Fijian Pentecostal Church, Canada

Fijian Pentecostal Church, Canada We are a people of Purpose and Destiny, of Faith in the One and True Living God. We celebrated our 20th anniversary on October 8, 2016. God is Faithful.

The Fijian Pentecostal Church of South Surrey, British Columbia Canada is affiliated with the The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada - God’s people empowered by and dependent on the Holy Spirit to tell the life-transforming story of Jesus Christ. We exist to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ, He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. If you are seeking for answers, try Jesus, He never fails. John 10:10- Jesus Christ came that you might have life and life more abundantly.

05/20/2026

Confidence In GOD’s Providence
—————————————————

We will be better prepared for what God teaches us through trials if we have a basic understanding of His providence.

Romance 8:28. “We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose”

I believe it is vital that all Christians have an essential awareness of God’s providence if they want to be fully prepared to cope with life’s adversity.
- Providence is how HE orchestrates, through natural means and processes, all things necessary to accomplish His purposes in the world.
- It is the most frequent way He works and controls the daily course of human events. The only other means the Lord uses to intervene in the flow of history is miracles. But He does not perform miracles in the same way now as He did during the days of Christ, the apostles, and the prophets. However, God has continuously used providence from eternity past to coordinate the infinite variety of factors necessary to accomplish His perfect purpose.

Think about it. The vast scope and endless outworking of divine providence, in which God draws together millions of details and circumstances to achieve His will each day, is a far greater miracle than the relatively uncomplicated, one-time supernatural occurrences that we usually term miracles. Belief in God’s providence is, therefore, one of the greatest exercises of faith we can have and a major contributor to our general preparedness and peace of mind as we encounter trials and hardships.

Paul trusted wholeheartedly in the providence of God, no matter how easy or challenging life was (Phil. 4:11). Joseph the patriarch stated his confidence in providence this way: “You [his brothers] meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive” (Gen. 50:20). Until we come to a similar acceptance of God’s providential control of everything, we will not fully realize the rich lessons He wants to teach us through trials, and we will not be able to apply the truth of Romans 8:28.

Suggestions for Prayer 🙏
————————————
Thank the Lord that His providence is always at work for your benefit.
- If this concept is new to you, ask Him to help you understand it better through His Word.

For Further Study 📚
—————————-
Read more about Joseph in Genesis 39—50. Jot down some of his positive character traits.
What events in the narrative were possible only because of providence?

对上帝眷顾的信心

——————————————————

如果我们对上帝的眷顾有基本的了解，就能更好地预备自己，迎接上帝通过试炼教导我们的真理。

罗马书 8:28：“我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处，就是按他旨意被召的人。”

我相信，所有基督徒若想充分预备自己，应对人生逆境，就必须对上帝的眷顾有深刻的认识。

- 眷顾是指上帝通过自然的方式和过程，安排一切必要之事，以成就祂在世上的旨意。

- 这是祂最常用的方式，也是祂掌控人类日常事件进程的方式。上帝干预历史进程的唯一其他方式就是行神迹。但祂如今行神迹的方式，与基督、使徒和先知时代的方式已有所不同。然而，自亘古以来，上帝就不断地运用祂的眷顾，协调各种各样必要的因素，成就祂完美的旨意。

想想看，神圣眷顾的广博和无尽运作，祂每天都将无数的细节和境遇汇聚在一起，成就祂的旨意，这远比我们通常所说的那些相对简单、一次性的超自然事件要伟大得多。因此，相信上帝的眷顾是我们所能做的最伟大的信心操练之一，也是我们在面对试炼和困境时，能够更好地预备自己、保持内心平静的重要因素。

保罗全心全意地信靠上帝的眷顾，无论生活多么顺遂或艰难（腓立比书 4:11）。族长约瑟也这样表达了他对上帝眷顾的信心：“你们（他的兄弟们）从前想要害我，但上帝的意思原是好的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景”（创世记 50:20）。除非我们同样接受上帝对万事万物的眷顾和掌管，否则我们将无法完全领悟祂想通过试炼教导我们的丰富功课，也无法实践罗马书8章28节的真理。

祷告建议 🙏

————————————

感谢主，祂的眷顾始终在为你成就益处。

- 如果你对这个概念感到陌生，请祈求祂通过祂的话语帮助你更好地理解。

延伸阅读 📚

—————————-

阅读创世记39-50章，了解更多关于约瑟的故事。记下他的一些优秀品格。

故事中哪些事件的发生仅仅是出于神的眷顾？

Philippines
——————

Tiwala sa Paglalaan ng DIYOS
——————————————————

Mas magiging handa tayo sa itinuturo sa atin ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng mga pagsubok kung mayroon tayong pangunahing pag-unawa sa Kanyang paglalaan.

Romansa 8:28. “Nalalaman natin na ang lahat ng bagay ay pinagagana ng Diyos para sa ikabubuti ng mga umiibig sa Diyos, sa mga tinawag ayon sa Kanyang layunin”

Naniniwala ako na mahalaga na ang lahat ng Kristiyano ay magkaroon ng mahalagang kamalayan sa paglalaan ng Diyos kung nais nilang maging ganap na handa upang harapin ang kahirapan sa buhay.
- Ang paglalaan ay kung paano NIYA inaayos, sa pamamagitan ng natural na mga paraan at proseso, ang lahat ng bagay na kinakailangan upang maisakatuparan ang Kanyang mga layunin sa mundo.
- Ito ang pinakamadalas na paraan ng Kanyang paggawa at pagkontrol sa pang-araw-araw na takbo ng mga pangyayari sa tao. Ang tanging iba pang paraan na ginagamit ng Panginoon upang makialam sa daloy ng kasaysayan ay ang mga himala. Ngunit hindi Siya gumagawa ng mga himala sa parehong paraan ngayon tulad ng ginawa Niya noong mga araw ni Cristo, ng mga apostol, at ng mga propeta. Gayunpaman, patuloy na ginamit ng Diyos ang paglalaan mula pa noong walang hanggan upang i-coordinate ang walang katapusang iba't ibang mga salik na kinakailangan upang maisakatuparan ang Kanyang perpektong layunin.

Isipin mo. Ang malawak na saklaw at walang katapusang pagsasagawa ng banal na probidensya, kung saan pinagsasama-sama ng Diyos ang milyun-milyong detalye at pangyayari upang makamit ang Kanyang kalooban araw-araw, ay isang mas dakilang himala kaysa sa medyo hindi kumplikado, minsanang supernatural na mga pangyayari na karaniwang tinatawag nating mga himala. Samakatuwid, ang paniniwala sa probidensya ng Diyos ay isa sa mga pinakadakilang pagsasanay ng pananampalataya na maaari nating magkaroon at isang pangunahing nag-aambag sa ating pangkalahatang kahandaan at kapayapaan ng isip habang nahaharap tayo sa mga pagsubok at paghihirap.

Buong pusong nagtiwala si Pablo sa probidensya ng Diyos, gaano man kadali o kahirap ang buhay (Fil. 4:11). Ipinahayag ni Jose na patriyarka ang kanyang tiwala sa probidensya sa ganitong paraan: "Kayo [ang kanyang mga kapatid] ay nagbalak ng masama laban sa akin, ngunit binalak ito ng Diyos para sa kabutihan upang maisakatuparan ang kasalukuyang resulta, upang iligtas ang buhay ng maraming tao" (Gen. 50:20). Hanggang sa tayo ay magkaroon ng katulad na pagtanggap sa probidensya ng Diyos sa lahat ng bagay, hindi natin lubos na mapagtatanto ang masaganang aral na nais Niyang ituro sa atin sa pamamagitan ng mga pagsubok, at hindi natin mailalapat ang katotohanan ng Roma 8:28.

Mga Mungkahi para sa Panalangin 🙏
————————————

Magpasalamat sa Panginoon na ang Kanyang probidensya ay laging gumagana para sa iyong kapakinabangan.
- Kung bago sa iyo ang konseptong ito, hilingin sa Kanya na tulungan kang mas maunawaan ito sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang Salita.

Para sa Karagdagang Pag-aaral 📚
—————————-
Magbasa pa tungkol kay Jose sa Genesis 39—50. Isulat ang ilan sa kanyang mga positibong katangian.
Anong mga pangyayari sa salaysay ang naging posible lamang dahil sa probidensya?

Ccchhheeehhhooo TOGODBETHEGLORY

05/08/2026

Exemplary Living
—————————

A good example is the best form of teaching.

Mathew 10:1. "Having summoned His twelve disciples".

Matthew 10:1 is Christ's official commissioning of the twelve men He hand-picked to serve beside Him during His earthly ministry.
- Mark 3:13 says He "summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him."
-
- In John 15:16 He tells them, "You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit."

This is not their call to salvation, but to service.
- With the exception of Judas, they were already saved.
- Before the foundation of the world God chose them to be redeemed in Christ, and they had responded accordingly.
Now Jesus was calling them to a specific ministry.

God always chooses those who will be saved and serve within His church. But between salvation and service there must be a time of training.
- For the disciples it was a period of three years in which Jesus Himself trained them as they experienced life together from day to day. That's the best form of discipleship.
-
- Classrooms and lectures are helpful, but there's no substitute for having a living pattern to follow—someone who models Christian virtue and shows you how to apply biblical principles to your life.

Paul understood the importance of such an example.
- In Philippians 4:9 he says, "The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things."
-
- He said to Timothy, "Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe" (1 Tim. 4:12).
-
- Peter followed suit, admonishing the church elders not to lord their authority over those in their charge, but to be godly examples (1 Pet. 5:3).

Brothers and Sisters….Whether you've been a Christian for many years or just a short time, you are an example to someone.
- People hear what you say and observe how you live.
- They look for a glimpse of Christ in your life.
-
- 🤔What do they see?
- 🤔How would they do spiritually if they followed your example perfectly?

Suggestions for Prayer 🙏
———————————-
Thank the Lord for those who are examples of godliness to you.

For Further Study 📚
—————————-
* What do these verses indicate about your salvation:
John 15:16, Romans 8:28, Ephesians 1:4, and 2 Thessalonians 2:13?

* According to Ephesians 2:10, why were you saved?

John 15:16
[16] You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Study Notes 📑
——————

John 15:16 I chose you.
- ————Cf. v. 19.
- John 15:19
- [19] If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
-
-
In case any pretense might exist among the disciples in terms of spiritual pride because of the privileges they enjoyed, Jesus made it clear that such privilege rested not in their own merit, but on his sovereign choice of them.
- —-God chose Israel (Isa. 45:4; Amos 3:2), but not for any merit (Deut. 7:7; 9:4–6).
-
- —God elected angels to be forever holy (1 Tim. 5:21).
-
He ( God) elected believers to salvation apart from any merit (Matt. 24:24; 31;
- see notes on Rom. 8:29–33; Eph. 1:3–6; Col. 3:12; Titus 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:2).
-
-
- bear fruit.
- ————-One purpose of God’s sovereign election is that the disciples who have been blessed with such revelation and understanding should produce spiritual fruit.
-
The NT describes fruit as
- ——-godly attitudes (Gal. 5:22–23),
- righteous behavior (Phil. 1:11),
- praise (Heb. 13:15),
- and especially leading others to faith in Jesus as Messiah and Son of God (Rom. 1:13–16).

🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

Romans 8:28
[28] And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Study Notes 📑
——————-

Rom. 8:28 good.
- ——————In his providence, God orchestrates every event in life—even suffering, temptation, and sin—to accomplish both our temporal and eternal benefit (cf. Deut. 8:15–16).

Deuteronomy 8:15-16
- [15] who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,
- [16] who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.
-
- called.
- ———Cf. Rom. 8:30;
Romans 8:30
- [30] And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
-
See note on 1:7.
- ——————-Romans 1:7
- [7] To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
-
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
-
- As always, in the NT epistles, this call is God’s effectual calling of his elect that brings them to salvation.

🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

Ephesians 1:4
[4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Eph. 1:4 he chose us.
- ————-The doctrine of election is emphasized throughout Scripture (cf. Deut. 7:6; Isa. 45:4; John 6:44; Acts 13:48; Rom. 8:29; 9:11; 1 Thess. 1:3–4; 2 Thess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 2:10;
- see note on 1 Pet. 1:2).
-
The form of the Greek verb behind “chose” indicates that God not only chose by himself but for himself to the praise of his own glory (Eph. 1:6; 12; 14).
- —God’s election or predestination does not operate apart from or nullify man’s responsibility to believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior (cf. Matt. 3:1–2; 4:17; John 5:40).
-
- before the foundation of the world.
- ——————-Through God’s sovereign will before the creation of the world and, therefore, obviously independent of human influence and apart from any human merit, those who are saved have become eternally united with Christ Jesus.
- Cf. 1 Pet. 1:20; Rev. 13:8; 17:8.
-
- holy and blameless before him.
- —————————-This describes both a purpose and a result of God’s choosing those who are to be saved.
- Unrighteous persons are declared righteous, unworthy sinners are declared worthy of salvation, all because they are chosen “in him” (Christ).
This refers to Christ’s imputed righteousness granted to us (see notes on 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:9), a perfect righteousness which places believers in a holy and blameless position before God (Eph. 5:27; Col. 2:10), though daily living inevitably falls far short of his holy standard.
-
-
- In love. This phrase belongs at the start of Eph. 1:5, since it introduces the divine motive for God’s elective purpose. Cf. 2:4 and Deut. 7:8.

🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

2 Thessalonians 2:13
Stand Firm
—————-
[13] But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Study Notes 📑
——————-

2 Thess. 2:13–14 be saved . . . sanctification.
- —————Just as there were specific elements in the character of the Antichrist (vv. 10–12), so there are characteristics of the saved.
-
- In these two verses, Paul swept through the features of salvation, noting that believers are “beloved by the Lord,” chosen for salvation from eternity past (cf. Rev. 13:8; 17:8), set apart from sin by the Spirit, and called to eternal glory,
- i.e., the sharing of the very “glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Paul’s main point in this section was to remind the Thessalonians that there was no need to be agitated or troubled (2 Thess. 2:2) thinking they had missed the rapture and thus were in the day of the Lord judgment.
-
- They were destined for glory, not judgment, and would not be included with those deceived and judged in that day.

🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

According to Ephesians 2:10, why were you saved?

Ephesians 2:10
[10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Study Notes 📑
———————
Eph. 2:10 created in . . . for good works.
- ————Good works cannot produce salvation but are subsequent and resultant God-empowered fruits and evidences of it (cf. John 15:8; Phil. 2:12–13; 2 Tim. 3:17; Titus 2:14; James 2:16–26).
-
-
- “which God prepared beforehand”.
- ————————-Like his salvation, a believer’s sanctification and good works were ordained before time began (see notes on Rom. 8:29–30).
-
Romans 8:29-30
- [29] For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
- ——-[30] And those whom he predestined he also called,
- and those whom he called he also justified,
- and those whom he justified he also glorified.

榜样生活

—————————

好的榜样是最好的教导。

马太福音 10:1：“叫了十二个门徒来。”

马太福音 10:1 是基督正式委任他亲自挑选的十二个人在他地上事奉期间与他一同服事。

- 马可福音 3:13 说，他“叫他所愿意的人来，他们就到他那里去了。”

- 约翰福音 15:16 中，他告诉他们：“不是你们拣选了我，是我拣选了你们，并且分派你们去结果子。”

这不是呼召他们得救，而是呼召他们服事。

- 除了犹大以外，他们已经得救了。

- 在创世之前，神拣选了他们，使他们在基督里得蒙救赎，他们也回应了神的呼召。

现在，耶稣呼召他们去服事特定的事工。

神总是拣选那些得救并在他的教会中服事的人。但在得救和服事之间，必须有一段训练期。

——对门徒而言，这段时期长达三年，耶稣亲自训练他们，让他们在日常生活中彼此扶持。这是最好的门徒训练方式。

——课堂和讲座固然有益，但没有什么能替代一个活生生的榜样——一个展现基督徒美德、教导你如何将圣经原则应用到生活中的人。

保罗深知这种榜样的重要性。

——在腓立比书 4:9 中，他说：“你们在我身上所学习的、所领受的、所听见的、所看见的，这些事你们都要去行。”

——他对提摩太说：“不可叫人小看你年轻，总要在言语、行为、爱心、信心和清洁上，都作信徒的榜样。”（提摩太前书 4:12）彼得也效法他们，劝勉教会的长老们不要辖制他们所带领的人，而要作敬虔的榜样（彼前 5:3）。

弟兄姊妹们……无论你信主多年还是不久，你都是别人的榜样。

人们会听你说话，观察你的生活方式。

他们会在你生命中寻找基督的影子。

🤔他们看到了什么？

🤔如果他们完全效法你的榜样，他们的属灵生命会如何？

祷告建议 🙏

————————————

感谢主，因为有许多人可以成为你敬虔的榜样。

深入学习📚

—————————-

* 以下经文对你的救恩有何启示：约翰福音 15:16，罗马书 8:28，以弗所书 1:4，帖撒罗尼迦后书 2:13？

* 根据以弗所书 2:10，你得救的原因是什么？

约翰福音 15:16

[16] 不是你们拣选了我，是我拣选了你们，并且分派你们去结果子，叫你们的果子常存，使你们奉我的名无论向父求什么，他就赐给你们。

学习笔记 📑

——————

约翰福音 15:16 我拣选了你们。

——————参看第19节。

约翰福音 15:19

[19] 你们若属世界，世界必爱属自己的；只因你们不属世界，乃是我从世界中拣选了你们，所以世界恨你们。

——

耶稣为了防止门徒因所享有的特权而产生属灵的骄傲，明确指出这种特权并非出于他们自身的功德，而是出于他主权的拣选。

——上帝拣选了以色列（赛45:4；摩3:2），但并非因为他们有任何功德（申7:7；9:4-6）。

——上帝拣选天使永远圣洁（提前5:21）。

——上帝拣选信徒得救，并非因为他们有任何功德（太24:24；31；

参见罗8:29-33；弗1:3-6；西3:12；多1:1；彼前1:2的注释）。

——

——结出果实。

——上帝主权拣选的目的之一，就是要让那些蒙受启示和理解的门徒结出属灵的果实。 - 新约将果子描述为：

- 敬虔的态度（加拉太书 5:22-23），

- 公义的行为（腓立比书 1:11），

- 赞美（希伯来书 13:15），

- 尤其要带领他人信耶稣为弥赛亚和神的儿子（罗马书 1:13-16）。

🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

罗马书 8:28

[28] 我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处，就是按他旨意被召的人。

学习笔记 📑

——————-

罗马书 8:28 好。

——————上帝在他的眷顾中，安排人生中的每一件事——甚至苦难、试探和罪恶——都是为了成就我们今生和永恒的益处（参申命记 8:15-16）。

申命记 8:15-16

- [15] 他领你经过那又大又可怕的旷野，那里有火蛇、蝎子和干渴无水之地，他从坚硬的磐石中为你使出水来。

- [16] 他用你列祖所不认识的吗哪在旷野养活你，为要苦炼你，试验你，最终要赐福给你。

- 呼召。

- ———参罗马书 8:30；

罗马书 8:30

- [30] 他预先所定下的人，又召他们来；所召来的人，又称他们为义；所称为义的人，又叫他们得荣耀。

- 参见 1:7 的注释。

- ——————-罗马书 1:7

- [7] 写信给所有在罗马蒙神所爱、蒙召作圣徒的人：

- 愿恩惠、平安从我们的父神和主耶稣基督归与你们！

- —— 与新约书信一贯的风格一样，这里的“呼召”指的是神有效地呼召祂的选民，引领他们得救。

🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

以弗所书 1:4

[4] 就如神从创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，无有瑕疵。

以弗所书 1:4 他拣选了我们。

——————拣选的教义贯穿整本圣经（参申命记 7:6；以赛亚书 45:4；约翰福音 6:44；使徒行传 13:48；罗马书 8:29；9:11；帖撒罗尼迦前书 1:3-4；帖撒罗尼迦后书 2:13；提摩太后书 2:10；

——参见彼得前书 1:2 的注释）。

——“拣选”一词的希腊动词形式表明，神不仅出于自己拣选，而且是为了自己，为了彰显祂自己的荣耀（以弗所书 1:6；12；14）。

————神的拣选或预定并非脱离或否定人相信耶稣是主和救主的责任（参马太福音 3:1-2；4:17；约翰福音 5:40）。

————在创世之前。 ——在创世之前，出于神至高的旨意，所有得救的人都与基督耶稣永远联合，这显然独立于人的影响，也与任何人的功德无关。

——参彼前1:20；启13:8；17:8。

——在神面前圣洁无瑕。

——这既描述了神拣选得救之人的目的，也描述了其结果。

——不义的人被宣告为义，不配的罪人被宣告配得救恩，这一切都是因为他们“在基督里”被拣选。

这指的是基督归算给我们的义（参见林后5:21；腓3:9的注释），这是一种完全的义，使信徒在神面前处于圣洁无瑕的地位（弗5:27；西2:10），尽管日常生活不可避免地远未达到他圣洁的标准。 ——在爱里。这句话应该放在以弗所书 1:5 的开头，因为它引出了上帝拣选旨意的神圣动机。参见以弗所书 2:4 和申命记 7:8。

🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

帖撒罗尼迦后书 2:13

站立得稳

—————

[13] 主所爱的弟兄们，我们应当常常为你们感谢神，因为他从前拣选了你们，叫你们因信真道，又蒙圣灵成圣，能以得救。

学习笔记 📑

——————

帖撒罗尼迦后书 2:13-14 得救……成圣。

—————正如敌基督的特征有其特定要素（10-12节），得救之人也有其特征。

在这两节经文中，保罗概述了救恩的特征，指出信徒是“主所爱的”，从亘古就被拣选得救（参启示录13:8；17:8），被圣灵分别出来脱离罪，并蒙召得享永恒的荣耀，

——即分享“我们主耶稣基督的荣耀”。

保罗在这一部分的主要目的是提醒帖撒罗尼迦人，不必惊慌不安（帖撒罗尼迦后书2:2），认为自己错过了被提，因此会在主审判的日子受审。

——他们注定要得荣耀，而不是受审判，也不会与那些在审判日受欺骗和审判的人同列。

🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

根据以弗所书 2:10，你得救的原因是什么？

以弗所书 2:10

[10] 我们原是他的工作，在基督耶稣里造成的，为要叫我们行善，就是神所预备叫我们行的。

学习笔记 📑

———————

弗 2:10 为……为要行善。

————善行本身并不能带来救恩，而是神所赐予的后续果效和证据（参约 15:8；腓 2:12-13；提后 3:17；多 2:14；雅 2:16-26）。

——

——“神所预备的”。 ——如同他的救恩一样，信徒的成圣和善行在时间开始之前就已经被预定（参见罗马书 8:29-30 的注释）。

—— 罗马书 8:29-30

—— [29] 因为他预先所知道的人，就预先定下效法他儿子的模样，使他儿子在许多弟兄中作长子。

—— [30] 预先所定下的人，又召他们来；

所召来的人，又称他们为义；

所称为义的人，又叫他们得荣耀。

Ccchhheeehhhooo TOGODBETHEGLORY

05/05/2026

Realizing Your Reward
———————————-

The sacrifices you make for Christ’s sake in this life will be abundantly compensated for in Heaven.

Mathew 5:11—12. "Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you"

God's promise for those who are persecuted for His sake is that their reward in heaven will be great (Matt. 5:11).
-
- Mathew 19:29. Jesus said, "Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and shall inherit eternal life" (Matt. 19:29).

Focusing on that promise instead of your present circumstances is how you can experience happiness amid suffering.
- That was Paul's great confidence even as he faced certain death.
-
In 2 Timothy 4:8 he declares,
- "In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing."

Another source of joy in trials is knowing that you share the fate of the prophets themselves (Matt. 5:12).
- Those godly men suffered untold hardships for proclaiming God's message.
- That's a noble group to be identified with!

One final word of encouragement from Matthew 5:11: persecution will not be incessant!
-
- Jesus said, "Blessed are you when. . . ."
-
- The Greek word translated "when" "whenever."
-
- You won't always be persecuted, but whenever you are, you will be blessed. In addition, God will govern its intensity so you will be able to bear it (1 Cor. 10:l
- Hi
-
- He(GOD) knows your human weaknesses and will supply the necessary grace and peace to get you through. That's why you can rejoice when otherwise you might be devastated and filled with grief.

If you are willing to make sacrifices now, you will receive incomparable rewards in the future. How shortsighted are those who protect themselves now by denying Christ or compromising His truth rather than sacrificing the present for the sake of eternal blessing and glory!

Suggestions for Prayer 🙏
————————————
Thank God for the example of the prophets and others who have suffered for Him.

For Further Study 📚
—————————-
Read Matthew 21:33-39 and Hebrews 11:32-38.

* How did Jesus illustrate the persecution of God's prophets?

* What is Scripture's commendation to those who suffered.

Matthew 21:33-39
*
The Parable of the Tenants
*
* [33] “Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
*
[34] When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.
- [35] And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
-
[36] Again he sent other servants, more than the first.
- And they did the same to them.
-
[37] Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
- [38] But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir.
- Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’
[39] And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Study notes 📑
——————

Matt. 21:33 a vineyard . . . a winepress.
- See Isa. 5:2.
-
Isaiah 5:2
- [2] He dug it and cleared it of stones,
- and planted it with choice vines;
- he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
- and hewed out a wine vat in it;
- and he looked for it to yield grapes,
- but it yielded wild grapes.
-
Jesus was clearly alluding to this OT passage, which would have been familiar to the Jewish leaders.
- The “vineyard” is a common symbol for the Jewish nation in Scripture.
- Here the landowner, representing God, developed the vineyard with great care, then leased it to “tenants,” representing the Jewish leaders.

Matt. 21:34 his servants.
- —————I.e., the OT prophets.

Matt. 21:35 beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
- ————Matthew often blends and simplifies details (see notes on v. 19; 8:28; 20:30).
-
From Mark’s account we learn that in Jesus’ telling of this story, three different slaves came individually.
- 1) The tenants “beat” the first one,
- 2) “struck” the second,
and
- 3) “killed” the third (Mark 12:2–5).
-
This corresponds to the Jewish rulers’ treatment of many of the OT prophets (1 Kings 22:24; 2 Chron. 24:20–21; 36:15–16; Neh. 9:26; Jer. 2:30).

1 Kings 22:24
* [24] Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?”

* 2 Chronicles 24:20-21
Joash’s Treachery
*
* [20] Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’” [21] But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16
* [15] The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. [16] But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26
* [26] “Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.

Jeremiah 2:30
* [30] In vain have I struck your children;
* they took no correction;
* your own sword devoured your prophets
* like a ravening lion.

Matt. 21:37 my son.
- ———————This person represents the Lord Jesus Christ, whom they killed (vv. 38–39) and thereby incurred divine judgment (v. 41).

🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦🚥🚦🚦🚦

领受你的奖赏

————————————

你今生为基督所作的牺牲，在天国必将得到丰厚的补偿。

马太福音 5:11-12：“人若因我辱骂你们，逼迫你们，捏造各样坏话毁谤你们，你们就有福了！应当欢喜快乐，因为你们在天上的赏赐是大的。在你们以前的先知，人也是这样逼迫他们。”

神应许那些为祂的缘故受逼迫的人，他们在天上的赏赐是大的（太 5:11）。

——马太福音 19:29。耶稣说：“凡为我的名撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姐妹、父母、儿女、田地的，必要得着百倍，并且承受永生。”（太 19:29）

专注于那应许而非你当下的处境，你才能在苦难中体验到喜乐。

——保罗即便面对必死无疑的命运，也依然怀着这样的信心。

——在提摩太后书 4:8 中，他宣告：

“从此以后，有公义的冠冕为我存留，就是主，那公义的审判者，在那日要赐给我的；不但赐给我，也赐给凡爱慕他显现的人。”

在试炼中喜乐的另一个源泉是，你知道你与先知们一同经历了苦难（马太福音 5:12）。

——那些敬虔的人为了宣扬上帝的信息，遭受了难以言喻的苦难。

——能与他们同在，是多么崇高的一群人！

最后，马太福音 5:11 也给我们带来鼓励：逼迫不会一直持续下去！

——耶稣说：“你们有福了，因为……”

——希腊原文中，“当”译为“每当”。 ——你不会永远遭受迫害，但无论何时，你都会蒙福。此外，神会控制迫害的程度，使你能够承受（林前 10:1）。

——你好！——祂（神）了解你人性的软弱，祂会赐予你必要的恩典与平安，帮助你渡过难关。这就是为什么即使你原本可能感到绝望和悲伤，你也能喜乐。

如果你现在愿意做出牺牲，将来必将获得无比丰厚的奖赏。那些为了保护自己而否认基督或妥协祂的真理，却不愿为了永恒的祝福和荣耀而牺牲当下的人，是多么短视啊！

祷告建议 🙏

————————————

感谢神，祂为我们树立了先知和其他为祂受苦之人的榜样。

延伸阅读 📚

—————————-

请阅读马太福音 21:33-39 和希伯来书 11:32-38。

* 耶稣如何描述神先知所受的迫害？

* 圣经如何称赞那些受苦之人？

马太福音 21:33-39

* 佃户的比喻

*
* [33] “你们再听一个比喻：有一个家主栽种了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，里面挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座楼，租给佃户，就往外地去了。

*
[34] 到了葡萄成熟的时候，家主打发仆人到佃户那里去收果子。

- [35] 佃户们抓住仆人，打了一个，杀了一个，用石头打死了一个。

-
[36] 家主又打发别的仆人，比先前的更多。

佃户们也照样对待他们。

-
[37] 最后，家主打发他的儿子到佃户那里去，说：‘他们必尊重我的儿子。’

- [38] 佃户们看见他的儿子，就彼此说：‘这是继承人。

来，我们杀了他，占有他的产业。’” [39] 于是他们抓住他，把他扔出葡萄园外，杀了他。

学习笔记📑

——————

太21:33 葡萄园……榨酒池。

- 参见赛5:2。

- 以赛亚书5:2

- [2] 他挖开葡萄园，清除石头，

- 栽种上等葡萄树；

- 又在园中建造守望楼，

- 凿出一个榨酒池；

- 他指望结出葡萄，

- 却结出野葡萄。

- 耶稣显然是在引用这段旧约经文，犹太领袖们对此应该很熟悉。

- 在圣经中，“葡萄园”是犹太民族的常用象征。

- 这里，地主代表上帝，精心耕耘葡萄园，然后将其租给“佃户”，代表犹太领袖。

太21:34 他的仆人。

——即旧约先知。

太21:35 打了一个，杀了一个，用石头打了一个。

——马太福音常常将细节融合或简化（参见第19节、8:28、20:30的注释）。

——从马可福音的记载中我们得知，在耶稣讲述这个故事时，有三个不同的奴隶分别前来。

——1）佃户们“打”了第一个，

2）“击打”了第二个，

并且

3）“杀死”了第三个（可12:2-5）。

——这与犹太统治者对待许多旧约先知的方式相符（列王纪上22:24；历代志下24:20-21；36:15-16；尼希米记9:26；耶利米书2:30）。

列王纪上 22:24

* [24] 基拿拿的儿子西底家走近米该亚，打了他一巴掌，说：“耶和华的灵怎么离开我，去对你说话了呢？”

* 历代志下 24:20-21

约阿施的背叛

*
* [20] 神的灵临到祭司耶何耶大的儿子撒迦利亚，他就站在百姓面前，对他们说：“神如此说：‘你们为何违背耶和华的诫命，以致不能亨通呢？因为你们离弃耶和华，耶和华也离弃你们。’” [21] 百姓却合谋陷害他，奉王的命令，在耶和华殿的院子里用石头打死了他。

历代志下 36:15-16

* [15] 耶和华他们列祖的神，因怜悯他的百姓和他的居所，就不断差遣使者到他们那里去。[16] 但他们却讥诮神的使者，藐视他的话语，讥笑他的先知，以致耶和华的怒气向他的百姓发作，以致无法挽回。

尼希米记 9:26

* [26] “然而，他们悖逆你，背叛你，将你的律法丢弃在背后，杀害了你的先知，就是那些警告他们、要他们回转归向你的先知，他们又行了许多亵渎的话。”

耶利米书 2:30

* [30] 我徒然击杀你的儿女；

* 他们不肯接受管教；

* 你自己的刀剑吞噬了你的先知，

* 如同残暴的狮子。

马太福音 21:37 我儿。

——————这个人代表主耶稣基督，他们杀害了他（38-39节），因此招致了神的审判（41节）。

Ccchhheeehhhooooo!
TOGODBETHEGLORY

04/26/2026

Risking True Peace.
——————————

True peace exists only where truth reigns.

Mathew 5:9. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God"

People often define peace as the absence of conflict, but God sees it differently.
- The absence of conflict is merely a truce, which might end overt hostilities but doesn't resolve the underlying issues.
- ——A truce simply introduces a cold war, which often drives the conflict underground, where it smolders until erupting in physical or emotional disaster.

James 3:17 says, "The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable."
- Godly wisdom, purity, and peace go hand- in-hand.
-
Peace is wisdom in action and is never established at the expense of righteousness.
- It brings righteousness to bear on the situation, seeking to eliminate the source of conflict and create right relationships.
-
Feuding parties will know true peace only when they are willing to admit that their bitterness and hatred is wrong and humbly seek God's grace to make things right.

Some people equate peacemaking with evading issues, but true peace can be very confrontive.
* 🚨In Matthew 10:34 Jesus says, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth;
I(Jesus) did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

That may seem to contradict Matthew 5:9, but it doesn't: Jesus knew that sinful people have to be confronted with the truth before they can experience peace.
- That can be a painful and difficult process because people usually have a hostile reaction to the gospel before they finally embrace it.
- Even believers will sometimes react negatively when confronted with God's truth.

Being a biblical peacemaker has its price.
- You can expect to upset unbelievers who openly oppose God's Word as well as believers who compromise its truth for the sake of maintaining "peace" among people of differing doctrinal persuasions.
-
- Some will call you narrow-minded and divisive for dealing with controversial issues.
-
- Some will misunderstand your motives or even attack you personally.
-
But that's been the path of every true peacemaker— including our Lord Himself.
- Take heart and be faithful.
- Your efforts to bring peace show that you are a child of God.

Suggestions for Prayer 🙏
————————————
Ask God for the boldness never to compromise His truth.
Pray for those you know who are suffering for the sake of the gospel.

For Further Study 📚
——————————-
Read Luke 12:51-53, noting how the gospel can bring division even among families.

Luke 12:51—53.
51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth?
- No, I tell you, but rather division.
-
52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.
-
53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." (Luke 12:51, ESV)

Study Notes 📑 ✍️
——————-

Luke 12:51 No, I tell you.
- —See note on Matt. 10:34.

Mathew 10:34. Matthew 10:34

Not Peace, but a Sword

[34] “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Study Notes for Mathew 10:34. ✍️📑
——————————————

Matt. 10:34 not . . . peace, but a sword.
- ——————-Though the ultimate end of the gospel is peace with God (John 14:27; Rom. 8:6),
- ——the immediate result of the gospel is frequently conflict.
-
Conversion to Christ can result in strained family relationships (Matt. 10:35–36), persecution, and even martyrdom.
- ——Following Christ presupposes a willingness to endure such hardships (vv. 32–33; 37–39).
-
- Though he is called “Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6), Christ will have no one deluded into thinking that he calls believers to a life devoid of all conflict.

Matt. 10:35–36 Quoted from Mic. 7:6.

- Micah 7:6
- [6] for the son treats the father with contempt,
- the daughter rises up against her mother,
- the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
- a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

Matt. 10:38 take his cross.
- ———-Here is Jesus’ first mention of the word “cross” to his disciples (see note on 16:21).
- To them it would have evoked a picture of a violent, degrading death (see note on 27:31).
-
- Jesus was demanding total commitment from them—even unto physical death—and making this call to full surrender a part of the message they were to proclaim to others.
- This same call to life-or-death devotion to Christ is repeated in 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27.
For those who come to Christ with self-renouncing faith, there will be true and eternal life (Matt. 10:39).

Matt. 10:40 Whoever receives you receives me.
- ————Christ lives in his people.
- They also come in his name as his ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20).
- Therefore, how they are treated is how he is treated (cf. Matt. 18:5; 25:45; Luke 9:48).

Matthew 18:5
[5] “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

Matthew 25:45
[45] Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

Luke 9:48
[48] and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
- For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.”

Ccchhheeehhhooo TOGODBETHEGLORY

Address

14633 16th Avenue
Surrey, BC
4VA1R4

Opening Hours

Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 2:30pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+12368882002

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Fijian Pentecostal Church, Canada posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Place Of Worship

Send a message to Fijian Pentecostal Church, Canada:

Shortcuts

Share

Category