馬可福音10:46-52

 

10:46 到了耶利哥；耶穌同門徒並許多人出耶利哥的時候，有一個討飯的瞎子，是底買的兒子巴底買，坐在路旁。
10:47 他聽見是拿撒勒的耶穌，就喊著說：「大衛的子孫耶穌啊！可憐我吧！」
10:48 有許多人責備他，不許他作聲。他卻越發大聲喊著說：「大衛的子孫哪，可憐我吧！」
10:49 耶穌就站住，說：「叫過他來。」他們就叫那瞎子，對他說：「放心，起來！他叫你啦。」
10:50 瞎子就丟下衣服，跳起來，走到耶穌那裡。
10:51 耶穌說：「要我為你做甚麼？」瞎子說：「拉波尼（就是夫子），我要能看見。」
10:52 耶穌說：「你去吧！你的信救了你了。」瞎子立刻看見了，就在路上跟隨耶穌。

 

⁴⁶ Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. ⁴⁷ When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁸ Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁹ Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”

So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” ⁵⁰ Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

⁵¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.

The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

⁵² “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

 

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     巴底買宣告主耶穌就是大衛的子孫，主耶穌就醫治了他的眼睛，他的生命就改變了，雖然主耶穌說：「你去吧！你的信救了你了。」瞎子立刻看見了，就在路上跟隨耶穌。

 

    但是我們要知道：「信心」是賜福的管道，但是真正有能力讓我們得拯救的是上帝，當將榮耀歸給上帝！

 

    而我們「信心」的產生是來自上帝的「信實」，讓我們將榮耀歸給上帝吧！

 

 

 

馬可福音10:35-45

 

10:35 西庇太的兒子雅各、約翰進前來，對耶穌說：「夫子，我們無論求你甚麼，願你給我們做。」
10:36 耶穌說：「要我給你們做甚麼？」
10:37 他們說：「賜我們在你的榮耀裡，一個坐在你右邊，一個坐在你左邊。」
10:38 耶穌說：「你們不知道所求的是甚麼，我所喝的杯，你們能喝嗎？我所受的洗，你們能受嗎？」
10:39 他們說：「我們能。」耶穌說：「我所喝的杯，你們也要喝；我所受的洗，你們也要受；
10:40 只是坐在我的左右，不是我可以賜的，乃是為誰預備的，就賜給誰。」
10:41 那十個門徒聽見，就惱怒雅各、約翰。
10:42 耶穌叫他們來，對他們說：「你們知道，外邦人有尊為君王的，治理他們，有大臣操權管束他們。
10:43 只是在你們中間，不是這樣。你們中間，誰願為大，就必作你們的用人；
10:44 在你們中間，誰願為首，就必作眾人的僕人。
10:45 因為人子來，並不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命作多人的贖價。」

 

³⁵ Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

³⁶ “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.

³⁷ They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”

³⁸ “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”

³⁹ “We can,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, ⁴⁰ but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”

⁴¹ When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. ⁴² Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. ⁴³ Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, ⁴⁴ and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

 

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    主耶穌在這裡建立一個領導者的風範，就是「僕人領導學」。正如主耶穌所說：「你們知道，外邦人有尊為君王的，治理他們，有大臣操權管束他們。只是在你們中間，不是這樣。你們中間，誰願為大，就必作你們的用人；在你們中間，誰願為首，就必作眾人的僕人。因為人子來，並不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人，並且要捨命作多人的贖價。」

 

    在教會中我們也是要用這樣的精神彼此服事，讓我們都有僕人的精神。而孫中山先生說的「人生以服務為目的」，也應該是受主耶穌所啟發而說出來的！他說的是，能力越強的要服務更多人，能力不足的服務少一點人，完全無能力的要服務好自己！

 

   總之，人生在世，不要爭權奪利，要付出能力來服事上帝和人，如此生命才會有意義！

 

 

 

馬可福音10:32-34

 

10:32 他們行路上耶路撒冷去。耶穌在前頭走，門徒就希奇，跟從的人也害怕。耶穌又叫過十二個門徒來，把自己將要遭遇的事告訴他們說：
10:33 「看哪，我們上耶路撒冷去，人子將要被交給祭司長和文士，他們要定他死罪，交給外邦人。
10:34 他們要戲弄他，吐唾沫在他臉上，鞭打他，殺害他。過了三天，他要復活。」

 

³² They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. ³³ “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, ³⁴ who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”

 

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    主耶穌一直沒有忘記他來到世間的目的，和他所要面對的遭遇，正如祂所說的：「哪，我們上耶路撒冷去，人子將要被交給祭司長和文士，他們要定他死罪，交給外邦人。他們要戲弄他，吐唾沫在他臉上，鞭打他，殺害他。過了三天，他要復活。」

 

    猶太人期盼的彌賽亞是用武力來解救以色列國，而在主耶穌之前的確有一個以色列人的王朝，是由稱為馬加比家族（希伯來文：מכבים‎）的猶太教世襲祭司長的家族所建立。於主前167年，猶太祭司瑪他提亞領導猶太人對抗塞琉古王朝。瑪他提亞於公元前166年卒，猶大·馬加比繼承父志並奪回耶路撒冷的第二聖殿。其後，馬加比家族成員猶大·馬加比之弟約拿單及西門繼續進行其抗爭，建立了哈希芒王朝。但是這不是猶大支派來的，所以以色列人只將馬加比家族視為民族英雄，不是彌賽亞！

 

    但是主耶穌的確是從大衛的子孫而出，祂來成為基督是超越猶太人的想法，是真正應驗先知所預言的彌賽亞，是要拯救祂的百姓脫離罪惡的權勢，得著真正的永生！正如《希伯來書》所說：「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。」(2:14-15)

 

    所以，主耶穌勇敢朝向耶路撒冷，為要完成上帝的旨意，拯救上帝所賜給祂的百姓！

 

    而今日我們要勇敢向前，等候上帝的國完全實現，迎接主耶穌的再來！

馬可福音10:17-31

 

10:17 耶穌出來行路的時候，有一個人跑來，跪在他面前，問他說：「良善的夫子，我當做甚麼事才可以承受永生？」
10:18 耶穌對他說：「你為甚麼稱我是良善的？除了上帝一位之外，再沒有良善的。
10:19 誡命你是曉得的：不可殺人；不可姦淫；不可偷盜；不可作假見證；不可虧負人；當孝敬父母。」
10:20 他對耶穌說：「夫子，這一切我從小都遵守了。」
10:21 耶穌看著他，就愛他，對他說：「你還缺少一件：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。」
10:22 他聽見這話，臉上就變了色，憂憂愁愁地走了，因為他的產業很多。
10:23 耶穌周圍一看，對門徒說：「有錢財的人進上帝的國是何等地難哪！」
10:24 門徒希奇他的話。耶穌又對他們說：「小子，倚靠錢財的人進上帝的國是何等地難哪！
10:25 駱駝穿過針的眼，比財主進上帝的國還容易呢。」
10:26 門徒就分外希奇，對他說：「這樣誰能得救呢？」
10:27 耶穌看著他們，說：「在人是不能，在上帝卻不然，因為上帝凡事都能。」
10:28 彼得就對他說：「看哪，我們已經撇下所有的跟從你了。」
10:29 耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，人為我和福音撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姊妹、父母、兒女、田地，
10:30 沒有不在今世得百倍的，就是房屋、弟兄、姊妹、母親、兒女、田地，並且要受逼迫，在來世必得永生。
10:31 然而，有許多在前的，將要在後，在後的，將要在前。」

 

¹⁷ As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁸ “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. ¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’^[d]”

²⁰ “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

²¹ Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

²² At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³ Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

²⁴ The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is^[e] to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ 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.”

²⁶ The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷ Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

²⁸ Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”

²⁹ “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel ³⁰ will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. ³¹ But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

 

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    人常常以為良善是上帝所喜悅的，但是人是無法達到良善的程度，只有上帝是良善的！所以，主耶穌和那位少年人有如此的對話：

 

    有一個人跑來，跪在他面前，問他說：「良善的夫子，我當做甚麼事才可以承受永生？」

 

    耶穌對他說：「你為甚麼稱我是良善的？除了上帝一位之外，再沒有良善的。」

   

    我們常常自以為是好人，也希望別人對我們說我們是好人、良善的人！但是，主耶穌要我們認清一個事實：只有上帝是良善，人不配稱為良善，因為人已經被罪惡所汙染，是處於全然敗壞的狀態，是迫切需要上帝的拯救，才能夠得永生！

 

    正如這少年人當主耶穌說到承受永生，「誡命你是曉得的：不可殺人；不可姦淫；不可偷盜；不可作假見證；不可虧負人；當孝敬父母」。他的回應是：「夫子，這一切我從小都遵守了。」

 

    然而主耶穌挑戰他：「你還缺少一件：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。」他聽見這話，臉上就變了色，憂憂愁愁地走了，因為他的產業很多。

 

    的確，許多人都用自己所想像的良善過生活，但是真正重要的是與上帝建立關係，人無法靠自己成為良善，除非上帝的恩賜，非上帝的作為！而上帝的作為就在耶穌基督裡，不在人做了多少！

 

    求主幫助讓我們願意放下自己，讓上帝在基督裡所賜的義臨到我們，我們才能承受永生！