19:1 耶穌說完了這些話,就離開加利利,來到猶太的境界約旦河外。
19:2 有許多人跟著他,他就在那裡把他們的病人治好了。
19:3 有法利賽人來試探耶穌,說:「人無論甚麼緣故都可以休妻嗎?」
19:4 耶穌回答說:「那起初造人的,是造男造女,
19:5 並且說:『因此,人要離開父母,與妻子連合,二人成為一體。』這經你們沒有念過嗎?
19:6 既然如此,夫妻不再是兩個人,乃是一體的了。所以,上帝配合的,人不可分開。」
19:7 法利賽人說:「這樣,摩西為甚麼吩咐給妻子休書,就可以休她呢?」
19:8 耶穌說:「摩西因為你們的心硬,所以許你們休妻,但起初並不是這樣。
19:9 我告訴你們,凡休妻另娶的,若不是為淫亂的緣故,就是犯姦淫了;有人娶那被休的婦人,也是犯姦淫了。」
19:10 門徒對耶穌說:「人和妻子既是這樣,倒不如不娶。」
19:11 耶穌說:「這話不是人都能領受的,惟獨賜給誰,誰才能領受。
19:12 因為有生來是閹人,也有被人閹的,並有為天國的緣故自閹的。這話誰能領受就可以領受。」
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a] 5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[b]? 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
11 Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
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「離婚」在摩西的律法是允許的,在《申命記》24章1節說:「人若娶妻以後,見她有甚麼不合理的事,不喜悅她,就可以寫休書交在她手中,打發她離開夫家。」
於是有法利賽人來試探耶穌,說:「人無論甚麼緣故都可以休妻嗎?」
主耶穌回答:「那起初造人的,是造男造女,並且說:『因此,人要離開父母,與妻子連合,二人成為一體。』這經你們沒有念過嗎?既然如此,夫妻不再是兩個人,乃是一體的了。所以,上帝配合的,人不可分開。」
主耶穌的意思是:夫妻的關係親密到「二人成為一體」為什麼要離婚呢?然而法利賽人知道摩西在《申命記》說過可以寫休書一事,就反駁主耶穌:「這樣,摩西為甚麼吩咐給妻子休書,就可以休她呢?」
主耶穌在這裡很有意思的用人有罪性來回答法利賽人,「摩西因為你們的心硬,所以許你們休妻,但起初並不是這樣」。這裡的「心硬」就是人犯罪之後,罪近入人的生命,導致人的心剛硬抵擋上帝!這也是說,人心被罪殘害到整個心思意念都扭曲了!
上帝早就知道罪會帶來如此大的傷害,所以在尚未創造人的時候,早就預備了拯救的恩典,早就要拯救一批人離開罪的綑綁,雖然他們必然被罪所扭曲,也不會放棄,仍然要祂的愛子耶穌基督來死在十字架上,好敗壞魔鬼的作為!
也因為如此,救贖的行動不是事後的補救辦法,好像上帝不知道人會墮落,或是說上帝無法掌握人會墮落之事實。上帝早知道也允許人會犯罪,說得更大膽一點就是不怕人犯罪,因為一切的情況全在祂的預定之中!
也因此,不要害怕犯罪,要勇敢認罪,在上帝沒有困難的事,一切都是照上帝的主權在進行,聖靈要在上帝所預定的人心中將石心換成肉心,使我們不再剛硬,使我們有可以順服的心,來緊緊跟隨主耶穌,直到上帝國實現,一起進入榮耀中!
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