害怕死去的麥子
最大的試探

經文
路加福音四1-13
1耶穌被聖靈充滿,從約但河回來,聖靈將他引到曠野,四十天受魔鬼的試探。
2那些日子沒有吃甚麼;日子滿了,他就餓了。
3魔鬼對他說:你若是神的兒子,可以吩咐這塊石頭變成食物。
4耶穌回答說:經上記著說:人活著不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。
5魔鬼又領他上了高山,霎時間把天下的萬國都指給他看,
6對他說:這一切權柄、榮華,我都要給你,因為這原是交付我的,我願意給誰就給誰。
7你若在我面前下拜,這都要歸你。
8耶穌說:經上記著說:當拜主你的神,單要事奉他。
9魔鬼又領他到耶路撒冷去,叫他站在殿頂(頂:原文是翅)上,對他說:你若是神的兒子,可以從這裡跳下去;
10因為經上記著說:主要為你吩咐他的使者保護你;
11他們要用手托著你,免得你的腳碰在石頭上。
12耶穌對他說:經上說:不可試探主你的神。
13魔鬼用完了各樣的試探,就暫時離開耶穌。
信息分享
很多人常常問我一個問題:基督徒所面對最大的試探是甚麼?我一般的回答是:逃避走上十字架道路的試探。這是我們的主耶穌基督在世時不斷要面對的試探,也是我們常常要面對的試探:
既是主人走過的路
僕人難道不應追隨?
耶穌在世的生命有兩段十分突出的時期,在這期間祂受到很大的試探,那就是祂被引誘採取一種不同的方式來面對世界的哀傷和罪惡。其中一段時期是曠野的試探,另一段時期是希臘人的到訪。我們以前已經看過第二個試探,在結束這話題前讓我們簡單的把這件事再回顧一下,不過未來幾天我們會先聚焦在曠野所受到的試探上。
主耶穌在約但河受洗以後,聖靈把祂帶到曠野去接受魔鬼的試探(或考驗)。祂離開人群目的是要預備自己面對捨命救贖的苦難。可以說,耶穌一進入曠野,試探便開始了。甚麼試探?就是試驗祂能否完成使命,看看這一位身為神的兒子的耶穌,是否也可以成為人子。因為成為人子表示祂會背負人的兒子的所有罪孽。耶穌在這個問題上從沒有動搖。神的兒子樂意接受成為人子所需要面對的一切,好讓人的眾子都可以成為神的眾子。
「耶穌──是神子和人子」
進深研究
太四1-11;創三1-12;來四15
1. 把耶穌和亞當的試探作一比較。
2. 為甚麼亞當失敗了,耶穌卻能得勝?
祈禱
主耶穌,您是神子和人子,捨命救贖罪孽深重的世人,我要如何才能表達對您的感謝?主啊,我雖然無法完全明白這份恩典,但是我要倚靠它,直到永永遠遠。阿們。
The Corn of Wheat Afraid to Die
The greatest temptation

Bible reading:
Luke 4:1-13
1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."
4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'[b]"
5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6 And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.
7 If you worship me, it will all be yours."
8 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'[c]"
9 The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down from here.
10 For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully;
11 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'[d]"
12 Jesus answered, "It is said: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'[e]"
13 When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.
Message
I am often asked the question: What is the greatest temptation a Christian faces? My reply is usually this: the temptation to avoid the way of the cross. It was temptation that constantly faced our Lord Jesus Christ, and it is one that constantly faces us:
It is the way the Master went.
Should not the servant tread it still?
There were two outstanding periods in Jesus' life when He was greatly tempted to face the sorrow and sin of the world in some way other than the one He took. One such time was the temptation in the desert, and the other was at the coming of the Greeks. As we have already looked at the latter incident - and will briefly examine it once more before we conclude - we shall focus our thinking over the next few days on our Lord's temptation in the desert.
Following His baptism in the River Jordan, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted (or tested) by the devil. He got away from humanity in order to prepare Himself for the ordeal of giving Himself to humanity. In a sense, the temptation began as soon as He entered the desert. What temptation? The testing of His purposes to see whether, being the Son of God, He would also be the Son of Man. For to be the Son of Man would mean that He would take upon Himself all that falls on the sons of men. Yet on that issue, He never wavered. The Son of God willingly accepted all that was involved in becoming the Son of Man, so that the sons of men might become the sons of God.
"Jesus - Son of God and Son of Man"
Prayer
Lord Jesus, Son of God and also Son of Man, how can I ever sufficiently thank You for aligning Yourself with this sinful human race? I cannot understand it, but yet I stand upon it - and stand upon it for all eternity. Amen.
Further study
Matthew 4:1-11
Genesis 3:1-12
Hebrews 4:15
1.Compare the temptations of Jesus and Adam.
2. Why did Adam fail, and Jesus overcome?
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