May 16【每日活水】神关注被忽视的人群

马太福音18:1~14

天国里最伟大的人

(可9‧33-37;路9‧46-48)

1当时,门徒进前来,问耶稣说:「天国里谁是最大的?」

2耶稣便叫一个小孩子来,使他站在他们当中,

3说:「我实在告诉你们,你们若不回转,变成小孩子的样式,断不得进天国。

4所以,凡自己谦卑像这小孩子的,他在天国里就是最大的。

5凡为我的名接待一个像这小孩子的,就是接待我。」

罪的诱惑

(可9‧42-48;路17‧1-2)

6「凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的,倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上,沉在深海里。

7这世界有祸了,因为将人绊倒;绊倒人的事是免不了的,但那绊倒人的有祸了!

8倘若你一只手,或是一只脚,叫你跌倒,就砍下来丢掉。你缺一只手,或是一只脚,进入永生,强如有两手两脚被丢在永火里。

9倘若你一只眼叫你跌倒,就把它剜出来丢掉。你只有一只眼进入永生,强如有两只眼被丢在地狱的火里。」

迷羊的比喻

(路15‧3-7)

10「你们要小心,不可轻看这小子里的一个;我告诉你们,他们的使者在天上,常见我天父的面。

12一个人若有一百只羊,一只走迷了路,你们的意思如何?他岂不撇下这九十九只,往山里去找那只迷路的羊吗?

13若是找着了,我实在告诉你们,他为这一只羊欢喜,比为那没有迷路的九十九只欢喜还大呢!

14你们在天上的父也是这样,不愿意这小子里失丧一个。」

The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

2He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them.

3And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

4Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.

Causing to Stumble

6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

7Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!

8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

9And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

The Parable of the Wandering Sheep

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.[11]

12 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?

13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off.

14In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

 

内容观察

1.耶稣说,怎样的人在神国里是最大的?(4节)

2.耶稣说要以怎样的眼光来看待”小子”?(10,14节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.耶稣为什么说,天父不愿意失去这些小子中的一个?

 

个人感受

4.看到耶稣说神在乎每一个人,你有什么感受?

 

决心与应用

5.你要谦卑服事的”小子”是谁?为了以爱来服事周围的人,你具体要如何去行?

凡使这些信我的小子……沉在深海里(6节):”小子”是指被世人藐视的信徒,或社经地位低下、被世人鄙视的人。”大磨石”是需要靠动物来驱动的巨大石磨,象征使人跌倒的人要遭受的审判。

灵修指南

门徒问耶稣,在神国里谁是最大的。这时,耶稣叫来一个小孩子,让他站在众人中间,接着祂说,像小孩子一样谦卑的人,在神国里是最大的(4节)。耶稣甚至说,任何人因祂的名接纳像这小孩子一样的人,就是接纳祂。另一方面,他对那些使小子跌倒的人宣告了灾祸,并要人们除去这样的错误。这不仅是在警告和禁止罪恶,更是在传达天父的心意。就像牧人寻找那一只迷失的羊,天父也是这样看重每一个人,不愿意失去任何一个人。身为耶稣的门徒,我们应该谦卑地环顾四周,寻找需要我们服事的人。让我们学习主牧人般的心肠,伸手接纳失丧的灵魂,以温暖的爱和关怀的行动,拥抱被忽视的人。

内室祷告

愿主使我深刻体会他珍视每一个人的心意,让我能以爱拥抱失丧的灵魂。

 

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