Tuesday, 13th July 2021
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-11 Jesus Comes to Gather
We must build up a close relationship with God when we follow Him. Jesus came close to Peter, but stayed away from the crowd. What’s was Jesus’ purposes? To call Peter and gather the disciples. Jesus didn’t stay with the crowd who wanted to listen Him, but He came to Peter because He wanted Peter to experience God.
Jesus called Peter to go to the deep waters. Peter was not only by himself but there were his companions. Then they saw God’s miracles. Peter bowed down before Jesus because he knew Jesus was different. Jesus came to gather us and call us to follow Him. People come and go, they experienced miracles then left, but Jesus wants us to let go of everything and follow Him. We are being set apart from this world and gathered together by Jesus to follow Him.
Section Two V12-16 Jesus Comes to Give Mercy
We will easily lose focus, we tend to focus on people and things, and we fail to see what Jesus did. Jesus touched the Leper. At the time, people ran away from Lepers, but Jesus gave him mercy and grace. Not only Jesus healed the Leper, He also told the Leper to go to the High Priest to be examined. Jesus healed us not only for us to know but also others to know. Jesus wanted us to be healed physically and emotionally, He wanted us to be a renewed person.
Don’t focus on the ministry, but remember what’s the most important thing Jesus want us to do, which to preach the gospel, to call people to become disciple, and to teach what we learn from Jesus. We must pass on Jesus’ calling to others, not just stay where we are, our own comfort zone.
Section Three V17-38 Jesus Comes to Heal
Jesus taught people the salvation of repentance. When we heal people in Jesus’ Name, we also need to teach them, to give them the Word of Life then Jesus’ healing will come through. If we don’t have the Word of God inside us then we will easily to feel sorry for ourselves, will remember how others hurt us and our healing will not be completed. Jesus heal our body and the emptiness inside our heart. May God’s Word come inside us.
Jesus wants us to receiving the teaching of life, not just to be healed, not just having the devil castes out, but to have the Word of God in our lives. We must follow God and follow our church authority. Let our heart and mouth be the same. When people saw Jesus healed and proclaimed sins forgiven, they were amazed but at the same time afraid. They never knew that sins being forgiven can bring true healing.
Section Four V27-39 Jesus Comes to Give New Life
The debt collector looked at money more than anything but when Jesus called him to follow, he put down everything and follow Jesus. He also called the other debt collectors to come follow Jesus. Jesus wants to give us a new life, our focus used to be on this earth, money, family, fame, recognition… we thought if we put down everything then we will have nothing.
Many people from the Bible already showed us good examples. The Book of Job encourages us to follow God, Job lost everything but God gave him more than what he had before. May God use us, let us follow Jesus, follow the Tree of Life, be humble, be obedient, deny ourselves and benefit others. Have the fragrance of Jesus in our lives and follow Him wholeheartedly.
What stops us following Jesus? What are we afraid of that we cannot let go? Let us cry out to God and ask Him to help us to do what’s impossible so we can have a new life.
Prayer & Pursuit
Thank You, Lord, You have shown us the fear inside us. We are afraid of losing this world but You have shown us today, not to stay in the material blessings but to seek Your eternal blessings. Give us strength, Lord, let You become the center of our life, so we will follow You and never turn back. Amen.
2021年7月13日 星期二
-潘锡安牧师-
路加福音 5
耶稣来
跟从神，最重要的是先跟神建立好的关系。跟从神的人生命得着改变，周围的人会看出来，并会不自觉被吸引。路加福音前四章介绍了耶稣的来历，本章开始阐述了为何要跟从耶稣。
一、v.1-11 耶稣来是召聚
V1-3 “拥挤” – 就是“逼死”， 说明众人都聚集到耶稣这里想听他说的话。然而，耶稣这时却上了彼得的船，“稍微离岸。。。从船上教训众人”。耶稣离开人群，单单选择跟彼得有亲密的关系。
V4-7 讲完道之后，耶稣让彼得借着在水深之处打鱼去经历神。西门他们之前凭着自己的努力什么都没有打到，但他回应耶稣，说：“依从你的话，我就下网。”当彼得愿意去听耶稣的话之后，他不仅是自己一个人，还招聚他的同伴一起，于是打下的鱼多到险些让渔网裂开，甚至装满船后差点让船沉下去。
V8 彼得经历了神迹，在神的光中看见自己里面的不信和诡诈，“就俯伏在耶稣膝前”认罪。
V10 “不要怕”-神知道我们里面的害怕，但也给我们力量。我们经历神的祝福，不是停留在这里，而是“从今以后你要得人了”。
V11 彼得没有停留在“鱼装满了两只船”的祝福里，而是“撇下所有的，跟从了耶稣”。神给我们祝福，不是让我们在属世的地方享受，而是要来跟从他。耶稣来，就是要召聚我们从这个世界分别出来跟从他。
二、v.12-16 耶稣来是施怜悯
V12-14 耶稣愿意伸手去摸这个长大麻风的人，这是一个非常重要的信息。当时长大麻风的人是被人看为不洁、有传染性的，大家都不靠近这些人，然而耶稣在众人面前接受他。我们里面的真实光景如何？不管我们里面是多么糟糕，甚至我们自己都不愿意靠近，耶稣都愿意来触摸我们。耶稣的医治不是让我们自我感觉良好，他的医治是彻底的，是可以“对众人做证据”，让别人也看得到的。
V15-16 很多人来逼近耶稣，只想要病得医治，然而“耶稣却退到旷野去祷告”。这些神迹奇事的发生不是让我们享受在荣耀的事工当中，而是让我们来跟随耶稣，完成传福音、带领门徒的大使命。我们不要对这些神迹奇事上瘾，因为连耶稣都需要退到旷野以防被人和事工影响。我们一开始服事神的时候可能很火热，然而一段时间后，我们受伤了、枯干了、进入自己的山洞，因为我们没有在神的水流当中。要倚靠神，才能得人如得鱼。
三、v.17-26 耶稣来是行医治
V17“主的能力与耶稣同在，使他能医治病人”，是在耶稣将真理教训人的时候。我们能够医病赶鬼，若没有跟被医治的人传讲生命的真理，就不能真正帮到那些人，因为这些被释放的人里面是空的，没有生命的道，就会反复出现问题。如果我们没有神的话语充满我们，我们的里面就会被自怜自艾、苦毒、贫穷等等从地狱来的负面充满。耶稣医治的不仅是我们的身体，也包括我们灵魂里的一切空虚。
V22-24 人的罪被赦免了，是可以让这人的病得医治，“起来行走”。如果整天来找耶稣医病，却没有被赦罪，最后还是会“死”的。我们是否真的看重神给我们的永生？是否愿意撇下一切跟从神？
V26 众人看到罪得赦免竟然能医治人，就无比惊讶。唯有神能赦罪。
四、v.27-39 耶稣来是要给我们新的生命
V27-32 当时的税吏帮助罗马政府收钱，是被犹太人最看不起的，好像以前中国的“汉奸”一样。然而耶稣看中利未，呼召他来跟从自己。利未跟从耶稣后，邀请了其他税吏一起来听耶稣所讲的道。我们或许曾像这些税吏一样看重世上的钱财，但耶稣让我们撇下这些跟从他。利未选择相信耶稣，我们的选择呢？
V36-39 我们是否愿意放下过去的辉煌、舒适，让神更新、使用我们？
*追求：
我们心里究竟有什么阻拦我们去真正经历神、以耶稣为我们生命的中心？我们邀请圣灵来得到我们里面，驱走我们里面一切的不信、对世界的留恋、惧怕。让我们对神呼求，让我们不因过去的缺乏而害怕，愿意全心跟从神。