回到起初的愛—-啓示錄2:4［然而, 有一件我要責備你, 就是你把起初的愛心離棄了. 所以應當回想你是從哪裏墮落的, 並要悔改, 行起初所行的事. 你若不悔改, 我就臨到你那裏, 把你的燈台從原處挪去.］律法派認為起初的愛心, 指愛主之心, 也是因著愛神而愛弟兄, 愛眾人之心, 彼後1:7. 愛心是重生的記號, 約壹3:14-15, 但以弗所信徒可能在維護真道的過程中, 漸漸忘記了起初的愛心. 信徒首先要盡心 , 盡性. 盡意愛主你的神, 太22:37, 然而才可能真實地愛人如己, 太22:39, 彼此相愛, 約13:34. 信徒若沒有真實的愛, 一切事奉和擺上都是枉然, 林前13:1-3. 恩典派認為起初的愛心並不是指人對神的愛, 乃是指神對我們的愛. 羅5:8. 弗1:4-5. 起初的愛是無條件的. 是白白的賜給你. 不是因為你作了什麼, 也不是你多麼的敬虔, 就是因為祂愛你, 所以愛你, 這是最初的愛. 以弗所教會把無條的愛變成有條件的愛. 慢慢變成一種交換, 慢地聚焦自己的行為表現, 來換取神的愛與恩典. 我們每一天應回到最起初愛, 忘記過去, 努力面前, 回到最初的愛. 主祢愛我, 祢為我舍命, 為我流血. 祢只是單單愛我, 不是因我為祢做了什麼. 愛神愛人都是源於神對你最起初的愛, 你能夠愛神, 是因為你領受了神的愛. 只有一個知道自己是被愛的人, 他才能真正愛別人. 約翰一書4:19, 10-11.律法派是從行為往內心看, 恩典派是從內心往行為看. 兩種説法都正確. 從比較的觀點來看, 律法派有如中國的理學, 恩典派有如中國的心學. 知行應合一. 起初的愛既是神對人的愛, 也是人對神的愛. 既是父母對子女的愛, 也是子女對父母的愛. 既是無條件的愛, 也是有條件的愛. 我們應謹記耶穌的教誨, 馬太福音5:17-18[莫想我來要廢掉律法和先知; 我來不是要廢掉, 乃是要成全. 我實在告訴你們. 就是到天地都廢去了, 律法的一點一畫也不解廢去, 都要成全.］恩典不應用來取代律法, 而是用來成全律法. 恩典與律法有如鳥的雙翼, 人的雙腳, 雙手, 雙眼, 雙耳, 應相輔相成.
Return to the first love – Revelation 2:4 [However, I have one thing against you, that is, you have left your first love. Therefore, remember where you fell from, and repent and do the same as you first did. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.] Legalists believe that the first love refers to the love for the Lord, and it is also love for God, love for brothers, and love for everyone. heart, 2 Peter 1:7. Love is a sign of rebirth, 1 John 3:14-15, but the Ephesians may have gradually forgotten their original love in the process of safeguarding the truth. Believers must first devote their heart and soul to . Love the Lord your God with all your mind, Matthew 22:37, but it is possible to truly love your neighbor as yourself, Matthew 22:39, and love one another, John 13:34. If a believer does not have true love, all his services and offerings will be in vain. It is in vain, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3. The grace school believes that the first love does not refer to man’s love for God, but to God’s love for us. Romans 5:8. Ephesians 1:4-5. The first love It is unconditional. It is given to you freely. It is not because of anything you have done or how pious you are, but because He loves you, so He loves you. This is the first love. The church in Ephesus calls unconditional love It becomes conditional love. It slowly becomes an exchange, slowly focusing on your own behavior and performance in exchange for God’s love and grace. Every day we should return to the original love, forget the past, work hard, and return to the beginning. Love. Lord, you love me, you laid down your life for me and shed your blood for me. You just love me, not because of anything I have done for you. Loving God and loving others all stem from God’s original love for you. You can love God, it’s because you have received God’s love. Only a person who knows that he is loved can truly love others. 1 John 4:19, 10-11. Legalists look at behavior and look at the heart, while graceful people It is to look at behavior from the heart. Both views are correct. From a comparative point of view, the legal school is like the Chinese Neo-Confucianism, and the grace school is like the Chinese philosophy of mind. Knowledge and action should be unified. The first love is God’s love for man. , is also man’s love for God. It is the love of parents for their children, and the love of children for their parents. It is both unconditional love and conditional love. We should keep in mind the teachings of Jesus, Matthew 5:17-18[ Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. Truly I say to you, not until heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one jot will be abolished from the Law. All must be fulfilled.] Grace should not be used to replace the law, but to fulfill the law. Grace and the law are like the wings of a bird, the feet, hands, eyes, and ears of a person, and should complement each other.