May 23【每日活水】谁愿为首,就作仆人

马太福音20:17~28

耶稣第三次预言受难和复活
(可10‧32-34;路18‧31-34)
17 耶稣上耶路撒冷去的时候,在路上把十二个门徒带到一边,对他们说:
18「看哪,我们上耶路撒冷去,人子要被交给祭司长和文士。他们要定他死罪,
19 又交给外邦人,将他戏弄,鞭打,钉在十字架上;第三日他要复活。」
母亲的请求
(可10‧35-45)
20 那时,西庇太儿子的母亲同她两个儿子上前来拜耶稣,求他一件事。
21 耶稣说:「你要什么呢?」她说:「愿你叫我这两个儿子在你国里,一个坐在你右边,一个坐在你左边。」
22 耶稣回答说:「你们不知道所求的是什么;我将要喝的杯,你们能喝吗?」他们说:「我们能。」
23 耶稣说:「我所喝的杯,你们必要喝;只是坐在我的左右,不是我可以赐的,乃是我父为谁预备的,就赐给谁。」
24 那十个门徒听见,就恼怒他们弟兄二人。
25 耶稣叫了他们来,说:「你们知道外邦人有君王为主治理他们,有大臣操权管束他们。
26 只是在你们中间,不可这样;你们中间谁愿为大,就必作你们的用人;
27 谁愿为首,就必作你们的仆人。
28 正如人子来,不是要受人的服事,乃是要服事人,并且要舍命,作多人的赎价。」

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

17 Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,

18 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death

19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”

A Mother’s Request

20 Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

21 “What is it you want?”he asked.She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

22 “You don’t know what you are asking,”Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”“We can,” they answered.

23 Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”

24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—

28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

 

内容观察

1.西庇太儿子的母亲向耶稣求什么?(20~21节)
2.耶稣告诉门徒,如果他们想为首,就要怎么做?(26~27节)
 

思考与默想

 

3.耶稣为什么说,祂来到世上是为了作多人的赎价?
 

个人感受

4.看到门徒们没有意识到服事人的责任,反而为争夺地位感情用事,你有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.你以牺牲奉献之心来进行的服事有哪些?
6.为了在主呼召的岗位上谦卑地服事,你决定要怎么做?

灵修指南

在往耶路撒冷的路上,耶稣再次向门徒提到池的死和复活。耶稣为了成为拯救众人的赎价,必须走上牺牲和奉献的道路。但是,西庇太的两个儿子雅各和约翰的母亲来到耶稣面前,要为她的儿子们祈求宝座旁的高位,而其他门徒听到这个请求,就生那两兄弟的气。耶稣问雅各和约翰,他们是否可以喝池所要喝的杯,他们虽然给予肯定的答覆,但其实并不知道耶稣提问的确切含义。若参考教会的历史传统,雅各是使徒中第一个殉道的,约翰晚年则是被流放到拔摩岛,他们的确喝了与耶稣一样的苦杯。然而在那个当下,他俩还不明白耶稣将在十字架上成就的工作,其他门徒也是一样,所以才会为着争夺高位而生气。耶稣的门徒必须跟随主的脚步,不要在短暂的生命中追求世间的虚浮高位,而要记得主舍命作赎价的心志,学习耶稣的样式,活出以牺牲和服事为优先的信仰生活。

内室祷告

求主帮助我除去对虚荣的欲望,为着神的国谦卑地服事众人。

 

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