《將臨期的反思》Day16
《道成肉身的愛》
1 太初有道，道與神同在，道就是神。2 這道太初與神同在。3 萬物是藉著祂造的；凡被造的，沒有一樣不是藉著祂造的。4 生命在他裏頭，這生命就是人的光。5 光照在黑暗裏，黑暗卻不接受光。6 有一個人，是從神那裏差來的，名叫約翰。7 這人來，為要作見證，就是為光作見證，叫眾人因他可以信。8 他不是那光，乃是要為光作見證。9 那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。10 祂在世界，世界也是藉著祂造的，世界卻不認識祂。11 祂到自己的地方來，自己的人倒不接待祂。12 凡接待祂的，就是信他名的人，祂就賜他們權柄作神的兒女。13 這等人不是從血氣生的，不是從情慾生的，也不是從人意生的，乃是從神生的。14 道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿地有恩典有真理。我們也見過祂的榮光，正是父獨生子的榮光。 (約翰福音一1-14)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. 11 He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive Him. 12 Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-14)
分享：大家有沒有測試過自己的「愛的語言」(Love Languages) ？這不只是把愛分為五種表達方式，更重要的是提醒我們：愛不只關乎我如何付出，更重視對方如何接收。深切的愛不單是自說自話，而是願意進入對方的世界，用對方能理解、能感受的方式去愛。《約翰福音》所啟示的「道成肉身」，正是神之愛最極致、最震撼的表達。
《約翰福音》開首指出，「道」在太初已經存在，與神同在，本質就是神，萬物也藉著祂而被造。這清楚表明「道」的超越性 —— 祂超越時間、空間，超越一切受造與人類的理解，這也符合我們對神的基本認知。然而，真正令人震撼的，是約翰接著寫下：「道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿地有恩典有真理。」(約翰福音一14) 約翰，那位「是耶穌所愛的，側身挨近耶穌的胸懷」(約翰福音十三23) 的門徒，之所以能作出如此宣告，是因為這「起初的生命之道」並非停留在超然層面，而是讓人能聽見、看見、親眼看過、親手摸過 (參約翰壹書一1)。
是的，神對我們的愛從不抽象，「道成肉身」也不是哲學推論，而是真實的顯示了一種愛的見證。主耶穌放下尊貴的身份，住在人中間，被人拒絕，也被人接待，與人同行，承擔人性的限制與痛苦；也讓人真實地經歷被理解、被陪伴、被愛。這本質上，就是神為愛選擇謙卑自己，靠近人，以人能理解、能感受、能承載的方式去愛我們。魯益師 (C. S. Lewis) 在《返璞歸真》(Mere Christianity) 中將神的救贖比喻為不是站在岸邊指揮，而親自下到泥潭裡拯救泥足深陷的人。
三天後便是聖誕節了，你能真切體會到這節日的真義嗎？你是否看見：這位太初的道、創造的主，竟進入嬰孩的身體，承擔人性的限制，是一份何等降卑、靠近、同行的愛？
反思：我能否像約翰般，自稱「耶穌所愛的」？我能否像約翰「側身挨近耶穌的胸懷」？
禱告：親愛的主耶穌，感謝祢的道成肉身，住在我們中間，祢的愛不是停留在遠處，而是成為一種我們能觸碰、能感知、能體會、能共情到的愛，讓軟弱的人，能真真切切、充充滿滿的經歷到祢的恩典和真理。就讓我們更渴慕祢的主動靠近，讓祢不只曾住在人間，也時刻住在我們生命之中。奉主名求，阿們。
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