路加福音2:41-52

 

2:41 每年到逾越節，他父母就上耶路撒冷去。
2:42 當他十二歲的時候，他們按著節期的規矩上去。
2:43 守滿了節期，他們回去，孩童耶穌仍舊在耶路撒冷。他的父母並不知道，
2:44 以為他在同行的人中間，走了一天的路程，就在親族和熟識的人中找他，
2:45 既找不著，就回耶路撒冷去找他。
2:46 過了三天，就遇見他在殿裡，坐在教師中間，一面聽，一面問。
2:47 凡聽見他的，都希奇他的聰明和他的應對。
2:48 他父母看見就很希奇。他母親對他說：「我兒！為甚麼向我們這樣行呢？看哪，你父親和我傷心來找你！」
2:49 耶穌說：「為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎（或譯：豈不知我應當在我父的家裡嗎）？」
2:50 他所說的這話，他們不明白。
2:51 他就同他們下去，回到拿撒勒，並且順從他們。他母親把這一切的事都存在心裡。
2:52 耶穌的智慧和身量（或譯：年紀），並上帝和人喜愛他的心，都一齊增長。

 

⁴¹ Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. ⁴² When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. ⁴³ After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. ⁴⁴ Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. ⁴⁵ When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. ⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷ Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸ When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

⁴⁹ “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”^{[f] 50} But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁵¹ Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. ⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

 

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    主耶穌也有成長的過程，也展現祂的睿智在小孩子的時候，正如經文所說：「過了三天，就遇見他在殿裡，坐在教師中間，一面聽，一面問。凡聽見他的，都希奇他的聰明和他的應對。」

 

    馬利亞質問祂：「我兒！為甚麼向我們這樣行呢？看哪，你父親和我傷心來找你！」

 

    但是主耶穌卻回答：「為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎（或譯：豈不知我應當在我父的家裡嗎）？」

 

    這段經文述說：主耶穌在童年就知道自己是上帝的兒子！這打破異端「嗣子說」，持「嗣子說」之伊便尼派認為：耶穌跟我們一樣，是完完全全的人，是父母性行為後所生的，而並不是任何定義上的上帝降生成人；伊便尼派認為，耶穌特別的地方，不在於他有神性，而是他是世上最大的義人，他比任何人都更能遵守猶太律法，因此上帝在耶穌受洗時，接納了耶穌為祂的義子，並派他作為救贖人類的犠牲品，這時候耶穌才知道自己是上帝的兒子。

 

    之所以提這事，因為最近有看到電影用「嗣子說」的角度在述說主耶穌，不相信主耶穌真正是上帝的兒子，不相信基督的神性！這樣的異端思想，把主耶穌當作只是人，是無法真正完成救贖的大功，如此信也是徒然的！

 

    我們要相信主耶穌是真正為上帝也真正為人，才能實現上帝的救恩，我們才可以得著救贖，成為上帝的兒女，享受永生無限！