家庭：神设立的第一个属灵群体 / The Family: God’s First Spiritual Community

家庭——神设立的第一个属灵群体

The Family—The First Spiritual Community Established by God

本课主题

Theme

我们相信，家庭不是人发明的制度，而是神亲自设立的。

We believe that the family is not a human invention but an institution established by God Himself.

家庭不仅是社会最基本的单位，也是教会最基本的单位。

The family is not only the basic unit of society but also the basic unit of the church.

神赐下婚姻、家庭和儿女，不仅为了人的幸福，也是为了祂自己的荣耀。

God gives marriage, family, and children not only for human happiness but also for His own glory.

因此，一个健康的家庭，应当建立在神的话语之上，而不是建立在世界的观念之上。

Therefore, a healthy family must be built upon God's Word rather than the ideas of the world.

一、敬畏神的家庭是蒙福的家庭

I. A God-Fearing Family Is a Blessed Family

诗篇 128:1–4（和合本）

凡敬畏耶和华、遵行他道的人便为有福！

你要吃劳碌得来的；你要享福，事情顺利。

你妻子在你的内室，好像多结果子的葡萄树；你儿女围绕你的桌子，好像橄榄栽子。

看哪，敬畏耶和华的人必要这样蒙福！

Psalm 128:1–4 (NCV)

Happy is everyone who respects the Lord, who lives as He wants.

You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in your house, and your children will be like young olive trees around your table.

This is how the man who respects the Lord will be blessed.

经文解释

Explanation

诗篇128篇告诉我们，一个蒙福家庭的根基，不是财富，而是敬畏神。

Psalm 128 teaches that the foundation of a blessed family is not wealth but the fear of the Lord.

圣经没有说，一个家庭只要有很多钱，就一定幸福。

The Bible never says that a family will be happy simply because it has a great deal of money.

它首先强调："凡敬畏耶和华的人便为有福。"

Instead, it begins by saying, "Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord."

真正的祝福，是从与神正确的关系开始。

True blessing begins with a right relationship with God.

家庭越敬畏神，就越有真正的平安与喜乐。

The more a family fears God, the more genuine peace and joy it will experience.

改革宗教导

Reformed Teaching

《威斯敏斯特信条》第一章指出，圣经是信仰与生活最高、无误的准则，因此家庭生活也必须接受圣经的规范。

Chapter 1 of the Westminster Confession teaches that Scripture is the supreme and infallible rule of faith and life. Therefore, family life must also be governed by Scripture.

约翰·加尔文说："一个真正敬畏神的家庭，就是一间小教会。父母应当首先在家中作神话语的教师。"

John Calvin wrote, "A truly God-fearing family is a little church. Parents should first become teachers of God's Word within their own home."

二、夫妻彼此顺服，在基督里相爱

II. Husbands and Wives Love One Another in Christ

以弗所书 5:21–29（和合本）

又当存敬畏基督的心，彼此顺服。

你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。

因为丈夫是妻子的头，如同基督是教会的头；他又是教会全体的救主。

教会怎样顺服基督，妻子也要怎样凡事顺服丈夫。

你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍己。

要用水借着道把教会洗净，成为圣洁，

可以献给自己，作个荣耀的教会，毫无玷污、皱纹等类的病，乃是圣洁没有瑕疵的。

丈夫也当照样爱妻子，如同爱自己的身子；爱妻子便是爱自己了。

从来没有人恨恶自己的身子，总是保养顾惜，正像基督待教会一样。

Ephesians 5:21–29 (NCV)

Yield to obey each other as you would to Christ.

Wives, yield to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

The husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. Christ is the Savior of the church, His body.

As the church yields to Christ, so wives should yield to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her.

Christ gave Himself to make the church holy. He used the telling of the Good News to make the church clean by washing it with water.

Christ died so that He could give the church to Himself like a bride in all her beauty. He died so that the church could be holy and without fault, with no evil or sin or any other wrong thing in it.

In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

No one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it just as Christ does the church.

经文解释

Explanation

今天很多人认为，圣经关于婚姻的教导已经过时。

Today many people believe that the Bible's teaching on marriage is outdated.

然而，保罗并不是根据当时的文化来教导婚姻，而是根据基督与教会的关系。

However, Paul did not base his teaching on the culture of his day, but on the relationship between Christ and His church.

丈夫作"头"，不是意味着专制，而是意味着承担责任、保护、带领，并且愿意舍己。

The husband's role as "head" does not mean domination. It means taking responsibility, protecting, leading, and being willing to sacrifice himself.

妻子的顺服，也不是因为地位低，而是神在家庭中所设立的秩序。

A wife's submission is not because she is inferior, but because God has established an order within the family.

夫妻双方都应当以基督为榜样。

Both husband and wife are to follow the example of Christ.

婚姻不是争夺权力，而是彼此服事、彼此成全。

Marriage is not about competing for authority but about serving and building one another up.

改革宗教导

Reformed Teaching

《威斯敏斯特信条》第二十四章教导，婚姻是神所设立的圣约，为着夫妻彼此帮助、敬虔后裔的延续，以及防止淫乱。

Chapter 24 of the Westminster Confession teaches that marriage is a covenant established by God for the mutual help of husband and wife, for raising a godly offspring, and for guarding against sexual immorality.

赫尔曼·巴文克（Herman Bavinck）说："基督化的家庭，是神国度最重要的训练场；教会和社会未来的兴衰，往往从家庭开始。"

Herman Bavinck wrote, "The Christian family is the most important training ground of God's kingdom. The future of both the church and society often begins in the home."

今日家庭讨论

Family Discussion

1．诗篇128篇为什么把"敬畏耶和华"放在家庭蒙福的第一位？

1. Why does Psalm 128 place the fear of the Lord first in describing a blessed family?

2．丈夫如何效法基督去爱妻子？

2. How can a husband imitate Christ in loving his wife?

3．夫妻如何彼此配搭，一起建立荣耀神的家庭？

3. How can a husband and wife work together to build a God-glorifying home?

（未完待续）

下一部分将继续：

第三部分：父母与儿女、家庭祭坛

包括完整双语经文：

- 以弗所书 6:1–4

- 提摩太前书 5:8

- 创世记 12:7–8（亚伯拉罕建立祭坛）

- 约伯记 1:5（约伯家庭敬拜）

- 歌罗西书 3:17

- 约书亚记 24:15（至于我和我家，我们必定事奉耶和华）

这一部分将重点讲解家庭敬拜（Family Worship），并结合清教徒传统、《威斯敏斯特家庭敬拜指南》（Directory for Family Worship）以及改革宗家庭门训实践。