2022年5月

2022年五月福音聚餐特會

福音聚会讲员/Gospel Meeting Speaker：牧师丹约翰逊/Pastor Dan Johnson

聚餐时间/Meeting address:  2022年5月21日 （周六晚上 Saturday  Evening 6:00PM）

  • 6:00-7:30: 联谊，聚餐/Dinner
  • 7:30-8:00: 唱诗/Hymns Singing
  • 8:00-8:45: 信息/ Message

信息主题/Theme: Patience/忍耐

聚会地点/Meeting Place： Parkers Lake Baptist Church (PLBC)

  Address:     14720 County Road 6, Plymouth, MN 55447

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讲员简介: 丹约翰逊牧师

丹牧师在明尼苏达州中部的一个小农场长大，在上帝的召唤下他毅然成为一名全职基督徒，当时正在信息技术领域中发展个人的事业。 40年前当他还在伯特利大学时，遇见了他可爱的妻子辛迪，在上帝丰富地祝福下，他们有了四个孩子，两个孙子和一堆奇妙难忘的回忆。几十年间他们曾在梅尔福特，萨斯喀彻温省和不列颠哥伦比亚省的尼尔森为教堂服务，终于在 2002年接到普利茅斯圣约教堂的邀请来到PCC做牧师。牧师丹夫妇工作之余都喜欢享受乐趣，环游世界，尝试新奇的食物和喝大量咖啡。”丹牧师咖啡”在每个星期天的服务中都是极受欢迎的一种！

Introduction of Speaker:  Pastor Dan Johnson

Pastor Dan grew up on a small farm in central Minnesota and went to
pursue an IT career when God called him into a full-time Christian
ministry. He met Cindy, his lovely wife for over 40 years, while
attending Bethel University. God has richly blessed them with four
children, two grandchildren and a pile of marvelous memories. They have served churches in Melfort,  Saskatchewan, and Nelson, British Columbia before accepting a call to Plymouth Covenant Church in 2002. Pastor Dan and Cindy both enjoy having fun, travelling the world, trying new food and drinking lots of coffee. “Pastor Dan’s coffee ” is the most popular blend during every Sunday service in PCC!    

信息内容简介/Introduction to the Speech:

忍耐

我们如何在一个颠倒的世界中保持耐心？” 这是一个关于“等待”的挑战。当遇到难对付的人、或我们无法控制的情况、挣扎, 也或个人困难时，耐心会让我们等待。

我们的耐心有两个不同的呼召:

            – 我们在做出反应之前等待。

            – 我们等候上帝。

这两个简单的原则并不像听起来那么简单。然而，它们是在我们的世界和我们的生活中建立对上帝工作的信任的核心。

不过，这是值得的。当我们等待时，上帝会增长我们的信心, 这种在等待中增长信心的方式是不能从我们径直继续前进的方式中获得的。当我们等待时，上帝使我们的变得更成熟，使我们能够在困难时期站稳脚跟。当我们等待时，我们会体验到上帝在我们身上工作时的感觉。当我们等待时，上帝会显示他的信实和信任在他的子民当中！

经文

你当默然倚靠耶和华，耐性等候他，不要因那道路通达的和那恶谋成就的心怀不平。 诗篇 37:7

7 弟兄们哪，你们要忍耐，直到主来。看哪，农夫忍耐等候地里宝贵的出产，直到得了秋雨春雨。 8 你们也当忍耐，坚固你们的心，因为主来的日子近了。

9 弟兄们，你们不要彼此埋怨，免得受审判。看哪，审判的主站在门前了！ 10 弟兄们，你们要把那先前奉主名说话的众先知当做能受苦、能忍耐的榜样。 11 那先前忍耐的人，我们称他们是有福的。你们听见过约伯的忍耐，也知道主给他的结局，明显主是满心怜悯、大有慈悲。雅各书 5:7-11

饶恕七十个七次

21 那时，彼得进前来，对耶稣说：“主啊，我弟兄得罪我，我当饶恕他几次呢？到七次可以吗？” 22 耶稣说：“我对你说，不是到七次，乃是到七十个七次。 23 天国好像一个王要和他仆人算账。 24 才算的时候，有人带了一个欠一千万银子的来。 25 因为他没有什么偿还之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子儿女并一切所有的都卖了偿还。 26 那仆人就俯伏拜他，说：‘主啊，宽容我！将来我都要还清。’ 27 那仆人的主人就动了慈心，把他释放了，并且免了他的债。

不怜悯人的必不蒙怜悯

28 “那仆人出来，遇见他的一个同伴欠他十两银子，便揪着他，掐住他的喉咙，说：‘你把所欠的还我！’ 29 他的同伴就俯伏央求他，说：‘宽容我吧！将来我必还清。’ 30 他不肯，竟去把他下在监里，等他还了所欠的债。 31 众同伴看见他所做的事，就甚忧愁，去把这事都告诉了主人。 32 于是主人叫了他来，对他说：‘你这恶奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了。 33 你不应当怜恤你的同伴，像我怜恤你吗？’ 34 主人就大怒，把他交给掌刑的，等他还清了所欠的债。 35 你们各人若不从心里饶恕你的弟兄，我天父也要这样待你们了。” 

                                                                                                                                                  马太福音 18:21-35

8 親愛的弟兄阿，有一件事你們不可忘記，就是主看一日如千年，千年如一日。9 主所應許的尚未成就，有人以為他是耽延，其實不是耽延，乃是寬容你們，不願有一人沉淪，乃願人人都悔改                                                                                                          2 彼得 3:8-9 

Patience:    How do we be patient in an upside down world?” There was this challenge about “waiting.” When it comes to difficult people, circumstances we cannot control, struggles or personal hardship, patience calls us to wait.
 
There were two distinct callings for us in our patience. 

  • We wait before we react.
  • We wait on God.

These two simple principles are not as easy as they sound. However, they are core to building trust in God’s work in our world and our lives.

Let me encourage you though – it is worth it. When we wait, God grows our faith in ways we would not grow if we just kept moving forward. When we wait, God matures our roots so that we can stand strong in difficult times. When we wait, we experience a bit of what it is like when God works in us. When we wait, God shows his faithfulness and trust abounds within God’s people.

Scripture:

 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.    – psalm 37:7

7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.     – James 5:7-11

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21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a]

23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold[b] was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.[c] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.

32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”                                                                             – Matthew 18:21-35

 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.                                                   – 2 Peter 3:8-9