Dec 25【每日活水】因主大大欢喜

 

马太fu yin2:1~12

博士朝拜
1当希律王的时候, YS 生在犹太的伯利恒。有几个博士从东方来到耶路撒冷,说:
2「那生下来作犹太人之王的在哪里?我们在东方看见他的星,特来拜他。」
3希律王听见了,就心里不安;耶路撒冷合城的人也都不安。
4他就召齐了祭司长和民间的文士,问他们说:「 JI DU 当生在何处?」
5他们回答说:「在犹太的伯利恒。因为有先知记着,说:
6 犹大地的伯利恒啊,
你在犹大诸城中并不是最小的;
因为将来有一位君王要从你那里出来,
牧养我以色列民。」
7当下,希律暗暗地召了博士来,细问那星是什么时候出现的,
8就差他们往伯利恒去,说:「你们去仔细寻访那小孩子,寻到了就来报信,我也好去拜他。」
9他们听见王的话就去了。在东方所看见的那星忽然在他们前头行,直行到小孩子的地方,就在上头停住了。
10他们看见那星,就大大地欢喜;
11进了房子,看见小孩子和他母亲马利亚,就俯伏拜那小孩子,揭开宝盒,拿黄金、乳香、没药为礼物献给他。
12博士因为在梦中被主指示不要回去见希律,就从别的路回本地去了。
The Magi Visit the Messiah
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 
2and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 
4When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 
5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6“ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 
8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 
10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 
11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 
12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
 

内容观察

1. 听到东方博学之士所带来的消息,希律和耶路撒冷全城的人作何反应?(3 节)

2. 东方博学之士朝拜婴孩 YS 时,献上了什么礼物?(11节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.东方博学之士看见 YS 降生,就欢喜并献上礼物的原因是什么?
 

个人感受

4. YS 是配得敬/拜和赞美的王,对此我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5. 我都是以何种心态过圣诞节?

6. 为了向降世为人来拯救我们的 YS 献上敬/拜,我决定要怎么做?

东方(1节):意为“众星升起之地”,指古代波斯或巴比伦。

犹太人之王(2节):这是外邦人所能理解的弥赛亚的别称。

宝盒(11节):展现出东方博学之士高贵和美好的心意。

灵/修指南

希律作王的时候, YS 出生在犹太的伯利恒。最早得知这消息的,并不是祭司和文士,而是东方的博学之士(1节)。他们来到 YS 撒冷问说:“那生下来作犹太人之王的在哪里?我们特来拜他。”(2节)这让希律和耶路撒冷全城的人都感到不安(3节)。希律急忙召了祭司长和文士来,让他们去找先知的预言,这时他们才知道所预言的弥赛亚会出生在犹大的伯利恒(4~6节)。东方博学之士前往伯利 恒,看见在前面引领他们的那颗星停住了,就大大欢喜,进了房子,俯伏敬/拜马利亚怀中的婴孩 YS ,并将最为宝贵的礼物献上(8—11节),如今, YS 仍是配得我们敬/拜和赞美的主。盼望我们像东方博学之士一样敞开心门,因主大大欢喜,并俯伏敬/拜、献礼物给 TA 。
 

内室dao告

愿我因救/主 YS 的降生大大欢喜,向主献上完全的敬/拜。

 

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