What is God Building? 上帝在建什麼?

你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说，你不可建造殿宇给我居住。 你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说，你不可建造殿宇给我居住。. . . 9 我必为我民以色列选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住自己的地方，不再迁移。凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们， 10 并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必治服你的一切仇敌，并且我耶和华应许你，必为你建立家室。"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in. . . . 9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. " 'I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you . . .” - 1 Chronicles 17:4, 9-10

任何建造計畫必須是上帝在為我們建造 Any building project must be what God is building for us.

若不是耶和华建造房屋，建造的人就枉然劳力。 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. – Psalm 127:1

任何建造計畫必須是上帝在為我們建造 Any building project must be what God is building for us. 建造計畫的真正對象是建立神的子民 The purpose of any building project is to build God’s people.

岂不知你们是神的殿，神的灵住在你们里头吗？ Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? - 1 Corinthians 3:16 这样，你们不再作外人，和客旅，是与圣徒同国，是神家里的人了。 20 并且被建造在使徒和先知的根基上，有基督耶稣自己为房角石。 21 各（或作全）房靠他联络得合式，渐渐成为主的圣殿。 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20 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. - Ephesians 2:19 - 21

上帝有透过這項擴建計畫建立祂的家- 教会中的肢体 - 嗎? 上帝要在我們中間擴建祂的家嗎? Is God building a house for us? 上帝有透过這項擴建計畫建立祂的家- 教会中的肢体 - 嗎? Is God building His church, its members through this building project?

他必为我的名建造殿宇。他要作我的子。我要作他的父。他作以色列王。我必坚定他的国位，直到永远。 他必为我的名建造殿宇。他要作我的子。我要作他的父。他作以色列王。我必坚定他的国位，直到永远。. . . 14 你有许多匠人，就是石匠，木匠，和一切能作各样工的巧匠， 15 并有无数的金银铜铁。你当起来办事，愿耶和华与你同在。 16 大卫又吩咐以色列的众首领帮助他儿子所罗门，说， But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 14 "I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 15 You have many workmen: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as men skilled in every kind of work 16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron--craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the LORD be with you.“ - 1 Chronicles 22:9, 14 - 16

任何建造計畫必須是上帝在為我們建造 Any building project must be what God is building for us. 建造計畫的真正對象是建立神的子民 The purpose of any building project is to build God’s people. 建造計畫是為他人而非为己 A building project is always for the sake of others

他们说，来吧，我们要建造一座城和一座塔，塔顶通天，为要传扬我们的名，免得我们分散在全地上。 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.“ - Genesis 11:4

我必为我民以色列选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住自己的地方，不再迁移。凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们， 10 并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必治服你的一切仇敌，并且我耶和华应许你，必为你建立家室。 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. " 'I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you: - 1 Chronicles 17:9 - 10

你寿数满足归你列祖的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位，我也必坚定他的国。 12 他必为我建造殿宇。我必坚定他的国位直到永远。 When your days are over and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever. - 1 Chronicles 17:11 - 12

任何建造計畫必須是上帝在為我們建造 Any building project must be what God is building for us. 建造計畫的真正對象是建立神的子民 The purpose of any building project is to build God’s people. 建造計畫是為他人而非为己 A building project is always for the sake of others 建造計畫屬於神, 因此须要遵從神的時間 Because it is the Lord’s, any building project must be by His timing.

耶和华你们的神不是与你们同在吗？不是叫你们四围都平安吗？因他已将这地的居民交在我手中，这地就在耶和华与他百姓面前制伏了。 18 现在你们应当立定心意，寻求耶和华你们的神。也当起来建造耶和华神的圣所，好将耶和华的约柜和供奉神的圣器皿都搬进为耶和华名建造的殿里。 Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. 18 He said to them, "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people. - NIV 1 Chronicles 22:17 - 18

上帝有透过這項擴建計畫建立祂的家- 教会中的肢体 - 嗎? 上帝要在我們中間擴建祂的家嗎? Is God building a house for us? 上帝有透过這項擴建計畫建立祂的家- 教会中的肢体 - 嗎? Is God building His church, its members through this building project? 這項擴建計畫有否考慮他人的需要? Is this building project for the sake of others? 現在是上帝揀選的時刻嗎? 我們預備好了嗎? Is now God’s time to build? Are we ready to respond?