Sanctification in the Methodist Church- Our socail creed 討論這個衛理宗的成聖觀之前，我先舉一個我在教會的生活經驗。 有一次跟一個別的宗派牧師查經，結束後在生活分享， 那個會友說他星期日可能不能來聚會，他在85度C上班，主日要排他上班， 那位牧師說我為你禱告， 求上帝挪去攔阻，讓不是基督徒的別人去排他的班，讓他可以來主日。 這種禱告對我來說，不是太自然。 如果全台灣都是基督徒，但是我們還是堅持目前每天都要有人上班的便利生活， 那我們該怎麼禱告呢? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 成聖，在衛理宗來說，不是單指道德修養或靈魂得贖這種個人取向的取向， 也包含了對這受造界(包含目前的人類社會)走向上帝應許的美善， 正如舊約以賽亞書第2章4節與11章6節至9節的景象， 這種精神延伸到現在我們對當代議題的反省 因此我們如此祈禱: We believe in God, Creator of the world; and in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of creation. We believe in the Holy Spirit, through whom we acknowledge God’s gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing these gifts to idolatrous ends. We affirm the natural world as God’s handiwork and dedicate ourselves to its preservation, enhancement, and faithful use by humankind. We joyfully receive for ourselves and others the blessings of community, sexuality, marriage, and the family. We commit ourselves to the rights of men, women, children, youth, young adults, the aging, and people with disabilities; to improvement of the quality of life; and to the rights and dignity of all persons. We believe in the right and duty of persons to work for the glory of God and the good of themselves and others and in the protection of their welfare in so doing; in the rights to property as a trust from God, collective bargaining, and responsible consumption; and in the elimination of economic and social distress. We dedicate ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among nations, and to individual freedom for all people of the world. We believe in the present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world. Amen. http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/our-social-creed --

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