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仰望曠野的銅蛇  - 熊天牧牧師

5/24/2020

 
​   相信耶穌容易嗎?對非基督徒來說,好像很難,但對我們基督徒來說呢?

        約翰福音3章14、15節說:「摩西在曠野怎樣舉蛇,人子也必照樣被舉起來,叫一切信他的都得永生。」。這是主耶穌與猶太人的官尼哥底母之間對話的一部分,主耶穌引用了民數記21章4到9節中的記載。在當時,以色列百姓因為曠野的路難走,又沒水沒糧,就不斷地抱怨責怪上帝。於是上帝就使火蛇進入他們中間咬人,被咬了就會死。當摩西為百姓禱告之後,上帝就要摩西製造一條銅蛇,掛在杆子上,凡被蛇咬的,一望這銅蛇就活了。這是上帝在恩典裡面拯救以色列百姓的方法,凡被蛇咬到的人,只要一抬頭仰望被高舉的銅蛇,就可以活命了。這也是預表主耶穌在十字架上被高舉,相信的人抬頭仰望,就得到永生。

        看起來很直接了當,非常容易。但天底下哪有這麼好的事,真的這樣簡單嗎?就像主耶穌對尼哥底母不厭其煩地解釋「重生」,這完全是上帝的工作,你只要相信抬頭仰望就好,但尼哥底母最後的反應卻是:「怎能有這事呢?」尼哥底母以為自己是相信上帝的人,但卻無法接受重生完全是上帝的工作,而自己完全無能為力。因為他是法利賽人,努力靠自己的能力遵行上帝的律法,他也是猶太人的老師,更沒法承認自己教導的錯誤。我們在今天世界觀的教育下,天下哪有白吃的午餐?世界的價值觀告訴我們,我們的價值是靠自己努力賺來的。要相信耶穌容易嗎?

        我們雖然已經是基督徒了,但對原有的生活觀念仍深信不疑,原有的生活習慣太熟悉、太舒服,我們也捨不得離開自己的舒適區,我們裡面仍然有許多東西需要處理。但好消息是我們已經開始了相信的歷程,只要我們持續相信耶穌,承認自己很軟弱,願意放手自己的掌控,我們的生命就一定翻轉。相信耶穌也就是這樣的容易!

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