最近我在很多訪談中都在分享了投票的重要性。如果你錯過了, 這裡是鏈接：https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn5bpOBg2IOIh7yvlbW-SaLTtY36FP70w (鄭立新牧師專訪)
我也在最近的每日靈修中分享了有關的經文。
我在這裡只是為了再一次鼓勵基督徒：
第ㄧ，為了我們的下一代，去投票並根據聖經的世界觀去投票。我們投票是因爲愛。首先且最重要的，愛我們的上帝，然後愛我們的鄰舍，尤其是我們的下一代。這就是我們在世界上是鹽和光的其中ㄧ種方式。投票是也是一種宣告，是向世界”亮我們的牌” 。
其次，投票只是一個開始和最小的第一步。無論選舉結果如何，我們在文化的各個領域都有很多需要做的工作。2023年一月至三月吹號者事工將與紐約角聲宣教士學院一起舉辦聖經世界觀教師培訓班。歡迎並鼓勵參加。
第三，我們要愛我們的“敵人”，也要愛任何與我們意見不同的人，包括我們的下一代。實際上，在許多方面，我們今天在社會中所看到的都是過去幾代人的失敗所造成的。讓我們開始把我們的心轉向孩子，免得神來詛咒這地。 James E. White 在他的著作《Serious Time 關鍵時刻》中提醒我們：
“我的朋友，”約翰·亞當斯在他生命的盡頭寫給托馬斯·杰斐遜，“你和我都生活在關鍵的時刻。” 事實上，他們是活在關鍵的時刻。 ……關鍵的時刻需要有關鍵的生活……這與名聲或特權無關。這是關於我希望活在最被需要的地方。上帝正在這世界興起ㄧ偉大運動，而我想站在最前線。我有這種想法很久了。
是的，我們也正活在關鍵的時刻，現在讓我們過關鍵的生活來參預上帝正興起的偉大運動 – 通過搶救下一代來復興每一個世代, 從投票開始！
Saving the Next Generation Starts with Voting
Recently I have been sharing in many interviews about the importance of voting. I have also shared in my latest daily devotions.
I am writing today to encourage Christians one more time: First, let us go out to vote and let us moreover vote in accordance with the Bible’s teachings, especially for the sake of our next generation. We vote out of love: love for our God, and love for others, especially for our next generation. Voting is a proclamation, to “show our cards”. This is how we can be salt and light in the world.
Second, we must continue to work fervently for the Kingdom of God. Voting is just a beginning and the minimum first step. No matter the outcome of the election, there is much work to be done in all areas of our culture. I welcome you to join the Biblical Worldview class this coming Jan. to Mar. offered by Trumpeter Ministries in conjunction with the CCHC School of Missions.
Third, we must love our “enemies”, as well as any, including our next generation, who hold different views from us. In many respects actually what we see in our society today has resulted from the failures of the past generations. Let us start to turn our hearts toward our children, lest the land be struck with utter destruction. (Malachi 4:6)
James E. White says in his book “Serious Times”:
“My friend,” John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson toward the end of both of their lives, “you and I have lived in serious times.” Indeed they had… [and they] led serious lives. …Serious times met with serious lives…[T]his isn’t about fame or prestige. It’s about wanting my life to count where it is needed most. There is a great movement of God that has been set loose in this world, and I want to be on the front lines. And I have felt this way for a long time.
Yes, we, too, live in serious times; therefore, let us live serious lives now to participate in the great movement of God – through saving the next generation to revive every generation. This starts with voting!
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