八福
真正有福的人？
经文
哥林多后书十三1-14
1这是我第三次要到你们那里去。凭两三个人的口作见证，句句都要定准。
2我从前说过，如今不在你们那里又说，正如我第二次见你们的时候所说的一样，就是对那犯了罪的和其余的人说：我若再来，必不宽容。
3你们既然寻求基督在我里面说话的凭据，我必不宽容。因为，基督在你们身上不是软弱的，在你们里面是有大能的。
4他因软弱被钉在十字架上，却因神的大能仍然活着。我们也是这样同他软弱，但因神向你们所显的大能，也必与他同活。
5你们总要自己省察有信心没有，也要自己试验。岂不知你们若不是可弃绝的，就有耶稣基督在你们心里吗？
6我却盼望你们晓得，我们不是可弃绝的人。
7我们求神，叫你们一件恶事都不作；这不是要显明我们是蒙悦纳的，是要你们行事端正，任凭人看我们是被弃绝的吧！
8我们凡事不能敌挡真理，只能扶助真理。
9即使我们软弱，你们刚强，我们也欢喜；并且我们所求的，就是你们作完全人。
10所以，我不在你们那里的时候，把这话写给你们，好叫我见你们的时候，不用照主所给我的权柄严厉的待你们；这权柄原是为造就人，并不是为败坏人。
11还有末了的话：愿弟兄们都喜乐。要作完全人；要受安慰；要同心合意；要彼此和睦。如此，仁爱和平的神必常与你们同在。
12你们亲嘴问安，彼此务要圣洁。
13众圣徒都问你们安。
14愿主耶稣基督的恩惠、神的慈爱、圣灵的感动，常与你们众人同在！
信息分享
在我们结束对八福的研究时，让我们做一个简单的测验。请你问自己以下的问题，看基督那些「美丽的态度」，有多少已经转化到你的生命中：
- 我是尝试从神的手中夺取东西，还是张开双手，等待着接受？
- 我是逃避痛苦的经验，还是欢迎这些经验，知道它们会令我成为更敏锐的人？
- 我对神和祂的资源是否很确定，以致不会苛求和过份关注？
- 我的目标是快乐还是圣洁？我更关心从神那里得到快乐，还是把快乐给神？
- 我对别人的困境有没有深刻的同情和关心？
- 我的心是否清洁和纯洁？我有没有经历一种最深层的内在洁净？
- 我是否一个使人和好的人──寻求使人与神和好，并在需要时彼此和好？
- 我是否与基督认同，以致世人因藉我看到基督而憎恨我？
如果这些「美丽的态度」没有全部在你生命中发挥作用，请不要灰心。要谨记，我们是在恩典中成长。不过，求神帮助你每天都能更多的吸取祂这些「美丽的态度」。你越有基督的样式就越让人羡慕。若能拥有基督所有的美德，你就是一个真正有福的人了。
「在恩典中成长」
进深研究
弗四1-15；来六1；彼后三18
1.我们应该怎样继续下去？
2.你今天反映了甚么「美丽的态度」？
祈祷
主耶稣，我聆听您的话，我明白道必须成为肉身，住在我里面。我希望自己在地上余下的日子能活出您的态度，而不是自己的态度。求您帮助我。奉耶稣的名求，阿们。
The Beatitudes
How do I rate?
Bible reading:
2 Corinthians 13:1-14
1 This will be my third visit to you. "Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses."[a]
2 I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent: On my return I will not spare those who sinned earlier or any of the others,
3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.
4 For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God's power we will live with him in our dealing with you.
5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
6 And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.
7 Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.
8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.
10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
13 All God's people here send their greetings.
14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Message
As we conclude our study of it is time for us to take a simple test. Ask yourself the following questions and see how many of Christ's "beautiful attitudes" have been assimilated into your life:
1. Am I trying to grasp things from God's hands or are my hands relaxed and empty so that I might receive?
2. Do I shrink from painful experiences or do I welcome them in the knowledge that they will make me a more sensitive person?
3. Am I so sure of God and His resources that I am free from a spirit of demandingness and over-concern?
4. Is my goal to be happy, or is it to be holy? Am I more taken up with getting pleasure out of God than I am with giving pleasure to God?
5. Do I have a deep compassion and concern for the plight of others?
6. Is my heart clean and pure? Have I experienced an inner cleansing that has reached to the deepest depths?
7. Am I a reconciler - one who seeks to reconcile others to God and, where necessary, to each other?
8. Am I so identified with Christ that I experience the hatred which the world gives to those who remind them of Him?
Don't be discouraged if you can't see all of these "beautiful attitudes" at work in your life. Remember, we grow in grace. Ask God, however, to help you absorb more and more of His "beautiful attitudes" day by day. The more you have, the more you are to be envied. Possess them all - and you are truly blessed.
"Grow in grace"
Prayer
Lord Jesus, I have listened to Your words and I realise now the Word must become flesh - in me. I want the balance of my days here on earth to reflect, not my attitudes, but Yours. Help me, for Your own Name's sake. Amen.
Further study
Ephesians 4:1-15
Hebrews 6:1
2 Peter 3:18
1. What are we to go on to?
2. What "beautiful attitude" will you reflect today?
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