2018年4月27日 星期五

希伯來書7:23-28


7:23 那些成為祭司的,數目本來多,是因為有死阻隔,不能長久。
7:24
這位既是永遠常存的,他祭司的職任就長久不更換。
7:25
凡靠著他進到上帝面前的人,他都能拯救到底;因為他是長遠活著,替他們祈求。
7:26
像這樣聖潔、無邪惡、無玷污、遠離罪人、高過諸天的大祭司,原是與我們合宜的。
7:27
他不像那些大祭司,每日必須先為自己的罪,後為百姓的罪獻祭;因為他只一次將自己獻上,就把這事成全了。
7:28
律法本是立軟弱的人為大祭司;但在律法以後起誓的話,是立兒子為大祭司,乃是成全到永遠的。

23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely[c] those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

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    主耶穌成為大祭司,不是為了自己的尊榮,而是為了拯救我們。正如經文所宣告:「凡靠著他進到上帝面前的人,他都能拯救到底;因為他是長遠活著,替他們祈求。

    而祂確確實實與律法所設立的大祭司不同,因為「他不像那些大祭司,每日必須先為自己的罪,後為百姓的罪獻祭;因為他只一次將自己獻上,就把這事成全了更可貴的是:「律法本是立軟弱的人為大祭司;但在律法以後起誓的話,是立兒子為大祭司,乃是成全到永遠的。

    因為祂是上帝的兒子,所以祂獻上自己成為無瑕疵的羔羊,是上帝所喜悅的馨香之祭!勝過人可以獻上的,比起千千萬萬的牛羊,更蒙上帝的喜悅!

    也因此,人在上帝面前不能以自己的努力或獻上的祭物,來與耶穌基督相比。人不可以自己的事奉和祭物在上帝面前誇口,這些都比不上基督的光彩,也唯有基督的獻上才能討上帝真正的喜悅!我們也唯有透過基督,才能重新回到上帝面前,建立正確且合宜的關係!

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