約翰福音17:6-19

 

17:6 「你從世上賜給我的人，我已將你的名顯明與他們。他們本是你的，你將他們賜給我，他們也遵守了你的道。
17:7 如今他們知道，凡你所賜給我的，都是從你那裡來的；
17:8 因為你所賜給我的道，我已經賜給他們，他們也領受了，又確實知道，我是從你出來的，並且信你差了我來。
17:9 我為他們祈求，不為世人祈求，卻為你所賜給我的人祈求，因他們本是你的。
17:10 凡是我的，都是你的；你的也是我的，並且我因他們得了榮耀。
17:11 從今以後，我不在世上，他們卻在世上；我往你那裡去。聖父啊，求你因你所賜給我的名保守他們，叫他們合而為一像我們一樣。
17:12 我與他們同在的時候，因你所賜給我的名保守了他們，我也護衛了他們；其中除了那滅亡之子，沒有一個滅亡的，好叫經上的話得應驗。
17:13 現在我往你那裡去，我還在世上說這話，是叫他們心裡充滿我的喜樂。
17:14 我已將你的道賜給他們。世界又恨他們；因為他們不屬世界，正如我不屬世界一樣。
17:15 我不求你叫他們離開世界，只求你保守他們脫離那惡者（或譯：脫離罪惡）。
17:16 他們不屬世界，正如我不屬世界一樣。
17:17 求你用真理使他們成聖；你的道就是真理。
17:18 你怎樣差我到世上，我也照樣差他們到世上。
17:19 我為他們的緣故，自己分別為聖，叫他們也因真理成聖。

 

⁶ “I have revealed you^[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. ⁸ For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. ⁹ I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. ¹⁰ All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. ¹¹ I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of^[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. ¹² While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by^[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

¹³ “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. ¹⁴ I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. ¹⁵ My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. ¹⁷ Sanctify them by^[d] the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

 

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    主耶穌這段禱告讓我們看見基督徒的合一是在主耶穌，不是組織或宗派。因為宗派是因為地域或文化產生的，是因著人的不同特質而誕生，這不是罪，這是顯明上帝家的豐富！

 

    我們不要用人的想法和觀念硬要宗派在組織上合一，這些合一通常是粗暴或自以為是，是沒有互相尊重的心，只是滿足人的想法，而不是滿足主耶穌的想法。只要大家都站立在「五個唯獨」（唯獨恩典、唯獨信心、唯獨以聖經為依歸、唯獨基督、唯獨上帝的榮耀）的基礎。

 

    《啟示錄》21章說到在上帝國中有不同寶石：「城牆的根基是用各樣寶石修飾的：第一根基是碧玉；第二是藍寶石；第三是綠瑪瑙；第四是綠寶石；第五是紅瑪瑙；第六是紅寶石；第七是黃璧璽；第八是水蒼玉；第九是紅璧璽；第十是翡翠；第十一是紫瑪瑙；第十二是紫晶。」(19-20節)

 

    感謝上帝，祂讓我們看見不是單單一種材料，是各種材料，都是為了榮耀上帝！