一天的靈修022
目標是什麼?如何開始?
今天我們要看馬太福音 13:24-30, 36-43「麥子和稗子」[1]的比喻,「稗」這個子念ㄅㄞˋ。承接上週「撒種的比喻」[2],[3] ,在馬太福音中,緊接著就是今天的這段經文。讓我們來領受神的話語。
Prayer - 禱告
天父上帝,求你開啟天國奧祕,讓我明白,也產生更多對祢的期待與信心。奉主耶穌基督之名禱告,阿們!
Scripture - 今日經文[4](馬太福音 13:24-15, 36-43)
馬太福音 13:24–30, 36-43(新漢語譯本)— 24耶穌對他們講了另一個比喻,說:「天國就像一個人把好種子撒在自己的田裏。25眾人睡覺的時候,他的仇敵來把稗子散佈在麥子中間,然後走了。26麥子長苗吐穗的時候,稗子也顯露出來。27「田主的僕人前來對他說:『主人,你不是把好種子撒在田裏嗎?這些稗子是哪裏來的呢?』28「他對他們說:『這是仇敵做的。』 「僕人說:『那麼,你要我們去把稗子拔出來嗎?』29「他說:『不用了,恐怕你們拔稗子的時候,把麥子也連根拔出來。30讓它們一齊生長,等到收割的時候吧。收割的時候,我要對收割的工人說:先把稗子拔出來,捆成捆子,好拿去燒掉,而麥子卻要收進倉庫裏。』」⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯36那時,耶穌離開羣眾,走進屋子裏。門徒來到他那裏,說:「請給我們解釋田間稗子的比喻吧。」37他回答說:「那撒好種子的是人子,38田地是這世界,好種子是國中的子民,稗子是那惡者之子,39那撒稗子的仇敵是魔鬼,收割的時候是這時代的終結,收割的工人是天使。40「正如稗子要被拔出來用火焚燒,這時代的終結也要這樣。41人子要差遣他的眾天使,把一切使人絆倒的事和作惡的人,都從他的國裏挑出來,42丟進火爐裏。他們在那裏要痛哭切齒。43那時候,義人在他們父的國裏,要像太陽一樣發出光芒。有耳朵的,就好好聽吧!」
Matthew 13:24–30 (NLT) — 24 Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of
Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. 25 But that
night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat,
then slipped away. 26 When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the
weeds also grew. 27 “The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir,
the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they
come from?’ 28 “ ‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed.
“ ‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked. 29 “ ‘No,’ he
replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. 30 Let both grow together
until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie
them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’ ” ………
36 Then, leaving the crowds outside, Jesus went into the house. His
disciples said, “Please explain to us the story of the weeds in the field.” 37
Jesus replied, “The Son of Man is the farmer who plants the good seed. 38
The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one. 39 The enemy who
planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the
world, and the harvesters are the angels. 40 “Just as the weeds are
sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. 41
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom
everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 And the angels will
throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s
Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
Text Background-經文背景
《至少讀完3次經文後,再往下看》
馬太福音13章充滿著天國的比喻,有撒種的比喻、稗子的比喻、芥菜籽的比喻、酵母的比喻、寶藏的比喻、珍珠的比喻、撒網的比喻。這些比喻都不相同,但其目的都是要幫助讀者明白馬太福音中「天國」的概念。
v. 24 天國就像:所以一開始就設定好,比喻是要幫住我們了解天國的概念。
v. 25 幾乎所有的釋經家都認為稗子指的應是lolium temulentum,這是一種令人討厭的雜草,看起來很像麥子,尤其在麥子成熟之前看起來更像,而且會攜帶有毒的黴菌。如果收割起來與麥子一起磨成粉,所有的麵粉都會受到污染。
v. 37 人子在四福音書中,指得都是耶穌基督自己。
v. 39 這時代的終結(和合本譯作世界的末了),我們通常會理解為最後耶穌的再臨、以及隨之而來的審判。
並不是每個耶穌的比喻都有記下解釋的,36-42的解釋清楚地解釋了比喻,剩下的問題便是:「這經文跟我有關嗎?」
Observation & Questions-觀察與問題
Ø 麥子的問題:「為什麼我身旁都是稗子?」
好種子(麥子/國中的子民)常有的疑問:「為什麼稗子(惡者之子)所是在?」即便天國已經降臨了,邪惡仍然存在。不只耶穌(與基督徒們)在作工,惡者(撒旦)也是沒有休息地要使人跌倒;這是基督徒既興奮又痛苦的事實。惡的存在,不代表天國就不存在了。你,願意接受神國的已經降臨,但同時也是未完全(惡仍存在)嗎?
Ø 末後的審判是否是人生的盼望-稗子拿去燒,麥子收進倉庫
使人絆倒的事和作惡的人都要挑出來,而義人會留下來。你羨慕神所賜下的新天新地嗎?這樣末後的審判(或是公義彰顯)的盼望,是否能夠給你力量活出正直的人生。如同康來昌牧師所言:「忍耐不只是對壞事的承受,忍耐更是對良善的堅持。」來!像太陽一樣發出光芒。
Meditation – 默想
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