《神醫》Day07
《牧羊人醫治小羊 -手枯乾了的人》
9 耶穌離開那地方,進了一個會堂。 10 那裏有一個人枯乾了一隻手。有人問耶穌說:「安息日治病可以不可以?」意思是要控告祂。 11 耶穌說:「你們中間誰有一隻羊,當安息日掉在坑裏,不把牠抓住、拉上來呢? 12 人比羊何等貴重呢!所以,在安息日做善事是可以的。」 13 於是對那人說:「伸出手來!」他把手一伸,手就復了原,和那隻手一樣。 14 法利賽人出去,商議怎樣可以除滅耶穌。(馬太福音十二9-14)
祂必像牧人牧養自己的羊群,用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在懷中,慢慢引導那乳養小羊的。(以賽亞書四十11)
我的羊聽我的聲音,我也認識他們,他們也跟着我。(約翰福音十27)
9 Going on from that place, He went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” 11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. (Matthew 12:9-14)
He tends His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young. (Isaiah 40:11)
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27)
He tends His flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young. (Isaiah 40:11)
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27)
分享:今天要分享一個手枯乾了的病人得醫治的經歷。經文並沒有詳細交代「手枯乾了」是一種怎樣的病,但耶穌仍然輕易地治好了他。經文的重點在於「耶穌可否在安息日治病」這議題上。根據猶太人的傳統,安息日必須遵守「不作任何工」的規定,但耶穌斬釘截鐵地指出神的旨意如何。
當時有人挑戰耶穌說:「安息日治病可以不可以?」,耶穌以牧羊人與羊的比喻來回應:「你們中間誰有一隻羊,當安息日掉在坑裏,不把牠抓住、拉上來呢?人比羊何等貴重呢!」這比喻直接帶出一個極重要的真理:神看人是寶貴的!牧羊人不會因為任何原因而忽略一隻受傷的羊。耶穌就是我們的牧羊人,祂關心每一個軟弱的人,祂醫治手枯乾的人,表明祂對每個生命的尊重與珍視,就好像聖經所寫:「祂必像牧人牧養自己的羊群,用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在懷中,慢慢引導那乳養小羊的。」(以賽亞書四十11)
事實上,耶穌並非要以「人比羊更寶貴」來對抗法利賽人;祂只是帶出一個由始至終都沒改變的事實,只是法利賽人被律法主義蒙蔽了雙眼而已。經文提到「病人把手一伸,手就復了原,和那隻手一樣」(參v.13) 這裡刻意用上「復原」這個詞彙,隱含了生命復原到起初,就是聆聽並跟隨牧羊人的狀態。
網路上有一片段:《Do sheep only obey their Master's voice?》* (羊是否只聽從牧羊人的聲音?),拍攝者做了一個小測試。首先,一些陌生人呼喊羊群,但無論如何呼喊,羊群毫無反應。然後到牧羊人上場,當他一發出聲音,有的羊開始發出聲音回應,也有的突然抬起頭來,接著全部的羊也注視著牧羊人。當牧羊人持續呼喊時,牠們更開始走向牧羊人。
經文並沒有詳情交待這病人往後如何,但願他與每一個得醫治的人 (我們) 都可以變回一隻願意聆聽並跟隨牧羊人的小羊。
思想:耶穌是我們的牧者,給你什麼安慰及提醒?神看人是實貴的,我們會怎樣回應呢?
禱告:親愛的天父,感謝祢賜下牧羊人耶穌基督來醫治我們、引領我們走義路。但願我們都看清楚祢的愛,並同樣以愛回應祢。讓我們的生命復原到起初,能夠好像一隻小羊一樣來親近祢、依靠祢、跟隨祢!以上禱告,奉主耶穌得勝的名求,阿們。
*《Do sheep only obey their Master's voice?》 (羊是否只聽從牧羊人的聲音?)
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