《神的屬性A-Z》Day24
《X for Xristos》
16 耶穌來到拿撒勒，就是祂長大的地方。在安息日，照祂平常的規矩進了會堂，站起來要念聖經。17 有人把先知以賽亞的書交給祂，祂就打開，找到一處寫著說：18 主的靈在我身上，因為祂用膏膏我，叫我傳福音給貧窮的人；差遣我報告：被擄的得釋放，瞎眼的得看見，叫那受壓制的得自由，19 報告上帝悅納人的禧年。20 於是把書捲起來，交還執事，就坐下。會堂裏的人都定睛看祂。21 耶穌對他們說：「今天這經應驗在你們耳中了。」22 眾人都稱讚祂，並希奇祂口中所出的恩言；又說：「這不是約瑟的兒子嗎？」23 耶穌對他們說：「你們必引這俗語向我說：『醫生，你醫治自己吧！我們聽見你在迦百農所行的事，也當行在你自己家鄉裏』」；24 又說：「我實在告訴你們，沒有先知在自己家鄉被人悅納的。25 我對你們說實話，當以利亞的時候，天閉塞了三年零六個月，遍地有大饑荒，那時，以色列中有許多寡婦，26 以利亞並沒有奉差往她們一個人那裏去，只奉差往西頓的撒勒法一個寡婦那裏去。27 先知以利沙的時候，以色列中有許多長大痲瘋的，但內中除了敘利亞國的乃縵，沒有一個得潔淨的。」28 會堂裏的人聽見這話，都怒氣滿胸，29 就起來攆祂出城（他們的城造在山上）；他們帶祂到山崖，要把祂推下去。30 祂卻從他們中間直行，過去了。 (路加福音四16-30)
16 He went to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day He went into the synagogue, as was His custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on Him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 All spoke well of Him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked. 23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’” 24 “Truly I tell you,” He continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27 And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. 30 But He walked right through the crowd and went on His way. (Luke 4:16-30)
分享：我們常把「耶穌」與「基督」連在一起稱呼，有人以為這是主的全名，即名字加上姓氏。信主久了，我們自然知道這並非如此，但你可曾想過：「基督」到底是什麼意思？
「基督」的希臘文Xristos，意思是「受膏者」(The Anointed One)，在希伯來文又稱為彌賽亞 (Messiah)。這個稱號在聖經中專指主耶穌——那位被神親自膏立、差遣的受膏者。
就在主耶穌經過約旦河受洗、曠野受試探後，祂回到家鄉拿撒勒，在會堂中宣讀《以賽亞書》六十一章，正式宣告祂的身份與使命：耶穌祂不是自封的先知，是由神的靈親自膏立，是祂差遣的「基督」，以將福音傳給貧窮的人，宣告被擄的得釋放、瞎眼的能看見，受壓的得自由。 (參路加福音四18) 這說明神就是那位親自拯救、醫治、釋放的主。
然而，最震撼的是，當耶穌讀完經文，將經書交還執事後，祂宣告：「今天這經應驗在你們耳中了。」(四20) 這不是一篇講道、解經，而是基督親自的啟示，宣告祂是那位救主，是親自降世施行救贖的神。
我們口裡總是稱「耶穌基督」，但我們真的明白祂的身份與使命嗎？耶穌的同鄉拿撒勒人，估計也同樣翹首以盼著神的受膏者出現；然而，耶穌是一個超出預期的基督，就在他們當中，不單不是一位政治解放者，卻又挑戰著他們的成見。想一想，這些拿撒勒人是何等的不合理，神的受膏者難道必須符合人的期望嗎？然而，我們有時何嘗不是掉入這樣的盲點，常以自己的標準衡量神，期望祂按我們的意願行事。
就讓我們重新承認耶穌基督的身份，回應祂的使命，更重新調整我們的期待，對準祂的心意，尊祂為神的受膏者。
反思：重新思想神是基督，這對我的信仰和生活有何意義？
禱告：親愛的主耶穌基督，祢是神親自膏立的救主，是那位被差遣來醫治、釋放與拯救的主。感謝祢向我們宣告：「今天這經應驗在你們耳中了。」讓我們明白祢不只是教導真理的老師，更是帶來生命的神。求祢讓我們的眼睛被祢開啟，從被擄、被壓制的生命中得自由，使我們在敬拜與順服中承認祢是配得的基督。奉主名求，阿們。
Posted in 2025-09-GA3