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沒有犧牲的愛怎能叫做真正的愛

很多時候我們忘記了愛的本質叫做犧牲
當你願意花時間陪伴一個人
那個願意付上代價的愛才會叫做愛
當你願意為一個人犧牲自己的一切那才叫做愛
可這是多摩艱難的一件事啊

約瑟的哥哥們在此時終於明白
過去的自己是如何的缺乏愛的行動
如今因著愛他們放下了自己
真心誠意的祈求約瑟
只為回應自己對於父親的承諾與愛

當教會迷失在增長的路徑時
教會越來越大愛卻越來越少
如何取得平衡而成為健康的教會
是你我當謹記在心的

我深深的覺得自己忘記了一件重要的事

耶穌沒有教導我們教會要如何增長
祂只有單單地教導你我該如何去愛

唯有看見自己放不下也愛不夠
才會看見基督為你我犧牲的愛是如此的偉大



創世記

44:14 猶大和他弟兄們來到約瑟的屋中，約瑟還在那裡，他們就在他面前俯伏於地。
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
44:15 約瑟對他們說：「你們做的是甚麼事呢？你們豈不知像我這樣的人必能占卜嗎？」
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? divine: or, make trial?
44:16 猶大說：「我們對我主說甚麼呢？還有甚麼話可說呢？我們怎能自己表白出來呢？　神已經查出僕人的罪孽了。我們與那在他手中搜出杯來的都是我主的奴僕。」
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
44:17 約瑟說：「我斷不能這樣行！在誰的手中搜出杯來，誰就作我的奴僕；至於你們，可以平平安安地上你們父親那裡去。」
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
44:18 猶大挨近他，說：「我主啊，求你容僕人說一句話給我主聽，不要向僕人發烈怒，因為你如同法老一樣。
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
44:19 我主曾問僕人們說：『你們有父親有兄弟沒有？』
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
44:20 我們對我主說：『我們有父親，已經年老，還有他老年所生的一個小孩子。他哥哥死了，他母親只撇下他一人，他父親疼愛他。』
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
44:21 你對僕人說：『把他帶到我這裡來，叫我親眼看看他。』
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
44:22 我們對我主說：『童子不能離開他父親，若是離開，他父親必死。』
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
44:23 你對僕人說：『你們的小兄弟若不與你們一同下來，你們就不得再見我的面。』
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
44:24 我們上到你僕人─我們父親那裡，就把我主的話告訴了他。
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
44:25 我們的父親說：『你們再去給我糴些糧來。』
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
44:26 我們就說：『我們不能下去。我們的小兄弟若和我們同往，我們就可以下去。因為，小兄弟若不與我們同往，我們必不得見那人的面。』
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
44:27 你僕人─我父親對我們說：『你們知道我的妻子給我生了兩個兒子。
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons :
44:28 一個離開我出去了；我說他必是被撕碎了，直到如今我也沒有見他。
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
44:29 現在你們又要把這個帶去離開我，倘若他遭害，那便是你們使我白髮蒼蒼、悲悲慘慘地下陰間去了。』
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
44:30 我父親的命與這童子的命相連。如今我回到你僕人─我父親那裡，若沒有童子與我們同在，
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
44:31 我們的父親見沒有童子，他就必死。這便是我們使你僕人─我們的父親白髮蒼蒼、悲悲慘慘地下陰間去了。
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us , that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
44:32 因為僕人曾向我父親為這童子作保，說：『我若不帶他回來交給父親，我便在父親面前永遠擔罪。』
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
44:33 現在求你容僕人住下，替這童子作我主的奴僕，叫童子和他哥哥們一同上去。
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
44:34 若童子不和我同去，我怎能上去見我父親呢？恐怕我看見災禍臨到我父親身上。」
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. come...: Heb. find my father