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為什麼主要吩咐鬼進入豬群呢?從人的角度來講,這些豬還挺值錢的,讓牠們墜入山崖,何等可惜。難怪城裡的人知道這事之後,不但沒有歡迎耶穌,反而心中有很大懼怕,請求耶穌離開。因為他們想,耶穌醫好一個人,就損失這麼多豬,如果祂再醫好更多人,那他們損失不就更慘重了嗎?他們看重錢財,過於一個人的得救與得釋放。
耶穌這樣做有兩個原因:第一,表明祂看重人靈魂的得救與醫治,過於物質需要,這顯明主向人所有的憐憫與愛。正因如此,祂也激怒許多宗教領袖,法利賽人説安息日不可治病,但耶穌看見人在病痛中,就動了慈心,醫治那些病人,使得法利賽人怒目相視。主卻對他們說,神喜愛憐恤過於祭祀,神的心是要拯救失喪的人,勝於守不守安息日的律法,人子乃是安息日的主。
其次,主之所以叫鬼進入豬群,是因這些人本就不該養豬。舊約律法中,豬是不潔淨的動物,猶太人根本不該養豬,主藉這件事警戒那些破壞神律法的人。當那被鬼附的人得釋放後,本想與耶穌一起,耶穌卻差派他進到自己生活圈裡,為主做見證。將主為他所做何等大的事,告訴家人和親戚朋友,那些人聽見都萬分希奇。
弟兄姊妹,傳福音不是困難的事,你需要做的:第一是來親近神,經歷神的救恩;第二,向周圍的人述說神的工作。從今天開始,就在生活周圍傳講主在你身上做的奇妙大事。我們的主實在寶貴,充滿恩典憐憫,祂樂意施恩拯救,神的恩典今天就樂意臨到每個信的人身上!
與劉彤牧師同心禱告
親愛的主,感謝你,因你就是那位榮耀的釋放者。求主讓我們經歷到你生命的釋放,就像那被鬼附著的人,讓我們從黑暗罪惡的權勢中被釋放。也求主幫助我們,在生活周圍勇敢傳福音,勇敢為你做見證,好叫更多人因我歸向耶穌。感謝禱告奉耶穌得勝的名祈求,阿們!
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Johnny
As kids, many of us dreamed about being granted one wish. Solomon got the "one wish." When God appeared to Solomon and gave him that opportunity, it forever raised the bar of our expectations in prayer. The disciples were given the same "wish," only better. Instead of one blank check, they were given an unlimited supply of blank checks. And this gift was specifically granted in the context of their friendship with God.
Surrounding their promotion to friendship, Jesus gave His disciples this amazing list of promises. Each promise was a blank check they were to live by and use throughout their lives for the expansion of the kingdom. They are as follows:
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." (John 15:7)
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you." (John 15:16)
"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it." (John 14:14)
"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full." (John 16:23-24)
In order for us to properly receive what Jesus has offered us in these verses, any robotic understanding of what it means to be a follower of God has to change. God never intended that the believer be a puppet on a string. God actually makes Himself vulnerable to the desires of His people. In fact, it can be said, "if it matters to you, it matters to Him."
While much of the church is waiting for the next word from God, He is waiting to hear the dream of His people. He longs for us to take our role, not because He needs us, but because He loves us.
Excerpt taken from Dreaming With God, Chapter 1, Pages 27-28
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