تأملات فى آيــة اليوم...
عندما يشرح بولس ان الكنيسة هى جسد المسيح (رومية 12 : 3 - 4, 1 كورنثوس 10 : 10 - 16 - 17, أفسس 5 : 23, 29, كولوسي 1 : 18 - 24)، هو لا يتحدث نظرياً. لان الكنيسة هى حضور يسوع، جسده فى هذا العالم. ما يحدث للكنيسة كتجمع مشترك للناس يحدث ليسوع. ما يحدث للمسيحيين بشكل فردي يحدث لمخلصهم. لقد أوضح يسوع ذِلك لبولس الذِي كان يعرف بشاول بتوضيح ان اضطهاد شاول للمسيحيين المؤمنين كان يعد اضطهاد ليسوع ذِاته - "شاول, شاول, لماذِا تطضهدني؟" ان يسوع متواجد في هذِا العالم اليوم من خلال شعبه! و يعد هذِا القول صحيحا: يسوع الوحيد الذي سيراه الناس اليوم هو يسوع الذي يرونه من خلالك ومن خلالي.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Saul, who became better known as the apostle Paul, heard these words on the road to Damascas as he was going there to persecute Christians. He isn't being theoretical when Paul later teaches through his letters that the Church is the Body of Christ (Romans 12:3-4; 1 Corinthians 10:10-16-17; Ephesians 5:23, 29; Colossians 1:18, 24). The Church IS Jesus' presence, his Body alive and at work in the world. What is done to the Church as a collective group of people is done to Jesus. What is done to individual Christians is done to their Savior. Jesus made this clear to Paul, then known as Saul, by emphasizing that Saul's persecution of believers was also persecution of Jesus — "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" Jesus is present in the world today through his people! The saying is true: the only Jesus many will see today is the Jesus they see through you and me.
صلاتي
يا أبي، من فضلك "دع جمال يسوع يُرى في، محبته الرائعة ونقائه. فلتسمو روحه القدوس، و ليصقل كل كياني ؛ و ليري جمال يسوع في." في اسم مخلصي اصلى.( ماخوذِة من ترنيمة لالبرت اوربسوم ) آمين.
My Prayer...
Dear Father, please "Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me, all His wonderful passion and purity; May His Spirit divine, all my being refine; Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me." In the name of my Savior, I pray. Amen. (From the song by Albert W.T. Orsbom.)
