2021年5月20日 星期四

約翰福音1:15-18

 


1:15 約翰為他作見證,喊著說:「這就是我曾說:『那在我以後來的,反成了在我以前的,因他本來在我以前。』」
1:16
從他豐滿的恩典裡,我們都領受了,而且恩上加恩。
1:17
律法本是藉著摩西傳的;恩典和真理都是由耶穌基督來的。
1:18
從來沒有人看見上帝,只有在父懷裡的獨生子將他表明出來。

 

15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

 

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    主耶穌來是要顯明上帝,讓人知道上帝不是不可見的,不是虛幻的,是真真實實的,還會用人的樣式像人顯現!因為人是上帝按照祂的形象與樣式造的,所以從人的形象可以反推出上帝,只可惜人犯罪了,已被罪汙染了,上帝只好親自透過愛子取人的形象向人彰顯無罪之完全人的樣式!

 

    基督是完全的上帝,也是完全的人!是人就是有肉身和形體,所以主耶穌不是幻影,是真真實實有血有肉的人!這是人無法想像的,但是上帝卻如此啟示自己!

 

   《約翰一書》中也說到:「親愛的弟兄啊,一切的靈,你們不可都信,總要試驗那些靈是出於上帝的不是,因為世上有許多假先知已經出來了。凡靈認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的,就是出於上帝的;從此你們可以認出上帝的靈來。凡靈不認耶穌,就不是出於上帝,這是那敵基督者的靈。你們從前聽見他要來,現在已經在世上了。」(4:1-3)

 

    讓我們用這樣的「試金石」來查驗信仰的真假,這是很重要的!

 

 

 

約翰福音1:9-14

 

1:9 那光是真光,照亮一切生在世上的人。
1:10
他在世界,世界也是藉著他造的,世界卻不認識他。
1:11
他到自己的地方來,自己的人倒不接待他。
1:12
凡接待他的,就是信他名的人,他就賜他們權柄作上帝的兒女。
1:13
這等人不是從血氣生的,不是從情慾生的,也不是從人意生的,乃是從上帝生的。
1:14
道成了肉身,住在我們中間,充充滿滿地有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光,正是父獨生子的榮光。

 

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

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    成為上帝的兒女是出於上帝的作為,正如作者在這裡所說:「這等人不是從血氣生的,不是從情慾生的,也不是從人意生的,乃是從上帝生的。」

 

    然而奇妙的是上帝竟然用肉身像人顯現,也因為如此,上帝是真真實實與人同住!所以,約翰福音要告訴我們,肉身不是邪惡的,肉身是上帝恩典的作為!因為約翰福音的作者要對抗「諾斯底主義」,他們認為肉身是靈魂的監牢!然而基督信仰要告訴我們,唯有透過道成肉身的主耶穌,才能成上帝的羔羊,承擔世人的罪孽!

 

    因此,我們讀約翰福音也要承認我們是有罪的,需要耶穌基督的救贖,不是我們的善行討上帝的喜悅,而是耶穌基督的代贖,使我們與上帝和好,享受真正的平安!

 

 

2021年5月19日 星期三

歷代志下9:29-31

 

9:29 所羅門其餘的事,自始至終,不都寫在先知拿單的書上和示羅人亞希雅的預言書上,並先見易多論尼八兒子耶羅波安的默示書上嗎?
9:30
所羅門在耶路撒冷作以色列眾人的王共四十年。
9:31
所羅門與他列祖同睡,葬在他父大衛城裡。他兒子羅波安接續他作王。

 

29 As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat? 30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.

 

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    所羅門王是那麼富有、榮耀、有智慧,但是仍然是人,終有一天要逝世!這讓我們感受到「死亡」是很公平的事,人人都有一死!

 

    然而「死亡」對基督徒而言不是終結,因為「死亡」之後有復活!因為,主耶穌已經勝過死亡了!

 

 

歷代志下9:13-28

 


9:13 所羅門每年所得的金子共有六百六十六他連得,
9:14
另外還有商人所進的金子,並且阿拉伯諸王與屬國的省長都帶金銀給所羅門。
9:15
所羅門王用錘出來的金子打成擋牌二百面,每面用金子六百舍客勒;
9:16
又用錘出來的金子打成盾牌三百面,每面用金子三百舍客勒,都放在黎巴嫩林宮裡。
9:17
王用象牙製造一個大寶座,用精金包裹。
9:18
寶座有六層臺階,又有金腳凳,與寶座相連。寶座兩旁有扶手,靠近扶手有兩個獅子站立。
9:19
六層臺階上有十二個獅子站立,每層有兩個:左邊一個,右邊一個;在列國中沒有這樣做的。
9:20
所羅門王一切的飲器都是金的,黎巴嫩林宮裡的一切器皿都是精金的。所羅門年間,銀子算不了甚麼。
9:21
因為王的船隻與希蘭的僕人一同往他施去;他施船隻三年一次裝載金、銀、象牙、猿猴、孔雀回來。
9:22
所羅門王的財寶與智慧勝過天下的列王。
9:23
普天下的王都求見所羅門,要聽上帝賜給他智慧的話。
9:24
他們各帶貢物,就是金器、銀器、衣服、軍械、香料、騾馬,每年有一定之例。
9:25
所羅門有套車的馬四千棚,有馬兵一萬二千,安置在屯車的城邑和耶路撒冷,就是王那裡。
9:26
所羅門統管諸王,從大河到非利士地,直到埃及的邊界。
9:27
王在耶路撒冷使銀子多如石頭,香柏木多如高原的桑樹。
9:28
有人從埃及和各國為所羅門趕馬群來。

 

13 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,[d] 14 not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[e] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[f] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

17 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. 19 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. 20 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day. 21 The king had a fleet of trading ships[g] manned by Hiram’s[h] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. 23 All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 24 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses,[i] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.

 

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    所羅門王的一生充滿財富和榮耀,但是他也是一位智慧者,也因為這樣他寫下傳道書是那樣感動人,讓人知道得一切榮耀和財富不比敬畏耶和華有福!

 

    敬畏上帝是我們生命中最重要的事,因為存敬畏的心,我們才能享受上帝之福到永遠!正如傳道書的教訓:「這些事都已聽見了,總意就是:敬畏上帝,謹守他的誡命,這是人所當盡的本分(或譯:這是眾人的本分)。」(12:13)

 

    在世上如何富有、如何榮耀、….這一切都要過去,唯有敬畏耶和華的人,要存到永遠!

 

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