15:21 耶穌離開那裡,退到泰爾、西頓的境內去。
15:22 有一個迦南婦人,從那地方出來,喊著說:「主啊,大衛的子孫,可憐我!我女兒被鬼附得甚苦。」
15:23 耶穌卻一言不答。門徒進前來,求他說:「這婦人在我們後頭喊叫,請打發她走吧。」
15:24 耶穌說:「我奉差遣不過是到以色列家迷失的羊那裡去。」
15:25 那婦人來拜他,說:「主啊,幫助我!」
15:26 他回答說:「不好拿兒女的餅丟給狗吃。」
15:27 婦人說:「主啊,不錯;但是狗也吃牠主人桌子上掉下來的碎渣兒。」
15:28 耶穌說:「婦人,你的信心是大的!照你所要的,給你成全了吧。」從那時候,她女兒就好了。
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.
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聖經有些敘述事超越我們可以理解,也不是套用任何神學系統可以解釋的完全的,甚至要把它當成故事來聆聽,不要過多的解釋!就像這一篇,主耶穌和迦南婦人的對話!
我們不一定要推究這個外邦怎麼會來求耶穌呢?還會說猶太人說的話:「主啊,大衛的子孫,可憐我!我女兒被鬼附得甚苦。」而耶穌竟然不理她,還讓門徒覺得她煩,甚至發火向主耶穌說:「這婦人在我們後頭喊叫,請打發她走吧。」
主耶穌竟然也是用無理的話對她說:「我奉差遣不過是到以色列家迷失的羊那裡去。」「不好拿兒女的餅丟給狗吃。」
然而她契而不捨的對主說:「主啊,幫助我!」「主啊,不錯;但是狗也吃牠主人桌子上掉下來的碎渣兒。」
於是主很肯定的回答她:「婦人,你的信心是大的!照你所要的,給你成全了吧。」
這不應該解做那位迦南婦人,不灰心的祈求,所以感動主耶穌的心,因為這不是聖經的原則,不是上帝受人影響而改變!而是應該解做,上帝透過聖靈的啟示,要我們禱告不懈,不可以灰心,要努力求到底,明白上帝比我們高,我們要謙卑和敬畏來到主的面前祈求!
也因為這樣,我們要明白上帝是慈悲憐憫的上帝,祂要讓我們將難處帶到祂面前,藉由禱告親近祂,好得著力量來面對考驗,經歷上帝在基督裡的得勝!如此來豐盛我們的生命,並且與他有親密的關係!
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