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新约 - 帖撒罗尼迦前书(1 Thessalonians)第3章

So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.
We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God's fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them.
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter might have tempted you and our efforts might have been useless.
But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.
Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.
How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?
Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.
Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
帖撒罗尼迦前书第三章   帖前 3:1-3> 自己不去,倒要提摩太前去帖撒罗尼迦,是有困难?所为何事? 

  3:1-3 保罗离开了帖撒罗尼迦之后,去了庇哩亚(参徒 17:10 ),其后在庇哩亚遇到了一些麻烦,信徒便将保罗送到雅典去,留下西拉和提摩太守在那里(参徒 17:13-15 )。最后保罗叫他们到雅典去与他会合。跟着,保罗便差派提摩太去帖撒罗尼迦,安慰信徒,鼓励他们在面对迫害时仍然要持守信心。 

  帖前 3:1-3> 受苦有益?受苦有益!有何益?这…… 

  3:1-3 有人以为麻烦只是由于罪或缺乏信心才招来的,但麻烦也可以是神对信徒计划的一部分。经历试炼和逼迫可以造就信徒的性格(参雅 1:2-4 ),增加信徒的忍耐力(参罗 5:3-5 ),帮助信徒对同样面对困难的人更加敏感(参林后 1:3-7 )。跟随神的人也免不了会遇上麻烦,也许这是一个有成效的基督徒生活的标记吧。 

  帖前 3:4> 求神拜佛以趋吉避凶,世人如是;有人看信耶稣也是如此,你,不会吧…… 

  3:4 有人跟随神,目的在于摆脱现世的苦难。然而神不曾应许我们能豁免受苦,祂倒赐我们能力,好在苦难中成长。我们要在试炼和困难中,仍然顺服基督。 

  帖前 3:5> 那诱惑人的,你也知道的,就是…… 

  3:5 “那诱人的”就是撒但,它是所有邪灵中最厉害的一个,它的能力可以影响属灵世界(参弗 2:1-3 ; 6:10-12 )和物质世界(参林后 12:7-10 )。撒但甚至曾试探耶稣(参太 4:1-11 ),但耶稣为我们的罪死在十字架上,且从坟墓里复活,战胜了撒但,给我们带来新生命。时候一到,神便会彻底打败撒但(参启 20:7-10 )。 

  帖前 3:7-8> 你对信仰的信心有多大,影响也多大──此话何解?想想…… 

  3:7-8 在逼迫和压力中,信徒能够在信仰上站稳,这不但让那些信心幼嫩的人得着激励,也会使牧者们大得安慰。 

  帖前 3:9-10> 人得坚稳,心就喜乐,你可有尝过这种快乐,如保罗一般? 

  3:9-10 能够看到有人在基督里决志和信心越来越坚稳,是何等的喜乐啊!保罗经历了无数次这样的喜乐。他为那些相信基督的人和他们坚定的信心而感谢神,又为他们能继续在信仰上成长而祈祷。倘若有初信主的人为你带来喜乐,就要为他们感谢神,并继续栽培他们的信心成长。 

  帖前 3:11> 保罗有没有重回帖撒罗尼迦?让我看看记录…… 

  3:11 我们没有保罗重回帖撒罗尼迦的记录,但在他第三次宣教旅行去亚西亚时,与他同行的亚里达古和西公都,都是来自帖撒罗尼迦的(参徒 20:4-5 )。 

  帖前 3:11-13> 基督再来时,那光景──你想像得到吗? 

  3:11-13 这里指的是基督的再来。那时祂要建立永恒的国度,将所有信徒召集起来,包括已死去和仍然活着的,将他们归入祂所掌管的国度里。历代的信徒,包括帖撒罗尼迦的信徒在内,都会在基督的国度里与祂在一起。 

  帖前 3:12> 爱心如水,倒出去就没有了,干了;有的爱永远不干,永不止息……你,可有?可明白?