Handling Our Ministry (Chinese/English)

2 COR 4
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
因此，既然我们有了这事工，正如我们蒙了怜悯，我们就不丧胆；

2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
反而我们弃绝了暗昧可耻的事，不以诡诈行事，也不歪曲神的道；乃是将真理显明出来，在神面前向每个人的良心推荐自己。

HANDLING OUR MINISTRY WELL
Paul spends probably the whole of the book of 2 Corinthians defending himself against the accusation of false teachers. These false teachers are criticizing Paul for a myriad of things, especially of using his ministry as a means to further his own ambitions.
善尽我们的事工
保罗可能在《哥林多后书》整卷书中都在为自己辩护，抵挡假教师的指控。这些假教师批评保罗的种种，尤其是指责他利用事工来实现自己的野心。

So how do we know what a true ministry is, well Paul gives us some clues in these two verses.
那么，我们如何知道什么是真正的事工呢？保罗在这两节经文中给了我们一些线索。

Firstly, a true ministry faints not. It keeps going. Now Paul has had to put up with so much, every place he went, he suffered persecution and hardship, but this didn’t stop him. One of the marks of a true ministry, is that nothing stops it. Satan can throw the kitchen sink at it, but the ministry will not faint.
首先，真正的事工不会丧胆。它会继续前行。现在保罗已经忍受了很多，无论他去哪里，都遭受迫害和艰难，但这并没有阻止他。真正事工的一个标志，就是没有什么能阻止它。撒旦可以倾尽全力攻击，但事工不会丧胆。

Secondly, there is the renouncing of all hidden things. Every true ministry and every true person is honest. There is no hidden agenda with them. Paul had once walked in dishonesty, but he had renounced all these things to walk in the truth of the gospel.
其次，是弃绝一切暗昧的事。每个真正的事工和每个真正的人都是诚实的。他们没有隐藏的议程。保罗曾经行事不诚，但他已弃绝这一切，走在福音的真理中。

Thirdly he didn’t use the word of God deceitfully. You know some preachers use the bible to further their own ends. You know these prosperity preachers use the bible in a deceitful way to express their own agenda. Have you used the bible in a deceitful way?
第三，他没有欺诈地使用神的话。你知道有些传道人利用圣经来达到自己的目的。你知道那些成功神学的传道人以欺诈的方式使用圣经来表达他们自己的议程。你有没有以欺诈的方式使用圣经？

Fourthly, it seeks to manifest the truth. The true ministry and the true minister, will speak truth. Have you spoken truth in your ministry? Paul had even though speaking the truth had got him into considerable trouble.
第四，它寻求彰显真理。真正的事工和真正的传道人，会讲真理。你在你的事工中讲过真理吗？保罗讲了，即使讲真理给他带来了相当大的麻烦。

Lastly, they commend themselves to men in the sight of God. I love to know the results of how these devotions are received, and although I do receive feedback. I and every minister have to commend their ministry and service to God and let him do what he wants to do. We may never know what impact we are having this side of eternity.
最后，他们在神面前向人推荐自己。我喜欢知道这些灵修信息是如何被接受的，尽管我确实收到了反馈。我和每个传道人都必须将他们的事工和服务交托给神，让祂按祂的旨意行事。我们可能永远不会知道我们在永恒的这一边产生了什么影响。

These are the marks of a ministry that is completely dependent on God and him alone.. there are many more.
这些是一个完全依赖神的事工的标志……还有更多。

God bless you
愿神祝福你