《Lent》Day 24
要三思而後行
1 耶穌卻到橄欖山去。2 清早，祂又回到聖殿裏。眾百姓都到祂那裏去，祂就坐下，教導他們。3 文士和法利賽人帶著一個犯姦淫時被捉的女人來，叫她站在當中，4 然後對耶穌說：「老師，這女人是正在犯姦淫的時候被捉到的。5 摩西在律法書上命令我們把這樣的女人用石頭打死。那麼，祢怎麼說呢？」6 他們說這話是要試探耶穌，要抓到控告祂的把柄。耶穌卻彎下腰，用指頭在地上寫字。7 他們還是不住地問祂，耶穌就直起腰來，對他們說：「你們中間誰沒有罪，誰就先拿石頭打她！」8 於是祂又彎著腰，用指頭在地上寫字。9 他們聽見這話，從老的開始，一個一個都走開了，只剩下耶穌一人和那仍然站在中間的女人。10 耶穌就直起腰來，對她說：「婦人，那些人在哪裏呢？沒有任何人定你的罪嗎？」11 她說：「主啊，沒有。」耶穌說：「我也不定你的罪。去吧！從今以後不要再犯罪了。」(約翰福音八1-11．和修)
1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn He appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around Him, and He sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with His finger. 7 When they kept on questioning Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.” (John 8:1-11. NIV)
分享：這是一段為人熟悉的記載。當時法利賽人帶著行淫被捕的女人來到耶穌跟前，問耶穌該怎麼處置她，耶穌卻彎下腰，在沙地上畫字。我們不知道究竟耶穌正在寫什麼，但是當他們繼續問祂的時候，耶穌用這樣簡短的句子回答：「你們中間誰是沒有罪的，誰就可以先拿石頭打她」(參v.7)。這句話是要指出其實法利賽人也是帶罪之身，最後他們一個個離開了。
耶穌的回應非常冷靜、有智慧之餘，更能夠抓緊焦點。面對罪，天父希望我們知罪而悔改，也積極帶領他人知罪而回轉悔改。法利賽人那些指出別人的罪而抬高自己 (甚至希望攻擊耶穌)絕對不是合神心意的做法！另外，耶穌與天父的關係親密無比，所以祂這樣形容自己：「我所講的話正是照著父對我所說的」(參約翰福音十二50)。願我們也跟天父有這樣的關係，以至於我們行事為人都有正確焦點，並知道怎麼以祂的智慧來回應。
從小我們所學習的是：凡事要三思而後行。作為基督徒，我們應該要學習：凡事要三思「上帝」而後行！
反思：從今天的經文看，你認為要活得有智慧的秘訣是什麼？
行動：在今天的所有決策中，學習先三思上帝才作出決定吧！
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