八福
很多人触摸他……
经文
路加福音八40-56
40耶稣回来的时候,众人迎接他,因为他们都等候他。
41有一个管会堂的,名叫睚鲁,来俯伏在耶稣脚前,求耶稣到他家里去;
42因他有一个独生女儿,约有十二岁,快要死了。耶稣去的时候,众人拥挤他。
43有一个女人,患了十二年的血漏,在医生手里花尽了他一切养生的,并没有一人能医好他
44他来到耶稣背后,摸他的衣裳䍁子,血漏立刻就止住了。
45耶稣说:摸我的是谁?众人都不承认。彼得和同行的人都说:夫子,众人拥拥挤挤紧靠着你。(有古卷在此有:你还问摸我的是谁吗?)
46耶稣说:总有人摸我,因我觉得有能力从我身上出去。
47那女人知道不能隐藏,就战战兢兢的来俯伏在耶稣脚前,把摸他的缘故和怎样立刻得好了,当着众人都说出来。
48耶稣对他说:女儿,你的信救了你;平平安安的去吧!
49还说话的时候,有人从管会堂的家里来,说:你的女儿死了,不要劳动夫子。
50耶稣听见就对他说:不要怕,只要信!你的女儿就必得救。
51耶稣到了他的家,除了彼得、约翰、雅各,和女儿的父母,不许别人同他进去。
52众人都为这女儿哀哭捶胸。耶稣说:不要哭。他不是死了,是睡着了。
53他们晓得女儿已经死了,就嗤笑耶稣。
54耶稣拉着他的手,呼叫说:女儿,起来吧!
55他的灵魂便回来,他就立刻起来了。耶稣吩咐给他东西吃。
56他的父母惊奇得很;耶稣嘱咐他们,不要把所作的事告诉人。
信息分享
今天,我想与你继续思考基督给快乐的第一条处方:「虚心的人有福了,因为天国是他们的。」过去几天,我们有提到「灵里贫穷」这个词不是指物质上的贫穷,而是指灵性的贫穷──我们必须乐意抛开我们的自足,张开双手接受基督。
我们今天的经文指出有一次,耶稣经过一条路时,一大群人围绕着他。有一位有很大需要的妇人胆怯地走进人群去触摸他的衣服,当耶稣感到有能力从他身上出去的时候,他问道:「是谁摸我?」门徒回答说:「夫子,众人拥拥挤挤紧靠着你。你还问摸我的是谁吗?」耶稣说:「有人摸我。」他知道簇拥他和触摸他有很大的分别。簇拥他的人得不到什么,但触摸他的人却能得到一切。
每个主日,数以千计的人走到教堂听道;他们簇拥耶稣,但永不触摸他。如果你是不断簇拥耶稣,但永不触摸他的人,我盼望在这几天里,当我们默想八福那些开始的话时,你愿意以肯定的个人方式去触摸耶稣。你不妨现在就触摸他吧,为了求赦免,求洁净,求胜过试探、恐惧、焦虑,求他挪去一切妨碍你得到个人快乐的阻挡。基督在地上的时候曾经将自己给了那些需要他的人,今天他还会这么做,所以停止簇拥他,要触摸他。
「触摸他以求宽恕,求洁净,求力量」
进深研究
可十1-16;太十四35-36,八3,八15,九29-30;路六19
1. 耶稣在一些什么场合触摸别人?
2. 结果怎样?
祈祷
主耶稣,我从簇拥您的人群中走近您,大胆地触摸您──我现在就这样做。借着信心的触摸,我接受您的赦免和您的能力。感谢您,亲爱的主。阿们。
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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