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2024.01.02
對上帝使命的承諾
芬蘭福音信義會榮譽宣教主任/傳教學博士 秘佳理牧師
I. 我的使命之路；航路點
1.一個基督徒家庭
2.主日學和一位感恩的非洲人
3.非洲豪豬（野豬）的尖刺
4.青年宣教團契
5.「約翰·中國人」
6.神的呼召和我的保留（約翰福音2章2節）
7. 如何知道？如何確定？
「在你人生中做正確的選擇」（學習、職業、婚姻……）
「上帝會攔阻」
「禱告！」
8.一項送流動車診所到台灣的專案
9.芬蘭信義會差會傳教士訓練學校
10.一家三口在1967年12月30日抵達台北機場
11.1985年芬蘭信義會差會和信義會傳教士在台灣台中、潮州、恆春、萬丹、高雄信義會教會內植堂；與恆春基督教醫院和路加傳道會合作
Ⅱ. 我們對神的使命的回應
一、神救贖的「總體計劃」
上帝有一個拯救所有人的神聖計劃，它就像紅色踏板一樣貫穿整個舊約和新約。保羅在以弗所書3章9節中描述了上帝的這個「總體計劃」：
「又使眾人都明白，這歷代以來隱藏在創造萬物之神裡的奧祕是如何安排的。」這是歷代以來隱藏的奧秘，如今必須藉著聖靈才得以顯明。這個奧秘，上帝的「總體計劃」，是祂的使命和旨意，不僅僅是猶太人，包含所有的人都被呼召進入上帝的國度。
這在派遣上帝的獨生子耶穌作為世界的救主時得到了獨特的啟示。祂的復活雖是過去式，現在仍然是對罪惡、死亡和撒但邪惡勢力的最終勝利。耶穌的生活、工作、苦難、死亡和復活，揭示了神對全人類無條件的愛。因此，耶穌基督要向所有人宣揚救恩的好消息。唯有信心才是通向神的道路。沒有其他道路可以通向上帝，只有耶穌（約翰福音14章5節）。上帝使命的目的是通過邀請人們接受耶穌作為他們個人救主的方式來宣揚救恩的福音。
二、挑戰對上帝使命的承諾
使命是神對祂子民的授權，讓他們參與祂持續的拯救工作。耶穌的第一批跟隨者被差遣到世界各地為祂作見證，就像上帝差遣耶穌一樣（約翰福音20章21節）。
同樣的，今天耶穌的追隨者被召喚和被選來執行上帝拯救人類的神聖計劃。神呼召我們向各國人民宣揚祂在耶穌基督裡的愛和救恩。世界上有三分之二的人口尚未聽到福音，神的使命，我們的使命，仍然是一個未完成的使命。
使命是基督教會存在的本質。對教會來說，致力於宣教是沒有選擇性的，教會不是為自己活，而是為主和世界而活。誠然，基督徒有很多責任，但這些責任不能取代傳福音和門訓人。神關心所有罪人的救贖，付上犧牲祂兒子的代價，這也是我們應該關心的問題。作為耶穌基督的追隨者，我們就是教會。使命不是自願的事情，也不是那些對此感興趣的人的活動，這是對我們主人命令的服從。
三、我們對神使命的承諾就是我們對祂在基督裡為我們所做的一切的回應。
對上帝使命的承諾要求你放棄自己的規劃並接受上帝對你人生的規劃。這從來不是一件容易的事！
這可能意味著你要將你的權利、夢想、計劃和抱負交給祂。就像你遞給上帝一張白紙，底部有你的簽名，然後讓祂填寫內容細節！這種新的生活方式不再是為自己而活，而是只為主活，因祂為我們而死並且復活（哥林多後書5章15節）。對上帝使命的承諾是一項代價高昂的承諾。但伴隨著這個承諾，你將以一種你從未想像過的方式，體驗你生命的充實和上帝的祝福！
我們對神使命的委身取決於聖靈在我們裡面的工作。只有聖靈才能使基督裡賜給我們的救恩和賦予我們的宣教使命成為現實。當耶穌吩咐門徒要使萬民成為祂的門徒時，門徒並沒有被允許立即開始他們被分配的工作（使徒行傳1章4節）。只有當聖靈降臨在他們身上之後，他們才轉變為耶穌的見證人。
我們對上帝使命的承諾也是如此。我們服從我們被賦予的任務，我們願意為了福音的緣故將自己奉獻給基督。這一切都是通過聖靈在我們生命中的工作而實現的。受聖靈啟發，神將話語放在我們心中，創造了參與神使命的意願。對上帝使命真實而持久的承諾是我們靈性更新的結果。這是我們被呼召要禱告的。
四、結論
神願意並希望祂的教會成長。耶穌的追隨者被派去繼續上帝的使命，任務還沒有完成。這個任務未完成的事實值得我們認真對待和一再強調。然而，上帝從不強迫我們任何一個人。相反的，祂溫柔地邀請我們全心全意地投入到世界上最迷人的運動—祂的使命中。儘管這項任務艱鉅，而且向所有人傳福音看起來幾乎是不可能的，但耶穌的追隨者看到了萬國來到新耶路撒冷的異象（啟示錄7章9節），每個人都在君王面前屈膝的異象（腓立比書2章10節）。
我們對神使命的承諾就是我們對祂在基督裡為我們所做一切的回應。
▲秘佳理牧師夫婦關懷恆春弟兄姊妹
作者簡介
秘佳理牧師和秘師母青年時期就對宣教有負擔，陸續進人神學院接受裝備。爾後在神的引領之下共結連理，並在秘師母父親的鼓勵下決定回應神宣教的呼召，在得知台灣需要擴展台語事工後，一家人從芬蘭來到台灣服事。於恆春服事期間，和恆基的同工們持守共同異象，有密切美好的合作。從門診關懷到家庭探訪、定期到鄉間部落舉辦佈道會、佈道車巡迴播放福音電影、用福音橋帶領民眾決志，在悔春半島上灑下福音的種子。
I. My footpath to mission; way points
1. A Christian family
2. Sunday school & a thanking African man
3. The spike of a porcupine (wild boar) of Africa
4. Mission youth fellowship
5.「John Chinaman」
6. God´s call and my reservations: John 2:2
7. How to know? How to be sure?
「Do right choices in your life」(studies,
occupation, marriage..)
「God will lay a blockade」
「Pray!」
8. A project of having a Mobile clinic car to Taiwan
9. Missionary training school of the FELM
10. Dec 30th in 1967: An arrival of our family of three at Taipei airport
11. 1985 FELM and LCT missionaries in Taiwan Taichung, Chaochou, Hengchun, Wantan, Kaohsiung Church planting within LCT Cooperation with HCCH and CCMM
II. Our response to God’s mission
1. God´s “master plan” of salvation
God has a divine plan for the salvation of all people. It runs like a red tread throughout the OT and NT. Paul describes this 「master plan」 of God in Eph. 3:9 as 「being a mystery hidden for ages and now being made known by the Holy Spirit.」This mystery, this 「master plan」 of God, is His mission and will that all people, not only Jews, are to be called to the Kingdom of God.
This is uniquely revealed in the sending of Jesus, God’s Only Son, as the Saviour of the world. His resurrection was, and still is, the final victory over sin, death and the evil powers of Satan. The life, work, suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus reveal God´s unconditional love for the whole humankind. Therefore, the Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ is to be proclaimed to everybody. Faith in Jesus, faith alone, is the way to God. There are no other ways to God, only Jesus（John 14:5）. The purpose of God´s mission is to proclaim the Gospel of salvation in a way that it invites people to accept Jesus as their personal Saviour.
2. Challenged to commit to God´s mission
Mission is God´s mandate to His people to participate in His continuing saving work. The first followers of Jesus were sent out to the world to be witnesses to Jesus in the same manner as Jesus was sent out by God（John 20:21）.
Similarly, today´s followers of Jesus are called and chosen to carry out the divine plan of God for the salvation of men. God calls us to proclaim His love and salvation in Jesus Christ among peoples of nations. Two thirds of the world´s population has not yet heard the Gospel message. God´s mission, our mission, is still an unfinished mission.
Mission is of the very being, the very nature, of the Christian Church. To be committed to mission is not optional for the Church. The Church does not live for its own self, but for God and for the world. To be sure, Christians have many duties, but these duties must not be substituted for proclaiming the gospel and discipling people. God is concerned with the salvation of all sinners at the cost of his Son. This should be our concern as well. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are the Church. Mission is not a voluntary affair, or an activity of those who interested in it. It is obedience to our Master´s command.
3. Our commitment to God´s mission is our response to what He has done for us in Christ.
A commitment to God´s mission requires that you abandon your own agenda and accept God´s agenda for your life. This is never an easy thing! It may mean that you yield your rights, dreams, plans, and ambitions to Him. It is like handing out to God a blank sheet of paper with your signature at the bottom of it, and telling Him to fill it in details! This new way of life leads no longer living for himself but only for the Lord who died and was raised to life for our sake （2Cor 5:15）. Committing to God´s mission is a very costly commitment. But it is a commitment along which you will experience the fulfillment of your life and the blessing of God in a way you could have never imagined!
Our commitment to God´s mission depends on the work of the Holy Spirit in us. Only Holy Spirit can make real both the salvation offered to us in Christ, and the missionary mandate given to us. When Jesus gave to his disciples the commission to make all nations his disciples, the disciples were not allowed to start the job assigned for them right away （Acts 1:4）. Only after the Holy Spirit came upon them they were transformed into witnesses of Jesus.
The same is true also with our commitment to God´s mission. Our obedience to the task given to us, our willingness to offer ourselves to Christ for the sake of Gospel - all this is made real by the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit creates in us the will to participate in God´s mission. True and lasting commitment to God´s mission is always a result of spiritual renewal in us. That are we called to pray for.
4. Conclusion.
God wills and desires his Church to grow. The followers of Jesus are sent to continue God´s mission. The task is still unfinished. This fact of the unfinished task is to be taken seriously and emphasized again and again. Yet, God never forces any one of us, on the contrary, he tenderly invites us to give ourselves wholeheartedly into the world´s most fascinating movement, His mission. Though the task is immense and reaching out to all people with the Gospel looks almost impossible, the followers of Jesus see the vision of all nations coming to the New Jerusalem （Rev 7:9）, vision of every knee bent before the King （Phil 2:10）.
Our commitment to God´s mission is our response to what He has done for us in Christ.