2021年6月27日 星期日

約翰福音17:20-26

 


17:20 「我不但為這些人祈求,也為那些因他們的話信我的人祈求,
17:21
使他們都合而為一。正如你父在我裡面,我在你裡面,使他們也在我們裡面,叫世人可以信你差了我來。
17:22
你所賜給我的榮耀,我已賜給他們,使他們合而為一,像我們合而為一。
17:23
我在他們裡面,你在我裡面,使他們完完全全地合而為一,叫世人知道你差了我來,也知道你愛他們如同愛我一樣。
17:24
父啊,我在哪裡,願你所賜給我的人也同我在那裡,叫他們看見你所賜給我的榮耀;因為創立世界以前,你已經愛我了。
17:25
公義的父啊,世人未曾認識你,我卻認識你;這些人也知道你差了我來。
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我已將你的名指示他們,還要指示他們,使你所愛我的愛在他們裡面,我也在他們裡面。」

 

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you[e] known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

 

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    主耶穌不但為門徒求合一也為後來成為基督徒的人求合一!正如經文所說:「我不但為這些人祈求,也為那些因他們的話信我的人祈求,使他們都合而為一。正如你父在我裡面,我在你裡面,使他們也在我們裡面,叫世人可以信你差了我來。」

 

    然而「合一」不在人的作為,也不在那些認為宗派是分裂基督身體的人,而是在主耶穌說:「你所賜給我的榮耀,我已賜給他們,使他們合而為一,像我們合而為一。我在他們裡面,你在我裡面,使他們完完全全地合而為一,叫世人知道你差了我來,也知道你愛他們如同愛我一樣。」

 

    主耶穌這一段禱告讓我們再一次體認合一是在上帝的作為正如上帝國的實現是上帝的作為不是人的作為讓我們再一次深思什麼是真正的合一而在二十世紀的教會也曾要以人為的合一為目標反而造成教會更大的分裂這是我們曾經在歷史上看見的

 

 

 

 

約翰福音17:6-19

 


17:6 「你從世上賜給我的人,我已將你的名顯明與他們。他們本是你的,你將他們賜給我,他們也遵守了你的道。
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如今他們知道,凡你所賜給我的,都是從你那裡來的;
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因為你所賜給我的道,我已經賜給他們,他們也領受了,又確實知道,我是從你出來的,並且信你差了我來。
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我為他們祈求,不為世人祈求,卻為你所賜給我的人祈求,因他們本是你的。
17:10
凡是我的,都是你的;你的也是我的,並且我因他們得了榮耀。
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從今以後,我不在世上,他們卻在世上;我往你那裡去。聖父啊,求你因你所賜給我的名保守他們,叫他們合而為一像我們一樣。
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我與他們同在的時候,因你所賜給我的名保守了他們,我也護衛了他們;其中除了那滅亡之子,沒有一個滅亡的,好叫經上的話得應驗。
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現在我往你那裡去,我還在世上說這話,是叫他們心裡充滿我的喜樂。
17:14
我已將你的道賜給他們。世界又恨他們;因為他們不屬世界,正如我不屬世界一樣。
17:15
我不求你叫他們離開世界,只求你保守他們脫離那惡者(或譯:脫離罪惡)。
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他們不屬世界,正如我不屬世界一樣。
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求你用真理使他們成聖;你的道就是真理。
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你怎樣差我到世上,我也照樣差他們到世上。
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我為他們的緣故,自己分別為聖,叫他們也因真理成聖。

 

“I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

 

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    主耶穌這段禱告讓我們看見基督徒的合一是在主耶穌不是組織或宗派因為宗派是因為地域或文化產生的是因著人的不同特質而誕生這不是罪這是顯明上帝家的豐富

 

    我們不要用人的想法和觀念硬要宗派在組織上合一這些合一通常是粗暴或自以為是是沒有互相尊重的心只是滿足人的想法而不是滿足主耶穌的想法。只要大家都站立在「五個唯獨」(唯獨恩典、唯獨信心、唯獨以聖經為依歸、唯獨基督、唯獨上帝的榮耀)的基礎。

 

    《啟示錄》21章說到在上帝國中有不同寶石:「城牆的根基是用各樣寶石修飾的:第一根基是碧玉;第二是藍寶石;第三是綠瑪瑙;第四是綠寶石;第五是紅瑪瑙;第六是紅寶石;第七是黃璧璽;第八是水蒼玉;第九是紅璧璽;第十是翡翠;第十一是紫瑪瑙;第十二是紫晶。」(19-20節)

 

    感謝上帝,祂讓我們看見不是單單一種材料,是各種材料,都是為了榮耀上帝!

 

 

約翰福音17:1-5

 

17:1 耶穌說了這話,就舉目望天,說:「父啊,時候到了,願你榮耀你的兒子,使兒子也榮耀你;
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正如你曾賜給他權柄管理凡有血氣的,叫他將永生賜給你所賜給他的人。
17:3
認識你獨一的真上帝,並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督,這就是永生。
17:4
我在地上已經榮耀你,你所託付我的事,我已成全了。
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父啊,現在求你使我同你享榮耀,就是未有世界以先,我同你所有的榮耀。

 

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

 

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    在這段聖經中榮耀有兩個詞性有動詞和名詞

 

    「榮耀」成為動詞有頌讚, 頌揚, 歌頌, 讚美使榮耀, 使增光彩, 披上榮光雙重意義對主耶穌來說祂是雙重意義都有;對我們而言只有「頌讚, 頌揚, 歌頌, 讚美」。

 

    為什麼有這樣的差別呢?因為主耶穌是上帝的獨生子,與上帝同等地位,悍父一樣擁有名詞的「榮耀」。然而受造的我們卻沒有名詞的「榮耀」,所以我們無法有動詞性的作為,除分我們分享了主耶穌的「榮耀」。也因為如此,我們要在「認識你─獨一的真上帝,並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督,這就是永生。」之狀態下才能有動詞的「榮耀」。而要有完全的歸榮耀給上帝,也要在上帝國完全實現,我們完全得贖的時候!

 

    讓我們認識名詞的「榮耀」這是上帝重要的屬性是絕對屬性有為有上帝是配得的因為上帝擁有的榮耀是至高至尊的榮耀是受造之物無法匹配除上帝的賜予就如聖潔一樣若沒有上帝的賜予人是無法聖潔的

 

    也因此我們只能歸榮耀給上帝無法如主耶穌這裡的禱告:「父啊,現在求你使我同你享榮耀,就是未有世界以先,我同你所有的榮耀。」