08-07-2022 主日崇拜

敬拜禮儀-10
liturgy


敬拜禮儀－10
  • 宣告信仰－Confession of Faith
神是怎樣的一位神？
神是靈，祂的存有、榮耀、福祉、完美，都是無限的；祂是全然自足、永恆、不會改變、無法測度、無所不在、無所不能的；祂認識萬有，極其智慧、極其聖潔、極其公義、滿有憐憫和恩典、恆久忍耐，又有豐盛的恩慈和信實。——《威斯敏斯特大要理問答》問答7。
  • 問安－Greeting
為神所愛、蒙召作聖徒的眾人。願恩惠、平安從我們的父上帝和主耶穌基督歸給你們！ （羅1:7）
  • 呼召敬拜－Call to Worship
                詩篇145:1-3 （和合本）
1 我的神、我的王啊、我要尊崇你！ 我要永永遠遠稱頌你的名！
2 我要天天稱頌你，也要永永遠遠讚美你的名！
3 耶和華本為大，該受大讚美，其大無法測度。
  • 唱崇拜詩篇－Psalm of Adoration
               《敬拜詩篇》145 A
  • 宣召禱告－Prayer of Invocation
  • 誦讀律法/福音－Reading of the Law/Gospel
                 哥林多前書 13:1-8 (和合本)
1 我若能說人間的方言，甚至天使的語言，卻沒有愛，我就成為鳴的鑼、響的鈸一般。 2 我若有先知講道的能力，也明白各樣的奧祕，各樣的知識，而且有齊備的信心，使我能夠移山，卻沒有愛，我就算不了甚麼。 3 我若將所有的財產救濟窮人，又犧牲自己的身體讓人誇讚，卻沒有愛，仍然對我無益。
4 愛是恆久忍耐；又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂， 5 不做害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡， 6 不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理； 7 凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。
8 愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必歸於無有；說方言之能終必停止；知識也終必歸於無有。

  • 認罪－Confession of Sin
主，你是我們的神和創造者，我們在你面前承認我們的罪，我們在許多地方嚴重地冒犯了你，不僅在外面的行為上，並且在內心的盲目、不信、懷疑、沮喪、不耐煩、驕傲、貪婪、嫉妒、憎恨、怨恨，和其他罪惡的情緒上冒犯了你。 你是我們的主，我們的神，你也清楚的知道這些，我們深感厭恨。我們為這些事悔改，感到歉疚，並為你愛子耶穌基督之故，全心祈求你的憐憫。

  • 宣告赦罪－Absolution
你若誠心的為你的罪悔改，我以天父的聖名，宣告和確認你的罪被赦免了，不僅在地上而且在天上。阿們！
  • 唱感謝詩篇－Psalm of Thanksgiving
  • 牧者代導－Prayer of Intercession
  • 唱預備詩篇－Psalm of Preparation
  • 誦讀經文－Reading of Scripture
  • 禱告求光照－Prayer for Illumination
  • 傳講信息－Sermon
  • 唱哀傷詩篇－Psalm of Lament
  • 領主餐－Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
  • 唱感謝詩篇－Psalm of Gratitude
  • 祝福－Benediction
願主耶穌基督的恩惠、上帝的慈愛、聖靈的感動常與你們眾人同在！ （林後13:13）

主日信息綱要
sermon outline

中心思想：
基督道成肉身以受苦僕人樣式在地上執行恩典之約把神的國度帶入最後完成階段。
經文：
1:1神的兒子，耶穌基督福音的起頭...16:19 主耶穌和他們說完了話，後來被接到天上，坐在神的右邊。20 門徒出去，到處宣傳福音。主和他們同工，用神蹟隨著，證實所傳的道。阿們
經文解釋：
1-恩典之約的施行和救贖之約中受苦的僕人。
2-馬可福音中基督是受苦僕人執行恩典之約。

小要理問答複習

二十七問：基督的降卑在於什麽？
答：基督的降卑是在於生於卑微的狀況中，處在律法之下，受此生的苦楚，上帝的忿怒，和十字架上被咒詛的死，又被埋葬，一時處於死的權勢之下。　

Quest. 27. Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?

Ans. 27. Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time.

二十八問：基督的升高在於什麽？
答：基督的升高是在於他第三天從死裏復活，升天，坐在父上帝的右邊，末日再來審判世界。

Quest. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation?

Ans. 28. Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day. 

二十九問：我們怎樣才能分享基督所買來的救贖呢？
答：我們分享基督所買來的救贖，乃是靠聖靈將它有效地運用到我們的身上。

Quest. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?

Ans. 29. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit. 

三十問：聖靈怎樣將基督所買來的救贖運用到我們身上呢？
答：聖靈將基督所買來的救贖運用到我們身上，乃是藉著他在我們裏面所生髮的信心，這樣便使我們因有效的蒙召，從而與基督聯合。 

Quest. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?

Ans. 30. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. 

三十一問：什麽是有效的恩召？
答：有效的恩召是聖靈的工作，他使我們確知自己有罪，並處於愁苦之中，又光照我們的理性，使我們認識基督，更新我們的意志，就說服我們，使我們能夠接受在福音裏白白賜給我們的耶穌基督。 

Quest. 31. What is effectual calling?
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Ans. 31. Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills,(4) he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. 

三十二問：有效蒙召的人今生享受什麽福分？
答：有效蒙召的人今生享受稱義、得兒子的名分、成聖，以及隨之而來的各樣福分。 

Quest. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?

Ans. 32. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.

小要理問答必記憶

三十一問：什麽是有效的恩召？
答：有效的恩召是聖靈的工作，他使我們確知自己有罪，並處於愁苦之中，又光照我們的理性，使我們認識基督，更新我們的意志，就說服我們，使我們能夠接受在福音裏白白賜給我們的耶穌基督。 

Quest. 31. What is effectual calling?
Ans. 31. Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills,(4) he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. 

三十二問：有效蒙召的人今生享受什麽福分？
答：有效蒙召的人今生享受稱義、得兒子的名分、成聖，以及隨之而來的各樣福分。 

Quest. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
Ans. 32. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.
三十三問：什麽是稱義？
答：稱義是上帝的作爲，出於他白白的恩典，由此而赦免我們一切的罪，並悅納我們爲義人，這僅是因爲基督的義歸於我們，且惟獨用信心才能接受的 。

​Quest. 33. What is justification?
Ans. 33. Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

​三十四問：什麽是得兒子的名分？
答：得兒子的名分是上帝的作爲，出於他白白的恩典（1），使我們因此被納入上帝衆子的數目中，並享有作上帝兒子的一切特權（2）。

​Quest. 34. What is adoption?
Ans. 34. Adoption is an act of God's free grace,(1) whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the Sons of God.(2)

​三十五問：什麽是成聖？
答：成聖是上帝的作爲，出於他白白的恩典（1），使我們整個的人照著上帝的形象被更新（2），並得以愈來愈能向罪而死，向義而活（3）。

​Quest. 35. What is sanctification?
Ans. 35. Sanctification is the work of God's free grace,(1) whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God,(2) and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.(3)

羅馬書8:1-17 希臘文讀經

羅馬書8:1-17 中文讀經

經文記憶：
羅馬書 8:1-17  [另譯]
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1這樣看來，如今那些在基督耶穌裡的就不定罪了。
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2 因為基督耶穌裡賜生命聖靈的律已經釋放了你，使你脫離罪和死的律了。

3 因為律法既因肉體軟弱，有所不能行的，神就差遣自己的兒子，成為罪身的形狀，作了贖罪祭，在肉體中定了罪案，4 為了使律法的義成就在我們這不隨從肉體，只隨從聖靈的人身上。

5 因為隨從肉體的人，體貼肉體的事；隨從聖靈的人，體貼聖靈的事。
6 體貼肉體的就是死；體貼聖靈的乃是生命平安。
7 原來體貼肉體的，就是與神為仇，因為不服神的律法，也是不能服。
8 而且屬肉體的人不能得神的喜歡。

9 但是，你們不屬肉體，乃屬聖靈，如果神的靈住在你們裡面的話。人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。

10 但是，基督若在你們裡面，身體是死的因罪，靈卻是生命因為義。
11 然而叫耶穌從死裡復活者的靈，若住在你們裡面，那叫基督耶穌從死裡復活的，也必藉著住在你們裡面的聖靈，使你們必死的身體又活過來。 

12 弟兄們，所以，這樣看來，我們並不是欠肉體的債，去順從肉體活著。13 你們若順從肉體活著，必要死；若靠著聖靈治死身體的惡行，必要活著。
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14 因為凡被神的靈引導的，都是神的兒子。15 你們所受的不是奴僕的靈，仍舊害怕；所受的乃是兒子的靈，因此我們呼叫：“阿爸，父！”16 聖靈與我們的靈同證我們是神的兒女；17 既是兒女，便是後嗣，就是神的後嗣，和基督同作後嗣。如果我們 和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得榮耀。 ​

敬拜詩篇
Psalms for worship

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  • 祝福－Benediction
願主耶穌基督的恩惠、上帝的慈愛、聖靈的感動常與你們眾人同在！ （林後13:13）

 RP Global Mission

We have established a focused purpose for RP Missions: Equipping the saints of the RPCNA to support the work of RP Global Missions. This has helped streamline what we do at RP Missions. Over the years, many of the aims of RP Missions have been included in our value statements. The motto of our trips is still Serve. Proclaim. Disciple. This motto, along with our purposed statement, enables us to quality check the plans for each of our trips to ensure those three elements are present and accounted for. Our foundation includes much of what has been done and emphasized for the past 23 years.

We have developed basic training to help both trip-goers and stayers develop a vision for a lifestyle that includes getting the gospel to all the ends of the earth. You have prayed for this Global Christian Lifestyle training, which we call RPGM Explore. RPGM Explore went through a significant revision during the past year.

Having learned from our past program of the importance and the necessity of having well-trained, committed, and informed team leads for our trips, we have created a RP Missions Team Leadership Seminar and delivered it to a cohort of 2022 trip team leads and one prospective 2023 team lead.

Next week, the first of our five 2022 trips will launch in Costa Rica, and shortly after that our team bound for Cyprus will depart. Mid-summer, a team will travel to Australia and another team will gather in Wilkinsburg, PA. We are still disappointed about the cancelation of our trip to Japan, especially since it now looks like we might have been able to take it! (I say might. The country is still not open to tourists and the plans to reopen are ambiguous.) At the writing of this prayer letter, two women have just arrived in Juba, South Sudan, to spends part of the summer in ministry there, and two other women have recently returned after three months of working along side the C4C team in South Sudan.

We are looking forward to building on the foundation of these three significantly established components of the RP Missions program.  The program is well on its way and the building is taking shape. 

Keith Mann
RP Global Missions Short-term Missions Coordinator

宗教改革歷史簡介

10-31-2021
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馬丁路德 Martin Luther (1483-1546)
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The Reformation Wall Monument in Geneva Switzerland (built in 1909 for John Calvin's 400th birthday)
William Farel (1489-1565)
​Founder of the Reformed Church in Neuchâtel, Berne, Geneva, and Vaud in Switzerland. He worked together with John Calvin to train missionaries across Europe
John Calvin (1509-1564)
He mainly influenced Presbyterian Church doctrine and Reformed theology. He began “Systematic Theology” with his book Institutes of the Christian Religion. John Calvin wrote one of the largest set of Bible commentaries during his time. He trained and sent missionaries across Europe.
Theodore Beza (1519-1605)
He was a disciple of John Calvin and later became John Calvin’s successor in Geneva. He further spread Reformed theology in France.
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John Knox (1513-1527)
He studied under John Calvin after being declared an outlaw in England by Queen “Bloody” Mary. He later founded the Presbyterian church in Scotland.
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This painting by John Rogers Herbert depicts a particularly controversial speech before the Assembly by Philip Nye against presbyterian church government.
A meeting of the Westminster Assembly on 21 February 1644. Philip Nye, a member of the independent party, argues that the form of church government advocated by the presbyterians, under which local congregations submit to higher assemblies of elders, was "thrice over pernicious, to civil states and kingdoms". He was immediately "cryed down", according to Robert Baillie, who kept a journal of the proceedings. The painting depicts many individuals who were not members of the Assembly, because when issues of particular interest were debated, non-members would attend as spectators. Josias Shute, however, died before the Assembly met.
1644 年 2 月 21 日威敏斯特議會的一次會議。獨立黨成員菲利普·奈（Philip Nye）認為，長老會所提倡的教會治理形式，在這種形式下，地方會眾服從更高的長老議會，是「 對政府和國度具有三倍的害處」。 據記錄會議記錄的羅伯特·貝利 (Robert Baillie) 說，他立即被「哭了」。 這幅畫描繪了許多不是議會成員的人，因為當辯論特別感興趣的問題時，非成員會作為旁觀者參加。 然而，喬西亞斯·舒特 (Josias Shute) 在議會開會之前就去世了。