馬太福音17: 14-21

 

17:14 耶穌和門徒到了眾人那裡，有一個人來見耶穌，跪下，
17:15 說：「主啊，憐憫我的兒子！他害癲癇的病很苦，屢次跌在火裡，屢次跌在水裡。
17:16 我帶他到你門徒那裡，他們卻不能醫治他。」
17:17 耶穌說：「噯！這又不信又悖謬的世代啊，我在你們這裡要到幾時呢？我忍耐你們要到幾時呢？把他帶到我這裡來吧！」
17:18 耶穌斥責那鬼，鬼就出來；從此孩子就痊癒了。
17:19 門徒暗暗地到耶穌跟前，說：「我們為甚麼不能趕出那鬼呢？」
17:20 耶穌說：「是因你們的信心小。我實在告訴你們，你們若有信心，像一粒芥菜種，就是對這座山說：『你從這邊挪到那邊』，它也必挪去；並且你們沒有一件不能做的事了。
17:21 至於這一類的鬼，若不禱告、禁食，他就不出來（或譯：不能趕他出來）。」

 

¹⁴ When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. ¹⁵ “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

¹⁷ “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” ¹⁸ Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

²⁰ He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” ^[21]

 

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    主耶穌在這裡告訴我們「信心」的大能！即使是芥菜種大小的信心，所發出來的能力也是大的！正如主耶穌所說：「因你們的信心小。我實在告訴你們，你們若有信心，像一粒芥菜種，就是對這座山說：『你從這邊挪到那邊』，它也必挪去；並且你們沒有一件不能做的事了。」

 

   當然能力的來源是上帝，「信心」是信靠的心，是上帝大能的管道！就像水源的水要透過水道來運送，才能達到要灌溉的地方，讓農作物得著水可以存活和長大！信心的作用就如同水道，不是信心有大能，是上帝有大能！而信心更是上帝所賜，讓我們可以領受上帝的拯救！

 

    也因為這樣，我們不只是強調要有信心，更要強調要倚靠上帝，讓我們用信心支取上帝的大能，讓上帝所賜的福分透過我們的信靠而澆灌下來，使我們和我們身邊的人都蒙福！