2021年6月6日 星期日

約翰福音8:31-47

 


8:31 耶穌對信他的猶太人說:「你們若常常遵守我的道,就真是我的門徒;
8:32
你們必曉得真理,真理必叫你們得以自由。」
8:33
他們回答說:「我們是亞伯拉罕的後裔,從來沒有作過誰的奴僕。你怎麼說『你們必得以自由』呢?」
8:34
耶穌回答說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,所有犯罪的就是罪的奴僕。
8:35
奴僕不能永遠住在家裡;兒子是永遠住在家裡。
8:36
所以天父的兒子若叫你們自由,你們就真自由了。
8:37
我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的子孫,你們卻想要殺我,因為你們心裡容不下我的道。
8:38
我所說的是在我父那裡看見的;你們所行的是在你們的父那裡聽見的。」
8:39
他們說:「我們的父就是亞伯拉罕。」耶穌說:「你們若是亞伯拉罕的兒子,就必行亞伯拉罕所行的事。
8:40
我將在上帝那裡所聽見的真理告訴了你們,現在你們卻想要殺我,這不是亞伯拉罕所行的事。
8:41
你們是行你們父所行的事。」他們說:「我們不是從淫亂生的;我們只有一位父,就是上帝。」
8:42
耶穌說:「倘若上帝是你們的父,你們就必愛我;因為我本是出於上帝,也是從上帝而來,並不是由著自己來,乃是他差我來。
8:43
你們為甚麼不明白我的話呢?無非是因你們不能聽我的道。
8:44
你們是出於你們的父魔鬼,你們父的私慾你們偏要行。他從起初是殺人的,不守真理,因他心裡沒有真理。他說謊是出於自己;因他本來是說謊的,也是說謊之人的父。
8:45
我將真理告訴你們,你們就因此不信我。
8:46
你們中間誰能指證我有罪呢?我既然將真理告訴你們,為甚麼不信我呢?
8:47
出於上帝的,必聽上帝的話;你們不聽,因為你們不是出於上帝。」

 

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.[b]

39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would[c] do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.”

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

 

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    主耶穌在這裡對以色列人也就是猶太人更是亞伯拉罕的子孫說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,所有犯罪的就是罪的奴僕。奴僕不能永遠住在家裡;兒子是永遠住在家裡。所以天父的兒子若叫你們自由,你們就真自由了。我知道你們是亞伯拉罕的子孫,你們卻想要殺我,因為你們心裡容不下我的道。我所說的是在我父那裡看見的;你們所行的是在你們的父那裡聽見的。」

 

    而主耶穌更勇敢地說:「倘若上帝是你們的父,你們就必愛我;因為我本是出於上帝,也是從上帝而來,並不是由著自己來,乃是他差我來。你們為甚麼不明白我的話呢?無非是因你們不能聽我的道。你們是出於你們的父魔鬼,你們父的私慾你們偏要行。他從起初是殺人的,不守真理,因他心裡沒有真理。他說謊是出於自己;因他本來是說謊的,也是說謊之人的父。我將真理告訴你們,你們就因此不信我。 你們中間誰能指證我有罪呢?我既然將真理告訴你們,為甚麼不信我呢?出於上帝的,必聽上帝的話;你們不聽,因為你們不是出於上帝。」

 

.   聽了這話是不是很震驚?其實不只猶太人是魔鬼之子,全人類都是魔鬼之子!因為自從始祖亞當和夏娃犯罪以來,罪已經侵入人的生命中,人已經沒有行善的能力了!是被罪的勢力轄制了,表現的就是抵擋上帝,更是無法接受主耶穌是上帝的兒子、是基督,甚至是不容許主耶穌的存在,認為靠主耶穌得著上帝的救贖是荒謬的信仰。

 

    也因為這樣,我們不要以為人信福音是容易的,除非是聖靈的光照與引導,人是無法真正接受耶穌基督是救主,一切都是上帝的恩典!所以,必須有聖靈的有效的呼召在人心中,人才可以成為上帝的兒女!

約翰福音8:21-30

 


8:21 耶穌又對他們說:「我要去了,你們要找我,並且你們要死在罪中。我所去的地方,你們不能到。」
8:22
猶太人說:「他說『我所去的地方,你們不能到』,難道他要自盡嗎?」
8:23
耶穌對他們說:「你們是從下頭來的,我是從上頭來的;你們是屬這世界的,我不是屬這世界的。
8:24
所以我對你們說,你們要死在罪中。你們若不信我是基督,必要死在罪中。」
8:25
他們就問他說:「你是誰?」耶穌對他們說:「就是我從起初所告訴你們的。
8:26
我有許多事講論你們,判斷你們;但那差我來的是真的,我在他那裡所聽見的,我就傳給世人。」
8:27
他們不明白耶穌是指著父說的。
8:28
所以耶穌說:「你們舉起人子以後,必知道我是基督,並且知道我沒有一件事是憑著自己做的。我說這些話乃是照著父所教訓我的。
8:29
那差我來的是與我同在;他沒有撇下我獨自在這裡,因為我常做他所喜悅的事。」
8:30
耶穌說這話的時候,就有許多人信他。

 

21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”

22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”

25 “Who are you?” they asked.

“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26 “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”

27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up[a] the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” 30 Even as he spoke, many believed in him.

 

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    主耶穌表明自己就是基督並且明明地宣告:「你們是從下頭來的,我是從上頭來的;你們是屬這世界的,我不是屬這世界的。所以我對你們說,你們要死在罪中。你們若不信我是基督,必要死在罪中。」

 

    也因為這樣信耶穌是基督是多麼重要,這不是我們感覺如何的問題,而是我們要接受主耶穌的宣告,要信靠耶穌是基督,讓上帝的救贖臨到我們!

 

    主耶穌也清楚的說到:「你們若不信我是基督,必要死在罪中。」

 

    而且主耶穌更是加強地說:「你們舉起人子以後,必知道我是基督,並且知道我沒有一件事是憑著自己做的。我說這些話乃是照著父所教訓我的。那差我來的是與我同在;他沒有撇下我獨自在這裡,因為我常做他所喜悅的事。」

 

    親愛的朋友不要再猶豫了要勇敢承認耶穌是基督同樣已經信主的弟兄姊妹要堅持唯有主耶穌是基督是救主除了耶穌基督以外沒有別的名可以靠著得救

 

 

 

約翰福音8:12-20

 


8:12 耶穌又對眾人說:「我是世界的光。跟從我的,就不在黑暗裡走,必要得著生命的光。」
8:13
法利賽人對他說:「你是為自己作見證,你的見證不真。」
8:14
耶穌說:「我雖然為自己作見證,我的見證還是真的;因我知道我從哪裡來,往哪裡去;你們卻不知道我從哪裡來,往哪裡去。
8:15
你們是以外貌(原文是憑肉身)判斷人,我卻不判斷人。
8:16
就是判斷人,我的判斷也是真的;因為不是我獨自在這裡,還有差我來的父與我同在。
8:17
你們的律法上也記著說:『兩個人的見證是真的。』
8:18
我是為自己作見證,還有差我來的父也是為我作見證。」
8:19
他們就問他說:「你的父在哪裡?」耶穌回答說:「你們不認識我,也不認識我的父;若是認識我,也就認識我的父。」
8:20
這些話是耶穌在殿裡的庫房、教訓人時所說的,也沒有人拿他,因為他的時候還沒有到。

 

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”

14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. 16 But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”

19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

 

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    主耶穌在這裡宣告:「我是世界的光。跟從我的,就不在黑暗裡走,必要得著生命的光。」

 

    主耶穌這樣說不是支持「拜火教」或「光明會」,非也!主耶穌是上帝不用支持這些組織,反而這些組織要來皈依主耶穌才是對的!這也說明基督徒不是支持耶穌基督以外的,甚至是教皇或是某某牧師,這些都不是我們要支持的,我們是「唯獨基督」!

 

    也因為這樣我們是回應主耶穌的呼召,不是回應某某牧師,不管是獻心會或獻身會,甚至是佈道會!我們唯一回應的對象是主耶穌!因為需多人假借主耶穌的名義,讓信徒自願放棄自由的意志來跟隨某個組織、某個主義、某個運動、某個理想,這些都是在製造偶像,都是不合乎上帝的旨意,都是在搶奪上帝的主權!

 

    親愛的弟兄姊妹,請快快清醒!我們是「唯獨基督」!

 

 

約翰福音8:1-11

 


8:1 於是各人都回家去了;耶穌卻往橄欖山去,

8:2 清早又回到殿裡。眾百姓都到他那裡去,他就坐下,教訓他們。

8:3 文士和法利賽人帶著一個行淫時被拿的婦人來,叫她站在當中,

8:4 就對耶穌說:「夫子,這婦人是正行淫之時被拿的。

8:5 摩西在律法上吩咐我們把這樣的婦人用石頭打死。你說該把她怎麼樣呢?」

8:6 他們說這話,乃試探耶穌,要得著告他的把柄。耶穌卻彎著腰,用指頭在地上畫字。

8:7 他們還是不住地問他,耶穌就直起腰來,對他們說:「你們中間誰是沒有罪的,誰就可以先拿石頭打她。」

8:8 於是又彎著腰,用指頭在地上畫字。

8:9 他們聽見這話,就從老到少,一個一個地都出去了,只剩下耶穌一人,還有那婦人仍然站在當中。

8:10 耶穌就直起腰來,對她說:「婦人,那些人在哪裡呢?沒有人定你的罪嗎?」

8:11 她說:「主啊,沒有。」耶穌說:「我也不定你的罪。去吧,從此不要再犯罪了!」

 

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

11 “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

 

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    這是一段很有意思的插曲,因為有些抄本並沒有這段記載,可是大部分的譯本會將這段放入內容之中,表示這個事蹟受到許多的讀者歡迎,將其視為聖經的一部分,也因此我們也要來認識這一段。

 

    有位法學家也將這段事蹟放入他的論述之中,稱讚主耶穌的睿智,因為刑罰不是法律的目的,法律的目的是要保護人!而主耶穌這兩樣都做到了,讓人認識守法律的重要,也保護該保護的人。

 

    因為在這裡讓我們看見了多方勢力的張力,有摩西的律法、羅馬的法律、上帝的拯救、罪惡的轄制、人性的尊嚴、,然而主耶穌卻用看輕鬆的方式將一切擺平,但是卻讓人在這當中得警戒與教訓!

 

    的確,我們是有罪的人,不管是犯明顯或隱藏的罪,我們都是有罪的影響力在我們的生命中,我們都像那婦人一樣需要聽見主耶穌所說的:「我也不定你的罪。去吧,從此不要再犯罪了!」

 

    主耶穌更是將更新的力量放在我們生命中,就是我們信靠祂,就必領受聖靈為生命的泉源,活出上帝兒女的樣式,朝完全的方向成長,一直到上帝國完全實現,我們就是完全更新了!