June 01【每日活水】唯穿礼服者得入喜宴

马太福音22:1~14

喜筵的比喻

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耶稣又用比喻对他们说: 
2 「天国好比一个王为他儿子摆设娶亲的筵席, 
就打发仆人去,请那些被召的人来赴席,他们却不肯来。 
王又打发别的仆人,说:『你们告诉那被召的人,我的筵席已经预备好了,牛和肥畜已经宰了,各样都齐备,请你们来赴席。』 
那些人不理就走了;一个到自己田里去;一个做买卖去; 
其余的拿住仆人,凌辱他们,把他们杀了。 
王就大怒,发兵除灭那些凶手,烧毁他们的城。 
于是对仆人说:『喜筵已经齐备,只是所召的人不配。 
所以你们要往岔路口上去,凡遇见的,都召来赴席。』 
10  那些仆人就出去,到大路上,凡遇见的,不论善恶都召聚了来,筵席上就坐满了客。 
11  王进来观看宾客,见那里有一个没有穿礼服的, 
12  就对他说:『朋友,你到这里来怎么不穿礼服呢?』那人无言可答。 
13  于是王对使唤的人说:『捆起他的手脚来,把他丢在外边的黑暗里;在那里必要哀哭切齿了。』 
14  因为被召的人多,选上的人少。」
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
 “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
5   “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business.
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.
The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.
So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’
10  So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
11   “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12  He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13   “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
14   “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

 

 

内容观察

1. 被王邀请参加喜宴的人,如何回应邀请?(3~6节)
2. 最后,王要仆人去招聚什么人来参加喜宴?(9~10节)
 

思考与默想

 

3. 为什么王要吩附将没穿礼服的人捆起来,扔在外边的黑暗里?
 

个人感受

4. 看到只有穿礼服的人才能参与喜宴,你有什么感想?

决心与应用

5. 你何时曾拒绝参加主所摆设的喜宴?
6.为了成为穿好礼服的人,活出顺从主话语的生活,你决定要怎么做?

灵修指南

耶耶稣以喜宴来比喻神的国,比喻中以国王象征神,以国王的儿子象征耶稣自己。
首先受到邀请的人不愿前来赴宴,甚至凌辱、杀害国王所差的仆人,这首先受邀的人,象征的就是当时的犹太人;他们虽受神的拣选,却拒绝耶稣,凌辱、杀害神所差派的先知(1~6节)。
然后国王吩咐他的仆人到路上去,不论遇到什么人都邀来参加喜宴;这象征神国的邀请已经扩展到所有的人,而非仅限于犹太人(9~10节)。耶稣也提及参加喜宴却没穿礼服的人。穿着合宜的服装,是参加喜宴应做的准备,因此,只有穿着礼服的人才能参加喜宴。换句话说,参加喜宴的请帖已经发给了所有的人,但只有穿着礼服的人才能进入宴席。要记住,只有穿着礼服、做好准备的人,才能享受神国的喜乐。能被邀请参加喜宴,本身就是神所赐的恩典,今天,愿我们怀着感谢的心,为参与喜宴做好准备。

内室祷告

内室祷告:感谢主施恩邀请原本不配的我参与喜宴,愿我做好准备,得享神国的喜乐。

 

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