Mar 27【每日活水】顺从真理并重视社会责任

马可福音12:13~17

纳税给凯撒的问题

13后来，他们打发几个法利赛人和几个希律党的人到耶稣那里，要就着他的话陷害他。

14他们来了，就对他说：「夫子，我们知道你是诚实的，什么人你都不徇情面；因为你不看人的外貌，乃是诚诚实实传　神的道。纳税给凯撒可以不可以？

15我们该纳不该纳？」耶稣知道他们的假意，就对他们说：「你们为什么试探我？拿一个银钱来给我看！」

16他们就拿了来。耶稣说：「这像和这号是谁的？」他们说：「是凯撒的。」

17耶稣说：「凯撒的物当归给凯撒，　神的物当归给　神。」他们就很希奇他。

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

13Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.

14They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?

15Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?”he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

16They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.

17Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”
And they were amazed at him.

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内容观察

1.法利赛人和希律党人到耶稣那里，问祂什么问题?(14~15a节)

2.耶稣知道他们的意图，就对他们说什么?(15b~17节)

思考与默想

3.耶稣为什么说“凯撒的归凯撒，神的归神”?

个人感受

4.神的百姓除了要顺从真理，也要重视社会责任，对此我有什么感想?

决心与应用

5.我何时曾在信仰上忠心，却忽略在家庭和职场上的责任?

6.为了忠于信仰并参与社会，我决定要怎么做?

希律党人(13节):指支持希律王和罗马统治的犹太人。
陷害(13节):像是用陷阱抓捕猎物一样，试图抓住他人的错误和把柄。银币(15节):刻有皇帝头像的罗马货币。

灵修指南

法利赛人和希律党人为了陷害耶稣而彼此联手。他们质问耶稣向凯撒纳税是否合法(14节)，期望让祂陷入两难并找到把柄捉拿祂。然而，耶稣充满智慧的回答既承认神的主权，同时也指出人在世上生活有社会身分，必须履行社会责任。同样地，我们作为耶稣的门徒，也要重视所肩负的社会义务，因为神不仅呼召我们在信仰上忠于祂，也要在社会中活出祂的旨意。盼望我们除了顺从神在信仰上的教导，也重视所承担的社会责任。

内室祷告

愿我顺从神在信仰上的教导，也重视所承担的社会责任。

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