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學做兒子   --    熊天牧牧師

7/5/2020

 
​人類的大災難從創世紀第三章開始。當亞當吃了分別善惡樹上的果子之後,他說:「我在園中聽見你的聲音,我就害怕;因為我赤身露體,我便藏了。」這是他對上帝的第一個回應,這也是我們每一個人生命扭曲的開始。亞當不敢把自己敞開,必須躲起來,這也正是我們生命扭曲的光景。我們把自己藏起來的方式是躲在黑暗裡面,要戴上面具,因為我們害怕失敗,我們也會憂慮對事情沒有掌握而引來別人的輕視。

好消息是從亞當墮落的起頭,上帝的救恩也同時的開始了。但當我們接受救恩,成為上帝的兒子後,我們不僅要回家,還需要學習做兒子。因為我們仍受固有本性的牽扯,也仍然活在原有世界觀和價值觀的裡面。路加福音15章的比喻,提供了一個做兒子方向。在比喻當中,我們看到大兒子的特質是:努力維持好行為;而小兒子的特質是:一無所有!很明顯的,接受自己「一無所有」,把自己敞開,是回家並且享受父親豐富的關鍵。路加福音18章17 節裡主耶穌也說:「我實在告訴你們,凡要承受 神國的,若不像小孩子,斷不能進去。」為什麼?想想看一個嬰孩,肚子餓的時候就只能使勁地哭,若父母不給他奶吃,他就一無所有!小孩子能做什麼?把自己敞開、仰賴父母,是唯一的途徑。

關鍵問題來了:我們真的願意放掉自己的努力和掌控,而接受自己一無所有嗎?如果你的答案是肯定的話,那麼你可能將發現自己的一生會在「自己有」和「自己沒有」之間掙扎。那麼也恭喜你,因為你的信仰走上正路了。

的確,成長的開始,就是接受自己一無所有。我們要學習做兒子,團契是操練的好地方。在其中,你會發現要讓自己敞開已經不容易了,但讓人敞開可能更不容易。可是,讓我們單單仰望上帝的救恩,學做兒子,我們可以一同建造一個讓彼此敞開的環境,在裡面一同的成長!

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