十诫的价值观-委身 The Values of The Ten Commandments - Commitment

出埃及记20：1-4 Exodus 20：1-4
神吩咐这一切的话说：我是耶和华─你的 神，曾将你从埃及地为奴之家领出来。除了我以外，你不可有别的神。不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麽形像彷佛上天、下地，和地底下、 水中的百物。
And God spoke all these words: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. "You shall have no other gods before me. "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

十诫中的第二诫-不可为自己雕刻偶像。
The second commandment – You shall not make for yourself an idol.

今天我要和大家分享到十诫中的第二诫-“委身”。
Today I want to share with you about the second commandment – Commitment.

罗马书 Romans 12:1-2

所以弟兄们，我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的；你们如此事奉乃是理所当然的。不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们查验何为神的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

“献上”这个词意味着“一次过的行动”。委身是一次过的，是全力以赴的！我们来听一个故事。
The word “offer” means an action that is “one and for all”. Commitment happens once and it’s all the time that comes after, it is to do all you can! Let us listen to a story.

米开朗基罗的一生充满传奇色彩。他天生就洋溢着艺术细胞，特别在雕塑方面。他被誉为西方文明最伟大的艺术家，也是最具有影响力的风格开创者。他在21岁就完成了第一件成熟作品，而完成大卫像时也还不到三十岁。
Michelangelo lived an incredible life. Possibly the greatest artist of Western civilization – and certainly the most influential – he was born to sculpt. He sculpted his first mature masterpiece at age twenty-one. He completed his Pietà and David before age thirty.

当他三十出头的时候，当时的教皇米利安二世召他去罗马雕刻教皇正在修建的一座壮丽灵寝，但随后又被要求改作一幅绘画。起初他很反感，想推迟这件工作，因为这幅画是要在梵谛冈一座没人注意的小教堂天花板上，而且是要画许多人像，对于许久不再执画笔的米开朗基罗而言，雕塑才是他此时的热忱所在。然而在教皇再三的敦促之下，他还是勉强答应了。
In his early thirties, Michelangelo was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius 11 to sculpt a magnificent papal tomb, but was then asked to work on a painting project instead. At first Michelangelo wanted to refuse, having no desire to paint a dozen figures on the ceiling of a small chapel in the Vatican. Though as a boy he had been trained to paint, his passion was sculpture. But when the Pope pressed him, he reluctantly accepted the assignment.

学者们的看法是，米开朗基罗的一些艺术界劲敌故意把他拱到教皇面前做这件不讨好的差事。他若推辞，教皇可能就不再用他：他若接受，这件工作可能叫他交出像样的成果。但是没想到米开朗基罗这个人是不做则已，一做就全然投入，把原本绘画耶稣十二门徒的单纯画作，扩增到取材自创世记，有描述上帝创造世界的九幅景象和包括四百多位人物的旷世名著。
Scholars believe Michelangelo’s rivals pushed for him to get the job, hoping he would refuse it and lose favor with the Pope, or take it and discredit himself. But once Michelangelo accepted the assignment, he thoroughly committed himself to it, expanding the project from a simple depiction of the twelve apostles to include more than four hundred figures and nine scenes from the book of Genesis.

整整四年，这位年轻的艺术家就躺在高架平台上作画，为了彻底完成一件工作，他付出了艰巨的代价，视力及健康受到了永久的伤害。米开朗基罗说：“四年的画夜辛苦，画了四百多个比真人还大的画像之后，我感觉自己疲倦老化一个地步，就好象耶利米。虽然我只有三十七岁，但是朋友都认不出我的样子了。”
For four grueling years, the artist lay on his back painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. And he paid a great price. The work permanently damaged his eyesight and wore him down. Michelangelo said, “After four tortured years, more than four hundred over-life-sized figures, I felt as old and as weary as Jeremiah. I was only thirty-seven, yet friends did not recognize the old man I had become.”

米开朗基罗全力以赴带来的影响力，至今仍然依旧不衰，无远弗届。他不仅在当时让教皇深受感动，成为凡帝冈所重视的御用巨匠，更重要的是，他给当时的艺术界带来极大的震撼。
The impact of Michelangelo’s commitment was far-reaching. He pleased his benefactor, the Pope, and received other commissions from the Vatican. But more important, he made a huge impact in the artistic community.

米开朗基罗的伟大成就虽然与他的天分有关，但若不是全力以赴，他影响力绝对达不到今天这般地步。他委生之彻底，可以从他绘画的细节的精确，甚至整个拱型画面的布局看出来。当时有人问他，为什么愿意这样殷勤又认真地蜷曲在阴暗的角落作画，即使事前事后都不见得有人会去欣赏它？米开朗基罗毫不犹豫地回答：“上帝看得见就过了。”
Undoubtedly Michelangelo’s talent created the potential for greatness, but without commitment, his influence would have been minimal. That level of commitment could be seen in his attention to the fine details as well as the overarching vision. When asked why he was working so diligently on a dark corner of the Sistine Chapel that no one would ever see, Michelangelo’s simple reply was, “God will see”. (截自 Adapted from John C Maxwell – 21 Undisputable Laws of a Leader)

委身和坚持到底是紧紧相连的。若你不原意委身，你就不可能会坚持到底。当我们谈到委身时，世上只有4种人：
Commitment is closely related to holding on. One will not be holding on if one is not committed. When we talk about commitment, there are 4 types of people in this world:

胆小鬼 ：这些人既无真正目标，也不想委身。我称这些人为孤魂野鬼。
Coward: These people do not have an exact target and never want to commit. I call these people the wandering spirits.

迟疑者 ：这些人不清楚自己是否能达到目标，于是等候观望，迟迟不想委身。
Hesitator: These people are not sure whether they are able to hit their target and thus slowing down their pace not wanting to commit.

半途而废者 ：这些人已经站上跑道，迈向目标，但因遇见困难便转身后退。
Giving-up-halfway: These people are already on the runway running towards their goal but give up once an obstacle arose.

夺标者 ：只有少数人订下目标，委身其中，不计辛劳挫折而导致成功。
The winner: Only a handful of people would set a target and stay committed to it and not braced through all the difficulties until the day he or she succeeds.

请问，你是哪一种人呢？
Which type of person are you?

有一个人，他的名字叫沙拉拿(Raphael Solano)，在一条干旱的河边寻找钻石。他一直拾，一直拾，一直到了999，999块枝头，他决定放弃了。但是他的同伴说，再拾一块吧，我们就凑足一百万块吧！你们知道吗？那第一百万块石头就是“解放者” (The Liberator) 是人类所发现最大颗，最纯净的钻石，重155卡拉。
There’s a person called Raphael Solano was searching for diamond along a coast. He kept on picking up the stones one by one until it eventually reached the 999,999th stone then he decided to give up. But his partner urged him to just pick up one more to collect all together a million stones. And guess what, the 1,000,000th stone was The Liberator. It was the biggest and clearest diamond ever found by man. It is 155 karat.


有一句话是这样说的，委身是逆境的克星，因为它让你咬着牙撑下去，无论被击倒多少次，它总能支持你再爬起来。
A phrase goes like this, commitment is the enemy of adversity because it urges you to keep holding on and no matter how many times you may fall, commitment helps you to get up again.

在马太福音Matthew 16:24-25

於是耶稣对门徒说：若有人要跟从我，就当舍己，背起他的十字架来跟从我。因 为，凡要救自己生命（生命：或作灵魂；下同）的，必丧掉生命；凡为我丧掉生命的，必得着生命。
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.

耶稣在这里告诉我们要背起十字架来跟从祂。不再为自己雕刻偶像，不在以自己为中心，而是将异象和梦想背在身上。不是为着自己的荣誉，不是为着自己的欲望，而是为了文化职任的异象，选择委身，不轻言放弃。你将会发现神为你预备的奖赏是超乎所求所想的。
In here, Jesus told us to carry the cross and follow Him. Do not make an idol for yourself and making yourself the center of the life. Instead, carry your destiny and dream. It is not for your fame or desire, but for the vision of cultural mandare, choose to commit and not giving up easily. You will one day realise God has prepared a reward that is better than you can ever think of!

口述: 张华晋传道
Preached by: Ps Kelvin Tiong

吻别与紧紧跟随 / Are You a Kisser or a Cleaver?

在上个星期二康希牧师最后一堂的信息深深的影响了我，使我对忠诚有了更深的了解。我觉得这信息实在太棒了，因此我在青少年聚会当中，用同样的经文和重点，以较为简单的方式来传达忠诚的重要性。我真的希望他们能够抓到这个最重要的价值观。
Pastor Kong’s last session in last Tuesday had impacted me deeply, letting me to have a deeper understanding towards loyalty. I think this sermon is great, thus during the youth service, I used the same scripture and contents to share about loyalty in a simpler way. I really hope they can capture the essence of this value.

我相信大家都有听过一首歌叫做“吻别”吧！什么叫吻别？就是kiss了之后就bye bye。
I believe everyone have heard of this song called “Kiss Goodbye”. What is kiss goodbye? It means you say bye bye right after a kiss.

我们先来看一个经文，在路得记1：1和第6节。
Let us look at the words of God, in Ruth 1:1 and v6.

路得记1：1 当 士 师 秉 政 的 时 候 ， 国 中 遭 遇 饥 荒 。 在 犹 大 、 伯 利 恒 ， 有 一 个 人 带 着 妻 子 和 两 个 儿 子 往 摩 押 地 去 寄 居 。
Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.

路得记1：6 他 就 与 两 个 儿 妇 起 身 ， 要 从 摩 押 地 归 回 ； 因 为 他 在 摩 押 地 听 见 耶 和 华 眷 顾 自 己 的 百 姓 ， 赐 粮 食 与 他 们 。
Ruth 1:6 When she heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there.



伯利恒是谁出生的地方呢？是耶稣出生的地方，是 圣城。那伯利恒其实就是讲到神的粮食的意思。意思就是一个米国，是一个米城，是很丰盛的一个城市。但是在当时却遇上了一个大饥荒，好多的人饿死在街头。所 以，那时候呢，有一个人叫以利米勒带着他的妻子拿俄米还有两个儿子就一起的离开了伯利恒去到一个地方叫-摩押。摩押是一个拜偶像的地方。就像现在的印度这 样子，满天神佛。印度大概有3亿种的神，而且决不重复。所以你看不完，拜不完，讲不完，太多神了！摩押地就是类似印度，泰国这样的一个地方，很多神。
Who was born in Bethlehem? It was the place that Jesus was born at, a holy city. Bethlehem means God’s bread. It’s a rice nation, a rice city, it’s a place full of harvest. But it met a great famine, many people were starved to death. Hence at that time, a person named Elimelech brought his wife, Naomi and two sons to leave Bethlehem and moved to a place called Moab. Moab is a place full of idols like the India of current days. In India, there are abouto 3 billion types of god. It was impossible for one to see, worship, talk about all of them, because there are simply too many of them! Moab is a place like that.

(印度3亿种的神)
(3 Billion indian gods & goddesses)

他们搬到那边去就是为了要找一口饭吃，因为在伯利恒发生了大饥荒。好景不长在。在那边过了一段时间后，以利米勒和两个儿子都死了，留下了他的太太，叫做拿俄米。拿俄米有2个媳妇。第一个是俄珥巴，还有一个叫路得。
They moved there for the sake of their stomach due to the famine happened in Bethlehem. But it was not all good. After some times there, Elimelech and his two sons died. Remained were his wife, Naomi. Naomi had two daughters in laws. The first one named Orpah and the other named Ruth.

在 第6节里，拿俄米听说在伯利恒，就是他们的家乡，他们的神-耶和华神在那里实行神迹，使到那里有大丰收，有好多粮食可吃。所以拿俄米就想回去自己的地方， 因为毕竟居住在别人的地方不是那么的方便，也不是很安全。拿俄米在摩押地娶到的的两个媳妇-俄珥巴和路得是摩押人，是不信耶稣的，他们不是基督徒，他们都 是拜偶像的。拿俄米就吩咐他们2个留在摩押地，她自己一个人回去就好了，因为他们在摩押还可以过一个全新的生活，可以找新的老公，嫁了。跟她回去的话呢， 就不一定再找得到老公，不一定有东西吃，因为他们在摩押已经有产业，有田地了，是可以养活自己的。不要这么冒险。所以拿俄米就和他们亲嘴后，就要走了。当 然，他们3个都哭成一团，因为他们的感情非常好。拿俄米也很舍不得，但是哭完之后，拿俄米还是叫他们留下来，不要跟他走，因为怕回去伯利恒就得过着比较贫 穷的日子。
In verse 6, Naomi heard that their hometown, Bethlehem experienced a great miracle from God, that there was now a great harvest, full of crops and foods. So Naomi had the urge to go back to her own place because it was not as safe and convenient as it was in a foreign land. But Naomi’s two daughter-in-law, Orpah and Ruth were not believers of God. They were worshippers of idols. Naomi told them to stay in Moab because they could have a new life in Moab, remarrying a new husband and continue to live on with their properties. After kissing them, Naomi turned and wanted to leave. Sure, all 3 of them were crying and hugging each other tightly because they were really bonded with each other. Naomi also couldn’t bear to leave them, but even after all the crying, Naomi insisted them to stay back instead of following her back to Bethlehem and leading a poorer life there.

我们来看第14节发生了什么事情
Let’s see what happened in verse 14

路得记1：14两 个 儿 妇 又 放 声 而 哭 ， 俄 珥 巴 与 婆 婆 亲 嘴 而 别 ， 只 是 路 得 舍 不 得 拿 俄 米 。
Ruth 1:14 At this they wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-by, but Ruth clung to her.

俄 珥巴他亲吻之后就说再见了。他爱拿俄米吗？他爱。可是为什么这样？因为他觉得第一，如果我回去，可能就找不到老公，年龄越来越大，要找谁嫁呢？如果留下 来，或许还有很多机会，毕竟我是当地人。第二，伯利恒是信耶稣的，如果我回去的话就要跟他们一起拜那边的神，万一我拜得不习惯，或者不喜欢，那我怎么办 呢？那我`不是要被逼去拜吗？她又想到，过去要我侍奉一个寡妇，做牛做马，又这么老了，那不是很辛苦？至少我现在在摩押还有一点积蓄和产业，至少我不必做 一个佣人。我至少不用像一个下人这样服侍婆婆。他想了很多。但是他表面上还是很伤心，很舍不得。所以为了比较容易走，他就抱住他的婆婆，吻了他，就走了， 留下路得。路得紧紧抓住拿俄米不放，他说他要跟着拿俄米一起走。
After Orpah kissed her, she bid her good bye. Did she love Naomi? Yes. But why? Because firstly, if Orpah were to go back, she might be unable to look for a new husband and she’s growing older as days passed by. If she were to stay, there might be a lot of chance, because after all, she’s a local there. Secondly, Bethlehem is a place that believes in Jesus. If she were to follow them, she would have to worship. How if she couldn’t get used to it or didn’t like it? She also thought about serving her old now-widow mother-in-law. It was such a pain in the neck. If she stayed in Moab, she wouldn’t have to be treated like a servant, there was no need to serve her mother-in-law anymore. She thought a lot about it. But Ruth was a total contrast. Ruth clung unto Naomi and wanted to leave together with Naomi.

我们来看15-17节
Let us look at verse 15 to 17

路得记1:15拿 俄 米 说 ： 看 哪 ， 你 嫂 子 已 经 回 他 本 国 和 他 所 拜 的 神 那 里 去 了 ， 你 也 跟 着 你 嫂 子 回 去 罢 ！
Ruth 1:15 "Look," said Naomi, "your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her."
路 得记1：16路 得 说 ： 不 要 催 我 回 去 不 跟 随 你 。 你 往 哪 里 去 ， 我 也 往 那 里 去 ； 你 在 哪 里 住 宿 ， 我 也 在 那 里 住 宿 ； 你 的 国 就 是 我 的 国 ， 你 的 　 神 就 是 我 的 　 神 。
Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.
注意第17节，
Take note of verse 17,

路得记1：17你 在 哪 里 死 ， 我 也 在 那 里 死 ， 也 葬 在 那 里 。 除 非 死 能 使 你 我 相 离 ！ 不 然 ， 愿 耶 和 华 重 重 地 降 罚 与 我。
Ruth 1:17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me."



这是路得对拿俄米所说的话，这是非常非常令人感动的，是忠诚最好的一个代表。今天，在我们的生活 圈子里面已经找不到忠诚了。你觉得你身边的朋友对你是100%的忠诚吗？我今年27岁，到现在，我不说教会里面的人，我说外面的朋友，我不能告诉你我有一 个朋友对我是100%的忠诚。你可能说，哪里会难？人家打我一拳，我10个朋友站出来帮我打回他。谁说我朋友对我不忠诚？今天如果有人骂我，我若跟我的好 兄弟讲，他们就会一起出来替我“搞定”他。这种讲义气的生活我也经历过。那如果对方拿刀或枪，而你只有木棍的时候，你觉得那站在后面的10个朋友还会跟你 一起吗？这可不一定。很常的时候，两个人开始谈恋爱了。一开始的时候有山盟海誓，“海枯石烂”，“天地为证”，“月亮就代表我的心”。3个月过后，你会发 现一朵鲜花插在牛粪上。你觉得这样是真的忠诚吗？忠诚其实在我们现在的社会根本不值钱。因为金钱的诱惑，现在很多争家产的官司，妈妈跟儿子打，爸爸很儿子 打，等等。兄弟都可以因为家产而反目成仇，在家中都没有忠诚了，你觉得你跟你的朋友之前会有忠诚吗？我不是说你现在就要跟你的朋友绝交，但是，的确，忠诚 在这个社会上已经不值什么钱了。所以圣经不断地告诉我们要成为一个忠诚的人。不容易，可是我们要学习慢慢的成为一个忠诚的人。只有这样子，我们的生命才会 有影响力。
This was what Ruth said to Naomi, it’s very touching, it’s a great representation of loyalty. Today, we can no longer find loyalty in our life. Do you think your friends are you are 100% loyal to you? I’m 27 year old, and up to this day, except those in church, I can’t find a friend that is 100% loyal to me. You might think how hard could it be. If a person punched me once, I would have 10 friends that would stand up and help me to punch the person back. If a person scolded me, I only need to tell my buddies that then they would help me to settled the person. This life of “brotherhood loyalty” isn’t foreign to me either. But if the other party was holding a knife or a gun and all you had was a stick, do you think those 10 friends would still stick to you. They might not be. Many times when 2 persons just got attached with each other, there would be lots of promises and vows. But after 3 months, you couldn’t find them existing anymore. Do you think this is true loyalty? Loyalty is now worthless in the society. Due to the monetary temptation, there are a lot of lawsuits of family property dispute. Mother with the son, or between brothers etc. Even family members could turn into enemies due to the lawsuit, do you think your friend are totally loyal to you? I’m not saying that you should not keep any friends, but it is true that loyalty doesn’t worth anything now. And so the Bible keeps telling us to be a loyal person. It is not easy but we got to learn it and only with loyalty that we will be able to impact the others.

为什 么忠诚那么重要？你看，十诫的第一诫是“除我以外，你不可有别的神。”十诫是十种不同的价值观。为什么上帝在第一诫就强调在忠诚这个价值观上呢？因为剩下 的9个品格和价值观都必须要建立在忠诚的这个根基上。换句话说，忠诚是我们所有品格发展的根基，是你往上伸长的根基。如果你没有忠诚的品格，你的服事或许 还可以很棒，你的恩膏还可以很强，领唱可能还是很有创意，歌声还是很好听，甚至你的事工和生意都可以越做越大，你可以赚很多钱，也可以交好多好多的女朋 友，但是，当有问题发生的时候，当有挑战出现的时候，当你开始发现矛盾的时候，你会发现，你之前所建立的一切会在一夜之间毁于一旦，在一夜之间，你所辛苦 建立的事工，事业，感情将会完全的被毁灭。你知道为什么会这样子吗？因为你所有的东西都没有建立在忠诚的根基上。你所做的一切其实都在你讹我詐。我在瞒住 你，你在瞒住我。我做是为了讨你的喜欢，你做也是为了讨我的喜欢。我应付你，你应付我。所以当问题一出现的时候，我们就会因小事而开始争吵。问题就会越变 越大，像雪球越滚越大，时间到的时候就会爆发。那时候我们就会问自己为什么付上了那么多代价，那么努力的去做后还会发生这样的事情。难道自己做的还不够好 吗？为什么事情会是这样？答案很简单。我告诉你，就是因为你没有忠诚，对方也没有忠诚，你所有的一切都没有建立在忠诚的根基上。不忠诚的结果是带来毁灭性 的。
Why is loyalty so important? Look at the first commandment among the Ten Commandments. “You shall have no God before me.” Ten Commandments are 10 different values. Why does God talk about loyalty since the first commandment? Because the remaining 9 characters and values are all built on the foundation of loyalty. In other words, loyalty is the foundation of our growth of characters. You might still be able to do great works and expand your business largely without loyalty, but once there is a problem, when there is a challenge, all the things that you have built up might be destroyed to nothing. The reason behind this is there is the absence of loyalty. We were just doing things to please each other instead of doing it sincerely. So once there is a problem, it might set off an argue and then you would wonder what went wrong and why would things come out this way. The answer is really simple. Because you are not loyal as well as the other party. Disloyalty brings forth destruction.

所以大家问问自己，忠诚到底重要还是不重要？
Ask yourself now, is loyalty important?


如果你要成功，你就一定要学习成为一个忠诚的人。对神要忠诚，对牧师，对领袖，对你的小组，对你的钱，对你的学业，对你的事业，对你的家庭，所有的一切，你都必需要忠诚。那怎么忠诚？我们一起来看第一点。
If you want to be successful, then you will have to learn to be someone loyal. Be loyal to God, your pastor, your leader, your cellgroup, your studies, your career, your family and everything else. How do we be loyal? Let’s look at the first point.

1．你往哪里去，我也往哪里去。I’ll go wherever you go.
这 是路得说的第一句话。拿俄米往哪里去，他也往哪里去。我不懂前方的路是怎样，我不懂我会不会饿死。虽然当时在伯利恒的犹太人轻视看不起外邦人，路得可能会 很不好受，没有任何的身份，但他却选择跟随拿俄米。不管发生什么事情都会跟到底。圣经里有2个人跟路得一样。第一个就是亚伯拉罕。当时亚伯拉罕非常的富 有，拥有许多的产业，但是上帝却叫亚伯拉罕离开他所处在的地方，叫他出去，却没有说去哪里。年迈的亚伯拉罕就说，如果上帝要我去，我就去，我也不问去哪 里，我只要去就对了，我跟着你走，绝对不会错。还有另外一个人叫以利沙。以利亚呼召以利沙的时候，他就跟着他了。以利亚有好多次就跟以利沙说，你不要再跟 着我了，你不要再跟着我了，你不要再跟着我了！最后一次，我告诉你，你不要再跟着我了，听到了没有！！！以利沙怎么做？他继续的跟。以利亚去到哪里，他也 去到哪里。到最后，考试过了，以利亚就把他的衣服披在以利沙的身上，以利沙就得着了双倍的恩膏。所以，以利亚做了7件大神迹，以利沙就做了14件大神迹。 这就是紧紧跟随。年轻人，或许有些事情，组长或教会叫你做的时候，你不能够理解，你有很多的为什么，但是，即使你不明白，你也要一样紧紧跟随。
This is the first phrase that Ruth said. Where Naomi goes, she will go. She didn’t know what was ahead and not knowing if she would have to starve. The people at Bethlehem that time despised foreigners, Ruth might not be able to have a good life there because she wouldn’t have any identity. But she chose to follow Naomi. She chose to follow her till the end no matter what happens. There are 2 persons who are like Ruth in the Bible. The first one is Abraham. Abraham was very wealthy and he had a lot of properties. But God told Abraham to leave where he was. God didn’t say where, but Abraham, in his elder age, obeyed God to leave without asking any further. There was another person named Elisha. Elisha followed Elijah once he was being called. Many times, Elijah told Elisha to stop following him. He repeated it again and again. But Elisha continued to follow Elisha wherever he went. After this test, Elijah clothed Elisha with his cloak and Elisha obtained a double portion of anointing from Elijah. Elijah did 7 great miracles, and Elisha did 14 of them. This is called clinging unto closely. Young people, sometimes when your leader asked you to do something, you might not get it. But being a cleaver means even if you don’t get it, you would still follow what your leader said.

2．你在哪里住宿，我也在哪里住宿。 I’ll stay wherever you stay.
这 个说到stay connected，就是紧紧跟随。不管发生什么事情，你若住在烂的地方，我就住在烂的地方；你住在桥底下，我就住在桥底下；你住在垃圾桶的旁边，我也住 在垃圾筒的旁边。不管你去哪，你住哪，我都跟你在一起。我要跟你有一个好的连接。今天我们跟教会有好的连接吗？大家懂我们的教会在做什么吗？如果你不懂的 话，你一定要让你自己懂。举例来说，你要常常为教会祷告，常上教会的网站，申请facebook户口,然后跟随康希牧师，何耀珊，张明兴牧师，还有所有教会的领袖和会友。每一天紧紧跟随教会，牧师和领袖要做的，无条件的支持他们。这个就是stay connected。
Staying connected means following closely too. No matter what happened, even if you stay in a muddy place, I will stay there. Be it under a bridge or next to a rubbish dump, I will be where you are. We got to have a close relationship with our church. Do you know what are we doing in church now? If you don’t, you have to get it clear. For an example, we have to pray for our church, visit our church website, sign up a Facebook account and stay connected with Ps. Kong, Sun, Ps George and all the church leaders and members. Following closely to what the church pastor and leaders want to do and supporting them unconditionally.

3. 你的国就是我的国，你的神就是我的神。Your people will be my people, your God will be my God.
这 里说到，你的异象要成为我的异象，你的梦想要成为我的梦想。就是说，你在这个大家庭里面，不是在建立自己的王国，你不是在建立你自己想要的。你在这里的目 的乃是建立你牧师，领袖想要的，你要帮助他完成他所要的。当你这么做的时候，神就帮助你完成你的梦想和异象。这是原则。如果你每次都想办法去建立你的事 功，去建立你自己的王国，很努力的去带小组，很关心他们就为了组员能够听你的话和尊重你，你很努力的去做就为了让全世界认识你，或者得到一些奖赏，那对不 起，你所做的一切都是空的。对，就算你真的拿到奖赏，就算人家觉得你很棒，很尊重你，但是你会发现，当风雨一来，在一夜之间，所有的东西都会垮掉了，甚至 会让你离开教会，因为你是为了自己，不是为了完成教会的异象。今天，你会发现，当你把牧师的异象当成自己的异象，你不会斤斤计较，不会为了一些小事情就埋 怨。因为你所做的一切都是为了教会的异象，你知道你所做的不会落空，你知道你所做的是在为牧师的异象来铺路，铺砖，一块一块的铺上去。所以服事应该是要很 喜乐的。
It says here, your vision shall be my vision, your dream shall be my dream. It means in this big family, we are not building our own kingdom or what we want. The purpose for us being here is to build what our pastor and leader want, we have to help them to accomplish their dreams. When we are doing so, God will help us to build our dream and vision. This is a principle. If the purpose of you to lead a cellgroup and be very caring to your cellgroup members is to make them respect you or to the let the whole world know you, then I’m sorry to tell you that all you’re doing is equal to nothing. Even if you might seem really successful, but once a storm comes, all your accomplishment would be destroyed and you might even leave church because what you’ve been doing is for yourself instead of for the church.Today, if you make your pastor’s vision yours, you wouldn’t be preoccupied, you wouldn’t get grouchy because of a little mishaps. You know what you are doing now is laying down a foundation for your pastor’s vision and so it is a joy to be able to serve.

4． 你在哪里死，我也在哪里死。 Where you die, I’ll die.
问 大家一句话，很简单，今天，你肯不肯为牧师死？今天，如果有一颗子弹朝牧师的方向射过去，你会不会考虑了才跳过去？还是会立刻就跳过去？我们都是牧师的 FBI，都是要来保护他的。所以今天如果有人讲牧师的坏话我们要怎么做？我们不但要阻止他，我们还要骂回去。你不能够站在中立的立场，谁也不帮，因为这个 也叫不忠诚。当有人讲你牧师，区长，组长，帮手，领袖的时候你应该要怎么样？你要骂回他。康希牧师说了一句话，他说，或许我们教会做的事情你会很不喜欢， 你可能觉得你来到教会只是要得到爱，为什么一直叫我走出去，走出四墙，爱别人，太麻烦了，我不要等等的。没关系，还有比较适合你的教会。如果你不能跟随牧 师的异象，没关系，不是你不好，是你不适合在这里，可能在别的地方还有很多比较适合你的教会，你可以过去那边。年轻人，我们一定要忠于牧师的异象。
I’ll ask you all a simple question, will you die for pastor? If there was a bullet shooting towards pastor, would you think twice before jumping over ahead of him or you would do that instantly? We all are pastor’s personal FBI that are suppose to protect him. What should we do if someone said something bad about our pastor? We should not only stop them, but we should retort to the person. Being neutral also means being disloyal. Pastor Kong said, you might not like what our church is doing, you might think that you come to church for love, not to go out from the four walls and love the others, it’s too troublesome, etc. It does not matter then, there are more churches out there that suit you better. If you can’t follow pastor’s vision, then never mind, it’s not that you are not good, it’s only because you are not suitable for this church, you can be transferred to another church. Young people, we must be loyal to our pastor’s vision.

今天，耶稣在找一个人，在找一个男的，一个女的，祂要 找的是一个忠诚的人。你知道吗，有一个人叫做彼得。彼得爱耶稣吗？他很爱耶稣。他也很委身跟随耶稣。他是大师兄，耶稣的第一个门徒就是彼得。但是，3次不 认耶稣的，也是彼得。彼得告诉耶稣说，我不可能会背判你。耶稣说，鸡啼以前，你要3次不认我。彼得不相信。但是事情发生后，彼得真的3次不认耶稣。当彼得 这么做的时候，就是不忠诚了。他的生命一瞬间进入了黑暗的时期。他每天就过着难过，内疚，被捆绑的生活。最后，彼得回去自己的老行业去捕鱼了，他的命定毁 掉了，他和耶稣那美好的关系粉碎了，没有了。为什么？因为不忠诚的关系。
Today, Jesus is looking for a person, a boy and a girl, He wants to look for someone that's loyal. You know what, there's a person named Peter in the Bible. Did peter love Jesus? Yes, he loved Jesus very much. He's committed to Jesus. He's the eldest brother among all because he was the first to be called by Jesus. But the one who denied Jesus 3 times was also Peter. Peter told Jesus that he would never betrayed Him. But Jesus said before the cock cawed, he would deny Jesus for 3 times. Peter wouldn't believe it. But after it happened, Peter really did denied Jesus for 3 times. When Peter did this, he was being disloyal to Jesus. His life slipped into total darkness. He was sad, guilty and oppressed in life. He even went back to his old job of being a fisherman. His destiny, as well as the relationship with Jesus were destroyed. It was all because of his disloyalty.

今天，如果你对耶稣不忠诚，对教会不忠诚，这个关系就会毁掉。魔鬼引诱人类吃分别善恶树上的果子就是要把不忠诚的果子放在亚当的夏娃的面前，因为他要破坏人和神之间的关系。但是，感谢主，耶稣来了。祂用祂的宝血和生命重新将我们的生命和神连接在一起。
Today, if you were being disloyal to Jesus and the church, this relationship will be destroyed. The devild tempted Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is to instill the seed of disloyalty into them, because he knew it can destroy the relationship between God and people. But Jesus came, and reconciled our relationship with God through his life and blood.

一样的，当耶稣升天之前，祂到海边去找彼得。 祂坐到船上和彼得一起捕鱼。不但如此，耶稣还把鱼烤了，给他吃。耶稣所做的一切是要让彼得回想起彼得之前是怎么跟随祂的。祂要让彼得想起以前祂对他的呼 召，那个起初的爱，那颗忠诚的心。彼得开始明白，当时，耶稣问他3次，彼得，你爱我吗？彼得，你爱我吗？彼得，你爱我吗？为什么呢？彼得之前3次不认耶 稣，当耶稣第一次问他，彼得，你爱我吗？彼得说，是的，耶稣，你知道我爱你。在刹那间，他之前的背叛，不忠诚于耶稣的那个捆绑，锁链就断掉了。第二次，耶 稣又再问，彼得，你爱我吗？彼得有回答耶稣说，是的，耶稣，你知道我爱你。彼得说这句话的时候，锁链又断了一条，因为彼得不认耶稣第2次的罪已经被赦免 了。第3次，耶稣再问他，彼得，你爱我吗？彼得开始有点不耐烦了，他说，耶稣，我告诉你，我真的真的真的很爱你。
It's the same, before Jesus rose to Heaven, He went to look for Peter at the seashore. He sat unto the boat together with him to catch the fish. He even baked the fish for Peter. The reason Jesus did this was to remind Peter of how he used to follow Him. He wanted Peter to remember His calling to Peter, as well as the first love and the heart of loyalty. Peter started to understand why Jesus asked Peter thrice that if he loved Him. It was because Peter denied Him for 3 times. When Jesus first asked him, do you love me? Peter said yes. At the same time, the previous betrayal and the oppression within him started to set loose. Second time, Jesus asked again, do you love me? Peter replied yes, he does. When Peter said this, another chain was broken because the second time of Peter's betrayal was forgiven. The third time, Jesus asked Peter again, do you love me? Peter started to get impatient and said, yes, Jesus, I really, really love you.

耶稣在这里提到的爱一共有三种不同的层 次，一次比一次更深，而耶稣提到的最后一个爱就是AGAPE LOVE。换句话说，耶稣在问彼得，你愿意无条件的爱我吗？当彼得愿意回答耶稣我爱你的时候，彼得开始被更新，彼得开始从一个吻别的人成为一个紧紧跟随耶 稣的人。耶稣帮他找回了那个忠诚，跟随祂的心。为什么耶稣要这么做？因为耶稣在升天之前，耶稣要把一个重任交给地上的一个人，那个人要开拓全世界的第一间 教会。但是耶稣找一个背叛了祂3次的人。证明了耶稣是一个绝对忠诚的人。祂曾经告诉彼得说我要把教会建立在磐石上，阴间的权柄不能够胜过它。那个磐石 （PETRA）指的是耶稣基督。但是当时耶稣就把彼得的名字改成彼得，代表小石头(PETROS)的意思，就是要把这个负担和使命教给彼得。虽然彼得3次 不认祂，但是耶稣没有忘记祂承诺过彼得的话。祂没有忘记祂把这个命定放在彼得的生命里面。所以耶稣用了很多很有创意的方法赢回了彼得对祂的忠诚。目的就是 要把这个责任从新交回给彼得。就是要让彼得知道祂对彼得的命定是没有后悔的，耶稣对彼得说话：“只要你愿意忠诚，愿意悔改，我一样要用你。你知道吗。”彼 得终于成为了全世界最大教会的牧师。当时他在耶路撒冷赢得了10万人信主。当时耶路撒冷的人数是20万，也就是说，2个人里面，有1个是信主的。因为耶路 撒冷的教会，今天，在全世界，有3分之1的人都是基督徒。
Jesus mentioned 3 levels of love here, one is deeper than another. The last love that Jesus mentioned is Agape love. In other words, Jesus was asking Peter if he would love Him unconditionally? When Peter answered yes, he loved Jesus, his life was renewed again. Jesus had to do so because He needs to pass over a great responsibility to someone on earth, and that person was the one who were to develop the first church in the world. But Jesus chose someone that had betrayed Him for 3 times. It shows that Jesus is totally loyal. Jesus told Peter that He wants to build His church upon a rock. And that rock (petra) means Jesus Christ. But at that time, Jesus changed Peter’s name to Peter that means little rocks (petros), it means He was passing the responsibility and command to build a church to Peter. Even though Peter had denied Jesus for 3 times, but Jesus never forgets His promise to him. He never forgets the destiny He put in Peter. So Jesus used a lot of ways creative ways to win Peter’s loyalty back. The purpose is to renew this responsibility back to Peter and to let him know that Jesus never regrets his calls. Jesus said to Peter, as long as you’re loyal and willing to repent, I will still use you. Peter finally became the pastor of the largest church in the world. He won 100,000 persons in Jerusalem among the population of 200,000. It means half of the population believed in Jesus. And because of Jerusalem, 1/3 of the population in the world now are Christian.

年轻人，上帝永远看重你的命定。耶稣永远对你忠诚。祂记得，祂没有忘记。问题是今天你能不能像彼得一样，来到耶稣的面前说，是的，耶稣，我爱你，没有后悔。耶稣也要问你3次，你爱我吗？
Young people, God values your destiny. Jesus is always loyal to you. He always remembers that. The problem is whether you can be like Peter, who came to Jesus and said, yes, Jesus, I love you and there’s no regret. Jesus will too, ask you, do you love me?

你要做一个吻别的人，还是一个紧紧跟随的人？你要怎么做？
What do you want to be? A kisser or a cleaver?

口述：　张华晋传道
Preached by: Ps Kelvin Tiong

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信

1. 不要疑惑，总要信 （约 20：27）

2. 耶稣对他衪说 ：你因看见了我才信；那没有看见就信的有福了。（约20：29）

3. 我们因信他的话，衪的名便叫你们所看见所认识的这人健壮了； 正是他所赐的信心，叫这人在你们众人面前全然好了。

4. 又藉着信洁净了他们的心，并不分他们我们。（徒15：9）

5. 叫你们的信不在乎人的智慧 ，只在乎神的大能。（林前2：5）

6. 因我们行事为人世凭着信心，不凭着眼见。（林后5：7）

7. 我们若将起初确实的信心坚持到底，就在基督里又分了。（来3：14）

8. 只要凭着信心求，一点不疑惑；因为那疑惑的人，就像海中的波浪，被风吹动翻腾。这样的人不要想从主那里得什么。（雅1：6~7）

9. 信耶和华你们的神就必立稳。（赛7：9）

10. 你们若是不信，定然不得立稳 ；（代下20：20）

11. 你们祷告，无论求什么，只要信，就必得着。（太21：22）

12. 耶稣听见所说的话，就对官会堂的说：不要怕，只要信！（可5：36）

13. 耶稣对他说：你若能信，在信的人，凡事都能。（可9：23）

14. 耶稣回答说：你们当信服神。我实在告诉你们，无论何人对这座山说：你挪开此地，投在海地！他若心里不疑惑，只信他所说的必称，就必给他成了。所以我告诉你们，凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信是得着的，就必得着。（可11:22-24）

15. 信而受洗的，就必得救，不信的，就被定罪。信的人必有神迹随着他们，就是奉我的名赶鬼；说新方言；手能拿蛇；若喝了什么毒物，也比不受害；手按病人，病人就必好。（可16：16~18）

16. 耶稣说：我不是对你说过，你若信，就必看见神的荣耀吗？（约11：40）

17. 身体没有灵魂是死的，信心没有行为也是死的。（雅2：26）

18. 你们也因着他，信那叫他从死里复活，又给他荣耀的深，叫你们的信心和盼望都在于神。（彼前1：21）

我是个有用的人 I’m not useless

有一个笑话是这样的：
There was a joke:

有一个年轻人，在一个冷风嗖嗖的夜晚步行回家。
On a cold windy night, a young man was walking home.

路上没有灯柱，因着四周一片黑漆漆，没有注意到前方有一个窟窿，一不小心跌了进去。
It was pitch dark and he couldn’t see a hole in front and unfortunately, he dropped into it accidentally.

他费尽力气，努力的爬啊爬，希望可以爬出去，最后却是徒劳无功。
He used up all the strength he had, trying to climb out of it, but it was to no avail.

不久，来了一个老人，他喝了酒醉，一不小心，也跌了进去。
After a while, there came a drunk old man, having the same fortune, dropped into the hole.

迷糊中，他也很努力的试图要爬出去。
He was also trying hard to get out from it.

这时，年轻人在背后静静的看着那老人，觉得很滑稽，于是就起了个念头要作弄这老人家，
他静悄悄的靠到老人家背后，用阴深深的声音说：
Then the young man looked at the old man, had an idea to pull a prank at him. He walked near to the old man, and with a low-pitched, ghostly voice, he said:

“喂~你就别白费力气了~ 我爬了这么久都爬不出去~ 你还是算了吧，就留在这陪我吧~呵呵呵~”
“Hey, stop wasting your energy, I’ve climbed it all my life and still couldn’t make it. Just forget about getting out and accompany me here. Hehehe.”

“岂料，这老人咻一声的就爬了出去。
But surprisingly, this old man got out from the hole instantly.

原来，老人以为对方是鬼，情急之下，就使劲吃奶之力，用尽全身的力量，逃了出去。
In fact, the old man thought that there was a ghost, under panic, he used up all the strength he had, tried all he can and managed to get out from it.

哈哈！
Haha!

相信大家都听过狗急跳墙这句话吧？狗不会跳墙，但在最危急的时候也能跳过墙去。
I believe everyone have heard of a Chinese idiom that says “a panicking dog jumps over the wall”. Dogs can’t jump over a wall, but only when it’s an emergency.

同样的，不管是人或动物，我们里面的潜能都是巨大无限的，
当它被引发出来的爆发力是超乎你所能想象的，是可以让你发挥出意想不到的果效。
Likewise, be it human or animal, we have an immeasurable potential inside us. When it’s being exploded, it's greater than what we could think of.

我们需要的是要有意识的去激发我们的潜能。
We need the consciousness to trigger our potential.


今天的主题是－我是有用的人。
The title today is – I’m not useless.


为什么我会是一个有用的人呢？这是我们每一个人都会问自己的问题吧！
Why am I not useless? This is what we could ask ourselves.

甚至我们或许会对自己说，我身边的人都没有给我任何的肯定，我真的可以吗？
Or we would tell ourselves that nobody around us gave us any assurance, am I really not useless?

我真的可以成功吗？我要告诉你，你一定可以！！
Can I really succeed? I want to tell you, YOU SURELY CAN!

人怎么看你和上帝怎么看你，
你认为哪一个比较重要呢？
Which one do you think is more important – how God looks at you, or how people look at you?

我们必需要明白三个事实:
We need to understand 3 truths:


1. 上帝是我们的开始 God is our beginning

在圣经创世纪1:1记载神的话说，“起初神创造天地。”
In Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

注意，这里说的起初，意思就是神是开始。
Notice that here it says, He is the beginning.

顾名思义，就是说我们生命的开始，是源自於创造天地万物的神。
Thus, the starting out our life is from the God who created heaven and earth.

在学校里，科学教导我们人类是由猴子进化而成的。这完全是错误的观念！
In school, science teaches us that we are evolved from the ape. This is a wrong idea!

我们不是从猴子开始的，我们的祖宗不是猿猴。
We’re not evolved from an animal, our ancestor isn’t an ape.

因为在我们的身上并没有任何猴子的习性。
Because we do not have any ape’s habit in us.

Do you want to be like him?

你想要像他吗？

OR HIM?

还是他？

你我都是神的精心杰作。
Both you and I are creatively created.

诗篇139:14
我要称谢你，因我受造，奇妙可畏。你的作为奇妙，这是我心深知道的。
We are made in HEAVEN. We are fearfully and wonderfully made. (Ps 139:14)

我们生命的开始不是源自於我们的父母。神说：
The starting of our life is not from our parents, God says:

我未将你造在腹中，我已晓得你。(耶利米书 1:5)
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you (Jer 1:5)

对，你确实是从你母亲腹中生出来的，但是你血液里流着的不只是你父母的DNA，
你体内不只是拥有你祖宗的基因，你还有一个DNA，是来自上帝的。
Yes, you were born from your mother’s womb, but the DNA in your blood do not only come from your parents, not only from the ancestor, you have another source of ancestor, it’s from God.

因为你生命的开始是源自於上帝。
Because the starting of your life is from God.

而这个DNA是带着耶稣复活的大能而诞生的，是冠军的DNA，是赢家的DNA！
And this DNA is also the one that gave birth to Jesus Christ, the DNA of a champion, a winner’s DNA!

你拥有冠军的血统，所以从今天开始，你要过一个得胜的人生。
You have the bloodline of a champion, so from this day onward, you will lead a victorious life.

创2:7
耶和华神用地上的尘土造人，将生气吹在他鼻孔里，他就成了有灵的活人，名叫亚当。
Gen 2:7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

这里说上帝 “将生气吹在他鼻孔里”
Here it says God “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life”

上帝将他的气息传递了给我们。气息可以用作代表生命。
God transfers his breath to us, breath can represent life.

生命里充满着由上一代流传下来的基因 (DNA)。
Life consists of the DNA inherited from our ancestor.

如此，
你若知道你体内拥有上帝的DNA，
你还会看自己渺小，微不足道吗？
Thus, if you know that you have God’s DNA in you, would you still think that you are insignificant and unworthy?

2. 神赐给我们成功的能力 God gives us the power to succeed

在创世纪 1:27-28 记载着:
27 神就照着自己的形像造人，乃是照着他的形像造男造女。28神就赐福给他们，又对他们说：要生养众多，遍满地面，治理这地，也要管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟，和地上各样行动的活物。
Gen 1:27-28 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

这里所说的赐福，就是指上帝赐给我们成功的能力。
Here it says , blessed which means God gave us the power to succeed.

今天，我们被呼召是要成为一个成功有影响力的人。
We are called to be a successful and influential person.

上帝对我们的旨意乃是要我们管理和治理，而不是被支配。
God’s purpose for us is to reign and rule instead of to assist.

我们被造即是这样，我们就有这个能力去胜任。
Since we are made this way, we shall have the power to achieve it.

上帝已把这个能力赋予我们，使我们能完成我们生命中的命定。不要小看自己。
God has given us this power so we can fulfill the destiny of our lives. Do not look down on yourself.

我们每一个人都是有用的人，在我们里面隐藏着许多的潜能，已开发的，未开发的，几乎不可胜数。
We are all not useless, there are various hidden potentials in us, whether it is being explore or not, they are almost uncountable.


3. 我们生命中有一个宝贝 We have a treasure in our lives.

哥林多后书 4:7
我们有这宝贝放在瓦器里，要显明这莫大的能力，是出于神，不是出于我们。
2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

这里的宝贝指的就是我们每一个生命当中都有一个宝藏。
We all have a treasure in our life.

你们知道吗？
Do you know that…

在这世界上最可怕的人是没有梦想的人，
最为遗憾的人莫过于没有发挥潜能的人，
而全世界最大的宝藏就藏於距离我们不远的坟墓里。
The most pitiful people on earth are the ones that do not have a dream,
the most regretted people are those who did not explore their potentials,
and the place with most treasures are at the graveyard.

在你生命当中隐藏着一个无可限量的潜能。
There is an unlimited potential in you.

你或者质疑你的潜能，你否认你有这个能力，
也许你说我什么都不会，什么事情都做不好，我也不知道我会什么，
但是，你不知道不代表你没有，只是未被发掘。
You may doubt or deny this power, you might say you are unable to get anything done, you do not know anything, but, what you do not know does not mean you do not have. They are just yet to be explored.

就好像，当我们呱呱落地的时候，
我们根本不晓得何谓五种感官，但是这却不代表我们没有。
It is like when we were just born, we do not know about our five senses, but it does not mean that they do not exist.

那你要怎样发现你里面的潜能呢？
How are you going to explore and realize your hidden potentials?


第一就是，你要换个角度看自己。
You gotta see yourself from another perspective.

很常的时候，我们看自己的角度有时看错了，我们常用放大镜来看我们自己的弱点和不足。
We often look at ourselves from a wrong perspective, we magnify our weaknesses and incapability.

当今世代，有人成功，也有人失败，关键就在於一个人他怎么看他自己。
What matters most is how you perceive yourself.

当大家看到这半杯水的时候，你们第一个的感想是什么？
What came to your mind when you saw this glass?

同样是半杯水，你看到的是半满，还是半空？
What do you see? A half full or half empty glass?

你可以乐於还有半杯水，也可以叹说只剩半杯水了。
The optimist sees the cup half full; the pessimist sees the cup half empty.

但是你怎么看，就决定了你这杯水的价值。
The way you look at this glass of water determines the value of this glass of water to you.

同样的，今天你怎样看待自己，周围的人和环境也将如此看待你。
How you perceive yourself, is how others will perceive you.



第二呢，就是选择不安於现状
Choose not to stay in your comfort zone.

你可以选择维持现状，待在安全舒适的环境，
但你若想挖掘出隐藏的宝藏，你必须愿意到你从未到过的地方。
Many of us are stuck in a rut
because we simply stop moving out of our comfort zone and receptive to change.
Nevertheless, you have to step out to experience something new.

在圣经，我们看到当摩西过世之后，约书亚需要带领以色列百姓进入迦南美地。
In the bible, when Moses passed away, Joshua needed to lead the Israelites into Canaan.

在那里充满很多的未知数，来临的挑战是约书亚未曾经历的。
There are many unknown, Joshua had never experienced what he faced.

虽然年龄尚小，也没有兵法知识，更勿谈打仗经验了，
Though young at age, not equipped with any army knowledge or experience on war field,

但因着约书亚选择从舒适地带走出来，他里面的潜能就被引发出来，
But Joshua chose to walk out from his comfort zone, which leads to the explosion of his hidden potentials.

他不但带领以色列民剿灭所有的敌人，最后他们成功占领了这流奶与蜜之地。
He did not only lead the Israelites to trash their enemies, he eventually got the land of honey and milk.

另外，我们也看到圣经里，耶稣其中一个门徒，彼得，
他在一个风雨交加的晚上，在离船不远处，看到耶稣从水面上走过来，
而彼得听到耶稣的呼召，也从船上跨出去，走在水面。
Besides, in the Bible, during a night with strong winds and heavy rain, Jesus commanded one of his disciples, Peter to walk on the water. He decided to take a step out and managed to walk on the water.

当彼得行走在水面上时，
船上还有两个门徒，他们也有走在水面上的潜能，
那为何唯独彼得做得到呢？
When Peter walked on the water, there were other 2 disciples on the boat, they too, had the potential to walk on the water, but why was it that only Peter did it?


因为他跨出去了。
Because he took a step out.


同样的，
你若想要行在水面上，你就必须跨出船外。
Likewise, if you want to walk on water, you have to step out from your boat.
You have far greater potential than you've ever imagined.


今天不知有多少人，带着宝藏离开人间，
他们任凭害怕，恐惧，自卑，拦阻自己跨出去，
但你们不要成为这样的人。
Many people left the world with their treasures. They let fear, inferiority and obstacles stopped them from stepping out. But you do not want to be such person.

因为你里面的潜能，多到你无法想象，你可以爬得比自己想象的高，
你还有才干，才华尚未开发，你还有恩赐尚待发掘，
Because your hidden potentials are at an amount that you could never imagine. You can climb higher than you imagined. You have talents that are yet to be explored. You have anointing that you have yet to put into use.

你只要开始换一个角度看自己，选择离开你的安乐窝，
最后的结果将使你自己大吃一惊。
You only have to look at yourself from another angle, choose to leave your comfort zone, the result itself might bring surprise to you.

告诉自己,你是一个赢家!
Tell yourself, you're a champion!

一个冠军不是未曾失败过;乃是未曾放弃过!
Winners are not those who never fail; but those who never quit!

加油吧，年青人！你是一个有用的人！！
Do your best, young lads! You are not useless!!



口述：张华晋传道
Speech by: Pastor Kelvin