活祭要厌恶恶,这是第一个阶段。但是我们不能停在这里。我们还要进一步的不以恶报恶! “不可以恶报恶。大家以为美的事,要努力去作。可能的话,总要尽你们的所能与人和睦。”(罗十二17-18)我要大家注意的是,这里是谈论活祭的生活态度,是属私人的,个人的,人际关系的事,而非政府执法或法官司法之类的事。这些保罗将会在十三章谈论(下主日会讲)。基督徒我们除了厌恶恶;持守善,更不可以以恶报恶,就是不可以报复!原文有不管对任何人的意思,就是说无论那人是谁,也不管那人伤害你多深,都不可报复!
喜欢摇滚乐,还没有信主前特别喜欢Metallica的歌。他们有一首歌『Fight Fire With Fire』。以暴易暴!华人武侠电影的核心主题就是-报仇!我们看得时候,最高兴的就是坏人被打死。所以如果一部戏很有创意的说坏人没有死,好人死了,一定会给你骂到乱!(听说Ong Bak 2的结局就是这样),你会觉得你报不到仇…。
Isn’t it strange
how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church,
but such a small amount when you go shopping?
Isn’t it strange
how 2 hours seem so long when you’re at church,
and how short they seem when you’re watching a good movie?
Isn’t it strange
that you can’t find a word to say when you’re praying but..
you have no trouble thinking what to talk about with a friend?
Isn’t it strange
how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible but
how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel or ZANE GREY book?
Isn’t it strange
how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games but
they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in Church?
Isn’t it strange
how we need to know about an event for Church 2-3 weeks
before the day so we can include it in our agenda,
but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?
Isn’t it strange
how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others;
but how easy it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?
Isn’t it strange
how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say but…
we question the words in the Bible?
Isn’t it strange
how everyone wants a place in heaven but….
they don’t want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?
Isn’t it strange
how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away but
when we are going to send messages about God,
we think about it twice before we share it with others?