房角石 The Cornerstone 2011年5月22日,王文堂牧師
他是你們匠人所棄的石頭,已成了房角的頭塊石頭。(使徒行傳 4:11) Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ Acts 4:11 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
房角石 the cornerstone 房角石,又稱基石(foundation stone),是建造房屋時所放的第一塊石頭。房角石放在地基,有如坐標,其他所有的石頭都以它為準,藉此使得根基穩固,並決定整個建築的位置和角度。 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
房角石的作用 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
兩種工程 土木工程 生命工程 5/20/2011 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
一、生命工程 你們來到主面前,也就像活石,被建造成為靈宮,作聖潔的祭司,藉著耶穌基督,奉獻神所悅納的靈祭。(彼得前書 2:5) you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
是試驗過的石頭,根基穩固 以賽亞書28:16 試驗過的石頭 a tested stone 穩固根基 a sure foundation 主耶和華如此說:看哪,我在錫安放一塊石頭作為根基,是試驗過的石頭,是穩固根基,寶貴的房角石;信靠的人必不著急。 試驗過的石頭 a tested stone 穩固根基 a sure foundation 寶貴的房角石 a precious cornerstone 信靠的人必不著急 he who believes in it will not be disturbed 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
信與不信 所以,他在你們信的人就為寶貴,在那不信的人有話說:匠人所棄的石頭,已作了房角的頭塊石頭。(彼得前書2:7) Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” 1 Peter 2:7 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
兩種反應 信的人 不信的人 信靠它 (寶貴的房角石) 拒絕它 (匠人所棄的石頭) 將人生建造在它上面(根基穩固,信靠它的人不至於羞愧) 因它而跌倒 (它是絆腳的石頭,跌人的磐石) 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
二、使徒與先知的根基 這樣,你們不再作外人和客旅,是與聖徒同國,是神家裏的人了。並且被建造在使徒和先知的根基上,有基督耶穌自己為房角石。(以弗所書2:19-20) Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. Ephesians 2:19-20 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
使徒的話 words of apostle: 我們是與神同工的,你們是神所耕種的田地,所建造的房屋。我照神所給我的恩,好像一個聰明的工頭,立好了根基…就是耶穌基督,此外沒有人能立別的根基。(哥林多前書 3:9-11) For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder… For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1Cor. 3:9-11 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
先知的話 words of prophet: 有人聲說:你喊叫吧!有一個說:我喊叫甚麼呢?說:凡有血氣的盡都如草;他的美容都像野地的花…草必枯乾,花必凋殘,惟有我們神的話必永遠立定。(以賽亞書40:6,8) A voice says, "Call out.” Then he answered, "What shall I call out?“ All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field…the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:6, 8 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
教會的根基 這樣,你們不再作外人和客旅,是與聖徒同國,是神家裏的人了。並且被建造在使徒和先知的根基上,有基督耶穌自己為房角石。(以弗所書2:19-20) 使徒 耶穌基督 先知 神的話語 建造在使徒與先知的根基上 教會被建造在耶穌基督和神的話語之上 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
三、主乃活石 主乃活石,固然是被人所棄的,卻是被神所揀選、所寶貴的。你們來到主面前,也就像活石,被建造成為靈宮,作聖潔的祭司,藉著耶穌基督奉獻神所悅納的靈祭。(彼得前書 2:4-5) As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
耶穌基督是教會的房角石 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
一座教堂的轉角 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
又眞又活的神 傳福音,就是傳基督 你們眾人和以色列百姓都當知道,站在你們面前的這人得痊愈,是因你們所釘十字架、神叫他從死裏復活的拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名。 他是你們匠人所棄的石頭,已成了房角的頭塊石頭。除他以外,別無拯救;因為在天下人間,沒有賜下別的名,我們可以靠著得救。(使徒行傳 4:10-12) 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
活潑而常存 living and enduring 你們蒙了重生,不是由於能壞的種子,乃是由於不能壞的種子,是藉著神活潑常存的道… 所傳給你們的福音就是這道。(彼得前書 1:23,25) For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God… and this is the word that was preached to you. 1 Peter 1:23,25 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
四、靠他同被建造 各房靠他聯絡得合式,漸漸成為主的聖殿。你們也靠他同被建造,成為神藉著聖靈居住的所在。(以弗所書2:21-22) In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:21-22 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
凡事長進,連於基督 惟用愛心說誠實話(傳講真理),凡事長進,連於元首基督,全身都靠他聯絡得合式,百節各按各職,照著各體的功用彼此相助,便叫身體漸漸增長,在愛中建立自己。(以弗所書 4:15-16) 生命的建造不是個人工程,而是集體工程。 家庭(神的家)美好,個人也隨著美好。 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
神建人,人建堂 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
建造 CBCWLA 將三個核心價值 (core value),建造在西區人的心中: Christ-centered 以基督為中心 Bible-based 以聖經為根據 Mission-minded 以福音為念 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
五、成為神的居所 主的聖殿 a holy temple in the Lord 並且被建造在使徒和先知的根基上,有基督耶穌自己為房角石,各房靠他聯絡得合式,漸漸成為主的聖殿。你們也靠他同被建造,成為神藉著聖靈居住的所在。(弗4:20-22) built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 4:20-22 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
顯出基督的榮光 一個有恩典,有真理的教會 a church of grace and truth 道成了肉身,住在我們中間,充充滿滿地有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光,正是父獨生子的榮光。約翰福音1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us (CBCWLA). We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 5/22/2011 Warren Wang
價值觀是內心的,是隱藏的,特徵卻是明顯的,是被人看見的。洛杉磯西區華語浸信會的特徵,乃是「恩典與真理」。 不是只有恩典,或者只有真理,乃是「有恩典,有真理」 恩典是神的愛,眞理是神的話。 教會是基督的身體,住在世人中間,也照樣「有恩典、有真理」,使世人得以「見到他的榮光,正是父獨生子的榮光。」 5/22/2011 Warren Wang