Dust

"I want to be the kind of person who does the right thing. And I don't just mean the big things where right and wrong are obvious and easy, but I mean the small things. The subtle, unnoticed things."

Why are the " small and unnoticed" things such a big deal?

"A disciple doesn't just want to know what the Rabbi knows. A disciple want to be like the Rabbi and want to learn to do what the Rabbi does."

Have you ever thought about Jesus as your Rabbi? Would you consider yourself a disciple?

马太福音 14：25-31 （耶稣在海面上行走的故事）

"So different Rabbis had different sets of interpretations about how they lived out, and understood, and interpreted the scriptures."

Have you ever thought about your faith as being an interpretation? Is it okay to have different interpretations of the scriptures?

"If they're fishermen and Jesus calls them to be his disciples, then they're not following another Rabbi; and if they're not following another Rabbi they're not the best of the best. They didn't make the cut."

What message was Jesus sending us by not choosing the best of the best?

哥林多前书 1：26-29
“弟兄们，你们想想，你们这些蒙召的，按人来看有智慧的不多，有权势的不多，出身尊贵的也不多。但是神却拣选了世上愚笨的，使那些有智慧的羞愧。他也拣选了世上软弱的，使那些刚强的羞愧。他也拣选了世上卑贱的和被人轻视的，以及算不得什么的，为了要废弃那些自以为是的，使所有的人在神面前都不能自夸。”

"It's like a movement of anybodies and he calls them- the JV, the B team, the 'not good-enoughs'. He calls them to be his disciples and they change the course of human history."

What impact are christians today havng on the course of human history?

"Now, i always assumed that Peter doubts Jesus. But Jesus isn't sinking! who does Peter doubt? He doubts himself. He loses faith in himself that he can actually be like his Rabbi."

How big of a role do your insecurities play in your life? Do they ever affect your faith?

马太福音 16：19
“我要把天国的钥匙给你，你在地上捆绑的，在天上也被捆绑；你在地上释放的，在天上也被释放。”

"Faith in Jesus is important, but what about Jesus' faith in us? i mean he must have faith in us because he leaves it all in the hands of these disciples."

Do you believe that God believe in you?

"Jesus has faith that you can follow him and taht you can be like Him."

What does it mean to be like Jesus? Can you do it?

"May you believe in God. But may you come to see that God believes in you. May you have faith in Jesus. But may you come to see that Jesus has faith that you can be like Him. A person of forgiveness, and peace, and grace, and joy, and hope. And may you be covered in the dust of your Rabbi, Jesus."

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常常

我们感到疑惑或不相信

我们会失去信心

这些都是因为我们不相信自己

我们认为自己不能

其实

我们是有能力的

因为神他已经相信了我们

拣选了我们

并且把世上的事交托我们

为什么我们还不能相信耶稣对我们的信心呢？

你相信耶稣他相信你吗？

怎么样效法基督？

耶稣他相信你能跟随他

他也相信你能效法他、学习像他

是耶稣先相信你噢！

他都相信你了

你还不能相信他对你的信心吗？

你是他所爱的

原来
是神拣选了我们
而不是我们选择了神

原来
是神相信我们
他相信我们有能力学习像他
有能力效法他

因着他对我们的信心
他拣选了我们
虽然我们不是最好的
但神却拣选我们成为他的儿女
成为他的见证人
我们真是蒙福的一群啊！

好幸福……

× 启荣在团契时的分享……很有感触……很刺激我的思考……