May 12【每日活水】门徒之路,恩典之路

 

马太福音16:21~28

耶稣预言受难和复活
(可8‧31—9‧1;路9‧22-27)
21从此,耶稣才指示门徒,他必须上耶路撒冷去,受长老、祭司长、文士许多的苦,并且被杀,第三日复活。
22彼得就拉着他,劝他说:「主啊,万不可如此!这事必不临到你身上。」
23耶稣转过来,对彼得说:「撒但,退我后边去吧!你是绊我脚的;因为你不体贴 神的意思,只体贴人的意思。」
24于是耶稣对门徒说:「若有人要跟从我,就当舍己,背起他的十字架来跟从我。
25因为,凡要救自己生命的,必丧掉生命;凡为我丧掉生命的,必得着生命。
26人若赚得全世界,赔上自己的生命,有什么益处呢?人还能拿什么换生命呢?
27人子要在他父的荣耀里,同着众使者降临;那时候,他要照各人的行为报应各人。
28我实在告诉你们,站在这里的,有人在没尝死味以前必看见人子降临在他的国里。」
Jesus Predicts His Death
21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
23Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
25For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
26What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
27For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
 

内容观察

1.听到耶稣说自己要受苦、被杀,然后复活,彼得作何反应?(22节)

2.耶稣如何回应彼得的责备?(23~25节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.为什么耶稣责备彼得,并说跟从池的人必须背起自己的十字架?
 

个人感受

4.耶稣说,门徒的人生就是舍己、背起十字架跟从的人生,对此你有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.你有哪些仍未舍去的自我,或还没放下的私欲?

6.为了按着主的话语, 真实活出主门徒的生活,你决定要怎么做?

就当舍己,背起自己的十字架来跟从我(24节):意味视自己如同已经死亡的人,放弃人性中对安全或享福的渴望,将一切交给耶稣。
看见人子来到他的国里(28节):可能是指下一章中耶稣登山显荣,亦可能是指耶稣将要借死与复活来得荣耀。

灵修指南

耶稣清楚地向门徒说明自己的受难与复活(21节)。但彼得听到耶稣这样说之后,就拉着耶稣,责备池,主张这些事情绝不能发生,这显示彼得并不真的明白耶稣来到世上的目的(22节)。门徒无法接受耶稣所预言的受难,因他们认为耶稣是政治性的弥赛亚,是要成为君王的人。先前,彼得才因为正确说明耶稣的身份,而被耶稣称为有福的,在这里,彼得却因不理解神的心意,而被耶稣斥责。 耶稣期望门徒不要按照肉身的私欲而活,反倒要舍己,背起十字架跟从池(24 节)。这样的门徒生活看似是种沉重的负担,但在路的尽头有神所赐的荣耀冠冕。在这门徒之路上,祈愿我们可以凭信心走完全程,当我们站在终点,必能明白这一路走来都是恩典。
 

内室祷告

求神帮助我舍己,背起十字架跟从主,满心期待神的国全然来临。

 

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