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作激進的門徒:死亡(三) --   戴元涔牧師

10/18/2020

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​        二十世紀的屬靈巨擘斯托得牧師(John Stott)在其封筆之作《世界在等待的門徒》(The Radical Disciple),論述成為激進的門徒的八個特質:(1)不隨波逐流,(2)像基督,(3)長大成熟,(4)護理萬物,(5)簡樸,(6)平衡,(7)依賴,(8)死亡。今天繼續摘錄第八章「死亡」,也是『作激進的門徒』系列的完結篇。

        基督教信仰使人得著生命——永恆的生命,豐盛的生命;但通往生命的道路,卻是透過死亡。斯托得從六個層面來談出死入生的奧秘原則,其中有救恩(基督受死,讓我們得生命)、作主門徒(治死一切邪情私慾,得到豐盛生命)、宣教(一粒麥子死了,就結出許多子粒來)、追害(置之死地而後生)、殉道(至死忠心),以及死亡的必然性(永遠與基督同在)。每個原則裡,基督徒一定要探討死和生,這兩端的平衡。

        一方面,基督徒不可輕忽福音帶來的榮耀生命,就是(1)因信耶穌基督得著永恆的生命;(2)治死身體的邪情私慾,得到更豐盛的生命;(3)神應許忠心宣教服事者的豐碩果實;(4)在肉體軟弱、面對死亡時,內在生命依然活潑朝氣盎然;(5)身處迫害當中,即將殉道,卻擁有神所賜予的安慰;以及(6)最重要的,在一切最終之時,享有新造之物復活的生命。不論是哪一種方式,神已應許,為主失喪生命的,必得著生命。

        基督徒雖然「由死入生」(而且死亡是通往生命的惟一門戶),另一方面,不可輕忽領人得生命的代價。也就是說:與基督同死,向著罪,是死的;跟隨基督,向自己,是死的;跨文化宣教,向著個人的野心抱負,是死的;經歷迫害面對殉道,向著個人的安危,是死的;最後預備見主面,向世界,也是死的。

        死亡一向不自然,也讓人不愉快。死亡帶給人可怕的結局,那是人生的終結。然而,不論如何,死亡終究是邁向生命的道路,所以如果想得著生命,一定要先放棄生命。只有當我們望見死亡帶來生之榮耀時,才會心甘情願地放棄生命。這也是激進、弔詭的基督徒觀點。真正的基督徒可說是「從死裡活過來的人」。
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