14/2/2024 权柄原是为造就人

林后13:8-10

我们凡事不能敌挡真理、只能扶助真理。即使我们软弱、你们刚强、我们也欢喜．并且我们所求的、就是你们作完全人。所以我不在你们那里的时候、把这话写给你们、好叫我见你们的时候、不用照主所给我的权柄、严厉的待你们．这权柄原是为造就人、并不是为败坏人。

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting. For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

主耶稣！我晓得权柄是神所定的律, 为管理和治理所设立的。权柄原是为造就人, 有人却是为了私己, 滥用权柄, 主啊！求祢管教政界, 商界, 教育界, 宗教界, 每一位滥用权柄的治理者, 也求圣灵赐给他们悔改的心。