《飲飲食食，重新得力》Day11
《葡萄酒：在恩典中持守節制》
1 第三日，在加利利的迦拿有娶親的筵席，耶穌的母親在那裏。2 耶穌和祂的門徒也被請去赴席。3 酒用盡了，耶穌的母親對他說：「他們沒有酒了。」4 耶穌說：「母親，我與你有甚麼相干？我的時候還沒有到。」5 祂母親對用人說：「祂告訴你們甚麼，你們就做甚麼。」6 照猶太人潔淨的規矩，有六口石缸擺在那裏，每口可以盛兩三桶水。7 耶穌對用人說：「把缸倒滿了水。」他們就倒滿了，直到缸口。8 耶穌又說：「現在可以舀出來，送給管筵席的。」他們就送了去。9 管筵席的嘗了那水變的酒，並不知道是哪裏來的，只有舀水的用人知道。管筵席的便叫新郎來，10 對他說：「人都是先擺上好酒，等客喝足了，才擺上次的，你倒把好酒留到如今！」11 這是耶穌所行的頭一件神蹟，是在加利利的迦拿行的，顯出祂的榮耀來；祂的門徒就信祂了。 (約翰福音二1-11)
20 挪亞作起農夫來，栽了一個葡萄園。21 他喝了園中的酒便醉了，在帳棚裏赤著身子。22 迦南的父親含看見他父親赤身，就到外邊告訴他兩個弟兄。23 於是閃和雅弗拿件衣服搭在肩上，倒退著進去，給他父親蓋上；他們背著臉就看不見父親的赤身。24 挪亞醒了酒，知道小兒子向他所做的事，25 就說：迦南當受咒詛，必給他弟兄作奴僕的奴僕；26 又說：耶和華－閃的神是應當稱頌的！願迦南作閃的奴僕。27 願神使雅弗擴張，使他住在閃的帳棚裏；又願迦南作他的奴僕。(創世記九20-27）
1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 “Woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.” 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then He told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then He called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” 11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which He revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. (John 2:1-11)
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” 26 He also said, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.” (Genesis 9:20-27)
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” 26 He also said, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.” (Genesis 9:20-27)
分享：你曾否糾結於基督徒可否飲酒？事實上，聖經中有不少與酒相關的論述，對於以色列人來說，飲酒並非禁忌，葡萄酒甚至是普及的飲料，是土地和物產豐饒的象徵，故這亦被視為神豐富的祝福和恩典。
耶穌的第一個神蹟就是將水變成酒 (參約翰福音二1-11) 。祂不單解決了主人家酒已用盡的尷尬，更藉著神蹟賜下「留到如今的好酒」：一份超越預期的祝福，預表祂所帶來的救贖、豐盛與喜樂，是前所未有的。
然而，我們為何仍對飲酒感到猶豫？原來，雖然酒在聖經中象徵祝福，但同樣也伴隨著警告：醉酒、放縱、失控，正是人因著失去敬畏而跌倒的例證。
挪亞便是一個典型的例子。當洪水過後，神和地上一切有血肉之物立約，讓他們生養眾多，在地上昌盛繁茂；其中，出了方舟的挪亞更栽種了一個葡萄園。然而，享受神恩典的挪亞卻因喝了園中的酒而醉了，在帳棚裡赤身露體，甚至引發兒子受到咒詛 (參創世記九20-27) 。原來敬畏神、被神揀選的義人，因放縱失守，導致家庭失序與關係破裂。
事實上，早期教會的聖餐沿用葡萄酒，效法耶穌設立的餅與杯。然而到了19世紀，隨著美國社會酗酒問題嚴重，福音派與衛理宗教會響應禁酒運動，不願信徒成為他人跌倒的絆腳石，改以葡萄汁取代酒。這促成了我們熟悉的威路氏提子汁 (Welch's Grape Juice) 之出現，以及在聖餐中使用。雖然這些禁酒討論反映了某一時代的社會議題，但當時婦女基督徒禁酒聯合會的領袖威拉德 (Frances Willard) 卻道出節制之真義：「節制是對美善之事的適度使用，對污穢之事的完全禁絕。」
的確，葡萄酒可引起很多討論。然而，這些矛盾的論述正正昭示著神的賜予故然是恩典，但若人從中放縱，不加節制，失去敬畏，那便會跌倒。求主讓我們不使美善變為敗壞，不讓自由淪為放縱，更謹慎、警醒的享受祂的恩典。
反思：我最近一次在享樂與節制的拉扯經歷是甚麼呢？我可怎樣從中學習依靠神和敬畏神呢？
禱告：親愛的天父，感謝祢豐盛的賜予，讓我們可以在祢裡面得享平安與喜樂。求聖靈讓我們更敏感的在恩典中學習節制，在自由中持守敬畏，好叫我們所領受的一切，不單祝福自己，也讓人看見祢的榮美。奉主名求，阿們。
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