Tuesday 1 March 2016

約翰福音讀後 16:20-16:22  王健華牧師

16:20   [hb5]   
            [kjv]     Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
16:21   [hb5]   
            [kjv]     A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
16:22   [hb5]   
            [kjv]     And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.


 」這是詩篇17章說的,可見喜樂的重要,况且我們都喜悅這事,但問題是我們怎樣將憂愁變為喜樂。今天聖經就將這個秘訣啓示我們。

聖經是這樣記錄的:「我 。」它首先指出世人將要痛哭、哀號,因為不見了耶穌。但只是一息間的事,轉瞬間便會化為喜樂,因為轉眼我們便見耶穌。聖經還舉了婦人生產的事作為例子:「婦 。」因為孩子出世的喜樂已經比生產的痛苦大,所以就不會記起痛楚!這個比喻對比了喜樂和憂愁,也指出得到喜樂是需要經歷一個過程,憂愁才變為喜樂,這個過程是什麼?中間要怎樣做?

經文接着說:「你 。」耶穌指出門徒現在憂愁,但應承會再去見他們,他們便會喜樂,這裏就道出了得喜樂的途徑。你可以指出來嗎?(待續)

祈禱:慈悲仁愛的天父,祢是喜樂的根源,求教我們多去祈求喜樂,也求祢聽我們的禱告,將喜樂賜給我們,貫注入生活之中。奉主名求。阿們。






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