Ministers of the New Testament 新約的執事 2 Corinthians 3 7/2/2017 BOLGPC 爾灣大公園靈糧堂 Rev. Joseph Chang 張玉明牧師

I. A Different Recommendation Letter 不一樣的推薦信 1我們豈是又舉薦自己麼？豈像別人用人的薦信給你們或用你們 的薦信給人麼？2你們就是我們的薦信，寫在我們的心裡，被眾 人所知道所念誦的。3你們明顯是基督的信，藉著我們修成的。 不是用墨寫的，乃是用永生神的靈寫的；不是寫在石版上，乃是 寫在心版上。【林後 3:1~3】 1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? 2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everybody. 3You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 【2Cor 3:1~3】

Mona Lisa/蒙娜麗莎的微笑

Jesus’ Question/耶穌的問題 Who is your disciple? 你的門徒在哪裡? Or What is your Recommendation Letter? 哪裡是你的推薦信?

II. We are the Ministers of New Testament. 我們是新約的執事. 4我們因基督，所以在神面前才有這樣的信心。5並不是我們憑自 己能承擔甚麼事；我們所能承擔的，乃是出於神。6他叫我們能 承當這新約的執事，不是憑著字句，乃是憑著精意；因為那字 句是叫人死，精意是叫人活。（精意或作：聖靈）【林後 3:4~6】 4Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. 5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 6He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 【2Cor 3:4~6】

III. As Minister of New Testament, I need to own the freedom

7那用字刻在石頭上屬死的職事尚且有榮光，甚至以色列 人因摩西面上的榮光，不能定睛看他的臉；這榮光原是 漸漸退去的，8何況那屬靈的職事豈不更有榮光麼？9若是 定罪的職事有榮光，那稱義的職事榮光就越發大了。 【林後 3:7~13】 7Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! 【2Cor 3:7~13】

10那從前有榮光的，因這極大的榮光就算不得有榮光了； 11若那廢掉的有榮光，這長存的就更有榮光了。12我們既 有這樣的盼望，就大膽講說，13不像摩西將帕子蒙在臉上， 叫以色列人不能定睛看到那將廢者的結局。【林後 3:7~13】 10For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! 12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. 【2Cor 3:7~13】

III. As Minister of New Testament, I need to own the freedom A. Accepting myself 接納自己

30你要盡心、盡性、盡意、盡力愛主─你的神。31其次就是 說：要愛人如己。再沒有比這兩條誡命更大的了。【可 12:30~31】 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." 【Mark 12:30~31】

30你要盡心、盡性、盡意、盡力愛主─你的神。31其次就是 說：要愛人如己。再沒有比這兩條誡命更大的了。【可 12:30~31】 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." 【Mark 12:30~31】

III. As Minister of New Testament, I need to own the freedom A. Accepting myself 接納自己 B. Accepting My Current Status接納我自己當前的光景.

14因此，我在父面前屈膝，15（天上地上的各（或作：全） 家，都是從他得名。）16求他按著他豐盛的榮耀，藉著他 的靈，叫你們心裡的力量剛強起來，【弗 3:14~16】 14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 【Eph 3:14~16】 20神能照著運行在我們心裡的大力充充足足的成就一切， 超過我們所求所想的。【弗 3:20】 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 【Eph 3:20】

6我深信那在你們心裡動了善工的，必成全這工，直到耶 穌基督的日子。【腓 1:6】 6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 【Phil 1:6】

IV. As Minister of New Testament, I need set others free A. Helping others to accept Christ. 帶領別人接受耶穌.

14但他們的心地剛硬，直到今日誦讀舊約的時候，這帕子 還沒有揭去。這帕子在基督裡已經廢去了。15然而直到今 日，每逢誦讀摩西書的時候，帕子還在他們心上。16但他 們的心幾時歸向主，帕子就幾時除去了。17主就是那靈； 主的靈在那裡，那裡就得以自由。【林後 3:14~17】 14But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 【2Cor 3:14~17】

IV. As Minister of New Testament, I need set others free A. Helping others to accept Christ. 帶領別人接受耶穌. B. Encouraging instead of Condemnation鼓勵而不是定罪 9若是定罪的職事有榮光，那稱義的職事榮光就越發大了。 【林後 3:9】 9If the ministry that condemns men is glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! 【2Cor 3:9】

14因此，我在父面前屈膝，15（天上地上的各（或作：全） 家，都是從他得名。）16求他按著他豐盛的榮耀，藉著他 的靈，叫你們心裡的力量剛強起來，【弗 3:14~16】 14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 【Eph 3:14~16】 20神能照著運行在我們心裡的大力充充足足的成就一切， 超過我們所求所想的。【弗 3:20】 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 【Eph 3:20】

6我深信那在你們心裡動了善工的，必成全這工，直到耶 穌基督的日子。【腓 1:6】 6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 【Phil 1:6】

Conclusion 結論 18我們眾人既然敞著臉得以看見主的榮光，好像從鏡子裡 返照，就變成主的形狀，榮上加榮，如同從主的靈變成 的。【林後 3:18】 18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever- increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 【2Cor 3:18】