Sardis 撒狄 The Dead City 死了的城市

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1 Sardis 撒狄 The Dead City 死了的城市

2 Seven Churches

3 Revelation 3:1-6 To the angel [a] of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits [b] of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 你要寫信給撒狄教會的使者, 說 : 那有神的七靈和七星的, 說 : 我知道你的行為, 按名你是活的, 其實是死的 2 你要儆醒, 堅固那剩下將要衰微 ( 原文是死 ) 的 ; 因我見你的行為, 在我神面前, 沒有一樣是完全的 3 所以要回想你是怎樣領受 怎樣聽見的 又要遵守, 並要悔改 若不儆醒, 我必臨到你那裡, 如同賊一樣 我幾時臨到, 你也決不能知道

4 4 Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. 6 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 4 然而在撒狄, 你還有幾名是未曾污穢自己衣服的, 他們要穿白衣與我同行, 因為他們是配得過的 5 凡得勝的必這樣穿白衣, 我也必不從生命冊上塗抹他的名 ; 且要在我父面前, 和我父眾使者面前, 認他的名 6 聖靈向眾教會所說的話, 凡有耳的, 就應當聽!

5 Man 人

6 Child 小孩

7 Home 家

8 Church 教會

9 Kaiser doctor 醫生

10 Ben Carson 班 卡森

11 Warren Buffett 華倫 巴菲特

12 Sardis 撒狄 The Sleeping Church 沉睡的教會 2 Timothy 3:5 - 提摩太後書 3 章 5 節 Ephesian 5: 以弗所書 5 章 14 ~ 18 節

13 2 Timothy 3:5 提摩太後書 3 章 5 節 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 有敬虔的外貌, 卻背了敬虔的實意 ; 這等人你要躲開 Ephesian 5: 以弗所書 5 章 14 ~ 18 節 14 This is why it is said: Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. 15 Be very careful, then, how you live not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord s will is. 所以主說 : 你這睡著的人當醒過來, 從死裡復活! 基督就要光照你了 你們要謹慎行事, 不要像愚昧人, 當像智慧人 要愛惜光陰, 因為現今的世代邪惡 不要作糊塗人, 要明白主的旨意如何 不要醉酒, 酒能使人放蕩 ; 乃要被聖靈充滿

14 Examples of a sleeping Church 沉睡的教會的例子 1. Focus on reputation of the church 注重教會的名聲 2. Focus on the organization 注重組織 3. Focus on the numbers and not the spiritual quality 注重教會人數而不重視屬靈的程次 4. Focus on the building or program 注重教會的建築還有節目 5. Focus on the demand/law of the world 注重屬世的要求和條規

15 Crystal Cathedral 水晶大教堂

16 Sardis 撒狄 Sleeping Church Be watchful/wake up John 7:37-39 Isaiah 11:2-5 沉睡的教會要警醒 - 約翰福音 7 章 37 ~ 39 節 - 以賽亞書 11 章 2 ~ 5 節 The soiled garments and the few 汙穢的衣服和少數人 They will be in white garments - 他們要穿白衣 Names will not be blotted out - 名字不被抹去 Names confessed before the father - 在父面前認他們

17 John 7:37-39 約翰福音 7 章 37 ~ 39 節 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. [a] 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. 節期的末日, 就是最大之日, 耶穌站著高聲說 : 人若渴了, 可以到我這裡來喝 信我的人就如經上所說 : 從他腹中要流出活水的江河來 耶穌這話是指著信他之人要受聖靈說的 那時還沒有賜下聖靈來, 因為耶穌尚未得著榮耀

18 Isaiah 11:2-5 以賽亞書 11 章 2 ~ 5 節 2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD 3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; 4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. 5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. 耶和華的靈必住在他身上, 就是使他有智慧和聰明的靈, 謀略和能力的靈, 知識和敬畏耶和華的靈 他必以敬畏耶和華為樂 ; 行審判不憑眼見, 斷是非也不憑耳聞 ; 卻要以公義審判貧窮人, 以正直判斷世上的謙卑人, 以口中的杖擊打世界, 以嘴裡的氣殺戮惡人 公義必當他的腰帶 ; 信實必當他脅下的帶子

19 CIC- Where do we stand? 以馬內利教會 - 我們站在那裡?

20 Jesus is coming 耶穌將再來 In 2:16, Jesus said, I will soon come to you. 我就快臨到你那裡 In 2:25, Jesus said hold on to what you have until I come. 但你們已經有的, 總要持守, 直等到我來 In 3:3, Jesus will come like a thief and you will not know at what time he will come. 我必臨到你那裡, 如同賊一樣 我幾時臨到, 你也決不能知道

21 Sources Revelation (NIV Application commentary book 20) The Seven Messages: bible gateway commentary Message to Sardis bible.org commentary David Jeremiah studies 7 churches video by Day of Discovery, Our Daily Bread Ministries