12:38 這是要應驗先知以賽亞說過的話:主啊,有誰信我們所傳的信息呢?主的權力向誰彰顯呢?
12:39 他們所以不能信的理由,以賽亞也說過:
12:40 上帝使他們的眼睛瞎了,使他們的心智麻木了,免得他們的眼睛看見,他們的心智領悟。所以上帝說:他們不會轉向我,讓我治好他們。
12:41 以賽亞說這些話是因為他看見了耶穌的榮耀,指著他說的。
12:42 雖然如此,猶太人的領袖中也有許多信耶穌的,只因怕法利賽人,不敢公開承認,免得被趕出會堂。
12:43 他們愛人的讚許勝過愛上帝的讚許。
This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: ‘Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?’ For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 'He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn–and I would heal them.’ Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him. Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
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這是一句很重要之警告:『他們愛人的讚許勝過愛上帝的讚許』。
今日教會傳福音與做見證,是不是也是『愛人的讚許勝過愛上帝的讚許』?
教會若不能『愛上帝的讚許』,一直尋求『人的讚許』,就會落入隨波逐流。今天興這個,明天愛那個,都與真理無關,那麼「教會」就成為和「獅子會」或「扶輪社」沒有兩樣之社團了!
在這個世代中我們要重申:『這家就是永生上帝的教會,真理的柱石和根基。』
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