《登峰造極》Day07
《憐恤人的有福了》
憐恤人的人有福了！因為他們必蒙憐恤。(馬太福音五7)
30 耶穌回答說：「有一個人從耶路撒冷下耶利哥去，落在強盜手中。他們剝去他的衣裳，把他打個半死，就丟下他走了。31 偶然有一個祭司從這條路下來，看見他就從那邊過去了。32 又有一個利未人來到這地方，看見他，也照樣從那邊過去了。33 惟有一個撒馬利亞人行路來到那裏，看見他就動了慈心，34 上前用油和酒倒在他的傷處，包裹好了，扶他騎上自己的牲口，帶到店裏去照應他。35 第二天拿出二錢銀子來，交給店主，說：『你且照應他；此外所費用的，我回來必還你。』36 你想，這三個人哪一個是落在強盜手中的鄰舍呢？」37 他說：「是憐憫他的。」耶穌說：「你去照樣行吧。」(路加福音十30-37)
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (Matthew 5:7)
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:30-33)
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” 37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:30-33)
分享：在資訊爆炸與輿論嚴厲的年代，我們很容易對陌生人的苦難麻木、對熟悉人的過失苛刻；鍵盤一敲、評語一落，便覺得「主持正義」。耶穌卻在「八福」中指出另一條路：憐恤。不是放縱罪，也不是裝作沒事，而是像天父一樣，看見了、動憐憫、付代價地去扶起。而這樣的人，主說：有福了，因為他們必蒙憐恤。
「憐恤」一詞在《七十士譯本》常用來形容神的本性 (參出埃及記三十四6「有憐憫有恩典的神」)。耶穌也多次引用這句核心經文：「我喜愛憐恤，不喜愛祭祀」 (參何西阿書六6；馬太福音九13、十二7）。可見，憐恤並不只是情緒上的同情，而是主動介入的慈憐 —— 看見困苦、欠缺、甚至罪及其後果，選擇以實際行動去減輕、修補和饒恕。
好撒瑪利亞人的比喻正好說明了這一點。祭司和利未人雖然「看見」那受傷的人，卻選擇繞道而過；唯有撒瑪利亞人「動了慈心」，近前扶起、包紮、載到客店，甚至為日後的照料付上金錢。憐恤把距離拉近，把看見變成行動，把冷漠變成愛的實踐。
憐恤並不是與公義對立。先知提醒我們：「世人哪，耶和華已指示你何為善。祂向你所要的是甚麼呢？只要你行公義，好憐憫，存謙卑的心，與你的神同行。」(彌迦書六8) 憐恤與公義同樣是神的要求。新約更進一步指出：「你們要慈悲，像你們的父慈悲一樣。」(路加福音六36) 當我們憐恤他人時，其實是效法天父，活出祂的樣式。
那麼，「必蒙憐恤」又是什麼意思呢？保羅告訴我們，在基督裡，神已經憐憫我們的大罪 (參以弗所書二4-5)。當我們向人施予憐恤時，便更深經歷祂的赦免、安慰與供應 (參哥林多後書一3-4)。換句話說，憐恤不是單向的付出，而是一個屬靈的循環：我們憐恤他人，就更多嘗到神憐恤我們的豐盛。這不是「我先憐恤，神才可憐我」的等價交易；而是得著憐憫之人的生命印記 —— 我們憐恤，正表明我們已被憐恤 (參馬太福音十八33)。
今天，憐恤可以在許多小地方實踐：在網絡上，少一點批判，多一點體諒；在家庭中，對軟弱的親人多給一次機會，而不是立刻責備；在教會裡，當有人犯錯時，選擇扶起而不是踐踏；在社會中，向貧窮、病患、邊緣群體伸出援手，而不是視而不見。各位，讓我們一起作個憐恤人的人吧！
反思：我更容易對哪一類人沒有憐恤 (如犯錯的、與我不同的、曾傷我的⋯⋯)？為什麼？我最近一次「看見卻繞過」的是哪個需要？我可以如何把看見變成靠近？
禱告：親愛的主耶穌，感謝祢憐恤了我，赦免我的罪。求祢讓我效法祢的心腸，使我看見人的需要，不是繞道而行，乃是靠近、代禱、付上實際行動；讓我在衝突中選擇饒恕，在不義中堅持真理又滿有溫柔。求祢使我成為憐恤的器皿，使我的家庭、職場與教會因祢的憐憫得著醫治。願祢的憐恤臨到、並藉我們流向他人。以上禱告，奉主名求，阿們。
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