《路加福音》Day30
《信靠的禱告》
1 耶穌設一個比喻，是要人常常禱告，不可灰心。 2 說：「某城裏有一個官，不懼怕神，也不尊重世人。 3 那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』 4 他多日不准， 後來心裏說：『我雖不懼怕神，也不尊重世人， 5 只因這寡婦煩擾我，我就給她伸冤吧，免得她常來纏磨我！』」 6 主說：「你們聽這不義之官所說的話。 7 神的選民晝夜呼籲他，他縱然為他們忍了多時，豈不終久給他們伸冤嗎？ 8 我告訴你們，要快快地給他們伸冤了。然而，人子來的時候，遇得見世上有信德嗎？」
9 耶穌向那些仗著自己是義人，藐視別人的，設一個比喻， 10 說：「有兩個人上殿裏去禱告：一個是法利賽人，一個是稅吏。 11 法利賽人站著，自言自語地禱告說：『神啊，我感謝你，我不像別人勒索、不義、姦淫，也不像這個稅吏。 12 我一個禮拜禁食兩次，凡我所得的都捐上十分之一。』 13 那稅吏遠遠地站著，連舉目望天也不敢，只捶著胸說：『神啊，開恩可憐我這個罪人！』 14 我告訴你們，這人回家去比那人倒算為義了；因為，凡自高的，必降為卑；自卑的，必升為高。」
15 有人抱著自己的嬰孩來見耶穌，要他摸他們；門徒看見就責備那些人。 16 耶穌卻叫他們來，說：「讓小孩子到我這裏來，不要禁止他們，因為在神國的正是這樣的人。 17 我實在告訴你們，凡要承受神國的，若不像小孩子，斷不能進去。」(路加福音十八1-17)
1 Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ 4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” (Luke 18:1-17)
9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ 14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
15 People were also bringing babies to Jesus for him to place his hands on them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” (Luke 18:1-17)
分享【不是改變神，而是信靠神】
耶穌以寡婦與不義的官的比喻教導門徒要常常禱告，不可灰心。寡婦不斷向官求伸冤，最終連不義的官也因她的堅持而作出回應。耶穌並不是將神比作不義的官，而是指出若連不義的人尚且會回應，何況公義慈愛的神，豈不更看顧祂的子民？
因此，禱告的重點不在於說服神、改變祂的心意，而是在於我們是否願意持續來到祂面前，表達對祂的信靠。禱告不是一種用來換取結果的手段，而是一種關係的表達，讓我們在不明白中仍然選擇依靠神。
當我們不斷禱告，其實就像稅吏的禱告：「神啊，開恩可憐我這個罪人！」(十八13) 這是承認：我不能，但祢能；我不知道，但祢知道。這樣的禱告，不是改變神，而是改變我們，使我們的心對準祂的旨意。正如耶穌所問：「人子來的時候，遇得見世上有信德嗎？」(十八8) 禱告，正是信心最真實的流露。
【釋經亮點】
在法利賽人與稅吏的比喻中，「義」成為關鍵主題。法利賽人代表「仗著自己是義人」(v.9)，在禱告中陳述自己的義行，並與他人比較；而稅吏卻遠遠站著，連望天也不敢，只承認自己是罪人，求神憐憫 (參 v.13) 。一個看見自己的好，一個看見自己的罪；一個在禱告中肯定自己，一個在禱告中依靠神。
耶穌稱稅吏倒「算為義」(參 v.14)，原文的核心意義為「稱義」、「宣判為義」、「使人與神恢復正常關係」。這強調義不是人努力得來的成果，而是神主動的宣告，是人與神關係被恢復的結果。因此，神所看重的，不是人如何證明自己，而是人是否願意謙卑來到祂面前。人越想證明自己有義，反而越遠離神的義；惟有承認自己不義，才能領受從神而來的義。
這也解釋了為何在今天經文中，無權無勢的寡婦，以及需要被人抱來的嬰孩，反而成為蒙恩的對象，因為他們唯一能依靠的，不是自己，而是神的憐憫與恩典。
反思：我來到神的面前，是想證明自己，還是承認自己真的需要祂？
禱告：親愛的天父，祢是公義又滿有憐憫的神。求祢赦免我們有時會帶著自己的想法來到祢面前，甚至試圖證明自己、左右祢的計劃，結果忽略了自己真正需要的是祢的恩典。求祢教我學會禱告，學會謙卑在祢面前，使我可以單單靠著祢稱義，活在與祢真實的關係中。奉主名求，阿們。
Posted in 2026-03-Luke-C