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Monthly Archives: July 2023
What does it mean by taking “a leap of faith”? 如何理解 “信仰的飛躍” 一詞?
By Tin-chee (TC) Lo (盧天赐) “A Leap of Faith” is a phrase oftentimes used by secularists to sneer at Christians of their having blind faith. Therefore, “A Leap of Faith” is a phrase typically means to believe something with little … Continue reading
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「你們要愛罪人,恨罪惡」是聖經教導嗎?Does the saying “You shall love the sinners and hate their sins” conform with the teaching of the Bible?
By TC Lo (盧天賜) 我最近常聽到一句說得振振有詞的話,「你們要愛罪人,恨罪惡」,因為「上帝是愛罪人,恨罪惡」的。這種說法符合聖經真理嗎? 人是感情的個體,所以人有「愛」與「恨」的心靈表達。但人的「愛 (philia; storge)」 總是多多少少有些私心的和帶著不純潔的成份;人的「恨(hate) 」也總是懷有惡意的。所以我們常用這句話「你們要愛罪人,恨罪惡」去鼓勵,提醒,或督促別人和自己、要用基督的愛(agape)去愛「罪人」,但不可要認同他們的「罪」、以免自己也因著體貼肉體而做出不討上帝喜悅的罪行。所以「你們要愛罪人,恨罪惡」是一個很好的座右銘。 然而,人們以為這句話是出於聖經,所以他們再加上另一句短語:「因為 “上帝是愛罪人,恨罪惡” 的」。在此,我們就不能不問:上帝真的是不恨惡罪人嗎? 首先,我們要知道,上帝的愛 (agape; hesed) 是無私的、是犧牲的。上帝的恨 (hate) 是公義的, 聖潔的,是不壞惡意的、祂的意念總是平安的意念。所以只有上帝是可以恨人的,而人是不可以恨人的。 在聖經中,我們屢次看到上帝將他的憤怒 或 震怒 (wrath) 像烈火搬傾倒在罪人身上,他恨人的嚴重性在聖經的語言中表達無遺。上帝愛那些被赦免的人,但恨那些不願悔改的罪人。所以我們不可能說「上帝愛罪人。」 當我們說「愛罪人,恨罪惡」時,我們似乎把「人」和「罪」作了一個清晰的「二分法」。其實人與罪是不能分割的。「罪」在「罪人」一詞中是個形容詞。所以「罪人」就是指一個有位格的人。當耶穌譴責一個「罪人」的時候,他是針對「那個人」並不是單單針對他所犯的「抽象性的罪」。責備一個抽象的觀念是毫無意思的。可見「愛罪人,恨罪惡」這句短語是一半的真理;一半的真理其實就不是真理。 Does the saying “You shall love the sinners and hate their sins” conform with … Continue reading
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動物有靈魂嗎?
By TC Lo (盧天賜) (傳道書3:21) 說,「誰知道人的靈是往上升、獸的魂是下入地呢?」動物有靈魂嗎?但想不到在約伯記中,我卻連想到一個可能合理的答案。 義人約伯擁有七個兒子和三個女兒 (1:2),並許多多的牲畜, 其數目是: 七千羊、三千駱駝、五百對牛、五百母驢(1:3)。但他受到上帝的試練,在一天之內,失去這一切 (1:16, 18)。然而,在這不能想像的浩劫中,我們看到上帝用恩典補償他:「耶和華賜給他的、比他從前所有的加倍 (42:10)。」信實的耶和華定意成就祂的應許,「這樣、耶和華後來賜福給約伯、比先前更多.他有一萬四千羊、六千駱駝、一千對牛、一千母驢 (42:12),」剛剛是先前數目的兩倍。但值得注意的是:上帝並沒有再賜約伯十四個兒子,和六個女兒;只補償他七個兒子和三個女兒,如以前的一樣。為什麼會這樣呢? 約伯本來有的兒女,雖然死亡了,但並沒有失落,因為他們的靈魂已經「往上升」了,生命仍然存在。所以現在約伯也有了雙倍的孩子,一半在天上,一半在地上,成就了上帝對約伯的承諾。這樣看來,由上帝賜牲畜給約伯的數目,就暗示了動物是沒有靈魂的。我相信動物之死是如燈滅。我們都𠄘認,吃人肉是非常恐怖的。但人是可以吃動物的肉而無良心不安之感。甚至在挪亞出方舟之後,聖經明文允許我們可吃動物的肉的。彼得所見的異象也表明「凡物皆潔」的原則。 再者,在傳道書3:21中,人用「靈」,獸用「魂」作描述,也表示兩者不能混為一談。我甚至認為動物沒有思想和意志。貓狗之所以能表現出來的「似人行動或感情」,這只不過是上帝賜予它們為了生存的天性或本能 (instinct) 而矣。當獸死時,它們的本能也化為烏有,「下入地」而被埋葬了。
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