唐崇荣牧师：基督徒没有影响力，因为基督徒不够疯

这是唐崇荣牧师一段充满张力与穿透力的讲道。他开场便抛出矛盾：自己从未获准进入中国大陆讲道，那里却是全球听他讲道人数最多的地方。他将原因归于人们在长期被欺骗后，渴望听见真话；而真话的核心，是基督本身就是真理。 他强调：除了耶稣，没有人真正彰显上帝的形象、与神心意相合、毫无瑕疵地以圣洁公义侍奉神。效法基督才是做人的成功；不愿向基督学习的人毫无进展。上帝一切的丰盛与智慧，都有形有体地居住在基督里，因此人看见祂就是看见差祂来的父。 讲道转向中国教会前景：当前约一亿两千七百万信徒，十九年后或达两亿五千万，将超过美国，成为全球基督徒最多的国家。但即便如此，相对十四五亿人口仍只是六分之一。因此必须一面竭力追求，一面保持谦卑受教，常觉自己不配。浪子要产业是堕落之始，承认不配才是复兴之始。越明白恩典的人越谦卑、越亲近神、越将荣耀归给神。Soli Deo Gloria 与 Sola Gratia 必须相连。 改革宗神学被他称为信仰最精髓、最中心的浓缩，但它不是口号、观念或意识形态成就，而是实践、顺服的活信仰。没有行为的信心是死的，今日有许多“死的”或“正在死去的”改革宗基督徒。他用死狮与疯狗作比：死狮再凶也不可怕，疯狗一口却能致命。基督徒在世上若不够“发疯”，世界就不会注意。太过正常、像电视里被观看的打斗，便毫无威胁。真正影响世界的，是那不受控制、为真理不顾一切的生命。 This is a sermon by Pastor Stephen Tong that is full of tension and penetrating power. He begins by posing a contradiction: he has never been permitted to preach in mainland China, yet that is the place with the largest number of people in the world listening to his preaching. He attributes this to people who, after being deceived for a long time, long to hear the truth; and the core of that truth is that Christ Himself is the truth. He emphasizes that apart from Jesus, no one truly manifests the image of God, is after God’s own heart, or serves God in holiness and righteousness without blemish. To imitate Christ is success as a human being; those unwilling to learn from Christ make no progress. All the fullness and wisdom of God dwell bodily in Christ, so that whoever has seen Him has seen the Father who sent Him. The sermon then turns to the prospect of the Chinese church: there are currently about 127 million believers; in nineteen years the number may reach 250 million, surpassing the United States and becoming the country with the most Christians in the world. Even then, relative to a population of 1.4 or 1.5 billion, it would still be only one-sixth. Therefore we must on the one hand strive with all our might, and on the other remain humble and teachable, constantly feeling ourselves unworthy. The prodigal’s demand for his inheritance was the beginning of his fall; his confession of unworthiness was the beginning of restoration. The more a person understands grace, the humbler he becomes, the closer he draws to God, and the more he gives glory to God. Soli Deo Gloria and Sola Gratia must be joined together. He calls Reformed theology the most essential and central condensation of the faith, yet it is not a slogan, an idea, or an ideological achievement, but a living faith of practice and obedience. Faith without works is dead; today there are many “dead” or “dying” Reformed Christians. He compares a dead lion and a mad dog: a dead lion, however fierce it once was, is not to be feared; a mad dog’s single bite can be fatal. If Christians in the world are not “mad” enough, the world will pay them no attention. Being too normal, like a fight being watched on television, poses no threat. What truly influences the world is a life that cannot be controlled and that risks everything for the truth. #唐牧师，#三化異象 #洪予健牧師 #趙天恩牧師 #中國福音會 #加拿大中國福音會 #中國福音化 #教會國度化 #文化基督化 #ChinaMinistriesInternational #ThreeTransformationsVision