路加福音7:36-50

 

7:36 有一個法利賽人請耶穌和他吃飯；耶穌就到法利賽人家裡去坐席。
7:37 那城裡有一個女人，是個罪人，知道耶穌在法利賽人家裡坐席，就拿著盛香膏的玉瓶，
7:38 站在耶穌背後，挨著他的腳哭，眼淚溼了耶穌的腳，就用自己的頭髮擦乾，又用嘴連連親他的腳，把香膏抹上。
7:39 請耶穌的法利賽人看見這事，心裡說：「這人若是先知，必知道摸他的是誰，是個怎樣的女人；乃是個罪人。」
7:40 耶穌對他說：「西門！我有句話要對你說。」西門說：「夫子，請說。」
7:41 耶穌說：「一個債主有兩個人欠他的債；一個欠五十兩銀子，一個欠五兩銀子；
7:42 因為他們無力償還，債主就開恩免了他們兩個人的債。這兩個人哪一個更愛他呢？」
7:43 西門回答說：「我想是那多得恩免的人。」耶穌說：「你斷的不錯。」
7:44 於是轉過來向著那女人，便對西門說：「你看見這女人嗎？我進了你的家，你沒有給我水洗腳；但這女人用眼淚溼了我的腳，用頭髮擦乾。
7:45 你沒有與我親嘴；但這女人從我進來的時候就不住地用嘴親我的腳。
7:46 你沒有用油抹我的頭；但這女人用香膏抹我的腳。
7:47 所以我告訴你，她許多的罪都赦免了，因為她的愛多；但那赦免少的，他的愛就少。」
7:48 於是對那女人說：「你的罪赦免了。」
7:49 同席的人心裡說：「這是甚麼人，竟赦免人的罪呢？」
7:50 耶穌對那女人說：「你的信救了你；平平安安回去吧！」

 

³⁶ When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. ³⁷ A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. ³⁸ As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.

³⁹ When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”

⁴⁰ Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”

“Tell me, teacher,” he said.

⁴¹ “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,^[c] and the other fifty. ⁴² Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

⁴³ Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

⁴⁴ Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. ⁴⁵ You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. ⁴⁶ You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. ⁴⁷ Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

⁴⁸ Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

⁴⁹ The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

⁵⁰ Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

 

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    聖經在這裡教導我們一個很重要的原則：真正愛主的人是感受自己多得恩免的人！

 

    也因為這樣我們要如同保羅所說：「『基督耶穌降世，為要拯救罪人。』這話是可信的，是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是個罪魁。然而，我蒙了憐憫，是因耶穌基督要在我這罪魁身上顯明他一切的忍耐，給後來信他得永生的人作榜樣。」(提摩太前書1:15-16)

 

    所以，我們真認識自己是罪魁，竟然可以蒙上帝在基督裡如此的恩典！我們就會心被恩感來讚美與服事主了，從心中發頌讚！更發現「成聖」不是我們做了什麼，而是基督將聖潔賞賜給我們的！

 

    正如保羅所說：「就如上帝從創立世界以前，在基督裡揀選了我們，使我們在他面前成為聖潔，無有瑕疵！」(以弗所書1:4)

 

 

 

路加福音7:18-35

 

7:18 約翰的門徒把這些事都告訴約翰。
7:19 他便叫了兩個門徒來，打發他們到主那裡去，說：「那將要來的是你嗎？還是我們等候別人呢？」
7:20 那兩個人來到耶穌那裡，說：「施洗的約翰打發我們來問你：『那將要來的是你嗎？還是我們等候別人呢？』」
7:21 正當那時候，耶穌治好了許多有疾病的，受災患的，被惡鬼附著的，又開恩叫好些瞎子能看見。
7:22 耶穌回答說：「你們去，把所看見所聽見的事告訴約翰，就是瞎子看見，瘸子行走，長大痲瘋的潔淨，聾子聽見，死人復活，窮人有福音傳給他們。
7:23 凡不因我跌倒的，就有福了！」
7:24 約翰所差來的人既走了，耶穌就對眾人講論約翰說：「你們從前出去到曠野，是要看甚麼呢？要看風吹動的蘆葦嗎？
7:25 你們出去，到底是要看甚麼？要看穿細軟衣服的人嗎？那穿華麗衣服、宴樂度日的人是在王宮裡。
7:26 你們出去，究竟是要看甚麼？要看先知嗎？我告訴你們，是的，他比先知大多了。
7:27 經上記著說：『我要差遣我的使者在你前面預備道路』，所說的就是這個人。
7:28 我告訴你們，凡婦人所生的，沒有一個大過約翰的；然而上帝國裡最小的比他還大。」
7:29 眾百姓和稅吏既受過約翰的洗，聽見這話，就以上帝為義；
7:30 但法利賽人和律法師沒有受過約翰的洗，竟為自己廢棄了上帝的旨意。（29-30兩節或譯：眾百姓和稅吏聽見了約翰的話，就受了他的洗，便以上帝為義；但法利賽人和律法師不受約翰的洗，竟為自己廢棄了上帝的旨意。）
7:31 主又說：「這樣，我可用甚麼比這世代的人呢？他們好像甚麼呢？
7:32 好像孩童坐在街市上，彼此呼叫說：我們向你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們向你們舉哀，你們不啼哭。
7:33 施洗的約翰來，不吃餅，不喝酒，你們說他是被鬼附著的。
7:34 人子來，也吃也喝，你們說他是貪食好酒的人，是稅吏和罪人的朋友。
7:35 但智慧之子都以智慧為是。」

 

¹⁸ John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, ¹⁹ he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

²⁰ When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”

²¹ At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. ²² So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy^[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. ²³ Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

²⁴ After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? ²⁵ If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way before you.’

²⁸ I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹ (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

³¹ Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:

“‘We played the pipe for you,
    and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
    and you did not cry.’

³³ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ ³⁵ But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”

 

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    施洗約翰在苦難中，忘記主耶穌就是上帝所指示的「上帝的羔羊」！竟然要差遣人來問主耶穌：「那將要來的是你嗎？還是我們等候別人呢？」

 

    耶穌回答說：「你們去，把所看見所聽見的事告訴約翰，就是瞎子看見，瘸子行走，長大痲瘋的潔淨，聾子聽見，死人復活，窮人有福音傳給他們。凡不因我跌倒的，就有福了！」

 

    雖然約翰好像軟弱了，但是主耶穌仍然指明：「你們從前出去到曠野，是要看甚麼呢？要看風吹動的蘆葦嗎？你們出去，到底是要看甚麼？要看穿細軟衣服的人嗎？那穿華麗衣服、宴樂度日的人是在王宮裡。你們出去，究竟是要看甚麼？要看先知嗎？我告訴你們，是的，他比先知大多了。經上記著說：『我要差遣我的使者在你前面預備道路』，所說的就是這個人。我告訴你們，凡婦人所生的，沒有一個大過約翰的；然而上帝國裡最小的比他還大。」

 

    也因為主耶穌這樣說，讓眾百姓和稅吏明白：自己透過施洗約翰走在上帝的義路，雖然祂們沒有法利賽人和文士明白聖經！可惜的是，法利賽人和文士沒有受過約翰的洗，竟為自己廢棄了上帝的旨意。

 

    這是多麼可惜！正如今日有許多人按己意研讀聖經，發展出自以為是的神學觀點，沒又遵照聖靈在教會發展的使徒遺緒來認識聖經，以致信仰上有許多偏差而不自知！

 

    正如使徒彼得所說：「…那無學問、不堅固的人強解，如強解別的經書一樣，就自取沉淪。」(彼得後書3:16)

 

    這是很重要的警告，請不要看為小事！好好學習正確的解經，並要按正意分解真理的道！

 

 

 

路加福音7:11-17

 

7:11 過了不多時（有古卷：次日），耶穌往一座城去，這城名叫拿因，他的門徒和極多的人與他同行。
7:12 將近城門，有一個死人被抬出來。這人是他母親獨生的兒子；他母親又是寡婦。有城裡的許多人同著寡婦送殯。
7:13 主看見那寡婦，就憐憫她，對她說：「不要哭！」
7:14 於是進前按著槓，抬的人就站住了。耶穌說：「少年人，我吩咐你，起來！」
7:15 那死人就坐起，並且說話。耶穌便把他交給他母親。
7:16 眾人都驚奇，歸榮耀與上帝，說：「有大先知在我們中間興起來了！」又說：「上帝眷顧了他的百姓！」
7:17 他這事的風聲就傳遍了猶太和周圍地方。

 

¹¹ Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. ¹² As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. ¹³ When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

¹⁴ Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” ¹⁵ The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

¹⁶ They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” ¹⁷ This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.

 

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    有句話說：「寡婦死了兒子，沒指望！」

 

    這樣的事發生在拿因城的寡婦之身上，他的獨生子竟然死了！然而在這樣的狀態下，竟然與主耶穌相遇。主看見那寡婦，就憐憫她，對她說：「不要哭！」

 

    主耶穌不僅僅是憐憫那寡婦，祂更是說：「少年人，我吩咐你，起來！」那死人就坐起，並且說話。耶穌便把他交給他母親。

 

    或許你會覺得奇妙，但是在上帝而言是沒有難成的事！但是你會問，我為甚麼沒有遇見這樣的事呢？其實我們與主耶穌相遇也是經歷這樣的奇妙的事情！

 

    正如《約翰福音》3章16節說：「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。」

 

    是的，我們本該滅亡！可是，信靠主耶穌為救主時，就得永生了！

 

    主耶穌也說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，那聽我話、又信差我來者的，就有永生；不至於定罪，是已經出死入生了。」（約翰福音5:24）

 

    因此，我們信主的過程中，就是經歷復活的大能了！拿因寡婦的神蹟也發生在我們身上了！