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众人都蒙大恩 使徒大有能力，见证主耶稣复活，众人也都蒙大恩（使徒行传4:33） 亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，我们中很多人都不知道恩典的真正意义，只是对它有一点基本的认识，知道我们是因恩典而得救（以弗所2:8你们得救是本乎恩、也因着信，这并不是出于自己，乃是 神所赐的），但却不知道，就在今天，恩典的确实能力能把我们从生命中释放出来！ 如果你想看到恩典的确实作为，那就看看使徒行传4章里，在初期基督徒的身上所发生的事情。当时，他们受到耶路撒冷的宗教领袖的威吓，并被禁止奉耶稣的名讲论教训人。就在这样的情况之下，他们祷告上帝。 他们大概是这样祷告的：“主啊，我们虽然受到威吓，但我们不会放弃传道而躲藏在宗教的冠盖之下。求您兴起大能力，使我们大放胆量，我们会继续传道。” 你知道因他们的祷告后来发生了什么？33节告诉我们：“众人也都蒙了大恩。” 大恩典！恩典强大到当那些信徒们得到它时，整个聚会的地方都大震动。这极大的恩，使使徒们“在民间行了许多神迹奇事”（使徒行传5:12主借使徒的手在民间行了许多神迹奇事，他们都同心合意的在所罗门的廊下）。 单单这个故事就应该足以使你确信，恩典不仅是在头脑里抽象的精神领域中，恩典是确实的，是有大能力的，恩典能够供应超凡大能来成就万事。 现在，你想知道真正令人兴奋的事情吗？圣经说，同样的恩典，就是耶路撒冷的初期教会所获得的，现今每一个曾犯罪而亏欠了上帝荣耀的人，只要真心真意地悔改都可以获得这份大能的恩典。 感谢上帝，这意味着你和我都有资格获得。 如果最近魔鬼在威吓你，那么你效法初期基督徒的榜样，祷告上帝：“主啊，我不在乎魔鬼和他的同党说什么，我绝不会退让，我要继续靠着信心传您的道，并靠着信心而生活，凡合乎您旨意的事我都放胆去做，所以求您兴起大能力。” 我向你保证，如果你真诚地这样祷告，上帝就会运作，并且你会开始发现这份确实的大恩。 研经：使徒行传4:8-33 4:8 那时彼得被圣灵充满，对他们说： 4:9 “治民的官府和长老阿，倘若今日因为在残疾人身上所行的善事，查问我们他是怎么得了痊癒， 4:10 你们众人和以色列百姓都当知道，站在你们面前的这人得痊癒，是因你们所钉十字架， 神叫祂从死里复活的拿撒勒人耶稣基督的名。 4:11 祂是你们匠人所弃的石头，已成了房角的头块石头。 4:12 除祂以外，别无拯救。因为在天下人间没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠着得救。” 4:13 他们见彼得约翰的胆量，又看出他们原是没有学问的小民，就希奇，认明他们是跟过耶稣的。 4:14 又看见那治好了的人和他们一同站着，就无话可驳。 4:15 于是吩咐他们从公会出去，就彼此商议说： 4:16 “我们当怎样办这两个人呢？因为他们诚然行了一件明显的神迹，凡住耶路撒冷的人都知道，我们也不能说没有。 4:17 惟恐这事越发传扬在民间，我们必须恐吓他们，叫他们不再奉这名对人讲论。” 4:18 于是叫了他们来，禁止他们总不可奉耶稣的名讲论教训人。 4:19 彼得约翰说：“听从你们，不听从 神，这在 神面前合理不合理，你们自己酌量吧。 4:20 我们所看见所听见的，不能不说。” 4:21 官长为百姓的缘故，想不出法子刑罚他们，又恐吓一番，把他们释放了。这是因众人为所行的奇事，都归荣耀与 神。 4:22 原来借着神迹医好的那人，有四十多岁了。 4:23 二人既被释放，就到会友那里去，把祭司长和长老所说的话都告诉他们。 4:24 他们听见了，就同心合意的高声向 神说：“主阿，你是造天、地、海和其中万物的。 4:25 你曾借着圣灵，托你仆人我们祖宗大卫的口说‘外邦为甚么争闹？万民为甚么谋算虚妄的事？ 4:26 世上的君王一齐起来，臣宰也聚集，要敌挡主并主的受膏者。’ 4:27 希律和本丢彼拉多、外邦人和以色列民，果然在这城里聚集，要攻打你所膏的圣仆耶稣， 4:28 成就你手和你意旨所预定必有的事。 4:29 他们恐吓我们，现在求主鉴察，一面叫你仆人大放胆量讲你的道，一面伸出你的手来医治疾病，并且使神迹奇事，因着你圣仆耶稣的名行出来。” 4:30 见上节 4:31 祷告完了，聚会的地方震动，他们就都被圣灵充满，放胆讲论 神的道。 4:32 那许多信的人都是一心一意的，没有一人说他的东西有一样是自己的，都是大家公用。 4:33 使徒大有能力，见证主耶稣复活，众人也都蒙大恩。 在此，我们夫妻感谢上帝，我们主耶稣基督的父，赐给我们美好的一天，也赐给我们你们这些忠心于主的弟兄姊妹们。 （以上所写的，你们可以用来建造耶稣基督的国度） Great Grace was upon them all "And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the LORD JESUS: and great grace was upon them all." (Acts 4:33) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Most of us don't have any idea what grace really is. Oh, we know some basic facts about it. We know we were saved by it (Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of GOD—). But we don't even begin to understand the real power it can release in our lives now, today! If you want to get a picture of what grace can really do, look at what happened to the early Christians in Acts 4. They'd been threatened by the religious leaders of Jerusalem and commanded not to speak or teach any more in Jesus' Name. So, they were praying about the situation. Roughly, what they said was this, "Dear LORD, we've been threatened, but we aren't about to quit preaching and go hide under some religious rug. Just turn the power up, give us boldness, and we'll go on." Do you know what happened as a result of that prayer? Verse 33 tells us, "Great grace was upon them all." Great grace. Grace so powerful that when those believers received it, the whole building shook. Grace so great it enabled the apostles to work "many signs and wonders... among the people" (Acts 5: 12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.). That one story alone should be enough to convince you that grace is not just some abstract spiritual state of mind. Grace is real. It's powerful. It provides the supernatural power to make things happen! Now, do you want to know something really exciting? The Bible says that same grace that was available to the early Church in Jerusalem is available to anybody who's ever sinned and fallen short of the glory of GOD. Thank GOD, that means you and I qualify! If the devil's been threatening you lately, follow the example of those early Christians. Get in prayer and say, "LORD, I don't care what the devil and his bunch say, I'm not going to back down. I'm going to keep on talking and living by faith--and I'm going to do it boldly. So just turn up the power!" I guarantee you, if you're sincere about it, GOD will do it; and you'll begin to discover what grace is really all about. Scripture Study: Acts 4:8-33 8 Then Peter, filled with the HOLY SPIRIT, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom GOD raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 JESUS is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with JESUS. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. 15 So they ordered them to withdraw from the Sanhedrin and then conferred together. 16 “What are we going to do with these men?” they asked. “Everyone living in Jerusalem knows they have performed a notable sign, and we cannot deny it. 17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.” 18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of JESUS. 19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in GOD’s eyes: to listen to you, or to HIM? You be the judges! 20 As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” 21 After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising GOD for what had happened. 22 For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. The Believers Pray 23 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to GOD. “SOVEREIGN LORD,” they said, “YOU made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. 25 YOU spoke by the HOLY SPIRIT through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 26 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the LORD and against his anointed one. 27 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant JESUS, whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. 29 Now, LORD, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant JESUS.” 31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the HOLY SPIRIT and spoke the word of GOD boldly. The Believers Share Their Possessions 32 All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. 33 With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the LORD JESUS. And GOD’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all. We give thanks to GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, for this day and for you, faithful brothers and sisters. Check out our facebook page, and share the article: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Victor-and-Esther/329640280513478?ref=hl (What is written above is granted to individuals for use in building the Kingdom of JESUS CHRIST only) From Victor n Esther - "My life journey with Jesus"
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