《登峰造極》Day22

《在愛裡得完全》
所以,你們要完全,像你們的天父完全一樣。 (馬太福音五48)
7 親愛的弟兄啊,我們應當彼此相愛,因為愛是從神來的。凡有愛心的,都是由神而生,並且認識神。8 沒有愛心的,就不認識神,因為神就是愛。9 神差祂獨生子到世間來,使我們藉著祂得生,神愛我們的心在此就顯明了。10 不是我們愛神,乃是神愛我們,差祂的兒子為我們的罪作了挽回祭,這就是愛了。11 親愛的弟兄啊,神既是這樣愛我們,我們也當彼此相愛。12 從來沒有人見過神,我們若彼此相愛,神就住在我們裏面,愛祂的心在我們裏面得以完全了。13 神將祂的靈賜給我們,從此就知道我們是住在祂裏面,祂也住在我們裏面。14 父差子作世人的救主;這是我們所看見且作見證的。15 凡認耶穌為神兒子的,神就住在他裏面,他也住在神裏面。16 神愛我們的心,我們也知道也信。神就是愛;住在愛裏面的,就是住在神裏面,神也住在他裏面。 17 這樣,愛在我們裏面得以完全,我們就可以在審判的日子坦然無懼。因為祂如何,我們在這世上也如何。18 愛裏沒有懼怕;愛既完全,就把懼怕除去。因為懼怕裏含著刑罰,懼怕的人在愛裏未得完全。19 我們愛,因為神先愛我們。20 人若說「我愛神」,卻恨他的弟兄,就是說謊話的;不愛他所看見的弟兄,就不能愛沒有看見的神。21 愛神的,也當愛弟兄,這是我們從神所受的命令。 (約翰壹書四7-21)
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5:48)
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. (1 John 4:7-21)
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. (1 John 4:7-21)
分享:「完全」在世人眼中往往意味著一種難以企及的標準:考試要100分、工作不能有一絲錯漏、人生方方面面都齊全無缺,才敢稱得上「完全」。然而,這種「零瑕疵」的追求往往令人失望與疲憊。因為事實上,沒有人能真正達到「絕對無錯」的標準,於是世人乾脆放棄追求「完全」。但是,主耶穌卻在登山寶訓中提出這樣的呼召:「所以,你們要完全,像你們的天父完全一樣。」(馬太福音五48) 這不是強人所難嗎?
我們要注意,耶穌這裡是以「所以」來作結,連接前文祂對律法的成全。從「不可殺人」到發怒、「不可姦淫」到心裡動念、承諾、報復,再到愛仇敵,耶穌逐一指出天國的義不是外表守法,而是發自內心的順服。最後祂以「完全」總結,指出天國子民所追求的「完全」不是世人所理解的「零錯誤」,而是像天父一樣:愛中完全:
1. 根源於神的愛:耶穌成全了律法,祂揭示了律法的真意,更以十字架救恩完成律法。我們若全心歸向神,領受祂無條件的愛,就能真誠順服祂超越律法的教導,活出神原來的心意。
2. 表現為效法神無條件的愛:約翰說「愛裏沒有懼怕;愛既完全,就把懼怕除去。」(約翰壹書四18) 神的愛讓我們不再懼怕刑罰、不再懼怕仇敵的惡待,我們也就足夠堅強,懂得去真正愛人,也就更能效法天父,不分彼此、不講條件地愛人。
基督徒追求的「完全」,不是表面無瑕的無錯人生,而是:內心全然歸向神,忠於祂的心意;效法天父的無條件之愛,甚至愛仇敵;活在神的愛裡,不再被懼怕轄制,得以成熟圓滿。這就是耶穌所說的「像天父完全一樣」,這也是我們能依靠神的恩典,活出比法利賽人更深的義。
反思:有甚麼心底的懼怕阻礙著我們追求更深的「愛裡完全」?再次思想主對我們的愛,憑信心選擇去愛吧!
禱告:親愛的天父,感謝祢先以無條件的愛愛我,並在主耶穌裡成全了律法。我承認自己有時只顧追求外面的完美,卻忽略了祢心意裡的「完全」。求祢幫助我不再活在懼怕與自我要求裡,而是活在祢的愛中,學習無分彼此地去愛人,讓我的生命在愛中得以成熟圓滿,效法祢,像祢一樣完全。奉主名求,阿們。
Posted in 2025-08SOTM