4:16 耶穌來到拿撒勒,就是他長大的地方。在安息日,照他平常的規矩進了會堂,站起來要念聖經。
4:17 有人把先知以賽亞的書交給他,他就打開,找到一處寫著說:
4:18 主的靈在我身上,因為他用膏膏我,叫我傳福音給貧窮的人;差遣我報告:被擄的得釋放,瞎眼的得看見,叫那受壓制的得自由,
4:19 報告上帝悅納人的禧年。
4:20 於是把書捲起來,交還執事,就坐下。會堂裡的人都定睛看他。
4:21 耶穌對他們說:「今天這經應驗在你們耳中了。」
16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the
Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the
scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the
place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because
he has anointed me
to
proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and
recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to
proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat
down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began
by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in
your hearing.”
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福音書常常將舊約先知的話語和耶穌基督的生平事蹟當對照,是要人清楚知道耶穌基督就是舊約時代所預言的彌賽亞。所以在這裡描述到主耶穌進入拿撒勒的會當時,讀以賽亞書61章的經文,來述說福音的大能!
說到福音,保羅在羅馬書1章說到:「這福音是上帝從前藉眾先知在聖經上所應許的,論到他兒子─我主耶穌基督。按肉體說,是從大衛後裔生的;按聖善的靈說,因從死裡復活,以大能顯明是上帝的兒子。」(2-4節)
可見福音的內容是指主耶穌,祂是大衛的子孫是在人性而言;在神性而言,祂是上帝的兒子,表示祂與上帝同尊同榮。然而他的神性和人性是不可分的,正如神學上用「神人二性一位格」來表達。而上帝為了顯明他的身分,除了在受約翰洗的時候,聖靈如鴿降臨之外,又有父的聲音!而在這裡,祂更透過先之的話向家鄉的人宣告,並且告訴他們:「今天這經應驗在你們耳中了。」
我們信靠主的人與別人不同之處,就是接受耶穌基督是「道成肉身」,承認祂是大衛的子孫更是上帝的兒子,這是領受聖靈之人的應證,而非說方言為應證!因為充滿主耶穌的聖靈也要充滿我們,讓我們成為主耶穌的見證人。而成為主耶穌的見證人就是要延續祂所宣告的工作:「傳福音給貧窮的人」「報告:被擄的得釋放,瞎眼的得看見,叫那受壓制的得自由」「上帝悅納人的禧年」!
這也告訴我捫:聖靈的工作就是將耶穌基督的救贖成就在屬乎主的人的身上,並且也讓我們延續主耶穌的工作,繼續傳揚福音,這就是做主耶穌的見證人!