使徒行傳3:1-10

 

3:1 申初禱告的時候，彼得、約翰上聖殿去。
3:2 有一個人，生來是瘸腿的，天天被人抬來，放在殿的一個門口（那門名叫美門），要求進殿的人賙濟。
3:3 他看見彼得、約翰將要進殿，就求他們賙濟。
3:4 彼得、約翰定睛看他；彼得說：「你看我們！」
3:5 那人就留意看他們，指望得著甚麼。
3:6 彼得說：「金銀我都沒有，只把我所有的給你：我奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名，叫你起來行走！」
3:7 於是拉著他的右手，扶他起來；他的腳和踝子骨立刻健壯了，
3:8 就跳起來，站著，又行走，同他們進了殿，走著，跳著，讚美上帝。
3:9 百姓都看見他行走，讚美上帝；
3:10 認得他是那素常坐在殿的美門口求賙濟的，就因他所遇著的事滿心希奇、驚訝。

 

One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. ² Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. ³ When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. ⁴ Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” ⁵ So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.

⁶ Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” ⁷ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. ⁸ He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. ⁹ When all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

 

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    彼得說：「金銀我都沒有，只把我所有的給你：我奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名，叫你起來行走！」

 

    對基督徒而言，如此地宣告似乎不容易，深怕這樣說出去沒有應驗，是不是會不會羞辱主的名呢？然而事實剛好反而相反，要是我們不敢這樣宣告，反而是羞辱主名！害怕宣告主的全能，是因為心中的不信所造成的。而不信就被定罪，也因此說這是羞辱主名。

 

    也因此，我們在主日宣讀《使徒信經》時，不能有口無心的說：「我信上帝全能的父，…」，反而要堅定地宣讀！大家同心誦讀的時候，要求聖靈讓所有奉主名聚集的人，藉由誦讀時同得激勵與安慰，勇敢為上帝做見證，自然會發出比「讓瘸腿走路」更大的能量！

 

    而這能量就是《約翰福音》3章16節所說：「上帝愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的，不致滅亡，反得永生。」

 

    總結而說，就是「出死入生」得能量！