路加福音5: 17-26

 

5:17 有一天，耶穌教訓人，有法利賽人和教法師在旁邊坐著；他們是從加利利各鄉村和猶太並耶路撒冷來的。主的能力與耶穌同在，使他能醫治病人。
5:18 有人用褥子抬著一個癱子，要抬進去放在耶穌面前，
5:19 卻因人多，尋不出法子抬進去，就上了房頂，從瓦間把他連褥子縋到當中，正在耶穌面前。
5:20 耶穌見他們的信心，就對癱子說：「你的罪赦了。」
5:21 文士和法利賽人就議論說：「這說僭妄話的是誰？除了上帝以外，誰能赦罪呢？」
5:22 耶穌知道他們所議論的，就說：「你們心裡議論的是甚麼呢？
5:23 或說『你的罪赦了』，或說『你起來行走』，哪一樣容易呢？
5:24 但要叫你們知道，人子在地上有赦罪的權柄。」就對癱子說：「我吩咐你，起來，拿你的褥子回家去吧！」
5:25 那人當眾人面前立刻起來，拿著他所躺臥的褥子回家去，歸榮耀與上帝。
5:26 眾人都驚奇，也歸榮耀與上帝，並且滿心懼怕，說：「我們今日看見非常的事了。」

 

¹⁷ One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. ¹⁸ Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. ¹⁹ When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

²⁰ When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

²¹ The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

²² Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴ But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” ²⁵ Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. ²⁶ Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

 

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    雖然疾病與罪惡並沒有直接的關係，但是人長期被罪惡所綑綁與魔鬼的控告，真的會使人產生病變，因為人的身心是一體的！也因此，不是外表的疾病得醫治就好！更是需要心中的罪惡得著赦免，疾病才能完全脫離！也因此，主耶穌不僅醫治癱瘓，更對癱子說：「你的罪赦了。」

 

    當然主耶穌不只是完全的人，祂也是完全的上帝！所以祂是有權柄，並且是必要的，向來尋求祂的人說：「你的罪赦了。」

 

    祂之所以有這樣的權柄，一方面祂是上帝，更另一方面祂親自成為祭牲，承擔我們的死罪！但是奇妙的是，祂更是勝過罪惡，死亡也無法綑綁祂！也因此，祂能救贖我們，賜給我們權柄成為上帝的兒女！

 

    耶穌基督以死後第三日復活，來向我們宣告祂的拯救是有效的，而且是有能力的！正如祂可以對癱子說：「我吩咐你，起來，拿你的褥子回家去吧！」

 

    那人當眾人面前立刻起來，拿著他所躺臥的褥子回家去，歸榮耀與上帝。

   

    我們今天也要歸榮耀與上帝，並且滿心讚美說：「我們今日看見非常的事了。」