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上帝在台湾北部的选民 卓邦宏牧师感恩见证

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一百多年前,先祖父母信主时,被四周亲戚诅咒说“你们败祖,败教,将来必受天罚。断绝后裔,死了无人哭”。至今,先祖已传下六、七代,不但没有绝后,反而后代繁荣,有牧师、传道人、长老执事、布道家、音乐家、医生、护士、律师等,感谢赞美全能慈爱的上帝。

2009年七月我回台湾时,专程赴桃园南崁一带,好几个卓家乡村,想把福音真理传授给他们。然而,所遇到的亲人都显得相当冷漠,不但拒绝领受,且对基督教深存敌意。他们是以极不友善的心态,口出恶言,破口大骂。遇此情形想到100多年前,吾先祖父母信主时,被周围亲戚们痛骂诅咒说:“你们败祖,败教,将来必定受到天罚,断绝后裔,死了无人哭”。

当年为了脱离那种无情无理的宗教迫害,我们先祖断然决定,带八个儿女和孙等,移居偏僻的东部,台湾后山的花莲去开垦谋生。

那时候交通尚未发达,经宜兰、苏澳到南方澳小港口,必须搭乘小舟,靠海岸行驶到花莲。因还没有建设港口,故遇风浪大时,就无法靠岸登陆,不得不再折回南方澳避险,等风浪略为平静,再冒生命危险驾舟到花莲靠岸。

当时的台湾人经常会遭遇原住民突击,惨割人头,他们把头颅晒干后去拜太阳神,谁杀得越多越显英雄。承蒙天父特别的怜悯与恩待,我们得从种种的险境,保全了全家大小的生命。

例如:某一天我们的牛车跟着团队回家途中,无缘无故地突然决定停下来休息。想不到,过了片刻,从后头跟上来的两个人继续往前时,瞬间被当地人斩了头便离开了。另一次,收割完后,三伯父准备在深更半夜,用牛车把稻谷运回,突然间雷霆万钧下了一阵暴雨。祖父说:“不要出门了,反正稻已收割了,稻米并不重要,留在田里好了。”不一会儿,惊闻有人跑来报恶讯说,在不远处有两个人被惨杀死了!

又一次,当四伯父在田地耕作之际,“碰”一响,一颗子弹突然擦过他手肘,烧破了上衣。他与牛在大吃惊之下,顿时飞也似地急速离该那田地。后来听说那射手是村里最高手的,连一支大拇指粗的灌木枝,距离十公尺都肯定打中。还有一次,有几个原住民突击到我们茅屋,原想来斩取人头,想不到却转向猪舍,宰了三只肥猪头,便跑掉了。

从上述几个例子,我们很显然地体验到上帝无穷无限的怜悯与恩典,在多灾多难的环境中,保全了大家的生命,这绝非是偶然侥倖的。

我们的先祖们,从拜偶像改信耶稣后,一直很虔诚、热心地持守纯正的信仰,被邻居公认为很诚实、和悦的基督徒。他们虽然失学,却会背诵一些圣经节,且吟唱多首赞美诗。先祖父经常带子女和孙等,晚上做家庭礼拜后,才去睡觉。长辈们对子女的管教颇严格,注意行为端正,不许口出恶言秽语。我祖父常有一句家训挂在口头云:大量就有大福,无量就无福。

先祖父终其一生非常节俭克己耐劳,殷勤务农,爱惜晚辈,蒙主极大恩佑。惟独一次在壮年时,因极力反对祖母听福音,有一天,生平健康的他,突然肚子痛的要命。据先父回忆说:“先祖父那时的感觉,痛得难以忍受,若地面有洞,一定要钻下去。”从此老人家也悔改信上帝,敬拜真神。直到76岁老迈之年,因身体衰弱,有时数周缺席未上教会。当精神体力许可时,我父亲才赶快带他坐牛车,往返数小时的路程,上教会礼拜。之后,先父曾趁机带先祖父去照一张相片,就是这么一张宝贵的遗照留下来,成为我们的家宝。

说到初期的凤林教会,根据建设教会的纪录,系在1916年1月25日,由我三、四伯父,先父与另一教会会友通力合作,亲自砍伐原木建造的。三年后于1919年5月10日再重新建正式礼拜堂。

吾先祖父母生下六男二女,其中老二和老七是牧师,而二伯父算是北部初代宣教士,马偕博士的最后一批学生。因此有幸在他逝世前,于1901年为我们全家照了一张极宝贵的全家福。先祖父母至今已传下六、七代,根据1908年我的寻查,不但没应当初故乡亲人的诅咒绝后,反而蒙上帝赐福,共有680多后裔。其中培养出38个牧师及15个嫁个牧师为师母之外,多半在教会被选为长老和执事的算不清。尚有担任主日学老师的,一些在国际舞台上的音乐家,布道家和一些医生、护士、律师等,在社会各阶层服务。半世纪来,移民南北美洲的约占家族的一半,最难得的是大约有97%以上都进入了教会。

另有一件很明显而非常希罕的神蹟,即第二次世界大战终止后,有一年父亲八兄弟姊妹及子孙们相聚,为先祖举行追思礼拜。事后,八位骨肉之亲在同桌用餐,欢然谈笑的气氛下,不知是三伯父或先父突然冒出话说:“我们已超过五六十岁了,希望要离世时,能按次序顺着走吧!”大家哈哈大笑。那知,果然半世纪之间,从长兄一个挨一个地蒙主恩召。

曾经照顾本人长大最小的小姑母,是最后在2009年7月24日因年纪老迈安然逝世,安息主怀,享年107高寿。主宰生命的天父,让他们都安享天年,享长寿而后息劳。长辈离世的年龄,依次是86 82 80 87 86 89 92和107岁,均荣归天国。

但愿一切感谢赞美,荣耀归于慈爱无限的天父上帝,阿们。


                

空麵粉桶里的颂赞

  基督信徒感恩见证

                       朝圣者福音社分享

我的神必照祂荣耀的丰富,在基督耶稣里使你们一切所需用的都充足。(腓立比书四:19)

当麵粉桶里装满了麵粉,银行有足够生活的存款,而且按时领到薪水的时候,我们确实能够相信神与我们同在。但有时会在另一种状况下相信神所应许的,就是当麵粉桶是空的,银行里没有存款,又完全没有收入的时候。

我曾听「中国内地代表团」的泰勒牧师说过:“当我最需要信心面对考验时,却发现它逐渐离去,此刻就是我必须学习少靠自己,而更多仰赖神的信实之时。惟有我们在神的应许上站立得稳,便会看见信心在遭遇考验之际及时出现。

也许麵粉没有了,银行存款和收入也没有了,但神在!我知道这是千真万确的,过去我常在公开场合宣讲“真正对神的信心,是能够把头伸进空的麵粉桶里赞美神”。我的妻子听过我说这话,过了不久,有一天她把我叫到厨房对我说“我要你来唱诗歌”,我觉得奇怪,走过去看看到底是怎么回事。

原来在厨房中间地上摆着一个她刚拂拭掉尘埃的麵粉桶,她说:“亲爱的,我时常听你说,如果有什么人相信上帝所说的话,愿意把头伸到空的麵粉桶里唱诗歌赞美上帝,一切神的祝福就要归给他,既然你相信上帝所说的话,现在是你的机会来实行你所传讲的了。」

那个空的麵粉桶敞开大口对着我,我的皮夹和麵粉桶一样是空的,我已经没有薪水可领,也不知会有任何收入。我不知道我的妻子如此欣赏我的讲道,而且她显然决定,要亲眼看我的实践。我寻求我的信心,找不到,我寻找逃脱的门路也没有,因为妻子用麵粉桶把出口堵住了!

我说:要我把头伸进麵粉桶里歌唱有一个条件。妻子问是什么条件?我告诉她,要你和我一起把头伸进去。你知道你答应过与我共安乐,也分担我的忧患。

妻子同意,于是我们俩便一同把头伸进麵粉桶,而且一起唱称颂上帝的赞美诗,我们多么享受此刻的美好!当我们把头抬起来,头髮上都沾到一些麵粉,我们当这是象征着将会有更多的麵粉跟着来。

当然没有人知道我们的需要和我家的空麵粉桶,但是第二天杂货店的人打电话来说,他那里有一桶麵粉是我家的。直到今天,都不知道这是谁和从什么地方来的,只知道是我们的天父知道我们的需要。

我曾参加过千人合唱的赞美盛会,也曾经在许多堂皇的教堂里或蔚蓝天空下唱诗歌,但都非常奇异的,和我们在空麵粉桶里的歌声不一样。我愿再次宣告:「我的神必照祂荣耀的丰富,在基督耶稣里使你们一切所需用的都充足。」(腓四:1


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