八福
很多人觸摸他……
經文
路加福音八40-56
40耶穌回來的時候,眾人迎接他,因為他們都等候他。
41有一個管會堂的,名叫睚魯,來俯伏在耶穌腳前,求耶穌到他家裡去;
42因他有一個獨生女兒,約有十二歲,快要死了。耶穌去的時候,眾人擁擠他。
43有一個女人,患了十二年的血漏,在醫生手裡花盡了他一切養生的,並沒有一人能醫好他
44他來到耶穌背後,摸他的衣裳繸子,血漏立刻就止住了。
45耶穌說:摸我的是誰?眾人都不承認。彼得和同行的人都說:夫子,眾人擁擁擠擠緊靠著你。(有古卷在此有:你還問摸我的是誰嗎?)
46耶穌說:總有人摸我,因我覺得有能力從我身上出去。
47那女人知道不能隱藏,就戰戰兢兢的來俯伏在耶穌腳前,把摸他的緣故和怎樣立刻得好了,當著眾人都說出來。
48耶穌對他說:女兒,你的信救了你;平平安安的去吧!
49還說話的時候,有人從管會堂的家裡來,說:你的女兒死了,不要勞動夫子。
50耶穌聽見就對他說:不要怕,隻要信!你的女兒就必得救。
51耶穌到了他的家,除了彼得、約翰、雅各,和女兒的父母,不許別人同他進去。
52眾人都為這女兒哀哭捶胸。耶穌說:不要哭。他不是死了,是睡著了。
53他們曉得女兒已經死了,就嗤笑耶穌。
54耶穌拉著他的手,呼叫說:女兒,起來吧!
55他的靈魂便回來,他就立刻起來了。耶穌吩咐給他東西吃。
56他的父母驚奇得很;耶穌囑咐他們,不要把所作的事告訴人。
信息分享
今天,我想與你繼續思考基督給快樂的第一條處方:「虛心的人有福了,因為天國是他們的。」過去幾天,我們有提到「靈裡貧窮」這個詞不是指物質上的貧窮,而是指靈性的貧窮──我們必須樂意拋開我們的自足,張開雙手接受基督。
我們今天的經文指出有一次,耶穌經過一條路時,一大群人圍繞著他。有一位有很大需要的婦人膽怯地走進人群去觸摸他的衣服,當耶穌感到有能力從他身上出去的時候,他問道:「是誰摸我?」門徒回答說:「夫子,眾人擁擁擠擠緊靠著你。你還問摸我的是誰嗎?」耶穌說:「有人摸我。」他知道簇擁他和觸摸他有很大的分別。簇擁他的人得不到什麼,但觸摸他的人卻能得到一切。
每個主日,數以千計的人走到教堂聽道;他們簇擁耶穌,但永不觸摸他。如果你是不斷簇擁耶穌,但永不觸摸他的人,我盼望在這幾天裡,當我們默想八福那些開始的話時,你願意以肯定的個人方式去觸摸耶穌。你不妨現在就觸摸他吧,為了求赦免,求潔淨,求勝過試探、恐懼、焦慮,求他挪去一切妨礙你得到個人快樂的阻擋。基督在地上的時候曾經將自己給了那些需要他的人,今天他還會這麼做,所以停止簇擁他,要觸摸他。
「觸摸他以求寬恕,求潔淨,求力量」
進深研究
可十1-16;太十四35-36,八3,八15,九29-30;路六19
1. 耶穌在一些什麼場合觸摸別人?
2. 結果怎樣?
祈禱
主耶穌,我從簇擁您的人群中走近您,大膽地觸摸您──我現在就這樣做。藉著信心的觸摸,我接受您的赦免和您的能力。感謝您,親愛的主。阿們。
The Beatitudes
As many as touched Him...
Bible reading:
Luke 8:40-56
40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come to his house
42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,[a] but no one could heal her.
44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
45 "Who touched me?" Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you."
46 But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me."
47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed.
48 Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."
49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. "Your daughter is dead," he said. "Don't bother the teacher anymore."
50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed."
51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother.
52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep."
53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
54 But he took her by the hand and said, "My child, get up!"
55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.
56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
Message
We continue meditating on Christ's first prescription for happiness: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Over the past few days we have seen that the phrase "poor in spirit" refers not to material poverty, but spiritual poverty - a willingness to throw away our own self-sufficiency and open our hands to receive Christ.
The passage before us today shows how on one occasion as Jesus passed along the road, a multitude thronged around Him. A woman in deep need came timidly through the crowd and touched His garment. "Who touched Me?" asked Jesus as He felt power go forth from Him. The disciples replied: "Master, the multitudes throng You, so why do you say, Who touched Me?" "Somebody touched me", said Jesus. He knew that there was a great difference between thronging Him and touching Him. Those who throng Jesus get little, those who touch Jesus get everything
Sunday after Sunday, thousands of people go to church and listen; they throng Jesus but never touch Him. If you are one of those who constantly throng Jesus but never touch Him, then I pray that over these few days in which we are meditating on the opening words of , you will reach out and touch Christ in a definite and personal way. Touch Him now - today. Touch Him for forgiveness, for cleansing, for power over temptation, over fears, over anxieties, over everything that stands in the way of your personal happiness. As Christ gave Himself to those who needed Him when He was here on earth, so He does today. Cease thronging Him - touch Him.
"Touch Him for forgiveness, for cleansing, for power"
Prayer
O Lord Jesus, as You pass by I move up from those who throng You to boldly touch You - and I do it now. By the touch of faith I receive into my being Your forgiveness and Your power. Thank You, dear Lord. It's done. Amen.
Further study
Mark 10:1-16
Matthew 14:35-36; 8:3; 8:15; 9:29-30
Luke 6:19
1. What are some of the occasions when Jesus touched people?
2. What was the result?
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