《約翰福音》Day25
《你與誰結連？》
1 「我是真葡萄樹，我父是栽培的人。 2 凡屬我不結果子的枝子，祂就剪去；凡結果子的，祂就修理乾淨，使枝子結果子更多。 3 現在你們因我講給你們的道，已經乾淨了。 4 你們要常在我裏面，我也常在你們裏面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上，自己就不能結果子；你們若不常在我裏面，也是這樣。 5 我是葡萄樹，你們是枝子。常在我裏面的，我也常在他裏面，這人就多結果子；因為離了我，你們就不能做甚麼。 6 人若不常在我裏面，就像枝子丟在外面枯乾，人拾起來，扔在火裏燒了。 7 你們若常在我裏面，我的話也常在你們裏面，凡你們所願意的，祈求，就給你們成就。 8 你們多結果子，我父就因此得榮耀，你們也就是我的門徒了。 9 我愛你們，正如父愛我一樣；你們要常在我的愛裏。 10 你們若遵守我的命令，就常在我的愛裏，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在祂的愛裏。 11 「這些事我已經對你們說了，是要叫我的喜樂存在你們心裏，並叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。 12 你們要彼此相愛，像我愛你們一樣；這就是我的命令。 13 人為朋友捨命，人的愛心沒有比這個大的。 14 你們若遵行我所吩咐的，就是我的朋友了。 15 以後我不再稱你們為僕人，因僕人不知道主人所做的事。我乃稱你們為朋友；因我從我父所聽見的，已經都告訴你們了。 16 不是你們揀選了我，是我揀選了你們，並且分派你們去結果子，叫你們的果子常存，使你們奉我的名，無論向父求甚麼，祂就賜給你們。 17 我這樣吩咐你們，是要叫你們彼此相愛。」
18 「世人若恨你們，你們知道，恨你們以先已經恨我了。 19 你們若屬世界，世界必愛屬自己的；只因你們不屬世界，乃是我從世界中揀選了你們，所以世界就恨你們。 20 你們要記念我從前對你們所說的話：『僕人不能大於主人。』他們若逼迫了我，也要逼迫你們；若遵守了我的話，也要遵守你們的話。 21 但他們因我的名要向你們行這一切的事，因為他們不認識那差我來的。 22 我若沒有來教訓他們，他們就沒有罪；但如今他們的罪無可推諉了。 23 恨我的，也恨我的父。 24 我若沒有在他們中間行過別人未曾行的事，他們就沒有罪；但如今連我與我的父，他們也看見也恨惡了。 25 這要應驗他們律法上所寫的話，說：『他們無故地恨我。』 」(約翰福音十五1-25)
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in His love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit — fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’ (John15:1-25)
18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’ (John15:1-25)
分享【你生命連著什麼？】
耶穌說：「我是真葡萄樹，我父是栽培的人。」(v.1) 對當時猶太人而言，葡萄樹並不陌生。舊約中，以色列常被形容為神所栽種的葡萄樹 (如《以賽亞書》五章) ，但問題是，這棵樹雖然被揀選，卻沒有結出神所喜悅的果子。因此，耶穌現在宣告：真正的生命，不是在宗教身份裡，而是在與祂的結連裡。
耶穌反覆提到一個字：「常在」。枝子若離開葡萄樹，即使外表仍像枝子，也會慢慢枯乾。問題不是枝子有沒有努力，而是它有沒有連接生命源頭。今天的人也很重視「連接」 —— 連接網絡、資訊、人脈、資源，希望從中得著安全感與價值。同時，我們內心連接的，可能是工作、成就、關係、情緒，甚至別人的認同。一旦失去這些，人就會枯乾、焦慮、失去方向。
耶穌提醒門徒：「離了我，你們就不能做甚麼。」(v.5) 這不是否定人的能力，而是指出：真正屬靈的生命與果子，不能離開神而存在。原來，生命最重要的問題，不是「你做了多少」，而是「你與誰結連」。
【釋經亮點】
經文中，耶穌重複地提到：「你們要常在我裡面，我也常在你們裡面。」(v.4) 這裡的「在⋯⋯裡面」，不只是親近或跟隨，而是《約翰福音》極重要的神學概念 —— 「聯合於基督」(Union with Christ)。耶穌曾說：「我在父裡面，父在我裡面」 (參約翰福音十四10) ，如今祂也邀請信徒進入這種生命的連結之中。
早期教會甚至用一個神學詞彙 「互相內住」(Perichoresis) 去形容父、子、聖靈彼此同在、彼此相連的關係。而約翰福音最震撼之處，就是耶穌讓信徒也參與在這種與神的生命交通裡。因此，葡萄樹與枝子的比喻重點，不是「合作」，而是「生命供應」。枝子不能自己結果子，也不能靠自己維持生命；一旦離開葡萄樹，即使外表仍像枝子，也會慢慢枯乾。問題不是枝子有沒有努力，而是有沒有連於生命源頭。
今天很多信徒也是如此：可能仍然聚會、事奉、忙碌，但內心卻越來越乾。這就像手機功能再多，若離開電源，最終仍會沒電。屬靈生命也是一樣 —— 離開主，人未必立刻跌倒，卻會慢慢失去生命力。因此，「常在主裡」不是宗教責任，而是每天真實與主連結：透過禱告、神的話語、順服與信靠，讓基督的生命持續流進我們裡面。真正的屬靈生命，不是靠自己撐出來，而是從與基督的聯合中自然流露出來。
反思：我生命真正連接的是什麼？我是否只靠自己的能力生活，而沒有真正常在主裡？今天，我願不願意讓主修剪與更新我的生命？
禱告：主耶穌，很多時我以為靠自己的努力就可以活得好，卻忽略了自己其實不可以離開祢。求祢幫助我不只是忙於做事，而是真正與祢連結。當祢修剪我的生命時，給我順服與信靠，使我不逃避祢的工作。也求祢讓我常常住在祢裡面，使我的生命能結出祢喜悅的果子。願我不再靠自己而活，而是在祢裡面得著真正的生命。以上禱告，奉主耶穌的名求，阿們。
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