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成人主日學-20260412-敬畏神:讓你無所畏懼-6

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The teacher argues that whatever a person fears most is effectively their god — poverty, disease, and social judgment each function as idols for those who fear them.

1. This is the sixth session of an adult Sunday school class taught in Traditional Chinese, on the theme of fearing God and eliminating other fears, held on April 12, 2026. 2. The teacher opens by dedicating the session to God, noting the class runs through May with sessions on worship. 3. The lesson begins with Genesis 31, verse 42, where Jacob confronts Laban: 'If it weren't for the God of my father Abraham, you would have sent me away empty-handed.' 4. Jacob worked for Laban for 20 years — 14 years for his two wives and 6 years for livestock — with Laban changing his wages ten times, a situation the teacher compares to violations of Taiwan's Labor Standards Act, Article 10. 5. The teacher argues that Laban's oppression was not accidental but God's arranged 'furnace' for refining Jacob's character, and that each difficult person in a believer's life is similarly placed. 6. From Genesis 31, verse 53, the teacher draws the principle that 'what you fear is your god' — Jacob's uncle Nahor feared different gods, and the teacher applies this to modern life: fear of poverty, disease, or social judgment makes those fears into functional idols. 7. He argues that atheists are not godless because they pursue health, wealth, and status with religious intensity, sacrificing everything for those values — making them gods in a functional sense. 8. The teacher explains God's righteousness on two levels: positively, everything God does is right even when humans cannot understand it; negatively, God never lies, breaks covenants, or acts wrongly. 9. He introduces the concept of imputed righteousness through Jesus Christ: on the cross, Jesus' perfect righteousness was exchanged for human sin, so believers stand before God as righteous through Christ's merit, not their own. 10. Isaiah 11 is quoted to describe the seven graces of the Holy Spirit that rested on Jesus as Messiah: wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, fear of the Lord, and delight in the fear of the Lord. 11. Psalm 34, verses 11-12, is introduced as the call of the Holy Spirit to teach the way of fearing God: 'Stop your tongue from speaking evil, leave evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it.' 12. The teacher presents three questions to ask before speaking: Is it true? Is it kind (generous, non-harsh)? Is it necessary? He notes that truth is harder than it seems — even judicial verdicts built on evidence can hide injustice. 13. James 3, verses 1-12, is read at length, using the metaphors of a horse's bit, a ship's rudder, and a small fire igniting a forest to describe the tongue as the smallest but most dangerous part of the body. 14. A personal anecdote describes how the teacher handled gossip among office colleagues by turning passive phone complaints into active online Sunday study sessions — which both redirected conversations toward scripture and reduced gossip. 15. The teacher warns against the universal human contradiction: we dislike being controlled, persuaded, rebuked, taught, or scolded, yet we freely impose all of these on others — a hypocrisy James 3 identifies as the motivation for seeking to become teachers. 16. James 3, verse 1 is explained: those who choose to teach others will face stricter judgment, because teaching implies holding others to a standard one must oneself meet. 17. Martin Luther is quoted: 'A missionary must escape the fire of hell' because speaking the wrong thing can harm souls, and the teacher reflects on his own fear of saying something incorrect in the Sunday school role. 18. Faith, cognition, and behavior are presented as three inseparable elements of true Christian life: Abraham placed Isaac on the altar not only because he had faith but because he had cognitive understanding that God is good, righteous, and capable even of commands that surpass human rationality. 19. The wheelchair parable concludes the lesson: a young man pushing an elderly wheelchair user is happier than the person being pushed, because the young man has chosen freely to serve while the elderly person has no choice — connecting to Jesus' teaching that he came not to be served but to serve. 20. Best suited for Mandarin or Taiwanese Hokkien-speaking Christians seeking expository adult Bible study content with practical application to workplace and personal communication ethics; not suited for listeners seeking liturgical worship, musical content, or non-Christian religious material.

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