A large portion of the Book of Job (chapters 3 – 31) is devoted to 3 cycles of seemingly convoluted dialogs between the suffering Job and his 3 ignorant but well-meaning friends. Today’s message from Job 13: 1 – 5 provides a brief yet incisive glimpse into the nature and intensity of their weighty discussions. Here we see Job maintains his righteous integrity as he defiantly responds to his friends’ charge that he was complicit in his sufferings because of his own unintentional sinfulness. Through this exchange, we will draw some practical insights into the realities of the human condition and God’s eternal purposes.

苦难是来自于上帝对人犯罪的惩罚吗？不一定！约伯是乌斯地完全正直的人，敬畏神，远离恶事，但也同样经历了丧子、破财、重病的苦难。从人的眼光来看约伯之苦来自犯罪和不义。但从神的眼光看约伯之苦反而衬托出上帝的权能和人对自己、对上帝的重新认知。作为有限的人当他人身处苦难之时，一句智慧地安慰可以暖人肺腑，无知地责备只显自以为义。我们通过约伯记的叙事当学习到一个属灵功课，面对他人的苦难时要持有的心态和言语。

《約伯記》的很大一部分（第 3 至 31 章）是講述受苦受難的約伯和他 3 個無知卻心存善意的朋友之間看似複雜的 3 個回合的對話。約伯記 13:1 – 5 的信息讓我們對他們重要討論的性質和強度有了簡短而深刻的了解。我們看到約伯保持他的清白無辜，因此他挑釁地回應了朋友們的指控，即他無意中犯下的罪而造成了自己的痛苦。藉此，我們將對人類的現實狀況和上帝永恆的目的引出一些實際的見解。

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The story of Job is a well-known story. Both Christians and non-Christians are fascinated with the life of Job and the challenges he faced. It appeals to so many because it tackles one of life’s most intriguing issues: suffering. It’s easy to accept suffering when you know you’ve done something wrong to deserve it, but what if you don’t think you deserve it? Let us journey through the book of Job, and let us look at this issue from the life of this righteous sufferer.

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Speaker: 蘇承才博士 Dr. Desmond Soh

So many things have changed in UECP's 95 years: our facilities have changed, ministries have changed, even the people have changed from one generation to the next. But our mission and our calling have not. It is still the same: the Great Commandment and the Great Commission, as our Lord Jesus has given us 2000 years ago. But do you know that Jesus was only continuing the command of His Heavenly Father from way back in the Old Testament? Let us look to the book of Deuteronomy and learn what it originally means to love God and make disciples.

亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，申命记6章1-9节的教导不仅仅是对古代以色列人的呼召，也是对我们每一个现代基督徒家庭的呼召。信仰的传承是我们每一个人的责任，无论是通过家庭、教会还是教会学校，我们都应当努力确保神的话语代代相传。愿神帮助我们每一个家庭都能够成为信仰传承的坚实堡垒，让我们的后代在神的爱和恩典中成长，并将这份信仰继续传递下去，直到主再来。