極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

"Christ Becoming Flesh vs. Christ Becoming the Life-Giving Spirit"

John 1:14 "And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality."

1 Corinthians 15:45 "So also it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became a living soul'; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit."

1 Corinthians 6:17 "But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him."

基督成為肉體 VS 基督成了賜生命的靈

約1:14 話成了肉體，支搭帳幕在我們中間，豐豐滿滿的有恩典，有實際。我們也見過祂的榮耀，正是從父而來獨生子的榮耀。

林前15:45 經上也是這樣記著：“首先的人亞當成了活的魂；”末後的亞當成了賜生命的靈。

"Everything Depends on God's Mercy"

Romans 9:15-16 "For He says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy."

"一切皆在於神的憐憫"

羅9:15-16 "因祂對摩西說：'我要憐憫誰，就憐憫誰；要恩待誰，就恩待誰。'據此看來，這不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎發憐憫的神。"

God's Sovereign Authority VS God's Sovereign Mercy

Rev 4:11 "You are worthy, our Lord...to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created."

Isa 64:8 "But now, O Jehovah, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our Potter; and all of us are the work of Your hand."

神主宰的權柄 VS 神主宰的憐憫

啟4:11 『我們的主...是配得榮耀尊貴權柄的；因為你創造了萬有，並且萬有是因你的旨意存在並被創造的。』

耶18:6 『我待你們，豈不能照這窯匠待泥麼？...泥在窯匠的手中怎樣，你們在我的手中也怎樣。』