Full Gospel Church Funeral Handbook 新山全备福音丧礼手册 (For Internal Circulation Only 只供内部使用)

Do Not Lose Courage 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 99

经文 Scriptures 房屋永存 哥林多后书五1-10 1 我们知道，如果我们在地上的帐棚拆毁了， 我们必得着从上帝而来的居所。那不是人手所造 的，而是天上永存的房屋。 2 我们现今在这帐棚里面叹息，渴望迁到那天上 的住处，好象换上新的衣服； 3 如果穿上了，就不会赤身出现了。 4 我们这些在帐棚里面的人，劳苦叹息，是由于 不愿意脱去这个，却愿意穿上那个，使这必死 的被生命吞灭。 5 那在我们身上完成了工作，使我们达成这目标 的就是上帝。他已经把圣灵赐给我们作凭据。 6 我们既然一向都是坦然无惧的，又知道住在身 内就是与主分开 7 （因为我们行事是凭着信心, 不是凭着眼见）， 8 现在还是坦然无惧，宁愿与身体分开，与主同住。 9 因此，我们立定志向，无论住在身内或是与身体 分开，都要讨主的喜悦。 10 因为我们众人都必须在基督的审判台前显露出来， 使各人按着本身所行的，或善或恶，受到报应。 100

The Everlasting Home 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 1 Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2-3 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guarantee- ing what is to come. 6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 We live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 101

经文 Scriptures 睡了的人 帖撒罗尼迦前书四13-18 13 弟兄们，论到睡了的人，我们不愿意你们不知道， 免得你们忧伤，象那些没有盼望的人一样。 14 我们若信耶稣死了，又复活了，照样，也应该相信 那些靠着耶稣已经睡了的人，上帝必定把他们和 耶稣一同带来。 15 我们现在照着主的话告诉你们∶我们这些活着存留 到主再来的人，绝不能在那些睡了的人以先。 16 因为主必亲自从天降临，那时，有发令的声音， 有天使长的呼声，还有上帝的号声，那些在基督里 死了的人必先复活； 17 然后，我们还活着存留的人，必和他们一同被提到 云里，在空中与主相会。这样，我们就要和主常常 同在。 18 所以，你们应该用这些话彼此劝慰。 102

Those Who Are Asleep 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these words. 103

经文 Scriptures 尽都如草 彼得前书一24-25 24 因为「所有的人，尽都如草，他们的荣美，都象草 上的花；草必枯乾，花必凋谢， 25 唯有主的道，永远长存。」所传给你们的福音就是 这道。 All Men Are Like Grass 1 Peter 1:24-25 24 For, “All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you. 104

一片云雾 雅各四13-14 13 你们说∶「今天或明天, 我们要到某城去， 在那里 住一年，作生意赚钱。」 14 其实明天怎样，你们并不知道。你们的生命是什么 呢？你们本来是过眼云烟，转瞬之间就消逝了。 Life Is Like A Mist James 4:13-14 13 Now listen, you who say, “ Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 105



启应经文 RESPONSIVE READING (新 译 本, N.I.V)

启应经文 Responsive Reading 启应经文 启: 你们心里不要难过，你们应当信上帝，也应当信 应： 我。在我父的家里，有许多住的地方；如果没有， 启: 我怎么会告诉你们我去是要为你们预备地方呢？我 应： 若去为你们预备地方，就必再来接你们到我那里 去，好使我在哪里，你们也在那里 108 （约翰福音十四1-3） 我们知道，如果我们在地上的帐棚拆毁了，我们必 得着从上帝而来的居所。那不是人手所造的，而是 天上永存的房屋（哥林多后书五1） 主啊！你世世代代作我们的居所。群山尚未生出， 大地和世界你未曾造成，从永远到永远，你是 上帝。你使人归回尘土，说：「世人哪！你们要归 回尘土。」在你看来，千年好象刚过去了的昨天， 又象夜里的一更（诗篇九十1-4） 他已经把圣灵赐给我们作凭据。我们既然一向都是 坦然无惧的，又知道住在身内就是与主分开，现在 还是坦然无惧，宁愿与身体分开，与主同住 （哥林多后书五5,6,8）

启: 我们一生的年日是七十岁，如果强壮，可到八十 岁，但其中可夸耀的，不过是劳苦愁烦；我们的年 日转眼即逝，我们也如飞而去了(诗篇九十10) 应： 求你教导我们怎样数算自己的日子，好使我们得着 智慧的心（诗篇九十12) 启 上帝是我们的避难所，是我们的力量,，是我们在 患难中随时都可得到的帮助（诗篇四六1） 应： 地虽然震动，群山虽然崩塌入海洋的深处，我们也 不害怕。虽然海浪翻腾澎湃，虽然山岳因波涛汹涌 摇动，我们也不害怕（诗篇四六2,3） 启: 耶稣对他说：「我就是道路、真理、生命，如果 不是借着我，没有人能到父那里去。如果你们认识 我，就必认识我的父；从今以后，你们认识他， 并且看见了他」（约翰福音十四6-7） 应： 求你记念你向你仆人应许的话，因为你使我有 盼望。你的应许使我存活；这就是我在困苦中的 安慰（诗篇一一九49-50） 109

启应经文 Responsive Reading Responsive Reading Minister: Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (John 14:1-3) People: Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eter- nal house in heaven, not built by human hands. (2 Corinthians 5:1) Minister: Lord, you have been our dwelling plac through- out all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn men back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, O sons of men.” For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. (Psalms 90:1-4) People: Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 110

We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:5-8) Minister: The length of our days is seventy years-or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. (Psalms 90:10) People: Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalms 90:12) Minister: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. (Psalms 46:1) People: Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. (Psalms 46:2,3) Minister: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7) People: Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. (Psalms 119:49-50) 111

六个属灵步骤 成为一个新造的人 “ 我要做什么才能得救呢？”这是今日人类的呼声。 对此，圣经提供一个清楚的答案。 一. 承认 二. 三. 因为人人都犯了罪，亏缺了上帝的荣耀（罗马书三23） 四 …『上帝啊，可怜我这个罪人！』（路加福音十八13） 五. 六. 悔改 …你们若不悔改，都要这样灭亡（路加福音十三3） 所以你们应当悔改归正, 使你们的罪得着涂抹 (使徒行传三19) 认罪 我们若承认自己的罪, 上帝是信实的、公义的，必定赦免 我们的罪, 洁净我们脱离一切不义（约翰一书一9） 你若口里认耶稣为主, 心里信上帝使他从死人中复活， 就必得救（罗马书十9） 离罪 恶人要离弃自己的道路,不义的人当除去自己的意念，回转 过来归向耶和华… 因为他大大赦免人的罪 （以赛亚书五十五7) 信靠 上帝爱世人，甚至把他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他 的，不至灭亡，反得永生（约翰福音三16） 接受 他到自己的地方来，自己的人却不接受他。凡接受他的， 就是信他名的人，他就赐给他们权利，成为上帝的儿女 (约翰福音一11-12) 112

Six Spiritual Steps To Be A New Man Men still cry,“ what must I do to be saved?” The Bible provides a clear answer. 1. Acknowledge for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23) …God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ (Luke 18:13) 2. Repent I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. (Luke 13:3) But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer. (Acts 3:19) 3. Confess If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9) 4. Forsake Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. (Isaiah 55:7) 5. Believe For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16) 6. Receive He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God (John 1:11-12) 113

何不现在就作 “ 接受永生 ” 的决定呢？ “ 主耶稣，我相信你为我的罪而死， 求你赦免我。 现在我接受你为我个人的救主， 并邀请你来管理我从今以后的生命。 阿们.” Why not make a decision to accept eternal life now? “Lord Jesus, I believe you died for my sins and I ask your forgiveness. I receive you now as my personal Saviour and invite you to manage my life from this day forward. Amen.” 114