討論問題

TAFPC Adult Sunday School Bible Study

台美團契長老教會成人主日學三年讀經運動 06/04/2006 討論問題

Question 1:  Nehemiah 7:61-65

  After the completion of the new Jerusalem city wall, Governor Nehemiah ordered a census and started appointing the returned Israelites to positions within his government organization. One of the criteria he used was the "Genealogy" as shown in these verses. Some people were excluded from priesthood because they were not born in the "correct" families. Today we no longer honor such "blue blood" rules in calling people to be God's servants, however, we might have observed some other ways to discriminate or discourage people from joining the church leadership?

耶路撒冷的城牆 建築完成後, 猶大省長 尼希米下命清點族譜.  有些人的世系在族譜中找不到, 被排除在以色列民族外; 也有人因此失去祭司的職位. 今天我們已經不再以世襲的制度強迫個人侷限職業. 但是否有些人仍受到各種或明或暗的歧視,而無法服事上帝 ; 或者被選為教會的領導者呢?

Question 2: Nehemiah chapter 13. 

  This chapter records Nehemiah's final reforms to the religious life of the returned exiles. The issues involved were governmental interference to implement the consecration of the use of temple storerooms, fair and consistent distribution of the supply to the temple workers, observance of Sabbath, and disapproval of inter-racial marriage. Exclusion and separation were applied and justified in the name of reformation.  Today in the U.S. the federal government also interferes, but in the opposite direction, to keep religious practice out of the public arena and to enforce desegregation in the public schools. Some Christians argue that this policy forces them to mingle with the different people and the life styles they want to be separated from. What's your personal opinion about this policy and the controversy? Please share your consideration without judgment.

這章記載尼希米最後一擺的改革。牽涉的代誌是尼希米使用公權力清氣聖殿的倉庫､公道按時提供聖殿工作者的需要､守安息日､無贊成異族通婚。用改革的名義來進行排斥和分離。 今仔日在美國聯邦政府也干涉﹐總是倒頭併﹐無欲乎宗教參抵公眾生活內底﹐閣反對公立學校隔離種族。一寡基督徒爭論按尼的政策逼彼們 (in) 無法度 kah 彼們無像的人和無意愛的生活方式分開。你家己對這政策引起的紛爭有啥物意見﹖請儘量mai 批評來表達你的考慮。

Question 3: Ezra 7:6, Nehemiah 1:11, 8:1-2, 13:1-30.  

  Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher/scribe/priest well versed in the Law of Moses. Nehemiah was a Hebrew in Persia and was cupbearer to the king and later became a governor, a lay person. The book of Ezra depicts the effort of the Building of the Second Temple and The Ministry of Ezra. The book of Nehemiah tells the story of building of the wall to protect the city and the task of pulling the people to have communal pledge, teaching them to adhere the law of God and reestablish true worship through prayer and by encouraging the people to revival by reading and adhering the Word of God. The stories show that God didn't leave Ezra or Nehemiah to do this single-handedly; he gave them substantial and critical help by working together. Because of the joint efforts of Ezra and Nehemiah, The People-of-God identity was recovered and preserved. What kind of working relationship that lay people and pastor should have in TAFPC in order to carry out our church missions? Please share your thoughts.