路加福音13:31-35

 

13:31 正當那時，有幾個法利賽人來對耶穌說：「離開這裡去吧，因為希律想要殺你。」
13:32 耶穌說：「你們去告訴那個狐狸說：『今天、明天我趕鬼治病，第三天我的事就成全了。』
13:33 雖然這樣，今天、明天、後天，我必須前行，因為先知在耶路撒冷之外喪命是不能的。
13:34 耶路撒冷啊！耶路撒冷啊！你常殺害先知，又用石頭打死那奉差遣到你這裡來的人。我多次願意聚集你的兒女，好像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下；只是你們不願意。
13:35 看哪，你們的家成為荒場留給你們。我告訴你們，從今以後你們不得再見我，直等到你們說：『奉主名來的是應當稱頌的。』」

 

³¹ At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”

³² He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’ ³³ In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. ³⁵ Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’^[b]”

 

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    法利賽人要用「死」來恐嚇主耶穌，不要讓祂去耶路撒冷。然而主耶穌不但沒有害怕，更是為耶路撒冷來感到難過！因為耶路撒冷殺害了許多先知，變成不公義的地方！

 

    然而主耶穌卻清楚自己必在耶路撒冷受害，並且在第三日復活！所以，祂不害怕反而更積極的去耶路撒冷，為要成就上帝的旨意，使我們一切信主耶穌的人，因為主耶穌獻上自己為祭而得拯救，享受上帝豐盛的恩典！

 

    因此，我們要為主耶穌的勇敢面對耶路撒冷而感謝上帝，因為上帝預備在基督裡的救恩，是真實且可靠，更是有能力和果效的！

 

 

路加福音13:22-30

 

13:22 耶穌往耶路撒冷去，在所經過的各城各鄉教訓人。
13:23 有一個人問他說：「主啊，得救的人少嗎？」
13:24 耶穌對眾人說：「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。
13:25 及至家主起來關了門，你們站在外面叩門，說：『主啊，給我們開門！』他就回答說：『我不認識你們，不曉得你們是哪裡來的！』
13:26 那時，你們要說：『我們在你面前吃過喝過，你也在我們的街上教訓過人。』
13:27 他要說：『我告訴你們，我不曉得你們是哪裡來的。你們這一切作惡的人，離開我去吧！』
13:28 你們要看見亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各，和眾先知都在上帝的國裡，你們卻被趕到外面，在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。
13:29 從東、從西、從南、從北將有人來，在上帝的國裡坐席。
13:30 只是有在後的，將要在前；有在前的，將要在後。」

 

²² Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. ²³ Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, ²⁴ “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. ²⁵ Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

²⁶ “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

²⁷ “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

²⁸ “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. ²⁹ People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

 

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    主耶穌在這裡提醒我們：「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。」

 

    因此，心中被聖靈光照，知道唯有靠耶穌基督才能得上帝的拯救，就要快快歸向上帝，加入教會不要再遲疑，時間是不等人的，要把握時間來悔改信主，進入窄門！

 

    這樣的積極不是「自私」，是聖靈工作的結果，我們要為此感謝上帝！

 

 

 

 

 

路加福音13:18-21

 

13:18 耶穌說：「上帝的國好像甚麼？我拿甚麼來比較呢？
13:19 好像一粒芥菜種，有人拿去種在園子裡，長大成樹，天上的飛鳥宿在它的枝上。」
13:20 又說：「我拿甚麼來比上帝的國呢？
13:21 好比麵酵，有婦人拿來藏在三斗麵裡，直等全團都發起來。」

 

¹⁸ Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? ¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”

²⁰ Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? ²¹ It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds^[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

 

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    上帝國是會成長的，是有機體，而且會發展到超過人的想像的！

 

 

 

路加福音13:1-9

 

13:1 正當那時，有人將彼拉多使加利利人的血攙雜在他們祭物中的事告訴耶穌。
13:2 耶穌說：「你們以為這些加利利人比眾加利利人更有罪，所以受這害嗎？
13:3 我告訴你們，不是的！你們若不悔改，都要如此滅亡！
13:4 從前西羅亞樓倒塌了，壓死十八個人；你們以為那些人比一切住在耶路撒冷的人更有罪嗎？
13:5 我告訴你們，不是的！你們若不悔改，都要如此滅亡！」
13:6 於是用比喻說：「一個人有一棵無花果樹栽在葡萄園裡。他來到樹前找果子，卻找不著。
13:7 就對管園的說：『看哪，我這三年來到這無花果樹前找果子，竟找不著。把它砍了吧，何必白佔地土呢！』
13:8 管園的說：『主啊，今年且留著，等我周圍掘開土，加上糞；
13:9 以後若結果子便罷，不然再把它砍了。』」

 

Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ² Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? ³ I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

⁶ Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. ⁷ So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

⁸ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹ If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

 

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    「悔改」不是「因為後悔做錯事而改變」的意思，而是「心意更新而歸向上帝」的意思。然而這種動力是來自聖靈，不是人的自覺或是領悟到什麼道理。因為人自從亞當犯罪以來，已經被罪惡轄制，如同樹木盤根在建築物一樣，人無法靠己力自救，必須要上帝的拯救大能，才能領受悔改的力量！

 

    當然人的悔改不一定是馬上實現，需要時間來成就，正如主耶穌所說的比喻：園丁要求主人要再等一段時間，雖然已經栽種了三年還沒有節出果子！人的悔改也是長期累積的結果，不見得馬上有成果。

 

    所以，生命的更新是要交託在上帝的手中，是著急不得的，要等候時間，上帝必定會成就的！