1116 耶穌是那聯合者

他所賜的有使徒,有先知,有傳福音的,有牧師和教師,為要成全聖徒,各盡其職,建立基督的身體,直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一,認識神的兒子,得以長大成人,滿有基督長成的身量。

以弗所書 4:11-13

耶穌是那聯合者。在祂裡面,猶太人、阿拉伯人和外邦人,黑人和白人,老人和年輕人,富人和窮人,男和女,無論是在共產主義、世俗人文主義,或獨裁政府的結構里,帶着神所賜給他們的獨特性,都一起來,對在耶穌的身體里的整體性與和諧,他們都是同等的重要和必要。祂說……

要開放,在一切高舉我名的人中看見我。當你懷抱接納與你不同的人,你就會更全然地知道我的膀臂抱着你,並渴望包括每一個人……

1116 JESUS IS THE UNITER

JESUS is the UNITER.  In Him Jew, Arab, and Gentile, black and white, old and young, rich and poor, male and female, whether in Communist, secular humanist or dictatorial government structures, with all the distinctiveness God has given them, come together as equally important and necessary for wholeness and harmony in the Body of Jesus.  He says…

Be open to see Me in all who lift up My name.  As you wrap arms of acceptance around someone who is different from you, you will know more fully that My arms hold you and long to include everyone…

“And He gave the apostles, and some as the prophets, and some as the evangelists, and some as the pastors and teachers, for equipping the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs….to the fullness of Christ,.”

Ephesians 4:11-13