JY Bible Notes 聖經小筆記

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From: TFTW Bible College Not everyone who is put into the kingdom will make it to Heaven if they don’t continue to live faithfully. “ The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they  shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ” ( Matthew 13:41-42 ) In other words, you have to be in the kingdom, the Body of Christ, the church, in order to have the promise of salvation. ( Ephesians 5:23 ) But, even if you are put in the Body of Christ, you can lose your salvation if you don’t live faithfully. All spiritual blessings are in the Body of Christ. Therefore, all spiritual blessings are in the church. “ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: ” ( Ephesians 1:3 ) When we believe and are baptized, we are baptized into Christ. We are added to the church. We are put into

感想： 現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)   神就照著自己的形象造人，乃是照著他的形象，造男造女。 神造男女是有原因的，祂賦予兩性不同的功能、角色，要他們相愛、相伴，這是神美好的旨意。 下段的摘錄寫得很棒，充分展現男女之不同，也因此需要不同的教育方式。 Below is From:  野人文化   一個女孩要變得高貴則十分簡單，她並不一定要有公主的身份、豪門的背景、華麗的服飾、貴族的教育……她只須做一件事，那就是像花蕾一樣把自己嚴嚴地包裹起來，就是要和那些臭小子保持距離，永遠尊重自己的身體和心靈。 不管什麼年代，不管是東方還是西方，對於兩性來說，一個女孩只要凜然不可侵犯，她在男人心中一下就會高貴起來。這個跟年代沒關係，跟地域沒關係，所謂新潮的觀念都只是暫時的。 我想，女孩子應該學習更多的寬容和忍讓，這兩樣東西在很小的時候父母就要給她們，因為女孩子還要有一定的犧牲精神。現在大家都在講男女平等，這些話是講在某些權利上男女平等，但是在生理上女人還是要生育孩子，她要比男人付出更多，要承受的痛苦也更多。 回過頭來說， 女孩到底要不要富養，我的答案是要！但這個富是豐富的富，不是財富的富。女孩富養，是說從小要培養她的氣質，開闊她的視野，增強她的閱世能力，增加她的見識。 所以，窮養男孩，並不是簡單地控制孩子的開銷，不要給他太多的享受。這樣的理解較為片面，我們所說的 窮養男孩更重要的意義在於通過對「窮困」和「艱苦」的切身感受，培養並鍛鍊孩子的意志、品質、性格、心態，給他帶來精神上的成長。 作者／ 沙拉‧伊麥斯：沙拉是出生在中國上海的猶太人後裔，育有兩子一女。中以建交後，為了讓孩子們在不同的環境下體會磨難、學會堅強、領會人生，沙拉帶著三個孩子回到戰火頻仍的以色列，開啟一段跨國教育的特殊經歷。  >本文出自《嚴家風、慢教養，猶太媽媽這樣立家規》一書  

From: TFTW Bible College We saw earlier Jesus talking about building His church and giving keys to open the doors to His church, the kingdom. “ And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ” ( Matthew 16:18-19 ASV ) We also saw that the kingdom would come with power, and the power and kingdom came on the Day of Pentecost. Then, in  Acts 2:47 , we saw that God was adding people to the church.  " Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. " ( Acts 2:47 )   Did you notice who preached the sermon recorded in  Acts 2 ? “ Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the r

From: TFTW Bible Collge When we are saved, God adopts us into His family. “ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. ” ( 1 John 3:1 ) Those that believe in Jesus and are baptized into Jesus are children of God. “ For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. ” ( Galatians 3:26-29 ) Do you see that all nations can come into God’s family like Isaiah prophesied? There is no longer a separation between Jew and Greek, or Jew and Gentile. Whoever believes and is baptized can be saved and be a part of God’s family. “ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; b

From: TFTW Bible Collge A temple is a place of worship. The church is referred to as the temple of God. We saw that before in  2 Corinthians , but Paul says it again in  Ephesians 2 . “ Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. ” ( Ephesians 2:19-22 )  This describes the worship aspect of the church. The tabernacle and the temple were a place to worship God and the place where God dwelt. God dwells among His people today in the church, which is the current temple of God. It is there where Christians gather to worship God.

From: TFTW Bible College The Greek word translated “ church ” means “the called out.” The conversion of a Christian means leaving the life of sin and the ways of the world and turning to follow Christ. “ And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. ” ( 2 Corinthians 6:16-18 )  Paul told the Christians in Corinth not to be like the world, but rather to be different. He said that God would be a Father to them and they would be sons and daughters. Here we see the idea that Christians are the family of God. 

From: TFTW Bible College We can know for sure that the kingdom had been established. Later in that same chapter, there is a description of those who were believing and being baptized. “ Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. ” ( Acts 2:47 )  When people obeyed the commands of Jesus, they were added to God’s church. You can’t be added to something that doesn’t exist. Also, later writings of the apostles confirm that it is in existence. Paul knew it had come. “ Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: ” ( Colossians 1:13 )  John said that he was a member of it. “ I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. ” ( Revelation 1:9 ) These writings occurred in the 1st century AD

From: TFTW Bible College When John the Baptist was preaching before Jesus started His ministry, he said the time of the kingdom was close. “ In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ” ( Matthew 3:1-2 ) This occurred during the Roman Empire, which was the time Daniel had prophesied. John said that it was so close that it was “ at hand .” Imagine if you had a drink “at hand,” it would be close enough to reach out and grab it. The kingdom was about to appear! When Jesus started His ministry, He repeated the message of John. “ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ” ( Matthew 4:17 ) In fact, the ministry of Jesus was telling people about the kingdom that was about to appear. “ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner

From: TFTW Bible College The church was prophesied about hundreds of years before Jesus came to the Earth. Daniel was interpreting a dream of a king of the Babylonian Empire. The dream involved a statue made of different materials. “ This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. ” ( Daniel 2:32-33 ) God let Daniel know that the different materials represented the different kingdoms that would be on the Earth. The gold was the current Babylonian kingdom. We know from history that after that came the Medo-Persian Empire, then the Greek Empire and the last kingdom was the Roman Empire. Daniel prophesied, “ And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. ” ( Daniel 2:44 )

From: TFTW Bible College What about the people in the Old Testament who were faithful to God but only had animal sacrifices? The blood of Jesus not only went forward to cover people in the future, but it went backwards to cover people in the past. “ And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. ” ( Hebrews 9:15 ) Notice it says that the death of Jesus was “ for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. ” Those that followed God under the Old Covenant were promised eternal life and God did not forget that promise! The blood of Jesus made it possible for them to be cleansed of their sins.  “ These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were stranger