路加福音5:33-39

 

5:33 他們說：「約翰的門徒屢次禁食祈禱，法利賽人的門徒也是這樣；惟獨你的門徒又吃又喝。」
5:34 耶穌對他們說：「新郎和陪伴之人同在的時候，豈能叫陪伴之人禁食呢？
5:35 但日子將到，新郎要離開他們，那日他們就要禁食了。」
5:36 耶穌又設一個比喻，對他們說：「沒有人把新衣服撕下一塊來補在舊衣服上；若是這樣，就把新的撕破了，並且所撕下來的那塊新的和舊的也不相稱。
5:37 也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡；若是這樣，新酒必將皮袋裂開，酒便漏出來，皮袋也就壞了。
5:38 但新酒必須裝在新皮袋裡。
5:39 沒有人喝了陳酒又想喝新的；他總說陳的好。」

 

³³ They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”

³⁴ Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? ³⁵ But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”

³⁶ He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. ³⁷ And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. ³⁸ No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. ³⁹ And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”

 

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    主耶穌在這裡提醒我我們：「沒有人把新衣服撕下一塊來補在舊衣服上；若是這樣，就把新的撕破了，並且所撕下來的那塊新的和舊的也不相稱。也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡；若是這樣，新酒必將皮袋裂開，酒便漏出來，皮袋也就壞了。但新酒必須裝在新皮袋裡。沒有人喝了陳酒又想喝新的；他總說陳的好。」

 

    因此，我們必須被更新才能領受基督之新的道理！當然這也就是所謂的更新或重生，是從聖靈來的工作，不是靠人的勉強！因為「沒有人喝了陳酒又想喝新的；他總說陳的好。」

 

    我們要信靠並且接受聖靈的工作在我們的生命，願意放下過去的自以為是，要承認自己得無知與不能，讓聖靈動工，正如落葉一般，讓風來飄送！上帝為我們預備過我們想像的恩典，終必實現在我們這屬祂的兒女身上！

 

 

 

 

路加福音5: 27-32

 

5:27 這事以後，耶穌出去，看見一個稅吏，名叫利未，坐在稅關上，就對他說：「你跟從我來。」
5:28 他就撇下所有的，起來，跟從了耶穌。
5:29 利未在自己家裡為耶穌大擺筵席，有許多稅吏和別人與他們一同坐席。
5:30 法利賽人和文士就向耶穌的門徒發怨言說：「你們為甚麼和稅吏並罪人一同吃喝呢？」
5:31 耶穌對他們說：「無病的人用不著醫生；有病的人才用得著。
5:32 我來本不是召義人悔改，乃是召罪人悔改。」

 

²⁷ After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, ²⁸ and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

²⁹ Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

³¹ Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ³² I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

 

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    主耶穌的偉大在於不嫌棄我們是罪人，甚至願意為我們罪人死在十字架上，使我們的罪可以得赦免，與上帝和好，成為上帝的兒女！這是主耶穌和法利賽人不同之處！

 

    法利賽人自以為無罪，怕害罪人再一起會汙染他們，所以排斥罪人，不和罪人做朋友！表面上好像是遵行上帝的旨意，過聖潔的生活，卻是和上帝的心相離甚遠！也因此，他們不會認同主耶穌，更不會相信主耶穌是基督！

 

    所以當主耶穌呼召稅吏利未（也就是馬太），利未在自己家裡為耶穌大擺筵席，有許多稅吏和別人與他們一同坐席。法利賽人和文士就向耶穌的門徒發怨言說：「你們為甚麼和稅吏並罪人一同吃喝呢？」

 

    耶穌對他們說一句非常重要的話：「無病的人用不著醫生；有病的人才用得著。我來本不是召義人悔改，乃是召罪人悔改。」

 

    因此，我們自以為義，就和救恩相離甚遠了！

 

 

 

路加福音5: 17-26

 

5:17 有一天，耶穌教訓人，有法利賽人和教法師在旁邊坐著；他們是從加利利各鄉村和猶太並耶路撒冷來的。主的能力與耶穌同在，使他能醫治病人。
5:18 有人用褥子抬著一個癱子，要抬進去放在耶穌面前，
5:19 卻因人多，尋不出法子抬進去，就上了房頂，從瓦間把他連褥子縋到當中，正在耶穌面前。
5:20 耶穌見他們的信心，就對癱子說：「你的罪赦了。」
5:21 文士和法利賽人就議論說：「這說僭妄話的是誰？除了上帝以外，誰能赦罪呢？」
5:22 耶穌知道他們所議論的，就說：「你們心裡議論的是甚麼呢？
5:23 或說『你的罪赦了』，或說『你起來行走』，哪一樣容易呢？
5:24 但要叫你們知道，人子在地上有赦罪的權柄。」就對癱子說：「我吩咐你，起來，拿你的褥子回家去吧！」
5:25 那人當眾人面前立刻起來，拿著他所躺臥的褥子回家去，歸榮耀與上帝。
5:26 眾人都驚奇，也歸榮耀與上帝，並且滿心懼怕，說：「我們今日看見非常的事了。」

 

¹⁷ One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick. ¹⁸ Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus. ¹⁹ When they could not find a way to do this because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

²⁰ When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

²¹ The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

²² Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? ²³ Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ²⁴ But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” ²⁵ Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. ²⁶ Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

 

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    雖然疾病與罪惡並沒有直接的關係，但是人長期被罪惡所綑綁與魔鬼的控告，真的會使人產生病變，因為人的身心是一體的！也因此，不是外表的疾病得醫治就好！更是需要心中的罪惡得著赦免，疾病才能完全脫離！也因此，主耶穌不僅醫治癱瘓，更對癱子說：「你的罪赦了。」

 

    當然主耶穌不只是完全的人，祂也是完全的上帝！所以祂是有權柄，並且是必要的，向來尋求祂的人說：「你的罪赦了。」

 

    祂之所以有這樣的權柄，一方面祂是上帝，更另一方面祂親自成為祭牲，承擔我們的死罪！但是奇妙的是，祂更是勝過罪惡，死亡也無法綑綁祂！也因此，祂能救贖我們，賜給我們權柄成為上帝的兒女！

 

    耶穌基督以死後第三日復活，來向我們宣告祂的拯救是有效的，而且是有能力的！正如祂可以對癱子說：「我吩咐你，起來，拿你的褥子回家去吧！」

 

    那人當眾人面前立刻起來，拿著他所躺臥的褥子回家去，歸榮耀與上帝。

   

    我們今天也要歸榮耀與上帝，並且滿心讚美說：「我們今日看見非常的事了。」

 

 

 

路加福音5: 12-16

 

5:12 有一回，耶穌在一個城裡，有人滿身長了大痲瘋，看見他，就俯伏在地，求他說：「主若肯，必能叫我潔淨了。」
5:13 耶穌伸手摸他，說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」大痲瘋立刻就離了他的身。
5:14 耶穌囑咐他：「你切不可告訴人，只要去把身體給祭司察看，又要為你得了潔淨，照摩西所吩咐的獻上禮物，對眾人作證據。」
5:15 但耶穌的名聲越發傳揚出去。有極多的人聚集來聽道，也指望醫治他們的病。

 5:16 耶穌卻退到曠野去禱告。

 

¹² While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.^[b] When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

¹³ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

¹⁴ Then Jesus ordered him, “Don’t tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

¹⁵ Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. ¹⁶ But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

 

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    長大痲瘋的人，是被人嫌棄的，甚至是被遠離的！因為害怕被傳染到，會一樣不潔淨！然而主耶穌對於長大痲瘋的人，不但沒有保持距離，還伸手去摸他，說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」

 

    今日為了避免瘟疫的擴散，也是用隔離的方式來處理，以至於患者就像主耶穌那時代長大痲瘋的人，被人視為是可怕的、不潔淨的，好像是次等的人一般！

 

    看到主耶穌與長大痲瘋者的交流，我們也聽見那些因瘟疫被隔離者的心聲，它們也盼望得醫治，可以重新和其他的人有正常合宜的關係，而不是被排除在人群之外！

 

    讓我們為一切瘟疫的患者禱告，願主耶穌也對他們說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」

 

    也因為如此，願疾病和瘟疫離開他們，讓他們與人群恢復美好的關係，將榮耀歸給上帝！