The works of Holy Spirit II

聖靈引導一個人的思想，乃是用上帝的道繼續光照他，使他的心思意念更新變化，把錯誤的觀念一個一個的打掉，把他的可能潛在悟性把它提出來。所以聖靈一定是產生悟性的工作，聖靈一定是帶領激發悟性功能的，一定是更新人的悟性潛在能的， the understanding potential is in planted in you now to be transformed, to be changed, to be renewed by the Holy Spirit. 這個更新我的悟性功能，更新了解真理的可能性，更新我那個原已經被上帝植在我我裡面的那個本能. 聖靈到的地方，一定把人悟性的功能把它復活過來，把它更新過來，一定把它更正過來，把它正常化----the normalization of the easting and ability of understanding is the work of Holy Spirit. 聖靈的工作就是正常化你的思想功能，正常化你的悟性功能，正常化你的意志方向，正常化你的感情的要素。這個 sanctification 這個 normalization 使你不能對上帝說「是的」，結果能夠能講是。不能對魔鬼講「不的」，結果有力量講對魔鬼說不！因為祂在你裡面工作就是要更新你的悟性、心性，你的理性對神的那個正確的反應。過去已經玷污，過去已經歪曲，過去已經走差的， 現在都要歸正過來，The work of the Holy Spirit is renewal,transform,change,refresh,normalize.
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Body and will of God

1 所 以 弟 兄 們 ， 我 以 神 的 慈 悲 勸 你 們 ， 將 身 體 獻 上 ， 當 作 活 祭 ， 是 聖 潔 的 ， 是 神 所 喜 悅 的 ； 你 們 如 此 事 奉 乃 是 理 所 當 然 的 。

2 不 要 效 法 這 個 世 界 ， 只 要 心 意 更 新 而 變 化 ， 叫 你 們 察 驗 何 為 神 的 善 良 、 純 全 、 可 喜 悅 的 旨 意 。
羅 馬 書 12

人的身體是你遵行 神旨意的場所，是遵行 神旨意的一個工具，不但如此，在身體存在的期間，是你唯一遵行 神旨意的有形的機會。『The Visible Opportunity to Do the Will of God is in the Span of Your Life with the Physical Body』。

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Lonely

基督徒最孤單的時候不是一個人、是兩個人，因為主從來沒有離棄你 .因為當我獨處時，那時正是我可以享受耶穌基督同在的時候 遵行 神旨意的人永不孤單。
A Christian who follows the will of God is never lonely even when he is alone.


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Following the will of God

聖靈的引導」是要把人帶到上帝永遠的旨意裡。為這個緣故，一個順服聖靈引導的人才能做一個遵行 天父旨意的人.

聖靈在這裡不是單單做一個理性的導師，聖靈乃是做一個從理性、到心性、到意志、到你的腳的行動中間引導你的人.
The leading of Holy Spirit is meant to bring us into the eternal will of God.
The Holy Spirit not only leads your will, but also your heart, your mind and your action.


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How to be filled by holy spirit

一個被聖靈充滿的人，是被神的真理充滿的人，一個被聖靈充滿的人，一定把神的話豐豐富富隱藏在心裡；所以當上帝的話隱藏在他心裡豐豐富富的時候，當他有一件事情要做錯的時候，聖靈馬上引導，聖靈怎麼引導？用啟示的道引導，引導什麼呢？引導那些把那這些道隱藏在心裡的人；那你會發現這個原則清楚了，如果你說我相信聖經，我相信聖經；結果從來不去看它，遇到什麼事情的時候，聖經裡面好像有一節就不知道在 哪裡，所以從頭翻到底，結果翻不到你就去做了，為什麼？因為上帝要用啟示的道啟示你的時候，你心中沒有引導啟示的道的真理的了解，所以聖靈沒有辦法再繼續光照你；為什麼呢？因為聖靈留一些責任讓你去做的時候，祂不要搶奪你的權利，不是祂無能；不是祂沒有無所不能的權柄，乃是祂要你盡當盡的責任，所以聖靈充滿誰？聖靈充滿那些願意把真理豐豐富富隱藏在心中，順服祂；『我將你的話藏在心裡免得我得罪你』，少年人用什麼潔淨他的行為呢？是要遵行你的道.

在以弗所書，保羅說：你們要被聖靈充滿，接下去，用詩章、頌 詞、靈歌彼此對唱，口唱心合的讚美榮耀上帝；同樣的一節聖經，在歌羅西書出現的時候變成完全不同的一句話，你們要用各樣的智慧，把基督的道豐豐富富藏在心裡；接下去，用詩歌、頌詞靈歌彼此對唱，口唱心合將榮耀歸給上帝，讚美上帝；所以從代名詞的關係來說，這個被聖靈充滿和把上帝的道，基督的教訓豐豐富富，用各樣的智慧藏在心中是同一件事.

講員：唐崇榮 博士
系列：聖靈的引導與動力生活

The works of Holy Spirit

" 因為他的順從就成為一切順從之人永遠得救的根源。

聖靈所做的工作就把人帶到從野性、悖逆性、抵擋性、反抗性的那個自我虛假的自由中間順服下來；把它帶到真正學習基督對父的順從的那個地步裡面.

你的思考能力就是流浪的理性，就是浪子走在你自己的路上中間，我們多麼願意自己想你不要管我，思想自由、思想解放；單單自由是可以叫你亂跑，跑完了、累了、就死了；就葬在一個最不自由的地方.

真正的 自由？是把你其他那些妨礙你自由的可能性都革除了，只讓你在正確的路向上一直跑，那個自由好像不自由，因為有特別的路向；這個路向卻使你可以免去那些冤枉跑那些沒有用的道路，跑冤枉路的那個不需要的自由.
聖靈就用思想引導，用上帝的道引導人的思想，

『我就是真理、我就是道路、我就是生命』

神創造理性、神啟示真理、這其中的關係就是用祂所啟示的真理，來引導祂所創造的理性。

但理性不是神，不是絕對的真理，當我們的理性沒有被真理引導的時候，我們的理性就變成在流浪在思想界的浪子；當我們的理性被道帶回神的面前的時候，我們的理性，就變成思想的浪子歸家；那叫做信仰.
信仰不是抹煞理 性的，不是壓制理性的，信仰不是批判理性的，信仰乃是帶回理性.

聖靈來了祂就引導人，因為祂是引導人，所以他就用多少，繼續不斷的光照；把真理帶到人的思想中間，把人的思想慢慢引導，引導到合乎真理的地步；當你思想你理性功能 與上帝的道慢慢合一的時候，那個理性功能就變成很美很美的一件事情，這是第一樣；第二樣聖靈把你帶到降服真理之後，就帶你進到第二個地步；就是對真理和上帝的道產生一個愛，感情的回頭."
Holy Spirit brings the minds of prodigy into the truth.
We believe in everything the so called authorities said; yet they are contradicting each other.

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6 (New International Version)


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系列：聖靈的引導與動力生活



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救恩

"聖父預備救恩，聖子成全救恩，聖靈施行救恩

聖靈把人從亞當裡的地位引導到在基督裡面的地位，

在神面前只有兩種的存在，一種的存在就是在亞當裡面的存在；第二種的存在就是在基督裡面的存在；所以以神的眼光來看， 無論你的膚色、無論你的宗教、無論你的社會階層、無論你的生活方式、或者你的文化傳統，只能把人類分成兩種：一種是在亞當裡，一種是在基督裡。

在亞當裡面的人，我們因為我們的遠祖對上帝的悖逆，所以我們就過了一個悖逆之子的生活；在基督裡面因為耶穌基督的順從，我們就過了一個像神的兒子順命子女的生活；這樣我們從前在亞當裡面是順著肉體的情慾來行事，順著我們自己的喜好來行事，順著天上空中惡魔的那個力量，那一 個人抵擋上帝順著那個靈，在心中的邪靈運行來生活，所以是服事他的邪情私慾，走的道路是憑著自己意志和自己的權柄，來過一個自由以致於自殺離開上帝的生活."
------Dr. Steven Tong 聖靈的引導與動力生活
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Holy spirit

Holy spirit is dynamic. Holy spirit is like walking across a river, even if you cross the river at the same place, walking on the same stones, but the water you cross today is different from that of yesterday.
Holy spirit is likened to fire and water which are dynamic.
Dynamic spirit is transforming, keep improving,open system instead of conforming, and staying in a closed system.

"你認識你的上帝嗎？ Our Father 、Our savior、Our Holy Spirit、Our God is consuming fire、Our God is dynamic God、因為神是 Dynamic，神是這麼靈活的，這個是動力的神，所以我相信，我這一生的生命在動力中間過生活，為這個緣故我敢定這個題目，我敢講這個題目，因為神的靈在那裡，那裡得以自由，神的靈是自由的靈，所以神在那裡那裡就有自由，但是自由不是你要做什麼就做什麼，那個叫做放縱，那叫做 野蠻，那叫做豈有此理，自由是什麼？自由是當你知道那不對的時候，你就能停止不做你不要做的，那叫自由。自由是當你知道那是真理的時候，你有力量把真理用動力的靈，化成你真正的生活，那個叫做自由，上帝的靈在那裡那裡就得以自由，自由把真理行出來，自由把你心中的捆綁解開，自由把你觀念中間的錯誤解開，那個自由在那一句那一節聖經，『那個動性和那裡面的豐富呢！』絕對不像我們普遍觀念，所知道的"----Dr. Steven Tong 聖靈的引導與動力生活


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Be the salt and light of the world

The Christians should represent Jesus. No matter what we preach, others are convinced by what we do only. We much implement what we preach.

13"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matthew





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Disciplined

When we are suffering ,we should distinguish between discipline by God due to our own sins or suffering for righteousness sake. We should endure. 7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? Hebrews

We should respect the discipline of God, so that we may share in his holiness.
Must pray more for life, pray less for living.

10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. Hebrews

We actually should rejoice while being displined,as we will bear the fruit of peace which is righteousness.

The sinners will be considered as righteous as a result of faith. The righteous one will lead a life of righteousness because of faith.

Faith of David 2

Let God takes revenge for us.
He has His own will and His own timing.
Love is passive, hate is active.
If we cannot love those that can be seen, how can we love God that cannot be seen.
Confucius: faithful and forgiving.
God: Love,
If a worker often criticize his boss, he will be criticized himself.
Money or authority can buy praise, but cannot buy respect.
Walk in the will of God and do your best, respect will come naturally.
Do not evade responsibility. It is like moving blocking stones a few miles ahead.
You will eventually face the same problem.

Faith of David

Walking in the will of God is better than giving.
Respect, fear those that need to be respected or feared.
Give tax that need to be taxed .
Rely on the power of God instead of depending on knowledge and experience.

Wisdom

3 levels of actions:
1) controlled by desire
2) Desire is controlled by the emotion
3) Emotion is in term controlled by will.
The third level is better than the previous two.

What is the will controlled by?
It should be controlled by God.

The faith of Joseph

"should I commit this great sin against God?"
When he was seduced, he refused to commit sin against God,
Instead of afraid to commit sin against the woman or others .
The attribute of God is the foundation of ethic.
He let God to judge for him all the unfair treatments he received.

The faith of Abraham

The faith of Abraham is that of resurrection from dead and creation of God from nothing.
Testing of faith of Abraham not for God Himself, but for the future generation. God is the only one who
gave away His only begotten son for us.

Be brave to face tomorrow!

Are you afraid of morrow?
Jesus was there!
Do you know that the one who hold you is the same one which hold tommorrow.

Intentions behind your belief

We claimed to be the ardent followers of certain religion or belief,
We should question ourselves: what are the motives behind. Do we actually
look for material gains which we believe certain religion will provide? Or do we
look for spiritual tranquility? Do we pray for health? Do we pray for career? Do you
pray that there will be a smooth path ahead of us? Then these are all our motives behind
all our pious religious activities.
Under these conditions, we are using God for our own gain.
We are commanding God to do what we want.
Actual faith is not commanding God to do for us. It is doing what God commanded us.
It is not God followings the will of us, it is may Thy will be done!
Don't treat God as our servant. In fact He has the absolute decree to bestow those according to
His own eternal will. We are mortal being. Being temporary it is very hard to comprehend His eternal will.
We should not be short sighted. Even if we did not get what were promised. We should know that God has
His own eternal will.
Faith is seeing what is not seen by reasoning.
Do not be sad if you do not reap what you harvested.
Do not be over jubilant if you harvest what you did not reap.
May He has all the glory, power.



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Different labels of faith

-Fundamental faith: implanted in human being with creation.
-Faith from listening to the words: faith in Jesus Christ to redeem us.
-Special faith bestowed to accomplish special tasks.
-Faith needed to walk with Christ.

Faith vs Reasoning

Fundamental and original faith is already implanted in men at creation.
It is God who created Reasoning, not reasoning who created God.
It is God who reveals Himself through creation. It is not nature which proved the existence of God.
God is actively revealing Himself, not passively proven by the fallen mind.
The god created by fallen reasoning is lower than the reasoning and is not the real God.
Fundamental principle of faith is God existence is beyond proof.
Reasoning exalted human as the object; while faith is based on God as object, and the creation as subject.

Time is life

Time is money is a popular phrase. Popularity cannot turn something into truth.
The truth is: Time is life !

Grace vs sin

-Human being have authority over a lot of things and other people. Yet most of them have no power over themselves or the grip of sins.
-When God is pleased with someone, does not mean he will be saved.
-Salvation comes from God, yet if one perishes, it is due to his own evil deed.
-Now a lot of us are very lazy to listen to the words of God, yet want God to listen to their words by keep praying, claiming that if they pray with faith, God will listen to them.

God Vs science

-There is qualitative difference between the creator and creature.
-Spiritualism: idea determines existence.
-Materialism:existence of matter determines idea.
-An open system scientist discovered something God created. He gives glory to God.
-An closed system scientist treats himself as subject and the world as object. He would think that it is him who created something, so he would glorify himself only.
-God created those that can be seen and those that cannot be seen. If He only creat those that can be seen only, we will only be seeing air only.
E=mc2
-science is the knowledge which is most reliable at this moment.
-God is the truth and will never change.







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Existence of God

"Because I think, so I exist"
"The truth is: because God exist, so I think."
"God is not the product of logic thinking, yet
Logic thinking is the creation of God."
"We must be suspicious of suspicious thinking."
"Human being is the only being with the priority as the interpretor of God"
Human being is created with the status of King, Prophet and Priest
The work of God are:
-Creation
-Redemption
-Revelation
But without revelation we will never know the
Creation and redemption of God.





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Where is strength coming from?

1)I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.PHILIPPIANS 4:13

2) For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 TIMOTHY 1:7

3)God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea PSALMS 46:1-2

4)Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.1 Peter 5:7

5)29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.Isaiah 40

"Do not worry, because we do not know what are the things that we should worry about"