谦卑的样式

“凡事不可结党,不可贪图虚浮的荣耀。只要存心谦卑,各人看别人比自己强。” - 腓 2:3

  腓立比书是圣经中保罗书信里最温暖友好的一卷书。腓立比教会似乎很健康,对保罗来说是喜乐的源泉。但它并不完美。没有哪个教会是完美的。随着我们阅读腓立比书,我们会看到一些蛛丝马迹,保罗知道这个教会中一些不合适和不健康的事情。他们的合一有些裂痕,有一些关于骄傲的挣扎。

  在腓立比书2章中,保罗开始指出这点;而且他说得有点重。“如果你称得上基督徒,”保罗实际上说:“那么就拥抱谦卑,使我更喜乐吧。”

  许多神学家都教导说,谦卑是基督徒的核心美德,它是最能使我们像耶稣的品格。谦卑帮助我们意识到,尽管我们都有恩赐和天赋去做许多事,但这不会使我们比别人更好。相反,我们努力将生活看成是人人平等的,每个人都在其中扮演他的角色。到最后,我们会关注他人过于自己。你要专心造就他人,让别人为你的工作称赞你吧。

  我们都需要彼此。我们每个人都需要为身边的人感恩。正如保罗接下来解释的(参腓 2:5-8),这就是耶稣建立的样式 – 这也是我们要效法的样式。

祷告

主耶稣,求祢赐给我们一份祢的谦卑。帮助我们去服事我们周围的人,正如祢服事了我们。奉祢的名祷告。阿们。

 

腓立比书 2:1-4

1 所以,在基督里若有什么劝勉,爱心有什么安慰,圣灵有什么交通,心中有什么慈悲怜悯,
2 你们就要意念相同,爱心相同,有一样的心思,有一样的意念,使我的喜乐可以满足。
3 凡事不可结党,不可贪图虚浮的荣耀,只要存心谦卑,各人看别人比自己强。
4 各人不要单顾自己的事,也要顾别人的事。

Humble Patterns

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves." — Philippians 2:3

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Philippians is one of the warmest and friendliest of Paul’s letters in the Bible. The church in Philippi seems to have been quite healthy and a source of joy for Paul. But it was not perfect. No church is. As we read along in Philippians, we see hints and whispers that Paul knows a few unhappy and unhealthy things about this congregation. There are some cracks in their unity, some struggles with pride.

In Philippians 2, Paul begins to address this. And he lays it on pretty thick. “If you are even remotely Christian,” Paul says, in effect, “then make me even more joyful by embracing humility.”

Many theologians teach that humility is the core Christian virtue, the characteristic that makes us most like Jesus. Humility helps us realize that even though we all have gifts and talents to do many things, that does not make us better than anyone else. Instead, we try to see life as a level playing field on which each person does her or his part. And at the end of the day, we pay more attention to others than to ourselves. Let someone else compliment you for your work while you focus on building up others.

We all need each other. Each of us needs to be thankful for the next person. This is, as Paul explains next (in verses 5-8), the pattern established by Jesus—so this is the pattern to follow.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, grant us by your Holy Spirit a portion of your humility. Help us to serve all the people around us even as you served us. In your name we pray. Amen.

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