晨興聖言-...啟示包羅萬有的基督(W2-2)
第二週 • 週二
晨興餧養
太九10~11 耶穌在屋裏坐席,看那,有好些稅吏和罪人來,與耶穌和祂的門徒一同坐席。法利賽人看見,就對耶穌的門徒說,你們的老師為甚麼和稅吏並罪人一同喫飯?
主利用法利賽人題出問題的機會,非常甜美的啟示祂自己是醫生。…『強健的人用不着醫生,有病的人纔用得着。』〔太九12〕主告訴法利賽人,這些稅吏和罪人是病人,主對他們不是審判官,乃是醫生,是醫治者。…審判官的審判是按着公義,醫生的醫治是按着憐憫和恩典。那些被祂作成屬天國度子民的人,乃是患痲瘋(八2~4)、癱瘓(5~13,九2~8)、發燒(八14~15)、鬼附(16、28~32)、患各樣疾病的(16),以及受人藐視的稅吏並罪人(九9~11)。若是祂作審判官,臨到這些可憐的人,他們就都會被定罪、被棄絕,沒有一個彀資格、被選上並蒙呼召,成為屬天國度的子民。然而祂來盡職是作醫生,醫治、恢復、點活並拯救他們,使他們能重新構成祂屬天的新公民,給祂用以在這敗壞的地上,建立祂屬天的國。…自義的法利賽人,不領會他們需要主作醫生。他們認為自己很強健,因此被自義蒙蔽,不曉得自己是有病的(馬太福音生命讀經,三六八至三六九頁)。
信息選讀
自義的法利賽人批評主耶穌,並且定罪所有不潔的人。但主似乎說,『這些人不是不潔的,乃是有病的。我來不是作審判官定罪他們,乃是作醫生,作他們可親、可愛、親密的醫治者。』主耶穌說這些話時,的確指明那些自以為義的法利賽人,實際上和其他的人一樣是有病的。
在馬太九章十三節,主耶穌進一步…說,『你們去研究,「我要的是憐憫,不是祭祀,」是甚麼意思;我來本不是召義人,乃是召罪人。』自義的法利賽人,自以為知道一切關於神的事。為着使他們謙卑,主告訴他們要多研究。…自義的人寧願獻東西給神,卻不肯從神領受憐憫或恩典。這違反了神經綸的法則。神願意向可憐的罪人施憐憫,照樣,祂也要我們憑愛向人施憐憫(彌六6~8,可十二33)。
沒有義人,連一個也沒有(羅三10)。所有的義人,都和法利賽人一樣,是自以為義的(路十八9)。君尊的救主來,不是召他們,乃是召罪人。法利賽人誇耀自己的聖經知識,並且認為自己非常認識聖經。但在這裏,主耶穌告訴他們要去研究,研究『我要的是憐憫,不是祭祀』這話的意思。主似乎告訴法利賽人:『你們法利賽人是自義的,你們毫無憐憫的定罪這些人,但神要的是憐憫。現在我是他們的醫生,這是我向這些可憐的人施行神憐憫的時候。我在這裏不是作審判官,我在這裏乃是作可愛的醫生,照顧他們的問題,現今我正在醫治他們。』
不認為自己是義的,卻承認自己是有罪的人有福了。因為主來本不是召義人,乃是召罪人。主可能對自義的人說,『你若自以為義,你就和我的來意不合,因為我來是為着罪人。不要認為自己是義的;你們必須領悟自己是多麼有罪。你們若認為自己是罪人,你們就適合讓我來。』(馬太福音生命讀經,三六九至三七○頁)
參讀:馬太福音生命讀經,第二十七篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Matt. 9:10-11 And as He was reclining at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined together with Jesus and His disciples. And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?
The Lord took the opportunity given Him by the Pharisees’ question to give a very sweet revelation of Himself as the Physician …”Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill” [Matt. 9:12]. The Lord was telling the Pharisees that these tax collectors and sinners were patients, sick ones, and that to them the Lord was not a Judge but a Physician, a Healer…A judge’s judgment is according to righteousness, whereas a physician’s healing is according to mercy and grace. Those whom He made people of His heavenly kingdom were lepers (8:2-4), paralytics (vv. 5-13; 9:2-8), the fever-ridden (8:14-15), the demon-possessed (vv. 16,28-32), those ill with all kinds of diseases (v. 16), despised tax collectors, and sinners (9:9-11). Had He visited these pitiful people as a Judge, all would have been condemned and rejected, and none would have been qualified, selected, and called to be the people of
His heavenly kingdom. However, He came to minister as a Physician, to heal, recover, enliven, and save them so that they might be reconstituted to be His new and heavenly citizens, with whom He could establish His heavenly kingdom on this corrupted earth…The self-righteous Pharisees did not realize that they needed Him as a Physician. They considered themselves strong; hence, blinded by their own self-righteousness, they did not know that they were ill. (Life study of Matthew, pp. 311-312)
Today’s Reading
The self-righteous Pharisees criticized the Lord Jesus and condemned all those unclean people. But the Lord seemed to say, “These people are not unclean;
they are sick. I have not come as a Judge to condemn them but as a
Physician, as their dear, lovely, intimate Healer.”…The Lord Jesus
was…surely indicating that the Pharisees, who thought that they were
righteous, were actually just as sick as the others were.
The
Lord Jesus gave…a further word in Matthew 9:13: “Go and learn what this
means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call
the righteous, but sinners.” The self-righteous Pharisees were confident
that they knew all things concerning God. In order to humble them, the
Lord told them to learn more…Self-righteous men do not like to receive
mercy or grace from God; they prefer to give something to God. This is
contrary to God’s way in His economy. Just as God desires to show mercy
to pitiful sinners, so He wants us to show mercy in love to others
(Micah 6:6-8; Mark 12:33).
There
is none righteous, not even one (Rom. 3:10). All the “righteous” are
self-righteous, as were the Pharisees (Luke 18:9). The kingly Savior did
not come to call these, but sinners. The Pharisees were proud of their
knowledge of the Scriptures, and they thought that they knew the Bible
very well. But here the Lord Jesus told them to go and learn something,
to learn the meaning of the word “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.” The
Lord seemed to be telling the Pharisees, “You Pharisees are
self-righteous, and you condemn these people without mercy. But God
desires mercy. Now is the time for Me to exercise God’s mercy upon these
pitiful people by being a Physician to them. I am not here as a Judge. I
am here as a lovely Physician taking care of their problems, and now
I am healing them.”
Blessed
are those who do not think that they are righteous but who recognize
that they are sinful. The reason for this is that the Lord did not come
to call the righteous; He came to call the sinners. The Lord could say
to the selfrighteous ones, “If you consider yourselves righteous, you
are not suitable for My coming, because My coming is for the sinners. Do
not consider yourselves to be righteous. Rather, you must realize how
sinful you are. If you consider yourselves as sinners, then you are
ready for My coming.” (Life study of Matthew, pp. 312-313)
Further Reading: Life study of Matthew, msg. 27
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