创世纪 3:8-9
天起了凉风，耶和华神在园中行走。那人和他妻子听见神的声音，就藏在园里的树木中，躲避耶和华神的面。耶和华神呼唤那人，对他说，你在哪里。
以西结 34:11
“主耶和华如此说：看哪，我必亲自寻找我的羊，将他们寻见。
路加福音 19:10
人子来，为要寻找、拯救失丧的人。
启示录 3:20
看哪，我站在门外叩门；若有听见我声音就开门的，我要进到他那里去，我与他、他与我一同坐席。
Testimony of Francis Collins
- worked on DNA sequencing, marvel at the biology world, lead to meditations about evolution vs design
- if man came only lfrom evolution based on random processes only, then there cannot be any ultimate meaning to life, except perhaps the passing on of "good" genes
- the observation that altruism does not fit the framework of evolution (remark: actually, people can explain "altruism" in a more generic framework of evolution?)
- became a strong basis for his faith: seeing God's love from His creation
In fact, we see the existence of God through 2 of His revelations: 1) Bible, 2) Creation.
We not only see His existence/signature, we also see that He loves and seeks us: whatever we need (air, water, sun, food etc) He gave us
the failure to acknowledge that leads to sin, judgement
- even then (Gen 2:16-17) when Adam and Eve disobeyed, God did not kill them instantly, instead He seeked them, pursued them
Gen 3v9: 你在哪里？表达了神的寻找，也是对我们的提醒：我们的状态究竟在哪里？
人的生命不止是物质可以满足的，而是需要神的爱才能真正满足
（但如果我拥有了神的爱，仍不满足？）
1 John 2:15-17 --- 即使信主之后，神仍然在呼喊我们！（启示录3:20是写给教会的）
表面上每周去教会的我们是不是真的内心火热，是不是真的视主为生命中的主？是不是真的把自己所有的事都交托给了神？
即使我们被你，“昏迷”而没有回应（like in a coma），神依然爱我们，依然呼唤我们。
别再让神等待，否则到了那一天，关在门外，哀哭切齿（reminds of Heb 3:15 " 经上说：“你们今日若听他的话，就不可硬着心，像惹他发怒的日子一样。”）
总结
神的寻找与呼唤对象
1）不信者 －神给予选择回应的自由
2）已信者 －神等待内心密室的打开
我们的回应：抓住现在这个当下去回应神的呼唤
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