Pulpit Message Introduction for Oct.28

Pulpit Message Introduction
Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” What is the good of being called sons of God? The good is to be His heir. We Chinese know better that inheritance is to be passed on to heirs. Once there was a rich man. He was old and had no sons. He said to himself. Since I have to let people take away my things after I die, I will give them away now so that I know who take what before I die. He called in many people and said to them, “Find whatever you like and you can take it!” Some took the piano, refrigerator, computer, hi-fi system, others took the watch, diamond, gold, pearl etc. But there was a little boy who took nothing. He said to the rich man, “Can I take you as my dad?” The rich man said, “Yes, of course!” Then the little boy said in an affectionate tone, “Daddy!” The rich man was very happy. He said, “From now on I have a son.” And he passed an order stating that from then on people could not take things from his house anymore. It was because he had to leave them all to his son. Likewise, if we are God’s sons and daughters, we are His heirs. All that is His is ours. How do we become God’s sons and daughters? We do that by being peacemakers. In II Corinthians 5:18 Paul said, “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” That’s why Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” The Ottawa Chinese United Church has been doing the ministry of reconciliation in this capital city for 45 years. Today on this anniversary Sunday let us celebrate how blessed we are to be called sons of God.
講壇信息介紹
耶穌說使人和睦的人有福了，因為他們必稱為上帝的兒子。作上帝的兒子有什麼好處呢？它的好處就是作後嗣。我們中國人的習慣，遺產都是給兒子的。從前有一個財主，老而無子，他想到，與其死后，不知甚麼人分享我的財產，不如趁我在生，由我分送好了！他便召集了許多人來，對他們說： “你們喜歡我的甚麼東西，只管拿就是！”于是有人拿了鋼琴，冰箱，電腦，音響系統，也有拿了手表，鑽石，黃金，珍珠等等，唯獨有一個小孩子，甚麼都不拿，只對那個財主說：“我想拿你做爸爸，可以嗎？”那財主說：“當然可以！”於是小孩子便很親熱地叫了一聲爸爸，財主就無限歡喜地說：“從今以后我有兒子了。”便吩咐說：“你們不能再拿我的東西了，全部都要留給我的兒子啊!” 照樣我們若是上帝的兒女，若是上帝的後嗣，則所有的都是我們的。我們如何才能做上帝的兒女呢？使人和睦的人，就可以了。哥林多後書五章18節說：“祂藉著基督使我們與他和好，又將勸人與祂和好的職分賜給我們”。所以耶穌說使人和睦的人有福了，因為他們必稱為上帝的兒子。加京華人聯合教會45年在渥太華宣傳和好的福音，我們做了使人和睦的工作，今天我們要慶祝我們必成為上帝的兒子的福氣。