甚么是「重生」？
约翰壹书五章1至6节
1凡信耶稣是基督的，都是从神而生，凡爱生他之神的，也必爱从神生的。
2我们若爱神，又遵守他的诫命，从此就知道我们爱神的儿女。
3我们遵守神的诫命，这就是爱他了，并且他的诫命不是难守的。
4因为凡从神生的，就胜过世界；使我们胜了世界的，就是我们的信心。
5胜过世界的是谁呢？不是那信耶稣是神儿子的么？
6这借着水和血而来的，就是耶稣基督；不是单用水，乃是用水又用血，
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「重生」的意义包括我爱父神，但同时亦爱神家中的每一个人。一个爱家的人，除了爱父母之外，当然还爱他的兄弟姊妹。一个爱家的人，就会对家人表示关心、会对他们显出忍耐，以及喜欢与他们相聚交谈。有些基督徒却总是等候别人关心自己。这是不对的。反之，一个真正爱护弟兄姊妹的基督徒，总会时刻记挂着别人的需要，和经常寻找机会去服侍别人。
此外，「重生」的另一项标记，就是我们的信心能使我们胜过周遭的世界(4至5节)。约翰亲眼见证它的真实。他当时所处的世界充满了仇恨，但基督却教导他们要去爱。这个充满仇恨的世界甚至竭力拦阻教会的开始，但基督的爱却成了争胜的武器。当时的基督徒甚至爱那些想杀害他们的人。时至今天，我们的世界仍然是充满仇恨，但我们最犀利的武器，就是爱那些失丧的罪人、我们对神的信靠，和确信我们是神家里的人，终有一天必能借着基督完全得胜。
祷告：
主啊，求你助我在世人面前见证自己是个「重生」的人。
'BORN AGAIN'-WHAT IS THAT?
1 John 5:1-6
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Message
We hear of many people speaking about being 'born again' these days. What does the phrase mean? John speaks about someone being born of God (v. 1). Being born into God's family is the result of believing in Christ. We may come to that place by different roads but we all have to come to the place of faith-putting our trust in God and in his Son Jesus Christ. We are then born into God's family. Believing is more than saying 'I believe in God'. A lot of public speakers use the phrase 'God bless you', but we wonder if they know the God they are talking about. Believing is saying in one way or another 'I see myself as a lost sinner, who deserves God's punishment. I take Jesus Christ as my Saviour.'
Being 'born again' means that we will love the Father and also that we will love the other members of God's family. Usually a child's love for his or her parents will include love for the sisters and brothers also. Love for members of God's family will be shown by our caring for them, our patience with them and our desire to have fellowship with them. Some Christians are always wanting other people to do things for them. The true loving Christian will be looking for things he or she can do for others.
Another great evidence of being born again is that by our faith we will be victorious over the world around us (vv. 4-5). John could see how this was working out. The world of his day was filled with hate. The word Christ gave was 'love'. That world which knew only hate has long since passed away. It tried to stop the Christian church from ever getting started, but the love of Christ became a new weapon in an old world. The Christians showed how they could even love their enemies who wanted to kill them. Our world is still very much the same but our greatest weapons are our love for lost sinners, our faith in God himself and the strong assurance that we are members of God's family who one day will win the final victory through Christ.
A PRAYER:
Lord let the world see in me today what it means to be 'born again'.