱撒可以不可以?」主耶穌要他們拿一個上稅的錢看,問他們說:「這像和這號是誰的?」他們回答:「是凱撒的。」耶穌說:「這樣,凱撒的物當歸給凱撒; 神的物當歸給 神。」(參馬太福音22:15─19)。到底什麼是屬於地上政府管的?什麼是屬於上帝的?這種張力也是教會歷史當中時常出現的。這也讓我想起羅馬書13章的教導,要順服政府的權柄。但另一方面,在張力之中,我們也必須把該歸給上帝的榮耀給上帝,這是最重要的。特別在這新冠肺炎疫情的非常時期裡面,我們必須思想如何用最適當的方法和態度,來敬拜上帝。

        我本來以為自己住在高唱自由和民權的美國,不會碰到這種被限制的情形,卻沒想到連要敬拜上帝都會出問題。這次的疫情,居然也讓居住在美國的我,有一個機會體會這種地上政權與神權的張力。我們還有太多的地方需要學習,我們要懇求主,教我們如何在這種張力之下,能夠有敬拜上帝的生活。

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