you cannot have Pentecost without Passover. you cannot have new life unless the old life dies.
where the count of Pentecost begins?
It begins with repentance, begins with the change in the heart, in the mind of wanting God, of seeking God, of needing God, of realizing our total fallacy.
Acts 5:32
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
3 witnesses. The Spirit, the living Word, and Peace.
The olive branch that confirms that the storm has ceased and the waters, even though you might not know it yet, are going the other direction. It's over. The tide has turned. Rejoice o Israel.
4th Covenant
Genesis 8
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
22 “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”
Q1.為何五旬節應從逾越節起算而非從復活日起算？在屬靈含義上有何特殊性？這是屬靈的法則？啟示？還是理論？這對教會為什麼重要？我們自己生命的經驗是否相同？這只是一次經驗嗎？還是？
Q2.牧師提到3個見證，是那3個？見證什麼需要這3個？各以什麼為象徵？他們彼此的關係是獨立還是？
Q3.最後牧師又提到第四個見證，那是什麼？
Q4.創8:21神和全地立下寶貴的約。但舊約中神因為人犯罪而發怒擊殺、或神命令以色列人要把拜偶像的外邦人全數滅盡，如何和這個約連結呢?
Q5. the raven brings you bread. bread is God's word..... you cannot live alone by what the raven brings you. you cannot live alone by knowledge of the word of God
這段所講述的Word 跟後面所提到的Living Words，是同樣的Word? 但又不太像同樣的Word?
1.這約是與“全地”和“所有受造之物”立的，內容是“不再用水”審判（所以末日的審判是用火？）
2.注意三個見證：烏鴉～食物～神的話；鴿子～能力～聖靈；橄欖枝～平安～內心聖靈印證。三者缺一不可（我們常追求外顯：知識，能力卻沒有聖靈內裡的確據。
3.所以我們要領受神的話（聖經知識）作為食物，但仍需聖靈充滿在我們裡面讓那話語可以活過來（living words)而顯出話語的能力。
我們會發現：三個見證看似各自獨立，但又彼此交織而核心就是：聖靈！！
所以耶穌說我去了就打發聖靈來，使你們想起我對你們說過的一切話！
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You'll Never Walk Alone Lyrics:
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark
Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark
Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Never walk alone
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