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每日箴言(中英)|耶稣,仆人和君王



每日箴言

耶稣,仆人和君王



“你是我的儿子 ......。” - 诗2:7 “看哪,我的仆人,我 ...... 所拣选、心里所喜悦的。我已将我的灵赐给他。” - 赛42:1

 灵修


耶稣受洗的时候,从天上有响亮的声音说:“这是我的爱子,我所喜悦的。”圣灵又仿佛像鸽子降下,落在耶稣身上。


这些事有什么重要性呢?这件事合并了两段旧约经文所说的,第一段是诗篇第2篇的“你是我的儿子”。另一段是以赛亚书42:1,那里表达神的喜悦和神的灵。以赛亚书42章也开始一连串关于受苦的仆人的经文 (参看以赛亚书42—53),神宣告祂的弥赛亚 (希腊文称为基督) 将会是一位受苦的仆人和救主。


这是一段具革命性的经文,因为百姓期望有一位在军事上掌权立国的弥赛亚,然而,藉着这从天上来的声音,神表明祂一向的计划是基督将要受苦和为祂的子民受死;因此,在此事之后,在旷野受试探的时候,耶稣拒绝成为政治地位上的或者是只为满足自己的弥赛亚。


那位曾事奉这位真弥赛亚的使徒保罗这样宣告说:“使我认识基督,晓得祂复活的大能,并且晓得和他一同受苦,效法他的死。”(腓立比书3:10)


耶稣呼召我们,当背起自己的十字架来跟从祂 (参看马太福音16:24-25)。让我们甘心乐意地跟从我们这位受苦的仆人和君王吧!


 祷告


弥赛亚耶稣,求祢帮助我们忠心跟从祢,并且甘愿为祢的缘故受苦,好叫别人能因此认识祢。奉祢的名求,阿们。


普世佳音每日箴言

 Jesus, The Servant Savior

“You are my Son. . . .” — Psalm 2:7“Here is my servant . . . my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him.” — Isaiah 42:1


Devotion


When Jesus was baptized, a voice thundered from heaven: “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” And the Spirit descended like a dove and alighted on Jesus.

What was the significance of all this? This event combined insights from two Old Testament passages. “You are my Son” is from Psalm 2, and the references to God’s delight and the Spirit of God are from Isaiah 42:1. Isaiah 42 also begins a series of suffering servant passages (see Isaiah 42-53). God was announcing that his Messiah (called Christ in Greek) was to be a suffering-servant Savior.

This message was revolutionary because the people expected a military messiah who would set up a political kingdom. But God showed by this voice from heaven that his intention all along was that the Christ would suffer and die for his people. So in the wilderness temptations that followed, Jesus refused to be a political or self-serving messiah.

The apostle Paul served the true Messiah, confessing, “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death” (Philippians 3:10).

Jesus calls us all to take up our crosses and follow him (see Matthew 16:24-25). Let’s be willing to follow our suffering-servant King!


 Prayer


Jesus Messiah, help us to follow you faithfully, being willing to suffer for your sake, that others may come to know you. Amen.



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