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社群媒体没有提供一个健全的环境，让人去辩论基督教信仰中具争议性的问题。参与的人太容易便会使用攻击性的言词评论别人对圣经的解释、判定他们所说的大错特错，甚至是出于魔鬼的。

想像一下一个关于基督复活事件的线上论坛，参与讨论的人中有相信的人，也有人认为是虚假信息。幸而，在以马忤斯路上的讨论是平静和彼此尊重的，它允许人诚恳地发掘真理。这两个人在一起时，耶稣出现了，并且和他们同行。（参太 18:20，28:20）

神的计划是让祂的子民在群体中一起生活、学习和成长。我们中间没有人能完全认识神的话语，但藉着与其他人一起探讨，我们便能得到更深的洞察力了。“铁磨铁，磨出刃来，朋友相感，也是如此”。（箴 27:17）

我曾经参加过很多个小组，在小组中我们一起查考圣经，圣经“于教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的”，（参提后 3:16）我们把学到的应用在我们的生活中。身为牧师，我也不晓得所有的答案，但我发觉，当我们共同寻求更加认识耶稣时，祂便来到我们中间，我们都感受到祂的同在。

作为跟从基督的人，若坚持我们必然是对的，可能会把别人吓跑了，然而邀请人与我们同行并接受耶稣引导，我们便能够吸引其他人加入了。

Social media does not provide a healthy setting for Christian debate on controversial issues. It’s too easy for users to sound off with hurtful words over people’s interpretations of Scripture, judging them to be dead wrong or even devil-led.

Imagine such an online debate between people who believed in Christ’s resurrection and those who considered it fake news. Thankfully, the calm, respectful discussion we find on the road to Emmaus invites a genuine discovery of the truth. Where these two gathered, Jesus showed up and was there with them (see Matthew 18:20; 28:20).

God designed that his people would live, learn, and grow together in community. None of us has perfect knowledge of God’s Word, but we gain insight by studying it with others. “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17).

I have participated in many small groups in which we studied the Bible, which is “useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (see 2 Timothy 3:16), and applied it to life situations. As a pastor, I do not have all of the answers, but I have found that when we communally seek to know him better, Jesus joins us and we sense his presence.

As Christ-followers, we can scare people away with our insistence on being right, or we can attract people with our invitation to walk and learn together with Jesus as our guide.