2021年1月24日 星期日

馬太福音17: 22-23

 


17:22 他們還住在加利利的時候,耶穌對門徒說:「人子將要被交在人手裡。
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他們要殺害他,第三日他要復活。」門徒就大大地憂愁。

 

22 When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.

 

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    主耶穌再次宣告自己將如何的死,但是祂並沒有畏懼死亡,因為祂相信自己自死後的第三天,必定要復活!這是祂從父上帝那裏所的到的啟示,祂確認自己必定如此的得榮耀!

 

    希伯來書122節說:「仰望為我們信心創始成終的耶穌(或譯:仰望那將真道創始成終的耶穌)。他因那擺在前面的喜樂,就輕看羞辱,忍受了十字架的苦難,便坐在上帝寶座的右邊。」

 

    而祂將這樣的喜樂也似給保羅,也因為這樣保羅說:「我們這至暫至輕的苦楚,要為我們成就極重無比、永遠的榮耀。原來我們不是顧念所見的,乃是顧念所不見的;因為所見的是暫時的,所不見的是永遠的。」(哥林多後書4:17-18

 

    因此,我們的眼目也要放在將來上帝國完全實現的時候,在那時我們要在基督裡同享榮耀,與基督一同做王直到永遠!要是我們與基督同受苦,就必定與基督同在榮耀裡!

 

    故此,我們不要害怕今生為基督的緣故所面對的苦難,這是讓我們得基督榮耀的憑據,證明我們是屬基督的,主的榮耀必定屬於我們的!

 

 

 

馬太福音17: 14-21

 


17:14 耶穌和門徒到了眾人那裡,有一個人來見耶穌,跪下,
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說:「主啊,憐憫我的兒子!他害癲癇的病很苦,屢次跌在火裡,屢次跌在水裡。
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我帶他到你門徒那裡,他們卻不能醫治他。」
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耶穌說:「噯!這又不信又悖謬的世代啊,我在你們這裡要到幾時呢?我忍耐你們要到幾時呢?把他帶到我這裡來吧!」
17:18
耶穌斥責那鬼,鬼就出來;從此孩子就痊癒了。
17:19
門徒暗暗地到耶穌跟前,說:「我們為甚麼不能趕出那鬼呢?」
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耶穌說:「是因你們的信心小。我實在告訴你們,你們若有信心,像一粒芥菜種,就是對這座山說:『你從這邊挪到那邊』,它也必挪去;並且你們沒有一件不能做的事了。
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至於這一類的鬼,若不禱告、禁食,他就不出來(或譯:不能趕他出來)。」

 

14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” [21]

 

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    主耶穌在這裡告訴我們「信心」的大能!即使是芥菜種大小的信心,所發出來的能力也是大的!正如主耶穌所說:「因你們的信心小。我實在告訴你們,你們若有信心,像一粒芥菜種,就是對這座山說:『你從這邊挪到那邊』,它也必挪去;並且你們沒有一件不能做的事了。」

 

   當然能力的來源是上帝,「信心」是信靠的心,是上帝大能的管道!就像水源的水要透過水道來運送,才能達到要灌溉的地方,讓農作物得著水可以存活和長大!信心的作用就如同水道,不是信心有大能,是上帝有大能!而信心更是上帝所賜,讓我們可以領受上帝的拯救!

 

    也因為這樣,我們不只是強調要有信心,更要強調要倚靠上帝,讓我們用信心支取上帝的大能,讓上帝所賜的福分透過我們的信靠而澆灌下來,使我們和我們身邊的人都蒙福!

馬太福音17: 1-13

 


17:1 過了六天,耶穌帶著彼得、雅各,和雅各的兄弟約翰,暗暗地上了高山,
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就在他們面前變了形像,臉面明亮如日頭,衣裳潔白如光。
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忽然,有摩西、以利亞向他們顯現,同耶穌說話。
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彼得對耶穌說:「主啊,我們在這裡真好!你若願意,我就在這裡搭三座棚,一座為你,一座為摩西,一座為以利亞。」
17:5
說話之間,忽然有一朵光明的雲彩遮蓋他們,且有聲音從雲彩裡出來,說:「這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。你們要聽他!」
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門徒聽見,就俯伏在地,極其害怕。
17:7
耶穌進前來,摸他們,說:「起來,不要害怕!」
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他們舉目不見一人,只見耶穌在那裡。
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下山的時候,耶穌吩咐他們說:「人子還沒有從死裡復活,你們不要將所看見的告訴人。」
17:10
門徒問耶穌說:「文士為甚麼說以利亞必須先來?」
17:11
耶穌回答說:「以利亞固然先來,並要復興萬事;
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只是我告訴你們,以利亞已經來了,人卻不認識他,竟任意待他。人子也將要這樣受他們的害。」
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門徒這才明白耶穌所說的是指著施洗的約翰。

 

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.

 

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    主耶穌在這裡用人可見的榮耀像門徒們彰顯,讓門徒確信耶穌基督就是上帝的兒子!當然天父也在此用明顯的宣告:「這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。你們要聽他!」

 

    這是上帝對祂所揀選的人,特別是彼得、雅各,和雅各的兄弟約翰,用「奧秘」的方式顯現,一方面讓他們有敬畏的心,另一方面讓他們可以有這樣的經歷後,可以勇敢的成為耶穌基督的見證人!

 

    而在這樣的顯現中,讓我們認識到:認清主耶穌是誰,比祂做了甚麼事更重要!因為主耶穌是上帝的兒子、是基督,祂在十字架上的死才是對我們有意義並具有拯救的大能!要是祂不是上帝的兒子,祂在十字架上的死只是殉道者的死,沒有贖罪的功效,更不能拯救我們!

 

    感謝上帝,主耶穌是基督、是上帝的兒子,也唯有祂能完全承擔我們的罪與過犯!能夠打敗罪與死的權勢,使我們得著聖潔,可以享受永生之福!正如希伯來書214-15節說:「兒女既同有血肉之體,他也照樣親自成了血肉之體,特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的,就是魔鬼,    並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。」

 

    願主救贖的大能臨到我們的身上,讓我們一同來到十字架來仰望祂!

2021年1月23日 星期六

列王紀上22:51-53

 

22:51 猶大王約沙法十七年,亞哈的兒子亞哈謝在撒馬利亞登基,作以色列王共二年。
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他行耶和華眼中看為惡的事,效法他的父母,又行尼八的兒子耶羅波安使以色列人陷在罪裡的事。
22:53
他照他父親一切所行的,事奉敬拜巴力,惹耶和華以色列上帝的怒氣。

 

 51 Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. 52 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, because he followed the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. 53 He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

 

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    以色列王亞哈謝行耶和華眼中看為惡的事,效法他的父母,又行尼八的兒子耶羅波安使以色列人陷在罪裡的事。是壞王!

 

 

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