11月04日讀經:約翰福音:耶穌說七個「我是」研究
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經文
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耶穌是
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解釋
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生命的糧
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“耶穌說,我就是生命的糧,到我這裏來的必定不餓,信我的永遠不渴。”(約六:35)
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生命的供應
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「糧」是動物力量的來源,分為兩種1.肉體需要的糧食.2.屬靈的糧食。有糧食喫,人才能有「力量」。
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世界的光
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“耶穌又對眾人說,我是世界的光,跟從我的,就不在黑暗裏走,必要得著生命的光。(約八:12)
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生命的指引
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「光」是顯明一切隱藏不為人知的力量,有光才能看清楚許多事實,看清楚之後才能知道方向,接著就容易接受上帝的啟示與帶領,所以光使我們蒙神的「指引」。
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門
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“我就是門,凡從我進來的必然得救,並且出入得草喫。”(約一○:9)
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生命的得救
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「門」是一種分野,有門內與門外之分,「門」是一種「保護」,如果沒有門,狼就進來喫羊,耶穌是羊的門,透過祂羊得保護,蒙「拯救」
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好牧人
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盜賊來,無非要偷竊,殺害,毀壞。我來了,是要叫羊得生命,並且得的更豐盛。我是好牧人,好牧人為羊捨命。”(約一○:10-11)
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生命得豐盛
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「牧人」是把羊的性命看得比自己性命更重的人,耶穌就是這樣,祂願為我們捨命,而祂捨命的目的,不只是叫我們得生命,而是得著更豐盛的生命。
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復活
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耶穌對他說,復活在我,生命也在我,信我的人雖然死了,也必復活。”(約一一:25)
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生命的復活
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「復活」是要先經過「死亡」,沒有死就沒有復活,而「復活」指的也一種「反敗為勝」、把絕望變成希望的力量。
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道路真理生命
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耶穌說,我就是道路,真理,生命,若不藉著我,沒有人能到父那裏去。”(約一四:6)
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生命的通路
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「道路=方向,真理=經歷,生命=力量」,一方面指人活著通路的過程,也指著人將來到上帝面前的通路,而通路只有一個,就是藉著耶穌。
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真葡萄樹
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“我是真葡萄樹,我父是栽培的人。”(約一五:1)
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生命的成長
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「樹與枝子」說明了耶穌與我們是一種生命連結的關係,枝子離不開樹,樹也不能沒有枝子。有了這層關係,枝子才會成長,結果子。
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01我是父所差、從父出來、從上頭來
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約5:36 但我有比約翰更大的見證;因為父交給我要我成就的事,就是我所作的事,這便見證我是父所差來的。約7:29我卻認識他;因為我是從他來的,他也是差了我來。」約8:18我是為自己作見證,還有差我來的父也是為我作見證。」約16:27 父自己愛你們;因為你們已經愛我,又信我是從父出來的。約17:8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。約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。
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05我是基督
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約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。」約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作的。我說這些話乃是照著父所教訓我的。約13:19 如今事情還沒有成就,我要先告訴你們,叫你們到事情成就的時候可以信我是基督。
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07我是你們的主,你們的夫子
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約13:14 我是你們的主,你們的夫子,尚且洗你們的腳,你們也當彼此洗腳。
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"God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."(Gal. 6:14)
THEY were living to themselves; self with its hopes, and promises and dreams, still had hold of them; but the Lord began to fulfill their prayers. They had asked for contrition, and had surrendered for it to be given them at any cost, and He sent them sorrow; they had asked for purity, and He sent them thrilling anguish; they had asked to be meek, and He had broken their hearts; they had asked to be dead to the world, and He slew all their living hopes; they had asked to be made like unto Him, and He placed them in the furnace, sitting by "as a refiner and purifier of silver," until they should reflect His image; they had asked to lay hold of His cross, and when He had reached it to them it lacerated their hands.
They had asked they knew not what, nor how, but He had taken them at their word, and granted them all their petitions. They were hardly willing to follow Him so far, or to draw so night to Him. They had upon them an awe and fear, as Jacob at Bethel, or Eliphaz in the night visions, or as the apostles when they thought that they had seen a spirit, and knew not that it was Jesus. They could almost pray Him to depart from them, or to hide His awfulness. They found it easier to obey than to suffer, to do than to give up, to bear the cross than to hang upon it. But they cannot to back, for they have come too near the unseen cross, and its virtues have pierced too deeply within them. He is fulfilling to them His promise, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:32).
But now at last their turn has come. Before, they had only heard of the mystery, but now they feel it. He has fastened on them His look of love, as He did on Mary and Peter, and they can but choose to follow.
Little by little, from time to time, by fitting gleams, the mystery of His cross shines out upon them. They behold Him lifted up, they gaze on the glory which rays from the wounds of His holy passion; and as they gaze they advance, and are changed into His likeness, and His name shines out throught them, for He dwells in them. They live alone with Him above, in unspeakable fellowship; willing to lack what others own (and what they might have had), and to be unlike all, so that they are only like Him.
Such, are they in all ages, "who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth."
Had they chosen for themselves, or their friends chosen for them, they would have chosen otherwise. They would have been brighter here, but less glorious in His Kingdom. They would have had Lot's portion, not Abraham's. If they had halted anywhere-if God had taken off His hand and let them stray back-what would they not have lost? What forfeits in the resurrection?
But He stayed them up, even against themselves. Many a time their foot had well night slipped; but He in mercy held them up. Now, even in this life, they know that all He did was done well. It was good to suffer here, that they might reign hereafter; to bear the cross below, for they shall wear the crown above; and that not their will but His was done on them and in them.
-Anonymous.
基督曾說過:「我心柔和謙卑,你們當學我的樣式,這樣你們心裏就必得享安息。」這兒有雙重的真理,有忍耐、溫柔、謙卑和與神和好的美德,這與傚法基督或信靠祂有相同的意義;同時因著你有這些美德,可以完全脫離亞當墮落的本性而有信靠主高尚的行為。
連帶而有的福份,是因著脫離罪惡和對基督初步信仰、期望,受基督忍耐、溫柔、謙卑和與神和好的靈引導並管理;當你具有這些德性,你的生命就有目的,是真理和生命的基督才會在你裏面,你不再掌權,而是基督在你裏面活著。除非你願在忍耐、溫柔、謙卑和與神和好裏治死老我,否則神聖愛的靈,因無立足之地而不能在你裏面產生;而當你又為不忍耐、驕傲所困擾之際,馬上完全捨己,求神施恩幫助。當你遇到難處就促使與神親近,最能使你忍耐接受神的幫助,我們對神有多少信心和期望就可得多少的啟示。
「這些雖然很簡短,但是真正確的教義,使我們因賜下的救恩而真正完全順服神的啟示下,也真正宣告承認三而一的真神。」現在願你有個思想:完全將我的心靈獻上,單單尋求救恩,直接藉著溫柔、謙卑、忍耐和與神和好的力量,使我的生命有屬天的德性。
「並且要作這更大的事,因為我往父那裡去。」約翰福音十四章12節
祈禱不是叫我們適於那偉大的工作;祈禱本身就是偉大的工作。我們以為祈禱,是叫我們得到較高的能力,去應付神的工作。但按照耶穌基督的眼光看,祈禱是我本已救贖的奇蹟,藉著神的能力,同時也是別人救贖的奇蹟。結果子之方法,是祈禱,但須記取的,這種祈禱是建立在救贖的痛苦,不是建立於我的痛苦。一個小孩能獲得祈禱的答覆,一個聰明人反而得不著。
你無論在那裡祈禱總是一種戰爭。不管神製造環境的方法怎樣,本分就是祈禱。切不可如此作想──「我所在的地方,不見得有用;」因為你不在的地方,你必沒有有用。無論神安排你在那裡,祈禱,常常向祂祈禱。「你們若奉我的名求甚麼,我必成就。」(約十四13)我們不肯祈禱,我們得不著奮興,就不肯祈禱,那就是靈性自私的極度形態。我們要依照神的指導而勞動,但祂指導我們的是祈禱,「所以你們當求莊稼的主,打發工人出去,收祂的莊稼。
通常的工人對於工作,是沒有興奮的,但是成功通常是工作勞作出來的;同樣基督的概念,沒有那些勞苦的聖徒是不會發現的。你慇勤祈禱,從神的立場看,是無時不發生效果的。當帕子揭開,一種說不出的驚奇必然發現,你可以看出你是慣於接受耶穌基督的命令的,已經為祂收穫了不少的靈魂。
「……亞伯拉罕信神……」羅馬書四章3節
亞伯拉罕的信心是向著神本身的,他認識帶領他的神,所以他對神有絕對的信心。
亞伯拉罕一生的秘訣在於他與神的友誼。他所認識的神是一位偉大、良善、信實的朋友。無怪乎他能聽神的話,從他自身所愛的本家本族出來,走向一條未知的道路。
除了信靠神的話語,我們是否已學會把自己全然交給神呢?神有無限的愛及力量,祂是與我們立約的主並永遠的好朋友。
經上告訴我們,亞伯拉罕因著信心而榮耀了神。最能榮耀神的辦法,乃是讓世人看見神是誰,以及祂的大能力。神並不希望藉著我們所能做的事,讓世人知道祂能做什麼;神也不用那些有乖謬性格的器皿。相反的,祂一直在找尋那些謙卑的人,並用這些人在世世代代中榮耀祂。