牧者心聲
持定使命，活出愛
戎少卿牧師
2022 年 8 月 13 日 / 14 日
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神建立北宣家：感謝神使用幾位弟兄姊妹創作和錄製一首北宣 70 週年堂慶主題曲，這首歌極之動聽，也扣人心弦，很多弟兄姊妹都很喜歡，其中的內容數算了神賜給北宣家的豐盛恩典：首先神於1952年暑假期間，讓宣道會西差會的白德三牧師帶領一隊宣道聖經學院的佈道隊在北角海傍佈道，領了十多人決志信主，促成了宣道會北角堂於同年 10 月 12 日的成立，而決志信主及留在教會成長的人當中，有後來在北宣牧職及被按立的胡欽牧師！
神眷顧北宣家：回望過往 70 年，感謝神對北宣家的眷顧，祂感動北宣人一直同心合意興旺福音，不斷增添北宣的人數、聚會地方及弟兄姊妹的屬靈生命素質，使教會彰顯愛主愛人的見證。願我們眾北宣人繼續承傳宣道人的使命，無論在近處、遠處，在本地、在香港以外，都傳揚永生之道。記得蕭壽華牧師說過：「我們要牢記，沒有差傳就不會有北宣，今天既然有了北宣，我們也當有差傳。」我們深信神必繼續以厚恩帥領我們走前路，在這彎曲悖謬的世代作神無瑕疵的兒女，神也必叫我們顯在這世代中，好像明光照耀，將生命的道表明出來（腓二 15-16）。我們深信有主與我們同行，就不用驚怕，倒要活出愛主愛人的生活，榮神益人，蒙神喜悅！
為復活主而活：感謝神又讓北宣家過去 20 年有癌病關懷的服事，關顧的弟兄姊妹活出愛，分享福音，引領許多癌病患者及其家人親友信主。此外，也有多位已信主的癌病患者活出美好的見證，領人歸主。一些患癌病的弟兄姊妹曾表示，若不是因為神感動他們向家人親友傳福音，他們必會放棄接受各種艱辛痛苦的治療，寧願隨己意早些結束在世的日子，因為在地上的生活是短暫的，復活不朽壞的生活卻是永恆美好的！所以他們接受治療並不是為使自己能活得長久一些，而是希望有多些時間向所愛的人傳福音。主耶穌「替眾人死了，為的是要使活著的人不再為自己活著，卻為那替他們死而復活的主而活 ⋯⋯ 這一切都是出於神，他藉著基督使我們與他自己和好，並且把這和好的職分賜給我們」（林後五 15、18，新譯本）。這些患癌病的弟兄姊妹真的是直到離世也持定使命，活出愛，他們的生命見證激勵我們珍惜在世有限的日子，隨時隨地傳揚神寶貴的救恩。
God builds the NPAC family: Thank God for using a few brothers and sisters to create and produce a theme song for NPAC's 70th anniversary. A great melody, and very captivating, the song is well-liked by many brothers and sisters. The song counts God's abundant blessings for the NPAC family: In the summer of 1952, Rev Patterson of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church led an outreach team from the C&MA Bible Seminary to spread the gospel at the North Point waterfront. More than 10 people gave their lives to Christ, leading to the opening of North Point Alliance Church on Oct 12 in the same year. Among the converted who stayed on and grew up in the church was Rev Chin Wu (胡欽牧師) who pastored in NPAC and was later ordained!
God keeps the NPAC family: Looking back on the past 70 years, we thank God for keeping the NPAC family. He has moved us to preach the gospel together, added to our number, expanded our premises, and enhanced the quality of the spiritual lives of brothers and sisters so that the love of God and man is manifest in our testimony. May brothers and sisters of NPAC carry on with the evangelistic mission and preach the word of God near and far, here and beyond Hong Kong. Rev Gordon Siu has said, "Never forget: Without mission, NPAC would not have come into being. Now that we have NPAC, we should also embrace mission." We trust unswervingly that God will continue to guide us forward with His bountiful grace so that we may be children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. God will also make us shine among them like stars in the sky as we hold firmly to the word of life (Philippians 2:15-16). We firmly believe that we do not need to fear when the Lord walks with us. Let us live a life loving the Lord and man that glorifies God and benefits people, always seeking to please Him!
Live for the Risen Lord: Thank God that we have a Cancer Care Ministry in the NPAC family over the past 20 years, with brothers and sisters living out love, sharing the gospel and leading many cancer patients, family and friends to Christ. Moreover, many believing cancer patients are good witnesses and have led others to the Lord. Some brothers and sisters who have cancer have expressed that if it was not God who moved them to share the gospel with family and friends, they would certainly have given up all kinds of painful treatments and let their lives end earlier following their own will. It is because life on earth is short but what lies beyond resurrection is beautiful and eternal! That they receive treatments is therefore not really for themselves to live longer but to have more time to share the gospel with their loved ones. The Lord Jesus "died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again… All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:15, 18). These brothers and sisters with cancer have indeed been steadfast in their mission until they depart. They have lived out love. Their life testimonies encourage us to cherish our limited days on earth and spread God’s precious saving grace whenever and wherever we can.
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