Deuteronomy 4:12 ESV
12Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
important
/ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nt/ adjective
of great significance or value
of Eternal significance or value
Main, chief, principal, key, major, prime, foundational,
foremost, supreme, paramount, overriding,
cardinal, crucial, vital, critical, essential, significant.
Hebrews 1:1-3 ESV
1Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
The Son is God’s Full, Complete & Final Revelation
∙ He is the Messenger and the Message
∙ He reveals God the Father to mankind
Christ is the Beginning and the End of All Things
∙ The Creator-Sustainer who is moving all things toward completion upholding creation by the power of His Word.
The Exact Representation of God – Radiance of His Glory
∙ The Very Image of the Father
He Provided Purification for Sins
∙ He is the Priest & also the Sacrifice
∙ The Work the Father gave Him to Do
He sat down because His Work Was Finished
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Having the Wrong Image of God, or worshipping God as you imagine Him to be in your own mind, both produce a false & displeasing worship of God.
Deuteronomy 5:8 BSB
8You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.
“We dare not trust what our imagination suggests about Him, for our built-in habit is to scale God down.” J. I. Packer
“Sin began as a response to the temptation,
‘You will be like God.’ ” Gen 3:5 Packer
“The Effect of wanting to be on God’s level is that we bring Him down to ours.”
God says, “You must not imagine Me to be whatever you want Me to be, but rather you must let your imagination be regulated by the truth.” Tim Keller
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神を味わうことに関する7つの真実 ヘンリーブラックビー牧師
1. God is Always At Work Around You
神は常にあなたの周りで働いておられる
2. Relationship
神との関係
3. Invitation
神からの招待
4. God Speaks
神は語る
5. Crisis of Belief
信仰の危機
6. Major Adjustments
人生の大きな調整
7. Obey & Experience
神に従い、神を味わう
We come to know God by experience as we obey Him, and He accomplishes His work through us.
神に従っていく中で、神を味わい
神を知るようになっていきます。
そして神があなたを通して
その働きを成し遂げてくださるのです。
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God Speaks
神は語る
God Speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, Prayer, Circumstances, and
the Church (Christians) to Reveal Himself, His Purposes, and His Ways.
神は
ご自身とそのみこころ、
その道を現わすために、
聖書、祈り、状況、
教会（クリスチャン）の中で
聖霊を通して語られます。
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“The Bible is God’s Word to you. The Holy Spirit honors & uses God’s Word in speaking to you. The Scriptures will be your source of authority for faith & practice. You cannot depend on traditions, your experience or the experience of others to be accurate authorities on God’s will & ways. Experience & tradition must always be examined against the teaching of Scripture.” “Exp God” Workbook Page 9
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Watch to see where God is working and join Him. “His revelation of a need is equal to His invitation to join Him.”
神がどこで働き、あなたにどこで
加わって欲しいのかを見つめましょう。
「神が必要とされていることを
見せてくださるというのは、
神はあなたに加わって欲しいと
願われているからです。」
The right question to ask is not: “What is God’s will for my life”; rather “What is God’s Will?”
「私の人生のための神の御旨は何か？」
という質問はふさわしくありません。
むしろ 「神の御旨は何か?」と
問いましょう。
Major adjustments required:
“I can’t stay where I am and go with God.”
「人生の大きな調整」が要されます:
「今いる場所にい続ける事は
できない。神と共に歩む。」
In the Old Testament, when God spoke
1. They knew it was God.
2. They knew what God was saying.
3. They knew what to do.
旧約聖書にて、神が語られると
1. 人々はそれを神だと知った。
2. 人々は神が語られる事を知った。
3. 人々は何をすべきか知った。
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Mark 9:7 “And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud. ‘This is my beloved Son; listen to Him.’
マルコ 9:7 「そのとき、雲がわき起こって彼らをおおい、雲の中から 声がした。
「これはわたしの愛する子。彼の言うことを聞け。」」
How Do We Become Better Listeners to What God Is Saying?
神が語る内容を
より良く理解するにはどう聞いたらよいか?
“This is an important truth: people don’t lose intimacy when they stop talking, but when they stop listening.” John Maxwell
「重要な真実: 話すことを止めても、人と人は親密さを失わない。
しかし聞くのを止めた時、人々の間から親密が消える。ジョン・マクスウェル(米・著作家、牧師)
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神が語る内容をより良く理解するにはどう聞いたらよいか?
1. Remove All Distractions – In our quest to get as much done as we can, we multi-task - from web browsing, checking emails, replying, working, talking on the phone, fiddling with our phones, texting on our phones, writing in our notebooks….
∙ So when God approaches us to talk, it’s natural we just add Him to the list of things we’re doing at the moment, instead of giving Him our full attention.
1. 気が散るものを全て除く – 「やれる事は全部やりたい」という欲求から、我々は
同時に複数の事を行いがちです。 - ネットサーフィン、eメール確認、メール返信、
メール書き、電話、スマホいじり、ラインなど…。
∙ 神が語られても、こんな状態では神を「やることリスト」に加えるだけです。
そうではなく、神に完全に注意を払うべきです。
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2. Cultivate the Habit of Hearing His Voice
“The destiny of my spiritual life is such identification with Jesus Christ that I always hear God, and I know that God always hears me.” Oswald Chambers
2. 神の御声を聞く習慣をつくりましょう。
「私の霊的人生の運命はキリストと共にあります。私は常に神の声を聞き、また、神も常に私の声を聞いてくださることを私は知っています。」
オズワルド・チェンバース（神学者）
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Isaiah 6:8 NIV
8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
「私は主が言われる声を聞いた。「だれを、わたしは遣わそう。
だれが、われわれのために
行くだろうか。」わたしは言った。
「ここに私がおります。私を遣わして
ください。」」 イザヤ書 6:8（新改訳2017)
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“Be still and know that I am God.” Ps 46:10
「やめよ。知れ。
わたしこそ神。」 詩篇 46:10
“Worship is the strategy by which we interrupt our preoccupation with ourselves and attend to the presence of God. Worship is the time and place that we assign for deliberate attentiveness to God – not because He is confined to time and place but because our self-importance is so insidiously relentless that if we don’t deliberately interrupt ourselves regularly, we have no chance of attending to Him at all at other times and in other places.”
Eugene Peterson
“Leap Over the Wall”
「礼拝とは、自分たちが夢中になっていることから自分たちを引き離し、
神の存在に自分たちを置くための戦略です。
礼拝は、私たちが意図的に神に集中する時間と場所です。
それは神が強制する時間や場所ではありません。
人間の自尊心は狡猾で容赦なく存在します。
もし意図的に自分たちを自尊心から
時間を決めて引き離さないのであれば、
神に集中する時間と場所は決してないでしょう。」
ユージン・ピーターソン
「壁を飛び越えて」
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It is a trap to think that God is our servant.
神は私たちに仕えてくださる方だと思うのは落とし穴
We must adjust our lives to His will.
私たちの人生を神の御心に合わせる必要がある
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We join Him in His Work!
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