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A Surprising Spiritual Truth from Coal

来自煤炭的惊人真理

Oct 8, 2017

“Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near”(Hebrews 10:25 NLT).

“不可停止聚会，好像那些停止惯了的人，倒要彼此劝勉，既然知道那日子临近，就更当如此。”（希伯来书 10:25 和修）

These days you don’t have to go to church to watch a worship service. You can just stay home and see it online. You can stay in your pajamas, and make a late breakfast.

这些天你可以不用来到教堂参加敬拜。你只需要在家上网就可以看到。你可以继续穿着睡衣，晚一点吃早餐。

But the Bible makes it clear.“Let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near”(Hebrews 10:25 NLT).

但是圣经很清楚的说，“不可停止聚会，好像那些停止惯了的人，倒要彼此劝勉，既然知道那日子临近，就更当如此。”（希伯来书 10:25 和修）

And this is why you need a church family. This is why we need to gather as groups of believers who can live life together as we follow Jesus together.

这就是为什么你需要参加家庭聚会的原因了。这也是为什么我们与那些需要聚集的信徒们要聚在一起组成一个小组，就像我们一起要跟随耶稣一样。

Without a church family, you’ll drift when it’s tough to trust Christ. I can look back on my life and see times when, if I had missed a specific worship service, my life would have taken a radically different turn. And I’ve thought, “What if I’d skipped that service? What if I’d just slept in that day?” I would have missed something that changed the direction of the rest of my life. So if the church doors are open, I want to be inside.

在家庭聚会之外的时候，如果你不愿意相信基督，那么你将会随波逐流。回顾我的人生，我找到那些时刻，如果我错过了一次特殊的敬拜，我的生命就会发生截然不同的转变。所以我想，如果我错过了这个敬拜会怎样？如果我睡一整天觉呢？我们将会错误一些可能会改变我余生方向的事情。所以如果教会的门开着，我就要在里面。

A church is kind of like a campfire. In a campfire you’ve got all these red-hot coals. If you remove one single coal and set it far away, it will cool in a matter of minutes. The fire goes out, and the coal goes dark. But if you take a coal that’s lost its fire and put it back into the fire, it gets hot again. That’s the power of fellowship.

教会有点像一个篝火。在火里你与所有烧红的煤炭一起。如果你将某个煤炭单独挪开，没有几分钟它就会冷却下来。火会烧完，煤炭会变黑。但是如果你把刚才挪去的这块煤炭重新丢到火里，它会从重新变热。这就是团契的力量。

Now, I know there are times when we can’t make it to church, and we can be grateful that there are ways we can still connect, such as watching a worship service online or listening to a podcast. You may be too sick to come to church, or you may have times when you live hundreds of miles from the nearest church, such as when brave men and women serve in the military. You might even be serving the Lord in some remote region of the world.

现在，我知道有些时候我们没办法去教会，但是因为仍然有一些方法我们可以连接的，这很棒，就像看在线敬拜或者听收音。你也许病的比较重没有办法到教会，或者你离着最近的教会也有上百公里，或者你正在勇敢的服兵役，你甚至有么能在世界的某个偏远角落里服侍。

In cases like these, it’s still important to stay connected as best you can with other believers, who can help you stay encouraged and faithful. And it’s important for people within our congregations to reach out to individuals who experience challenges in getting to church every week.

像上述的那些情况，尽可能的与其他信徒保持联系仍然是非常重要的，特别是那些能够一直帮助你有信心的人。对我们的会众很重要的是，找到那些正在经历是否每周去教会而挣扎的人。

Jesus tells us in Matthew 18:20,“Where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them”(GW). Let’s continue to pray and support each other, and“let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds”(Hebrews 10:24 NIV).

耶稣在马太福音18:20告诉我们，“因为，哪里有两三个人奉我的名聚会，哪里就有我在他们中间。”（和修） 让我们彼此代祷，互相勉励，“我们要彼此相顾，激发爱心，勉励行善”（希伯来书10:24 和修）。

Talk It Over

讨论问题

How has the support of a church family helped you stay faithful and encouraged?

家庭教会是如何支持鼓励和帮助你保持信心？

How are you doing with meeting together with other believers?

你和别的信徒在一起聚会怎么样？

What are some ways you can reach out to others who aren’t able to make it to church?

有什么你可以找到那些不来教会的人的方法？

What are some ways you can help church members who are far away from home stay connected?

有什么方法，你可以用来帮助教会中那些远离家乡的弟兄姊妹保持联系？