Apr 21【每日活水】借着行善来胜过恶

马太福音12:9~21

治好枯干了一只手的人
可3‧1-6路6‧6-11
9 耶稣离开那地方,进了一个会堂。 
10 那里有一个人枯干了一只手。有人问耶稣说:「安息日治病可以不可以?」意思是要控告他。 
11 耶稣说:「你们中间谁有一只羊,当安息日掉在坑里,不把它抓住、拉上来呢? 
12 人比羊何等贵重呢!所以,在安息日做善事是可以的。」 
13 于是对那人说:「伸出手来!」他把手一伸,手就复了原,和那只手一样。 
14 法利赛人出去,商议怎样可以除灭耶稣。
 神所拣选的仆人
15 耶稣知道了,就离开那里,有许多人跟着他。他把其中有病的人都治好了; 
16 又嘱咐他们,不要给他传名。 17这是要应验先知以赛亚的话,说:
18 看哪!我的仆人,
我所拣选、所亲爱、心里所喜悦的,
我要将我的灵赐给他;
他必将公理传给外邦。
19 他不争竞,不喧嚷;
街上也没有人听见他的声音。
20 压伤的芦苇,他不折断;
将残的灯火,他不吹灭;
等他施行公理,叫公理得胜。
21 外邦人都要仰望他的名。
9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 
10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?
12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 
14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
God’s Chosen Servant
15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 
16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
19 He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.
21 In his name the nations will put their hope.”

内容观察

1.会堂中想要控告耶稣的人,用什么问题质问耶稣?(10节)
2.耶稣说,安息日可以做什么事?(11~12节)
 

思考与默想

 

3.耶稣为什么说,在安息日行善是合法的?
 

个人感受

4.耶稣面对法利赛人的恶意,仍然选择继续医治病人,对此你有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.你何时曾在不利的处境中,仍然坚持行善?
6.为了借着善行实践主的爱,你决定要怎么做?

灵修指南

法利赛人对耶稣的愤怒达到了顶峰。法利赛人在会堂中质问耶稣说,在安息日治病是不是律法所允许的。
这个问题是一个陷阱,为要寻找控告耶稣的证据和理由。
耶稣则对他们说,律法如果允许在安息日拯救牲畜,那拯救比牲畜更宝贵的人当然是合法的。
接着,耶稣完全治愈了那手萎缩了的人(9~13节)。耶稣以智慧的教导化解法利赛人的诡计,也医治人萎缩的手,彰显了神的大能。
尽管法利赛人密谋要除掉耶稣,祂还是持续进行医治的事工。透过这一点,耶稣亲身让我们知道,没有什么事情可以成为行善的障碍。
所以门徒要记住,我们当尽力,让耶稣那连压伤的芦苇也不折断的爱,实践在我们所遇见的人身上。
让我们效法耶稣牧者的心肠,成为努力拯救灵魂的门徒。
手萎缩了的人(10节):丧失手部肌肉功能的人。
手就复原了(13节):原文意思是“完全康复”、“恢复完整”。
耶稣就是预言中的那位受苦的仆人……仰望他的名(18~21节):福音书作者引用圣经以赛亚书的内容,使人明白耶稣就是预言中的那位受苦的仆人

内室祷告

愿我尽力向他人实践主的爱,即使遭遇敌意也不退缩。

 

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