0714 – Peace in Relationships 和平相处的关系

3 John 2 (NKJV) Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.It is God’s desire that we prosper in every aspect of our lives. Peace is one of the elements of prosperity in the eyes of God. God created us for relationship. The soul comprises of our emotions therefore God wants us to prosper in our emotions especially in inter-personal relationships. He wants us to have love, joy and peace in our lives. This PEACE in our soul is something that we need to pursue and take it by force because it belongs to us. It is a fight between what the Spirit wants and what the flesh desires. We will prosper in our soul when we do not allow strife, un-forgiveness, hatred and anger to enter into our lives.

Galatians 5:19-21 (NKJV)Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Will we be prospering in our soul if we practice or live in the work of the flesh when we are actually meant to live in the newness of life…. Lewdness , adultery, cohabitating and fornication, uncleanness , contentions, and outbursts of wrath will not bring peace into our lives.

Maybe some of the above practices is what used to be our lifestyle but now we have come into the kingdom of God and we have the newness of life in Christ therefore we are expected to live by walking in the Spirit. The devil would like to steal the peace in our lives by keeping us from the knowledge of the truth and stirring us up in the flesh. Since he is the god of this age , he will use different means to work on the lust of the eyes and the flesh so that he can keep us as a carnal Christian.

God doesn’t want us to walk in the flesh, practice or live without a change of lifestyle. Our old lifestyle and the work of the flesh don’t offer peace, love and joy in our lives. He expects us to put on the new man, yield to the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives to overcome the temptation that used to lure us to live in sin.

We are not abiding in Christ and allowing the Holy Spirit to rule and reign in our lives if we gratify the desire of the flesh. We need to pursue peace in the relationships that God has allowed to develop around us.

Sermon Series: Peace – Fruit of the Holy Spirit


和平相处的关系

约翰三书 2: 亲爱的兄弟阿,我愿你凡事兴盛,身体健壮,正如你的灵魂兴盛一样。
上帝的愿望是要我们在生活的方方面面都繁荣兴盛。在上帝眼中,和平是兴盛的要素之一。

上帝创造我们是为了与我们建立相互关系。灵魂包括了我们的情感,因此上帝希望我们在情感上特别是在人际关系中兴盛。祂希望我们在生命中得着仁爱,喜乐与和平。我们内心深处的和平是我们要竭力去追求的,因为它属于我们。这是圣灵与情欲之间的争战。当我们不允许冲突,不宽恕,仇恨和愤怒进入我们的生命之中时,我们的灵魂就会兴盛。

加拉太书5:19-21(NKJV)情欲的事、都是显而易见的.就如奸淫、污秽、邪荡、 拜偶像、邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、恼怒、结党、纷争、异端、嫉妒、醉酒、荒宴等类、我从前告诉你们、现在又告诉你们、行这样事的人、必不能承受神的国。

当我们真意味着要活在新生命里的时候,若仍然行在或活在情欲中,我们的灵魂会兴盛吗?邪术,奸淫,同居污秽,不洁,争竞和恼怒都不能叫我们得平安。

也许上面的某些做法是我们过去的生活方式,但现在我们进入了神的国,我们在基督里有了新生命,因此我们有靠圣灵行事的期许。魔鬼想要夺走我们生命中的平安,不让我们知道真理,并在情欲中煽动我们。因为牠是今世的神,牠将使用不同的方法来勾起我们眼目和肉体上的情欲,从而使我们成为属肉体的基督徒。

上帝不希望我们还活在肉体中,没有践行或活出改变的生活方式。我们过去的生活方式和情欲的作为无法在我们的生命里带来和平,仁爱和喜乐。祂希望我们穿上新人,在我们的生命中顺服圣灵的大能,以战胜那些过去引诱我们生活在罪恶中的诱惑。

如果我们去满足情欲的渴望,我们就不会住在基督里,让圣灵统领我们的生活。在神要我们去扩展的身边的关系中,我们要追求和平。

讲章系列:和平 (平安)– 圣灵所结的果子