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義和不義有什麼相交呢?——評牧師韓相烈被判刑

曼德

今年年初,朝鮮(北韓)連續9年被國際基督教組織“Open Doors”評為基督教信徒受迫害最嚴重的國家。在該組織網站公開的「2011環球監察名單」中朝鮮在50個基督教受迫害國家排序中占首位。“Open Doors”指出:「朝鮮強迫所有居民崇拜領導人金正日,朝鮮政權甚至否認基督徒的存在權利」。

但是,在自由民主國家韓國的基督教界,有些牧師竟然對朝鮮的罪惡視而不見,甚至與迫害基督徒肢體的專制者媾和、攻擊自己的祖國、出賣國家利益,這樣的牧師顯然違背了上帝的公義,如果觸犯了法律,也應該受到相應的懲處。韓國韓相烈牧師,就屬這樣的一個人物。

韓相烈,1950年出生於韓國全羅北道,1987年成為牧師。多年來,韓相烈對朝鮮總是讚不絕口,稱朝鮮的「先軍政治」是「和平政治」,朝鮮以往派往韓國的特工是「愛國統一烈士」。2010年6月12日,韓牧師未經韓國政府批准而從北京乘坐航班抵達平壤,並停留70日。期間他多次會見金永南等朝鮮主要領導人,並在平壤舉行記者招待會,呼吁韓國當局「回心轉意」,履行朝韓首腦簽署的《北南共同宣言》,並主張「天安艦事件是美國和李明博政權聯合設計的騙局」。韓相烈於2010年8月15日通過板門店軍事分界線到韓國後即被檢察廳拘捕。

根據韓聯社報道,2010年12月23日首爾中央地方檢察廳提出公訴,對韓相烈控罪並建議判處有期徒刑10年,剝奪政治權利10年。2011年1月21日首爾中央地方法院判處韓相烈有期徒刑5年,取消相關資格5年。2011年6月30日,韓國首爾高等法院宣布,韓相烈被判處有期徒刑3年。

從韓相烈事件的整個過程來看,韓牧師觸犯韓國法律是確定無疑的,該受懲處。所幸的是他生在自由民主的韓國,結果從輕發落。如果換作一個北韓人到韓國發表眾多反北韓言論,那麼返回北韓後肯定第一時間就被擊斃。韓相烈的行徑也受到韓國基督教界主流的強烈批評。韓國國政協顧問崔海日牧師指出,一位牧師的訪朝行為出自不懂得歷史的無知。「是因為不懂得痛苦的歷史。」「應該向韓牧師和子孫後代正確教授過去的歷史、痛苦的歷史才能防止又一次發生這種事情」。

韓相烈事件給我們很多思考,基督徒尤其是牧師,是否要遵守民主國家的法律和立場?基督徒的信仰自由和言論自由有沒有限制?一個基督徒該不該為專制政權唱贊歌?基督徒如何處理愛仇敵和公義的問題?

韓國是民主自由的國家,其當今總統也是個敬畏神的人。在韓國的基督徒們既是天國的子民,也是韓國國家的公民,作為民主自由國家的公民,一定要遵守本國的法律。韓相烈作為牧師也要遵守韓國的法律,因為在公民這一點上他與其他韓國人都是平等的。韓相烈以信仰的名義進行的所有行為,其中若有觸犯法律的,必應受懲。

韓相烈被判刑後,很多海外華人紅色牧師以「兔死狐悲」的架勢指責韓國罔顧韓牧師的言論自由。其實這不是言論自由問題,這是與國家的敵人勾結叛國的問題,而且韓相烈的行為已經上升到行動的層次,對國家安全構成了實質的危害。

《聖經》哥林多後書6:14:「你們和不信的原不相配,不要同負一軛。義和不義有什麼相交呢?光明和黑暗有什麼相通呢?」。上帝是忌邪的神,諸如北韓這樣的法西斯政權,作為基督徒、尤其是牧者,是不應該與他們媾和,更不應該為其唱贊歌。這不僅是違背法律的問題,更重要的是違背基督徒的良知和上帝的准則。與一個對基督教采取滅絕政策的專制者握手並為其效力,這樣的基督徒確實丟失了基督徒作人的底線。

神是慈愛的神,神也是公義的神。神愛罪人,但神恨惡罪。創世記 18章 25節:「
將義人與惡人同殺,將義人與惡人一樣看待,這斷不是你所行的。審判全地的主,豈不行公義嗎?」。詩篇 11章 7節:「因為耶和華是公義的。他喜愛公義。正直人必得見他的面」。神的公義的屬性必然要求我們行出公義來,對那些殘害基督徒、踐踏基本人權和普世價值的專制惡魔,只有公義的抗爭、改革、顛覆,才真正是符合神的心意。而如果以「愛仇敵「的名義與專制惡魔握手言歡,實在違背神的本性,也玷污了基督徒作為神的兒子的名分。

這一切,正如一位1989學生領袖、現為海外某教會牧者的傳道人針對此事件所說的:「我想全本聖經最可悲的話,只有兩句,一句是對傳道人說的:『神並沒有差遣你』。一句是對信徒說的:『我不認識你』。試想一個人一輩子傳道,但到末了,神卻對他說:『我沒有差遣你。』是不是可憐呢?我們不能不承認,今日實在有的傳道人不是神所差遣的……」。

我們可以肯定的是,神正通過韓相烈事件給海外的紅色牧師們一個警告:既然身在民主自由國家,就要維護民主自由國家的價值;北韓、中國等共產主義國家是迫害基督徒、踐踏人權的國家,與這些惡魔決不能媾和、更不能為之效勞。基督徒們,需要的是在神的公義屬性引導下,與邪惡爭戰、打那美好的勝仗。神必然與我們同在,護佑我們的爭戰。因為「他要按公義審判世界,按正直判斷萬民「(詩篇 9章 8節)


【曼德,基督徒作家、羊文化首倡者,基督教道學碩士,曾在大陸數百家教會、工商團契和企業演講,經常於眾多主內刊物發表文章。曾在大陸出版《天職》、《新職業觀》,在香港出版演講光盤《信仰與經濟》,在美國出版《榮耀職場》。現為中國福音會副宣教士。聯絡作者及奉獻曼德文字及文化事工,請電郵至:mandeusa@gmail.com

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Since Dec 2, 2012, my father Pastor Shengliang Gong had High Blood Pressure and Cerebral Infraction, but he never got the proper medical checkup and adequate treatments. Consequently, my father’s illness got worse and worse. More than once my father almost fell to the ground during last November.

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三化異象
中國福音化
  五十年來,中國大陸的信徒從不到100萬(1949)遽增到八千萬(2000),這是中國五千年來難得的宣教黃金時期;在中國教會裡,也普遍呈現「羊在找牧人」的現象,上帝為中國敞開了大門!現在就是「中國福音化」的關鍵時刻!
教會國度化
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  1989年「六四」之後,大批的中國知識分子信主,他們承認了理性的局限性,也不再提「反宗教、反帝國主義」,轉而思考基督教對中國現代化有何貢獻?如今正是因勢利導,以基督思想來影響中國文化,以聖經真理來更新中國文化的關鍵時刻!

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