Apr 03【每日活水】 SHEN 等候赴天国宴席的人

 

路加fu yin14:15~24

大筵席的比喻
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15  同席的有一人听见这话,就对 YS 说:「在  SHEN 国里吃饭的有福了!」 
16  YS 对他说:「有一人摆设大筵席,请了许多客。 
17  到了坐席的时候,打发仆人去对所请的人说:『请来吧!样样都齐备了。』 
18  众人一口同音地推辞。头一个说:『我买了一块地,必须去看看。请你准我辞了。』 
19  又有一个说:『我买了五对牛,要去试一试。请你准我辞了。』 
20  又有一个说:『我才娶了妻,所以不能去。』 
21  那仆人回来,把这事都告诉了主人。家主就动怒,对仆人说:『快出去,到城里大街小巷,领那贫穷的、残废的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的来。』 
22  仆人说:『主啊,你所吩咐的已经办了,还有空座。』 
23  主人对仆人说:『你出去到路上和篱笆那里,勉强人进来,坐满我的屋子。 
24  我告诉你们,先前所请的人没有一个得尝我的筵席。』」
The Parable of the Great Banquet
15  When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16  Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.
17  At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18   “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19   “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20   “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21  “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22   “ ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23   “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
24  I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’ ”
 

内容观察

1. YS 的比喻中,被请的人有何反应?(18节)

2.主人看到被请的人不来赴席有何反应?(21节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.主人摆设了大宴席却没有人赴席的原因是什么?
 

个人感受

4.看到被请的人用各种借口推辞,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.最近有什么事花费了我大量的时间和精力?

6.作为受邀赴 SHEN 国宴席的人,为了顺从 SHEN 的话,我决定要怎么做?

灵/修指南

YS 透过大宴席的比喻,讲到人们被邀请进入 SHEN 国的事(15~16节)。每一个被邀请参加宴席的人都因为各自的原因而面露难色,纷纷表示无法参加(17~20节),因为他们都有比宴席更要紧的事(16节)。这些事的共同点在于需要花费相当的时间和精力去解决,所以不能赴席就看似理所当然了。然而, SHEN 却用更大的耐心等候我们。如果说那推辞的三个人指的是犹太人,那么后面主人强拉而来的就是外邦人。犹太人曾拥有机会,却因为自己的私欲而错失,因为他们将自己的生命与需要长时间打理的事情捆绑在一起。真正值得我们投入时间和精力去追求的,是 SHEN 的国度,而非这个世界。请铭记, SHEN 如今也在等候赴天国宴席的人。
 

内室dao告

愿我投入时间和精力于 SHEN 的国度,带着属天的勇气和智慧在这地上生活。

 

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