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被拒絕/Be Rejected

當我們犧牲的愛得到的回應是背叛及拒絕時，怎麼辦？

不是說人心是肉做的，日久會感動人嗎？

然而，現實就是未必如此，這很傷人不是嗎？

耶穌基督也嚐盡背叛與被拒絕的苦， 

他在我們還是罪人的時候為我們而死在十字架上，

神的愛就向我們顯明了！

我們也只有繼續向這愛的源頭支取愛與力量，

然後去愛，捨己如耶穌當做馨香的祭獻於神，

這不在於別人與我們的關係，也不在於别人對我們的回應，

乃是在於我們與神的關係！

我們與人的關係可以不再如以往一樣，

我們無法要求對方有感激的心，

也無法要求對方以愛回報我們的付出，

但我們愛神愛人的心可以不因付出對像的回應而改變，

我們仍然可以基督的愛為他們祈求代禱，

神喜悅我們恩待他人又不加害於人。

「你們倒要愛仇敵，也要善待他們，

並要借給人不指望償還，你們的賞賜就必大了，

你們也必作至高者的兒子，因為他恩待那忘恩的和作惡的。」

路加福音 6:35 CUNP-神

「人若說「我愛神」，卻恨他的弟兄，就是說謊話的；

不愛他所看見的弟兄，就不能愛沒有看見的神 。」

約翰一書 4:20 CUNP-神

「所以，你們該效法神，好像蒙慈愛的兒女一樣。

 也要憑愛心行事，正如基督愛我們，

為我們捨了自己，當作馨香的供物和祭物，獻與神。」

以弗所書 5:1-2 CUNP-神

「這樣，愛在我們裏面得以完全，

我們就可以在審判的日子坦然無懼。

因為他如何，我們在這世上也如何。」

約翰一書 4:17 CUNP-神

「沒有愛心的，就不認識神，因為神就是愛。」

約翰一書 4:8 CUNP-神

What do we do when our sacrificial love receives betrayal and rejection?

Isn’t human heart soft that our love will move people over time?

 However, the reality is that this is not necessarily the case. 

It hurts, isn’t it?

 Jesus Christ also suffered from betrayal and rejection,

 He died on the cross for us when we were still sinners,

so God's love is revealed to us!

God is love.

 We can only continue to draw love and strength from the source of love.

 Then to love, to deny yourself as Jesus offered to God as a fragrant sacrifice.

 It isn’t depending on the relationship of others with us,

 nor depending on the response of others to us,

 It lies in our relationship with God!

 Our relationship with people maybe different from before,

because we cannot ask others to be grateful,

 nor can we ask others to repay us with love.

 But our love for God and people could remain,

and not based on how others response to us.

 We can still pray for them with Christ love.

God is pleased that we treat each other with kindness, 

and do no wrong to others.

“But love your enemies, and do good,

 and lend, expecting nothing in return, 

and your reward will be great, 

and you will be sons of the Most High, 

for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.”

Luke 6:35 ESV

“If anyone says, “I love God,” 

and hates his brother, he is a liar; 

for he who does not love his brother

 whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”

1 John 4:20 ESV

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 

And walk in love, 

as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, 

a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”

Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV

“By this is love perfected with us, 

so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, 

because as he is so also are we in this world.”

1 John 4:17 ESV

“Anyone who does not love does not know God, 

because God is love.”

1 John 4:8 ESV

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