列王紀下4:1-7

 

4:1 有一個先知門徒的妻哀求以利沙說：「你僕人─我丈夫死了，他敬畏耶和華是你所知道的。現在有債主來，要取我兩個兒子作奴僕。」
4:2 以利沙問她說：「我可以為你做甚麼呢？你告訴我，你家裡有甚麼？」她說：「婢女家中除了一瓶油之外，沒有甚麼。」
4:3 以利沙說：「你去，向你眾鄰舍借空器皿，不要少借；
4:4 回到家裡，關上門，你和你兒子在裡面將油倒在所有的器皿裡，倒滿了的放在一邊。」
4:5 於是，婦人離開以利沙去了，關上門，自己和兒子在裡面；兒子把器皿拿來，她就倒油。
4:6 器皿都滿了，她對兒子說：「再給我拿器皿來。」兒子說：「再沒有器皿了。」油就止住了。
4:7 婦人去告訴神人，神人說：「你去賣油還債，所剩的你和你兒子可以靠著度日。」

 

 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

² Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”

“Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”

³ Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. ⁴ Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”

⁵ She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. ⁶ When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.”

But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

⁷ She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

 

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    以利沙面對一位先知門徒的妻哀求，不是逃避，反而告訴她解決的辦法，就是透過準備容器，將油一直倒，直到沒有容器好裝的時候，以至於將油賣完之後不僅解決眼前欠債在的事，還供應到將來的需求！

 

馬太福音19:16-30

19:16 有一個人來見耶穌，說：「夫子（有古卷：良善的夫子），我該做甚麼善事才能得永生？」
19:17 耶穌對他說：「你為甚麼以善事問我呢？只有一位是善的（有古卷：你為甚麼稱我是良善的？除了上帝以外，沒有一個良善的）。你若要進入永生，就當遵守誡命。」
19:18 他說：「甚麼誡命？」耶穌說：「就是不可殺人；不可姦淫；不可偷盜；不可作假見證；
19:19 當孝敬父母；又當愛人如己。」
19:20 那少年人說：「這一切我都遵守了，還缺少甚麼呢？」
19:21 耶穌說：「你若願意作完全人，可去變賣你所有的，分給窮人，就必有財寶在天上；你還要來跟從我。」
19:22 那少年人聽見這話，就憂憂愁愁地走了，因為他的產業很多。
19:23 耶穌對門徒說：「我實在告訴你們，財主進天國是難的。
19:24 我又告訴你們，駱駝穿過針的眼，比財主進上帝的國還容易呢！」
19:25 門徒聽見這話，就希奇得很，說：「這樣誰能得救呢？」
19:26 耶穌看著他們，說：「在人這是不能的，在上帝凡事都能。」
19:27 彼得就對他說：「看哪，我們已經撇下所有的跟從你，將來我們要得甚麼呢？」
19:28 耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，你們這跟從我的人，到復興的時候，人子坐在他榮耀的寶座上，你們也要坐在十二個寶座上，審判以色列十二個支派。
19:29 凡為我的名撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姊妹、父親、母親、（有古卷加：妻子、）兒女、田地的，必要得著百倍，並且承受永生。
19:30 然而，有許多在前的，將要在後；在後的，將要在前。」

 

  ¹⁶ Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

¹⁷ “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸ “Which ones?” he inquired.

Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, ¹⁹ honor your father and mother,’^[c] and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’^[d]”

²⁰ “All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

²¹ Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

²² When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁵ When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁶ Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

²⁷ Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

²⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife^[e] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. ³⁰ But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

 

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    一般的宗教與哲學都是以人的行為當出發點，並且以此來斷定人的好壞。但是主耶穌的教導是超越這些，祂的教導是人要和上帝恢復和好與親密的關係，而表現上是要跟隨主耶穌，做主耶穌的學生！

 

    那位少年人雖然遵行了律法的要求，卻不願意放下所有的來跟隨主耶穌，以至於他無法享受到門徒們所得的獎賞，如主耶穌所說：「我實在告訴你們，你們這跟從我的人，到復興的時候，人子坐在他榮耀的寶座上，你們也要坐在十二個寶座上，審判以色列十二個支派。凡為我的名撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姊妹、父親、母親、（有古卷加：妻子、）兒女、田地的，必要得著百倍，並且承受永生。」

 

    主耶穌在這裡清楚地說到跟隨主的好處，或說是「獎賞」！但是，要得這樣獎賞的人是肯為主耶穌放下一切的人，願意看萬事如糞土，為要得著基督為至寶！你願意嗎？

 

 

馬太福音19:13-15

 

19:13 那時，有人帶著小孩子來見耶穌，要耶穌給他們按手禱告，門徒就責備那些人。
19:14 耶穌說：「讓小孩子到我這裡來，不要禁止他們；因為在天國的，正是這樣的人。」19:15 耶穌給他們按手，就離開那地方去了。

 

  ¹³ Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” ¹⁵ When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.

 

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    耶穌說：「讓小孩子到我這裡來，不要禁止他們；因為在天國的，正是這樣的人。」

 

    兒童主日學的重要性可以由這一句話表達出來，因為是主耶穌要小孩子到祂那裏，與祂有美好的關係。所以，父母與長輩不可以禁止小孩到主的面前，不可以因為他們年紀小就認為不應該信靠主耶穌。

 

    當然在信主的家庭會同意這樣的「命令」，可是不信主的家庭和共產主義國家卻不同意這樣的「命令」！因此，教會要勇敢的宣告這個「命令」，不管對方願意不願意聽從，我們就是要宣告此「命令」，並且竭力讓小孩子來到主耶穌面前，讓小朋友和主耶穌相交流，鼓勵小朋友向主耶穌傾心吐意，好得主耶穌的賜福！

 

    當然不只小朋友要到主耶穌那裏，我們更是要花時間到主耶穌那裏，與主親近！

 

 

馬太福音19:1-12

 

19:1 耶穌說完了這些話，就離開加利利，來到猶太的境界約旦河外。
19:2 有許多人跟著他，他就在那裡把他們的病人治好了。
19:3 有法利賽人來試探耶穌，說：「人無論甚麼緣故都可以休妻嗎？」
19:4 耶穌回答說：「那起初造人的，是造男造女，
19:5 並且說：『因此，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。』這經你們沒有念過嗎？
19:6 既然如此，夫妻不再是兩個人，乃是一體的了。所以，上帝配合的，人不可分開。」
19:7 法利賽人說：「這樣，摩西為甚麼吩咐給妻子休書，就可以休她呢？」
19:8 耶穌說：「摩西因為你們的心硬，所以許你們休妻，但起初並不是這樣。
19:9 我告訴你們，凡休妻另娶的，若不是為淫亂的緣故，就是犯姦淫了；有人娶那被休的婦人，也是犯姦淫了。」
19:10 門徒對耶穌說：「人和妻子既是這樣，倒不如不娶。」
19:11 耶穌說：「這話不是人都能領受的，惟獨賜給誰，誰才能領受。
19:12 因為有生來是閹人，也有被人閹的，並有為天國的緣故自閹的。這話誰能領受就可以領受。」

 

  When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. ² Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

³ Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

⁴ “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’^{[a] 5} and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’^[b]? ⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

⁷ “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

⁸ Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. ⁹ I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

¹⁰ The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

¹¹ Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. ¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

 

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    「離婚」在摩西的律法是允許的，在《申命記》24章1節說：「人若娶妻以後，見她有甚麼不合理的事，不喜悅她，就可以寫休書交在她手中，打發她離開夫家。」

 

    於是有法利賽人來試探耶穌，說：「人無論甚麼緣故都可以休妻嗎？」

   

    主耶穌回答：「那起初造人的，是造男造女，並且說：『因此，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。』這經你們沒有念過嗎？既然如此，夫妻不再是兩個人，乃是一體的了。所以，上帝配合的，人不可分開。」

 

    主耶穌的意思是：夫妻的關係親密到「二人成為一體」為什麼要離婚呢？然而法利賽人知道摩西在《申命記》說過可以寫休書一事，就反駁主耶穌：「這樣，摩西為甚麼吩咐給妻子休書，就可以休她呢？」

 

    主耶穌在這裡很有意思的用人有罪性來回答法利賽人，「摩西因為你們的心硬，所以許你們休妻，但起初並不是這樣」。這裡的「心硬」就是人犯罪之後，罪近入人的生命，導致人的心剛硬抵擋上帝！這也是說，人心被罪殘害到整個心思意念都扭曲了！

 

    上帝早就知道罪會帶來如此大的傷害，所以在尚未創造人的時候，早就預備了拯救的恩典，早就要拯救一批人離開罪的綑綁，雖然他們必然被罪所扭曲，也不會放棄，仍然要祂的愛子耶穌基督來死在十字架上，好敗壞魔鬼的作為！

 

    也因為如此，救贖的行動不是事後的補救辦法，好像上帝不知道人會墮落，或是說上帝無法掌握人會墮落之事實。上帝早知道也允許人會犯罪，說得更大膽一點就是不怕人犯罪，因為一切的情況全在祂的預定之中！

 

    也因此，不要害怕犯罪，要勇敢認罪，在上帝沒有困難的事，一切都是照上帝的主權在進行，聖靈要在上帝所預定的人心中將石心換成肉心，使我們不再剛硬，使我們有可以順服的心，來緊緊跟隨主耶穌，直到上帝國實現，一起進入榮耀中！

 

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