《約翰福音》Day05
《你在渴什麼？》
1 主知道法利賽人聽見祂收門徒，施洗，比約翰還多，( 2 其實不是耶穌親自施洗，乃是祂的門徒施洗，) 3 祂就離了猶太，又往加利利去。4 必須經過撒馬利亞，5 於是到了撒馬利亞的一座城，名叫敘加，靠近雅各給他兒子約瑟的那塊地。6 在那裏有雅各井；耶穌因走路困乏，就坐在井旁。那時約有午正。 7 有一個撒馬利亞的婦人來打水。耶穌對她說：「請你給我水喝。」( 8 那時門徒進城買食物去了。) 9 撒馬利亞的婦人對祂說：「祢既是猶太人，怎麼向我一個撒馬利亞婦人要水喝呢？」原來猶太人和撒馬利亞人沒有來往。10 耶穌回答說：「你若知道神的恩賜，和對你說『給我水喝』的是誰，你必早求祂，祂也必早給了你活水。」 11 婦人說：「先生，沒有打水的器具，井又深，祢從哪裏得活水呢？12 我們的祖宗雅各將這井留給我們，他自己和兒子並牲畜也都喝這井裏的水，難道祢比他還大嗎？」 13 耶穌回答說：「凡喝這水的還要再渴；14 人若喝我所賜的水就永遠不渴。我所賜的水要在他裏頭成為泉源，直湧到永生。」 15 婦人說：「先生，請把這水賜給我，叫我不渴，也不用來這麼遠打水。」 16 耶穌說：「你去叫你丈夫也到這裏來。」 17 婦人說：「我沒有丈夫。」耶穌說：「你說沒有丈夫是不錯的。 18 你已經有五個丈夫，你現在有的並不是你的丈夫。你這話是真的。」 19 婦人說：「先生，我看出你是先知。20 我們的祖宗在這山上禮拜，你們倒說，應當禮拜的地方是在耶路撒冷。」 21 耶穌說：「婦人，你當信我。時候將到，你們拜父，也不在這山上，也不在耶路撒冷。22 你們所拜的，你們不知道；我們所拜的，我們知道，因為救恩是從猶太人出來的。 23 時候將到，如今就是了，那真正拜父的，要用心靈和誠實拜祂，因為父要這樣的人拜祂。」 24 神是個靈，所以拜祂的必須用心靈和誠實拜祂。」 25 婦人說：「我知道彌賽亞 (就是那稱為基督的) 要來；祂來了，必將一切的事都告訴我們。」 26 耶穌說：「這和你說話的就是祂！」 27 當下門徒回來，就希奇耶穌和一個婦人說話；只是沒有人說：「祢是要甚麼？」或說：「祢為甚麼和她說話？」 28 那婦人就留下水罐子，往城裏去，對眾人說： 29「你們來看！有一個人將我素來所行的一切事都給我說出來了，莫非這就是基督嗎？」 30 眾人就出城，往耶穌那裏去。 (約翰福音四1-30)
1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples. 3 So He left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. 4 Now He had to go through Samaria. 5 So He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as He was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to Him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can You ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can You get this living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” 16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” 17 “I have no husband,” she replied. Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.” 19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that You are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am He. ”27 Just then His disciples returned and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward Him. (John 4:1-30)
分享【從口渴到生命的渴】
耶穌在井旁遇見一位撒馬利亞婦人，向她說：「請你給我水喝。」(v.7) 這看似平常的對話，卻一步一步引向更深的真相。婦人每天來打水，為的是解決身體的需要，但耶穌卻指出，她真正的問題，不只是口渴，而是生命的渴：「人若喝我所賜的水，就永遠不渴。」(v.14)
婦人起初不明白，以為耶穌說的是一種更方便的水，可以讓她不用再來打水。但耶穌進一步揭示她的生命狀況 —— 她過去的關係與現在的處境，都顯出她內心深處的空缺。原來，人會不斷尋找、抓住不同的人事物，很多時不是因為真正需要，而是想填補心裡的渴。
當婦人被指出生命的真相時，她沒有再逃避，反而開始認識耶穌，甚至成為向人見證祂的人。整段經文讓我們看見：人以為自己缺很多東西，但其實最深的渴，是對神的渴。真正的滿足，不在外在供應，而在於遇見那位能賜生命活水的主。今天，你正在渴什麼？
【釋經亮點】
當耶穌說「要用心靈和誠實敬拜父」，祂其實正在顛覆當時對敬拜的理解。對猶太人而言，敬拜與「地點」密不可分 —— 必須在耶路撒冷的聖殿，按著律法、獻祭與節期來進行；而撒馬利亞人則堅持在基利心山敬拜。換句話說，敬拜被理解為一種外在制度與正確位置的安排。
然而，耶穌指出：「時候將到，如今就是了。」真正的敬拜，不再被限制於某個地點，而是關乎人與神之間的關係。「用心靈敬拜」，是從內心發出、由聖靈引導的回應，不只是外在參與；「用誠實敬拜」，原文有「真理」的意思，是按著神的啟示來到祂面前，而不是按人的想法或感覺。
這對今天的信徒也是很重要的提醒。現代人可能追求更好的敬拜環境、音樂、氣氛，甚至感動的經歷，卻容易忽略內心是否真實歸向神；也有人強調內在感受，卻缺乏真理的根基。原來，真正的敬拜不是「外在好」或「感覺強」，而是心被神吸引、生命與真理對齊。問題不在於你在哪裡敬拜，而在於你是否真實地來到神面前。
反思：我現在所追求的，是否只是在填補內心的空虛？在敬拜中，我追求的是氣氛與感覺，還是與神真實的相遇？我是否一直用外在的事物，代替內心真正的需要？今天，我願不願意承認自己真正的渴，並來到主面前，領受祂所賜的活水？
禱告：主耶穌，祢知道我內心真正的需要。很多時我以為自己渴望的是外在的東西，但其實我最深的渴，是與祢的關係。求祢光照我裡面一切隱藏、不願被看見的地方，給我勇氣離開黑暗，走向祢的光。也求祢教導我用心靈和誠實來敬拜祢，不只是外在的參與，而是從心裡真實地回應祢。讓我的生命，不再被其他事物填滿，而是在祢裡面得著真正的滿足。以上禱告，奉主耶穌的名求，阿們。
* 雅各井位於撒馬利亞的敘加附近，傳統上相信係族長雅各留下的井，所以叫「雅各井」，撒馬利亞婦人正是在這井旁與耶穌對話。今日雅各井相信仍然存在，位於現今約旦河西岸的一間希臘東正教教堂中。
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