弟兄姊妹平安:
教會的「主日崇拜」是我們被神呼召從世界分別出來的一個見證。我們是甘心樂意地把自己的身心靈從世界分別出來奉獻給主。
出埃及的以色列人是把自己和「埃及」分別出來的，離開埃及走往曠野，到西乃山敬拜獨一的真神。這整個準備朝拜的歷程，比作「我如鷹一般將你們背在翅膀上，帶來歸我。」「你們要歸我作祭司的國度，為聖潔的國民。」出埃及記19:4,6
以色列民今天明天要自潔，要洗衣服，第三天耶和華神降臨山上，百姓伺立在山下迎接朝拜神。(出埃及記19:10-11) 自潔既是外在行為的分別出來，更是心思意念和感情的「歸我」。
信主一段時間，最易出現的問題，是離棄了起初的愛主之心。心思只為生活上的「水苦缺糧」而發怨言，感情也落在愛世界和世界上的事，愛父的心就不在他裡面了。既習慣了每星期的主日崇拜，就「出席了事奉了奉獻了」因循了事。
「敬拜」是一場屬靈的爭戰。每一個主日崇拜都有可能發生各種不同的事情，叫我們事多而心裡忙亂，思慮煩擾，動搖我們安靜的靈和喜樂的心到主耶穌的跟前。讓我們放下擔子，脫去纏累，仰望為我們信心創始成終的耶穌！
「人若自潔，脫離卑賤的事，就必作貴重的器皿，成為聖潔，合乎主用，預備行各樣的善事。 (提摩太後書2:21 ）
主內
王 興
2023年1月14日
14th January, 2023
Dear brothers and sisters,
“Sunday Worship” is our testimony: that we are called by God to be set apart from the world. We willingly and cheerfully set apart our body, mind and soul and dedicate them to the Lord.
The Israelites came out of Egypt and set themselves apart from “Egypt”. They left Egypt and went to the wilderness to worship the only true God at Mount Sinai. This process of preparation for worship can be compared to ‘I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.’ ‘You will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ Exodus 19:4, 6
The Israelites had to consecrate themselves and wash their clothes today and tomorrow and be ready to worship the Lord on the third day. (Exodus 19:10-11) Consecration is not only the outward behaviour, but the giving of mind and emotion ‘to Me’.
After being a Christian for some time, the most common problem is that we have forsaken the love we had at first for the Lord, but moaning about the “bitter water and lack of food”, and loving the world or anything in it, so the love of the father is not in us. We are used to worshiping on Sundays, we have “attended and served and offered ” and continue in the same old rut.
“Worship” is a spiritual battle. Various things may happen every Sunday, we might be overwhelmed with duties and worries instead of coming to the Lord with a quiet spirit and a joyful heart. Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
‘Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.’ (2Tim 2:21)
In Christ,
Sam Wong