Feb 18【每日活水】怀抱信心盼望神的国

 

马可福音4:26~34

种子长大的比喻
26又说:「 神的国如同人把种撒在地上。
27黑夜睡觉,白日起来,这种就发芽渐长,那人却不晓得如何这样。
28地生五谷是出于自然的:先发苗,后长穗,再后穗上结成饱满的子粒;
29谷既熟了,就用镰刀去割,因为收成的时候到了。」
芥菜种的比喻
(太13‧31-32;路13‧18-19)
30又说:「 神的国,我们可用什么比较呢?可用什么比喻表明呢?
31好像一粒芥菜种,种在地里的时候,虽比地上的百种都小,
32但种上以后,就长起来,比各样的菜都大,又长出大枝来,甚至天上的飞鸟可以宿在它的荫下。」
耶稣用比喻讲道
(太13‧34)
33耶稣用许多这样的比喻,照他们所能听的,对他们讲道。
34若不用比喻,就不对他们讲;没有人的时候,就把一切的道讲给门徒听。
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
27Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
28All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
29As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.
32Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
34He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
 

内容观察

1.耶稣将神的国比喻成什么? (26, 31节)

2.耶稣说,芥菜种的种子可以长大到什么程度?(32节)

思考与默想

 

3.耶稣为什么以微小的种子来比喻神的国?
 

个人感受

4.神的国起初虽然微小,却具有生命力,终将完全实现,对此我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾为着神的国不符合自己的期望,而失去信心?

6.为了持续以信心仰望神的国,我决定要怎么做?

灵修指南

耶稣以种子用来比喻神的国,教导门徒神的国是可扩张的,最终将要完全实现。在种子长大的比喻中,农夫只能将种子撒在地上,神却使它发芽生长、吐穗,以致最后能够收割成熟的五谷(26—29节)。接着,耶稣以芥菜种的比喻,表明神的国终将完全实现(31节)。芥菜种是所有种子中最小的,却能长成大树,使飞鸟在它的荫下筑巢(32节)。在种子长大的比喻中,耶稣告诉门徒,神的国将在世上成长、扩张,超越人所能理解和掌控。耶稣也透过芥菜种的比喻教导门徒,虽然神的国起初看似微不足道,终必完全实现。盼望我们时刻记得,神的国在神的手中发芽成长,即便最初微小,却终必实现,以致能够持续怀抱信心,直到看见祂的国度完全实现。
 

内室祷告

愿我持续怀抱信心,直到神的国度完全实现的那一天。

 

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