路加福音13:22-30

 

13:22 耶穌往耶路撒冷去，在所經過的各城各鄉教訓人。
13:23 有一個人問他說：「主啊，得救的人少嗎？」
13:24 耶穌對眾人說：「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。
13:25 及至家主起來關了門，你們站在外面叩門，說：『主啊，給我們開門！』他就回答說：『我不認識你們，不曉得你們是哪裡來的！』
13:26 那時，你們要說：『我們在你面前吃過喝過，你也在我們的街上教訓過人。』
13:27 他要說：『我告訴你們，我不曉得你們是哪裡來的。你們這一切作惡的人，離開我去吧！』
13:28 你們要看見亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各，和眾先知都在上帝的國裡，你們卻被趕到外面，在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。
13:29 從東、從西、從南、從北將有人來，在上帝的國裡坐席。
13:30 只是有在後的，將要在前；有在前的，將要在後。」

 

²² Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. ²³ Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, ²⁴ “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. ²⁵ Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

²⁶ “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

²⁷ “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

²⁸ “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. ²⁹ People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

 

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    主耶穌在這裡提醒我們：「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。」

 

    因此，心中被聖靈光照，知道唯有靠耶穌基督才能得上帝的拯救，就要快快歸向上帝，加入教會不要再遲疑，時間是不等人的，要把握時間來悔改信主，進入窄門！

 

    這樣的積極不是「自私」，是聖靈工作的結果，我們要為此感謝上帝！

 

 

 

 

 

路加福音13:18-21

 

13:18 耶穌說：「上帝的國好像甚麼？我拿甚麼來比較呢？
13:19 好像一粒芥菜種，有人拿去種在園子裡，長大成樹，天上的飛鳥宿在它的枝上。」
13:20 又說：「我拿甚麼來比上帝的國呢？
13:21 好比麵酵，有婦人拿來藏在三斗麵裡，直等全團都發起來。」

 

¹⁸ Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? ¹⁹ It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.”

²⁰ Again he asked, “What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? ²¹ It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds^[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

 

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    上帝國是會成長的，是有機體，而且會發展到超過人的想像的！

 

 

 

路加福音13:1-9

 

13:1 正當那時，有人將彼拉多使加利利人的血攙雜在他們祭物中的事告訴耶穌。
13:2 耶穌說：「你們以為這些加利利人比眾加利利人更有罪，所以受這害嗎？
13:3 我告訴你們，不是的！你們若不悔改，都要如此滅亡！
13:4 從前西羅亞樓倒塌了，壓死十八個人；你們以為那些人比一切住在耶路撒冷的人更有罪嗎？
13:5 我告訴你們，不是的！你們若不悔改，都要如此滅亡！」
13:6 於是用比喻說：「一個人有一棵無花果樹栽在葡萄園裡。他來到樹前找果子，卻找不著。
13:7 就對管園的說：『看哪，我這三年來到這無花果樹前找果子，竟找不著。把它砍了吧，何必白佔地土呢！』
13:8 管園的說：『主啊，今年且留著，等我周圍掘開土，加上糞；
13:9 以後若結果子便罷，不然再把它砍了。』」

 

Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. ² Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? ³ I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

⁶ Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. ⁷ So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

⁸ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹ If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

 

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    「悔改」不是「因為後悔做錯事而改變」的意思，而是「心意更新而歸向上帝」的意思。然而這種動力是來自聖靈，不是人的自覺或是領悟到什麼道理。因為人自從亞當犯罪以來，已經被罪惡轄制，如同樹木盤根在建築物一樣，人無法靠己力自救，必須要上帝的拯救大能，才能領受悔改的力量！

 

    當然人的悔改不一定是馬上實現，需要時間來成就，正如主耶穌所說的比喻：園丁要求主人要再等一段時間，雖然已經栽種了三年還沒有節出果子！人的悔改也是長期累積的結果，不見得馬上有成果。

 

    所以，生命的更新是要交託在上帝的手中，是著急不得的，要等候時間，上帝必定會成就的！

 

歷代志上22章

           歷代志上22:1-19 ,

           歷代志上22:5  ,  歷代志上22:5  ,

歷代志上22:1-19

 

22:1 大衛說：「這就是耶和華上帝的殿，為以色列人獻燔祭的壇。」
22:2 大衛吩咐聚集住以色列地的外邦人，從其中派石匠鑿石頭，要建造上帝的殿。
22:3 大衛預備許多鐵做門上的釘子和鉤子，又預備許多銅，多得無法可稱；
22:4 又預備無數的香柏木，因為西頓人和泰爾人給大衛運了許多香柏木來。
22:5 大衛說：「我兒子所羅門還年幼嬌嫩，要為耶和華建造的殿宇必須高大輝煌，使名譽榮耀傳遍萬國；所以我要為殿預備材料。」於是，大衛在未死之先預備的材料甚多。
22:6 大衛召了他兒子所羅門來，囑咐他給耶和華─以色列的上帝建造殿宇，
22:7 對所羅門說：「我兒啊，我心裡本想為耶和華─我上帝的名建造殿宇，
22:8 只是耶和華的話臨到我說：『你流了多人的血，打了多次大仗，你不可為我的名建造殿宇，因為你在我眼前使多人的血流在地上。
22:9 你要生一個兒子，他必作太平的人；我必使他安靜，不被四圍的仇敵擾亂。他的名要叫所羅門（就是太平的意思）。他在位的日子，我必使以色列人平安康泰。
22:10 他必為我的名建造殿宇。他要作我的子；我要作他的父。他作以色列王；我必堅定他的國位，直到永遠。』
22:11 我兒啊，現今願耶和華與你同在，使你亨通，照他指著你說的話，建造耶和華─你上帝的殿。
22:12 但願耶和華賜你聰明智慧，好治理以色列國，遵行耶和華─你上帝的律法。
22:13 你若謹守遵行耶和華藉摩西吩咐以色列的律例典章，就得亨通。你當剛強壯膽，不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。
22:14 我在困難之中為耶和華的殿預備了金子十萬他連得，銀子一百萬他連得，銅和鐵多得無法可稱；我也預備了木頭、石頭，你還可以增添。
22:15 你有許多匠人，就是石匠、木匠，和一切能做各樣工的巧匠，
22:16 並有無數的金銀銅鐵。你當起來辦事，願耶和華與你同在。」
22:17 大衛又吩咐以色列的眾首領幫助他兒子所羅門，說：
22:18 「耶和華─你們的上帝不是與你們同在嗎？不是叫你們四圍都平安嗎？因他已將這地的居民交在我手中，這地就在耶和華與他百姓面前制伏了。
22:19 現在你們應當立定心意，尋求耶和華─你們的上帝；也當起來建造耶和華上帝的聖所，好將耶和華的約櫃和供奉上帝的聖器皿都搬進為耶和華名建造的殿裡。

 

 Then David said, “The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

² So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. ³ He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed. ⁴ He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

⁵ David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” So David made extensive preparations before his death.

⁶ Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. ⁷ David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God. ⁸ But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. ⁹ But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon,^[a] and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. ¹⁰ He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

¹¹ “Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would. ¹² May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. ¹³ Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

¹⁴ “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. ¹⁵ You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work ¹⁶ in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”

¹⁷ Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. ¹⁸ He said to them, “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people. ¹⁹ Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.”

 

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    大衛把建聖殿的使命傳遞給所羅門，也準備了許多建聖殿的材料！所以，聖殿能建立起來，大衛的意志很重要，當然這一切也是聖靈做工的結果！

 

歷代志上21章

     歷代志上21:1-30 ,