平生做盡善事的好人只是不信耶穌，就不能上天堂，一個無惡不作的壞人，在臨死前信耶穌就可以，神豈不是不公平嗎？

答﹕好人是可以上天堂的，根本天堂是神為好人而預備的。聖經記載主也愛好人，盼望他們得救。正如那從小遵守律法的少年的官，走來求問耶穌怎樣可得到永生時，聖經記載主「看着他，就愛他」。（參考可10:17-21）

按神的標準，好人是完全的人，必須百份之百完全無罪的，譬如心思意念上都絕無邪念、歪念、憎恨、嫉妒、憂慮、懼怕、貪婪、詭詐等；口中絕無謊言、惡言、讒言等；行為上又清潔純正，並完全捨己去愛人、饒恕人、接納人等等。

主耶穌說﹕「所以，你們要完全，像你們的天父完全一樣。」（太 5:48）

這樣完全的好人，肯定可以上天堂。為什麼神定的標準那麼高，要完全的好人，才可以進入天堂？天堂之所以被稱為「天堂」，是因完全沒有被罪所污染。如果任何不完全的人進了天堂，天堂就會被污染變得不完全了。就如一個完全無菌的房間，若有一帶菌者進入，就變得有菌了。為要確保房間沒有細菌，所有內進者都必須經過消毒，天堂亦然。

當好人得救了，神是公平的，會按他們在世所行的賞賜他們。

他必照各人的行為報應各人。（羅 2:6）

不幸地，聖經很清楚告訴我們一個事實﹕

就如經上所記：沒有義人，連一個也沒有。（羅 3:10）

時常行善而不犯罪的義人，世上實在沒有。（傳道書7:20）

因此，神要施行憐憫。無論任何人，包括無惡不作的壞人，就如聖經記載那與主同釘的強盜，若承認自己的罪，沒有能力達到神的完全標準，並誠心向主悔改和求赦免的話，就可以得救，上天堂。

那一個（強盜）就應聲責備他，說：「你既是一樣受刑的，還不怕　神嗎？我們是應該的，因我們所受的與我們所做的相稱，但這個人沒有作過一件不好的事。」就說：「耶穌啊，你得國降臨的時候，求你記念我！」耶穌對他說：「我實在告訴你，今日你要同我在樂園裏了。」（路 23:40-43）

今年的聖誕節，教會為你預備了一個特別慶祝活動。誠意邀請出席，並帶同你的親友前來參加！

日期﹕12月24日 (星期日)
時間：主日崇拜 10:00 am
信息﹕神愛你至深！

特備節目﹕
1. 慶祝聚餐 11:30 am
(請弟兄姊妹帶些食物來一起分享)

2. 詩歌，比賽，遊戲，獎品/禮物…

地點：Trinder Park Community of Care (Recreation Hall)
10 Laurel St. Woodridge (街尾直入)

從聖經的啟示，我們確知道地獄是真實的存在地方，不是有人解釋為象意的說法，用來威嚇人，而且聖經有一些詳細描寫地獄的情況。地獄又稱為火湖，和無底坑。那麼痛苦可怖的地方，慈愛的神怎會造出來，又把人掉進去呢？

答﹕地獄不是為人而造的，原是為撒但、敵基督、假先知而設的永遠受苦之地﹕

王又要向左邊的說：『你們這被咒詛的人，離開我！進入那為魔鬼和他的使者所預備的永火裏去！(太 25:41)

那獸被擒拿；那在獸面前曾行奇事、迷惑受獸印記和拜獸像之人的假先知，也與獸同被擒拿。他們兩個就活活地被扔在燒硫磺的火湖裏；(啟 19:20)

那迷惑他們的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖裏，就是獸和假先知所在的地方。他們必晝夜受痛苦，直到永永遠遠。(啟 20:10)

鬼就央求耶穌，不要吩咐他們到無底坑裏去。(路 8:31)

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2006年11月26日主日講道 何謝嬋

引言﹕金錢是人生問題的解答嗎？…

傳道書5: 8-20

（一）若見窮人受欺壓，「不要因此詫異」(v.8-9)

（二）處理人對財富的迷思 (v.10-17)

傳道者跟著提醒人有關財富不可不知的一些事實。他在2:1-11已討論過財富是虛空。現在又在這處重提，還加深一些意念，處理一般人對財富的一些迷思（myths：大多數人以為是正確的想法，其實是錯誤的。）

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跟未信主的人分享福音﹐很多時候會聽到他們說「人死如燈滅」這句話﹐他們理解為人死了便一了百了﹐無需考慮死後的事情。誠然﹐人生在世的年日確實像極了古時的油燈﹐每天在點燃有限的、脆弱的生命﹐風一吹﹐燈就滅了。聖經也有類似的描寫﹕

至於世人﹐他的年日如草一樣﹐他發旺如野地的花﹔經風一吹﹐便歸無有﹐它的原處﹐也不再認識它。(詩篇103﹕15-16)

人就像古時的油燈﹐依靠無風的環境﹐有限的燈芯和燈油﹐一生在恐懼中度過﹐生怕遭到什麼不測﹐那怕燃得再亮﹐很快就要熄滅﹐「我們一生的年日是七十歲﹐若是強壯可到八十歲﹔但其中所矜誇的﹐不過是勞苦愁煩﹐轉眼成空﹐我們便如飛而去。」(詩篇90﹕10)

更可憐的是有些人為了短暫的虛榮﹐為了比旁邊的燈亮一點﹐把本來就有限的油提前燒光。聖經說﹕「人就是賺得全世界﹐賠上自己的生命﹐有什麼益處呢﹖」(馬可福音8﹕36)「已過的世代、無人記念、將來的世代、後來的人也不記念。」(傳道書1﹕11)

這些真是人生的壞消息﹐可幸的是創造宇宙萬物的真神藉著耶穌基督親自為人類帶來了好消息。因為耶穌是真光﹐經上說﹕「那光是真光﹐照亮一切生在世上的人。」(約翰福音1﹕9) 神說太陽有一天要熄滅﹐「日頭就變黑了﹐月亮也不放光﹐眾星要從天上墜落﹐天勢都要震動。」(馬太福音24﹕29) 神的光卻是永存的﹐「日頭不再作你白晝的光﹐月亮也不再發光照耀你﹔耶和華卻要作你永遠的光﹐你神要為你的榮耀。」(以賽亞書60﹕19)「不再有黑夜。他們也不用燈光、日光﹐因為主神要光照他們。」(啟示錄22﹕5)

人若打開心門﹐接受了耶穌基督﹐就等於擁有了比太陽還要恆久、永遠不滅的真光﹐不必再擔驚受怕﹐自喻為那可憐的、隨時會熄滅的油燈了。

神的救恩是奇妙的、極其寶貴的﹐「神愛世人, 甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們, 叫一切信他的, 不至滅亡, 反得永生。」(約翰福音3﹕16)

神的愛和救恩是給世上每一個人的﹐「因為他叫日頭照好人﹐也照歹人﹔」(馬太福音5﹕45) 「你必點著我的燈﹔耶和華我的神必照明我的黑暗。」(詩篇18﹕28) 可是﹐世人因為心中的驕傲和其他種種的原因﹐不願意接受光﹐「光照在黑暗裡﹐黑暗卻不接受光。」(約翰福音1﹕5) 其實要得到生命本質上的蛻變﹐獲取神白白賜給我們的救恩是很容易的﹐「就是神的義、因信耶穌基督、加給一切相信的人、並沒有分別．」(羅馬書3﹕22)「義人的光明亮﹔惡人的燈要熄滅。(箴言13﹕9)

未信主的朋友﹐趁你將殘的燈火還沒有熄滅之前﹐趕快抓住神的救恩耶穌基督吧。因為耶穌說 ﹕「我就是道路, 真理、生命、若不藉著我、沒有人能到父那裡去。」(約翰福音14﹕6) 其實燈滅了以後燈盞還在﹐人死了以後靈魂還在﹐但願你擁有永恆的生命﹐靠著耶穌的光照到永遠﹐而不是讓你的靈魂永遠地留在黑暗的陰間。 – Herman Chan

“(主耶穌說) 所以，你們禱告要這樣說：…”(太 6:9)

引言：「禱告」的差異為何這麼大?「禱告」帶來的種種問題…

現代人對「禱告」的掙扎：

1.科技醫學的發達!?

“法利賽人向耶穌的門徒發怨言說：「你們為甚麼和稅吏並罪人一同吃喝呢？」耶穌說：「無病的人用不著醫生；有病的人才用得著。我來本不是召義人悔改，乃是召罪人悔改。」” (路 5:30-32)

“在好些醫生手裏受了許多的苦，又花盡了她所有的，一點也不見好，病勢反倒更重了。”(可 5:26)

2.物質豐足的困擾?!

“賜給我們今天所需的飲食。”(太 6:11)

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Hello everybody. My name is Truman. I’m 14, turning 15 in November, and am currently in grade 10. I am from Hong Kong. I currently live with my mom and dad, my brother James and my grandma. I’ve been going to church for about 5 to 6 years. In these 5 to 6 years, my whole family started to accept God. Now my whole family are Christians and have been baptized. My brother and I are the only ones who haven’t.

The first time I met God was when I attended Sunday School. That is also the first time I read the Bible. Sunday School is probably one of the things that drove me to accept Christ. Sunday School also increased my knowledge of the Bible immensely. This is mostly because the teachers would get us to memorize passages from the Bible and if we can remember it, we’ll get a lolly. If we can’t, we just try again. Most people memorize it the first time because if you do it a second time, there usually aren’t any lollies left.

Before I accepted God, I often wondered about things like ‘How was the universe created’ and ‘Who created us’. When my family accepted Christ, they attempted to convince me that God created everything. I was sort of convinced, but not quite. Then one day, my dad borrowed a book from our pastor called ‘The Answer Book’. This book answered all my questions and even proved them. I think this book is another thing that drove me to believe in Christ.

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Hi, my name is Sammie Yip. I am 10 years old and I was born in Hong Kong. I had studied in Australia International School Hong Kong for 5 years before the whole family moved to Brisbane in December 2004. I live with my Mum, Dad and Grandma on Dad’s side, and I love to live in Australia very much. Now I am studying in Year 5 in Calvary Christian College which provides a learning environment based on Christian principles and beliefs. I have lot of devotions and get to learn more about Jesus.

My parents are Christians. When we were in Hong Kong, we went to Church every Sunday and I went to Sunday school. My Mum and Dad served for God in Church, such as choir, fellowships, visitations, evangelism, etc… My parents told me that my Great Grandparents on both Mum and Dad’s sides were Christians and therefore I am the fourth generations of our family trees to believe in Jesus.

After settling down in Brisbane, we went to Great Commission Church and I enjoyed the Sunday school very much. My Sunday school teachers, Vivian, Juanna and Kitty teach me about Jesus, mostly about peer pressure and how Satan tempts us to do stuff.

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Hi, my name is James. I am from Hong Kong and currently live with my mum, my dad, my brother, and my elderly grandmother here in Australia. I am 12 years old and attending my last year of primary school.

I got my first taste of God and the gospel when my family first came to Great Commission Church five or six years ago. Back then, I was in Grade 1 and loved being told stories. In Sunday school, adults would tell us about the gospel with stories and pictures while all the children had to do was sit and listen. It was the dream deal for the little kid I was back then. Seeing as I enjoyed the Sunday School sessions and listening to stories about the Bible, I drank in the information and gradually my knowledge increased and I know God more and more.

However, despite all this, I think that what really triggered my acceptance of Jesus Christ is the miracle which I myself experienced just earlier this year, the full scholarship for Brisbane Grammar School. While I was signing up for the test, I went to my dad for help. He gave me help, but not before telling me that I didn’t stand a chance against all the other grade sevens in the test. After that, Truman, my brother, told me I wouldn’t make it every time we mentioned the subject. Even though they didn’t think I would make it, during the period between sign-up and the test, my family, aunties and uncles in our church all prayed that I could have wisdom and do my best in the exam. Just before the test, even I doubted myself. While I was doing the test, I was extremely nervous and after I had finished, I felt completely drained.

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Hi everyone I’m Ryan. Today I am blessed with the chance to share with you my testimony. In my generation, I’d think that being raised in a Christian family is not at all uncommon. Both my parents and my grandparents are faithful Christians and I have been growing up in the house of God ever since I was a child.

So why now? Why have I decided to confirm my belief now at the age of 22? I had always believed the existence of God and Jesus Christ, mostly logically though rather than faithfully. The benefits simply outweigh the cost for not believing. But believing is only the first half step. It wasn’t until University did I started really seeking him and having faith in him.

Two incidences brought me closer to God: the first one was 4 years ago when my grandma went into hospital due to a bacterial infection that has infected one of her heart valves causing it to be severely if not completely destroyed. The second incident happened 4 years after when I came half way around the world to study here in Australia. When my grandma was in hospital, I made a promise to God. I promised to testify his miracles and his powers to everyone if he would save my grandmother. My grandmother is up and healthy now but I still had not carried out my promise.

The fact that I had not kept my promise with God might be why the following 4 years of life in University was missing something. I was having fun, a lot of fun, maybe even too much fun but there was always something missing. And I don’t know why, but my relationship with God seemed to become more distant. Sometimes it even feels like I’ve completely forgotten about him, and that He has completely forsaken me for my half hearted prayers at random times did not reach him. I’ve lost my goal in life. Those were the darkest 4 years of my life. A life that felt rather meaningless and pointless.

During the last year, I knew I could not live a life like that any more. I prayed and asked for guidance everyday, asked God to set me on the path he has placed for me and help me rebuild a stronger relationship with him. He had definitely listened to all my prayers,

“You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you.”

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