Apr 01【每日活水】信心的宣告与主的大能

 

马太福音8:1~13

洁净长大麻风的人
(可1‧40-45;路5‧12-16)
1耶稣下了山,有许多人跟着他。
2有一个长大麻风的来拜他,说:「主若肯,必能叫我洁净了。」
3耶稣伸手摸他,说:「我肯,你洁净了吧!」他的大麻风立刻就洁净了。
4耶稣对他说:「你切不可告诉人,只要去把身体给祭司察看,献上摩西所吩咐的礼物,对众人作证据。」
治好百夫长的仆人
(路7‧1-10)
5耶稣进了迦百农,有一个百夫长进前来,求他说:
6「主啊,我的仆人害瘫痪病,躺在家里,甚是疼苦。」
7耶稣说:「我去医治他。」
8百夫长回答说:「主啊,你到我舍下,我不敢当;只要你说一句话,我的仆人就必好了。 9因为我在人的权下,也有兵在我以下;对这个说『去!』他就去;对那个说『来!』他就来;对我的仆人说:『你做这事!』他就去做。」
10耶稣听见就希奇,对跟从的人说:「我实在告诉你们,这么大的信心,就是在以色列中,我也没有遇见过。
11我又告诉你们,从东从西,将有许多人来,在天国里与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各一同坐席;
12惟有本国的子民竟被赶到外边黑暗里去,在那里必要哀哭切齿了。」
13耶稣对百夫长说:「你回去吧!照你的信心,给你成全了。」那时,他的仆人就好了。
Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy
1When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. 
2A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,”he said. “Be clean!”Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy. 
4Then Jesus said to him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
The Faith of the Centurion
5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 
6“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 
9For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.”And his servant was healed at that moment.
 

内容观察

1.痳疯病人和百夫长,分别用怎样的话彰显出他们对耶稣的信心? (2,8 节)

2. 耶稣对于他们两人的信心分别作出什么回应? (3,10节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.耶稣为什么选择以违反当时洁净条例的方式来施行医治?
 

个人感受

4.看到耶稣突破习俗及文化的隔阂来接纳相信池的人,你有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.此刻,主希望你发出怎样的信心宣告?

6.为了使自己的信心也能被主称赞,你决定要怎么做?

百夫长(5节):统领一百名士兵的罗马军官。
我去医治他(7节):这样的行动有违当时犹太人的习俗,因当时的犹太人认为,进入外邦人的家中是不洁净的。

灵修指南

当时的犹太社会认为痳疯病人是不洁净的,并将他们排除在社群之外。因此,-个痳疯病人要来到众人聚集的耶稣跟前,必定要顶着极大的社会压力,若非确信耶稣有能力医治并使他洁净,就不可能做到。还有一位百夫长也来找耶稣,他虽然是外邦人,却相信他的僮仆可以因着耶稣的吩咐得医治,他因着确信耶稣有超越时间、空间的权柄,所以前来寻求耶稣。耶稣不畏旁人的眼光、突破社会的习俗,向着确信池权柄的人施展大能,池不单伸手触摸不洁净的痳疯病人(3节), 也愿意前往外邦百夫长的家(7节)。就像这样,哪里有真诚的信心宣告,那里就有主超越时空的大能。借着全然的交托及信心的宣告,我们将可以经历身体和心灵的医治。愿我们日日宣告真诚的信心,成为经历主大能的人。
 

内室祷告

感谢慈爱的主突破种种隔阂来接纳我,愿我日日宣告对的信心。

 

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