馬可福音6:45-52

 

6:45 耶穌隨即催門徒上船，先渡到那邊伯賽大去，等他叫眾人散開。
6:46 他既辭別了他們，就往山上去禱告。
6:47 到了晚上，船在海中，耶穌獨自在岸上；
6:48 看見門徒因風不順，搖櫓甚苦。夜裡約有四更天，就在海面上走，往他們那裡去，意思要走過他們去。
6:49 但門徒看見他在海面上走，以為是鬼怪，就喊叫起來；
6:50 因為他們都看見了他，且甚驚慌。耶穌連忙對他們說：「你們放心！是我，不要怕！」
6:51 於是到他們那裡，上了船，風就住了；他們心裡十分驚奇。
6:52 這是因為他們不明白那分餅的事，心裡還是愚頑。

 

⁴⁵ Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. ⁴⁶ After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.

⁴⁷ Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. ⁴⁸ He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, ⁴⁹ but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, ⁵⁰ because they all saw him and were terrified.

Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” ⁵¹ Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, ⁵² for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.

 

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    有首詩歌說到：「有主在我的船上，就不怕風浪！」

 

    是的，我們的生命要有主的同在，才會有真正的平安！我們願意將自己的生命交託在主的手中，即使再大的風雨，主都可以讓它平靜，所以主耶穌常常會對在危難中的人說：「你們放心！是我，不要怕！」

 

    不要怕，主是我們心裡的力量！正如聖經所說：「上帝能照著運行在我們心裡的大力充充足足地成就一切，超過我們所求所想的。但願他在教會中，並在基督耶穌裡，得著榮耀，直到世世代代，永永遠遠。阿們！」(以弗所書3:20-21)

 

 

 

 

馬可福音6:30-44

6:30 使徒聚集到耶穌那裡，將一切所做的事、所傳的道全告訴他。
6:31 他就說：「你們來，同我暗暗地到曠野地方去歇一歇。」這是因為來往的人多，他們連吃飯也沒有工夫。
6:32 他們就坐船，暗暗地往曠野地方去。
6:33 眾人看見他們去，有許多認識他們的，就從各城步行，一同跑到那裡，比他們先趕到了。
6:34 耶穌出來，見有許多的人，就憐憫他們，因為他們如同羊沒有牧人一般，於是開口教訓他們許多道理。
6:35 天已經晚了，門徒進前來，說：「這是野地，天已經晚了，
6:36 請叫眾人散開，他們好往四面鄉村裡去，自己買甚麼吃。」
6:37 耶穌回答說：「你們給他們吃吧。」門徒說：「我們可以去買二十兩銀子的餅給他們吃嗎？」
6:38 耶穌說：「你們有多少餅，可以去看看。」他們知道了，就說：「五個餅，兩條魚。」
6:39 耶穌吩咐他們，叫眾人一幫一幫地坐在青草地上。
6:40 眾人就一排一排地坐下，有一百一排的，有五十一排的。
6:41 耶穌拿著這五個餅，兩條魚，望著天祝福，擘開餅，遞給門徒，擺在眾人面前，也把那兩條魚分給眾人。
6:42 他們都吃，並且吃飽了。
6:43 門徒就把碎餅碎魚收拾起來，裝滿了十二個籃子。
6:44 吃餅的男人共有五千。

 

³⁰ The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. ³¹ Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

³² So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. ³³ But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. ³⁴ When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

³⁵ By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. ³⁶ Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

³⁷ But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages^[e]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

³⁸ “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”

When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

³⁹ Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰ So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. ⁴¹ Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. ⁴² They all ate and were satisfied, ⁴³ and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. ⁴⁴ The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

 

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    我們不要以為自己擁有很多才能滿足眾人的需要，其實不用！只要有「五個餅，兩條魚」就可以了！重要的是要將這一點點交給主耶穌來使用，就會產生大大的作用！

 

    今天我們不要擔心我們的才幹和能力不大，只要我們願意讓主耶穌來使用，即使是一點點付出，也要成就大大的事工！怕的是，我們不願意交給主來使用，即使有再大的恩賜也無法發揮出大功效！

 

    親愛的弟兄姊妹，讓我們勇敢將自己的才能還給主耶穌來使用，讓主的名可以大大得著榮耀，使自己也成為多人的祝福！

 

 

 

 

馬可福音6:14-29

6:14 耶穌的名聲傳揚出來。希律王聽見了，就說：「施洗的約翰從死裡復活了，所以這些異能由他裡面發出來。」
6:15 但別人說：「是以利亞。」又有人說：「是先知，正像先知中的一位。」
6:16 希律聽見卻說：「是我所斬的約翰，他復活了。」
6:17 先是希律為他兄弟腓力的妻子希羅底的緣故，差人去拿住約翰，鎖在監裡，因為希律已經娶了那婦人。
6:18 約翰曾對希律說：「你娶你兄弟的妻子是不合理的。」
6:19 於是希羅底懷恨他，想要殺他，只是不能；
6:20 因為希律知道約翰是義人，是聖人，所以敬畏他，保護他，聽他講論，就多照著行（有古卷：游移不定），並且樂意聽他。
6:21 有一天，恰巧是希律的生日，希律擺設筵席，請了大臣和千夫長，並加利利作首領的。
6:22 希羅底的女兒進來跳舞，使希律和同席的人都歡喜。王就對女子說：「你隨意向我求甚麼，我必給你。」
6:23 又對她起誓說：「隨你向我求甚麼，就是我國的一半，我也必給你。」
6:24 她就出去對她母親說：「我可以求甚麼呢？」她母親說：「施洗約翰的頭。」
6:25 她就急忙進去見王，求他說：「我願王立時把施洗約翰的頭放在盤子裡給我。」
6:26 王就甚憂愁；但因他所起的誓，又因同席的人，就不肯推辭，
6:27 隨即差一個護衛兵，吩咐拿約翰的頭來。護衛兵就去，在監裡斬了約翰，
6:28 把頭放在盤子裡，拿來給女子，女子就給她母親。
6:29 約翰的門徒聽見了，就來把他的屍首領去，葬在墳墓裡。

 

¹⁴ King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying,^[b] “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

¹⁵ Others said, “He is Elijah.”

And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.”

¹⁶ But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”

¹⁷ For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. ¹⁸ For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ¹⁹ So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, ²⁰ because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled^[c]; yet he liked to listen to him.

²¹ Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. ²² When the daughter of^[d] Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” ²³ And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”

²⁴ She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

²⁵ At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

²⁶ The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. ²⁷ So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, ²⁸ and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. ²⁹ On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

 

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    施洗約翰忠心的為主傳道，甚至不畏懼希律王的權威指責他的不義，為他帶來了殺身之禍。這也是基督徒為主傳道必須要有的看見，因為為主傳道也會為主的緣故被人所排斥和厭惡，甚至被殺害！但是，我們仍然要施洗約翰一樣，不要吝惜自己的生命，該為主犧牲的時候，也要犧牲，主必定記念的！

 

    也因為如此，希律王盼望主耶穌是施洗約翰的復活，好讓自己可以脫罪。這當然是不可能的事！但是由此看見，施洗約翰在希律王的心中還是有相當的地位呢！這是為主殉道帶出來的感動力，使惡人良心大大受責備！

 

    正如主耶穌復活升天以後，聖靈降臨在使徒的身上，在第一個五旬節門徒見證主耶穌已經復活顯明為上帝所設立的基督之時候，哪些呼喊將耶穌釘十字架的群眾，發現自己犯了滔天大罪，而這罪竟然可以經由信靠主耶穌而得赦免，就有三千人悔改接受耶穌基督是主！這就是復活的大能！

 

    同樣，這樣的大能也臨到我們這些願意接受耶穌基督為救主的人身上，讓我們離開罪與死的權勢，而得著生命與聖靈，成為永生上帝的兒女！

 

 

 

 

馬可福音6:7-13

 

6:7 耶穌叫了十二個門徒來，差遣他們兩個兩個地出去，也賜給他們權柄，制伏污鬼；
6:8 並且囑咐他們：「行路的時候不要帶食物和口袋，腰袋裡也不要帶錢，除了柺杖以外，甚麼都不要帶；
6:9 只要穿鞋，也不要穿兩件褂子」；
6:10 又對他們說：「你們無論到何處，進了人的家，就住在那裡，直到離開那地方。
6:11 何處的人不接待你們，不聽你們，你們離開那裡的時候，就把腳上的塵土跺下去，對他們作見證。」
6:12 門徒就出去傳道，叫人悔改，
6:13 又趕出許多的鬼，用油抹了許多病人，治好他們。

 

⁷ Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.

⁸ These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. ⁹ Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. ¹⁰ Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. ¹¹ And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

¹² They went out and preached that people should repent. ¹³ They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

 

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    主耶穌不只是自己做上帝國的事工，他也差遣門徒去做相同的事工。然而主耶穌差遣他們不是光命令，更是賜給他們權柄，制伏污鬼。做領袖的目的，不是自己高高在上，而是要喚醒跟隨者的生命，使他們也能做領袖所能做的事，這就是所謂的「複製」！

 

    對基督徒而言，主耶穌在我們身上的「複製」，是讓我們也擁有上帝兒女的生命，也就是永生！而擁有永生的人，同樣領受到上帝的同在，所以能叫人悔改，又趕出許多的鬼，又可用油抹了許多病人，治好他們。

 

    因此，我們也有這樣的把握，因為聖經應許我們：「凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就賜他們權柄作上帝的兒女。」(約翰福音1:12)