《路加福音》Day20

《空著的危機》

耶穌在一個地方禱告;禱告完了,有個門徒對祂說:「求主教導我們禱告,像約翰教導他的門徒。」 2 耶穌說:「你們禱告的時候,要說:我們在天上的父:願人都尊祢的名為聖。願祢的國降臨;願祢的旨意行在地上,如同行在天上。 我們日用的飲食,天天賜給我們。 4 赦免我們的罪,因為我們也赦免凡虧欠我們的人。不叫我們遇見試探;救我們脫離凶惡。」 耶穌又說:「你們中間誰有一個朋友半夜到他那裏去,說:『朋友!請借給我三個餅; 6 因為我有一個朋友行路,來到我這裏,我沒有甚麼給他擺上。』 那人在裏面回答說:『不要攪擾我,門已經關閉,孩子們也同我在床上了,我不能起來給你。』我告訴你們,雖不因他是朋友起來給他,但因他情詞迫切地直求,就必起來照他所需用的給他。 我又告訴你們,你們祈求,就給你們;尋找,就尋見;叩門,就給你們開門。 10 因為,凡祈求的,就得著;尋找的,就尋見;叩門的,就給他開門。 11 你們中間作父親的,誰有兒子求餅,反給他石頭呢?求魚,反拿蛇當魚給他呢? 12 求雞蛋,反給他蠍子呢? 13 你們雖然不好,尚且知道拿好東西給兒女;何況天父,豈不更將聖靈給求祂的人嗎?」

14 耶穌趕出一個叫人啞巴的鬼;鬼出去了,啞巴就說出話來;眾人都希奇。 15 內中卻有人說:「祂是靠著鬼王別西卜趕鬼。」 16 又有人試探耶穌,向祂求從天上來的神蹟。 17 祂曉得他們的意念,便對他們說:「凡一國自相紛爭,就成為荒場;凡一家自相紛爭,就必敗落。 18 若撒但自相紛爭,他的國怎能站得住呢?因為你們說我是靠著別西卜趕鬼。 19 我若靠著別西卜趕鬼,你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢?這樣,他們就要斷定你們的是非。20 我若靠著神的能力趕鬼,這就是神的國臨到你們了。 21 壯士披掛整齊,看守自己的住宅,他所有的都平安無事; 22 但有一個比他更壯的來,勝過他,就奪去他所倚靠的盔甲兵器,又分了他的贓。 23 不與我相合的,就是敵我的;不同我收聚的,就是分散的。」 24 「污鬼離了人身,就在無水之地過來過去,尋求安歇之處;既尋不著,便說:『我要回到我所出來的屋裏去。』 25 到了,就看見裏面打掃乾淨,修飾好了, 26 便去另帶了七個比自己更惡的鬼來,都進去住在那裏。那人末後的景況比先前更不好了。」(路加福音十一1-26)

1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread. 4  Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation. ’” 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. 9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. 15 But some of them said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, He is driving out demons.” 16 Others tested Him by asking for a sign from heaven. 17 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. 18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder. 23 “Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters. 24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”  (Luke11:1-26)

分享【不要只停在清理,更要被神充滿】

門徒請求耶穌教導禱告,耶穌指出禱告要以神為中心,並在生活中依靠祂。祂用半夜求餅的比喻,提醒人要持續祈求,要知道天父很樂意把最好的,甚至聖靈也賜給求祂的人。

隨後,耶穌趕出一個污鬼,卻被人指控為靠鬼王趕鬼。耶穌指出,這樣的說法本身自相矛盾,並藉此說明:祂所行的是神的能力,顯明神的國已經臨到,撒但的權勢正在被擊敗,就像壯士被更強的制伏一樣。祂更提醒人:在屬靈上,沒有中立的。若不站在主這邊,就是與祂為敵;若不領人歸主,就會使人遠離主。


最後,耶穌用一個比喻說明若任由生命空著,最終會變得更糟。 這段經文帶出一個重要提醒:生命若只有清理,卻沒有被神充滿,最終仍會失去方向。

【釋經亮點】

在經文中,耶穌講到當污鬼離開一個人後,為什麼反而更差?在比喻中,屋子雖然被「打掃乾淨、修飾好了」,但關鍵問題是:它是空著的。 這正是危機所在。危機不在於沒有改變,而在於只有清理,卻沒有被神充滿。結果,污鬼回來,帶來更惡的同伴;最後的境況,比先前更惡劣。耶穌藉此提醒:一時的潔淨,並不等於長久的更新。若沒有持續讓神掌權,人很容易再次落入更深的捆綁。屬靈的跌倒,不只是罪曾經存在,更是生命空了,卻沒有被神充滿。不要以為停止錯誤,就等於生命會被更新。唯有讓神住在你裡面,才有真正的改變。


今天,我們也很容易停在「打掃乾淨」的階段: 改掉一些壞習慣、減少一些罪、生活看似整齊,但卻沒有同時建立屬靈操練,如:禱告、加深與神的關係,而是仍然讓內心空著。要記住,一個沒有被神充滿的生命,很容易再次被舊有的事物佔據。唯有神充滿你,你生命才有持續的更新和改變。

反思:你的生命,只是「清理過」,還是已經被神充滿?你留下來的空位,是否仍舊只有垃圾和罪污呢?

禱告:充滿生命的主耶穌,求祢幫助我,不只是離開罪與錯誤,更讓我的生命被祢充滿。不要讓我的心成為空的地方,而是成為祢居住的所在,使我每天都與祢親近。奉主名求,阿們。

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