耶穌的生平 (5)

耶穌的生平 (5)
聖經閱讀：路加福音4:14-29 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年10月17日(一)

　今天的經文閱讀告訴我們耶穌來到祂的家鄉拿撒勒，祂到猶太會堂讀以賽亞書中有關彌賽亞預言的經節。
耶穌讀完後，祂說：「今天，你們所聽見的這段經文已經應驗了」（第21b節），然後耶穌談到猶太先知如何幫助外邦人，這激怒了猶太會堂裡的人，他們「把他拉到城外，帶他到山崖上，要把他推下去。耶穌卻從容地從人群中走出去」（第29-30節）。耶穌被祂的朋友、本族的人棄絶，這一定讓祂很傷心！
有時候在訴說上帝話語中的真理時，我們的朋友和家人也會拒絶我們，人們拒絶上帝時令人傷心，但是我們要一直不斷分享真理是一件非常重要的事。記住，當你訴說祂的真理時，上帝會與你同在。 —PD*

「耶穌又說：『我實在告訴你們，先知在自己的家鄉是從不受人歡迎的。』」 路加福音4:24

禱告：親愛的天父，求祢幫助我們大膽分享祢話語中的真理。奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(尤榮輝譯)

Jesus' Life (5)
Bible Reading: Luke 4:14-29
Monday, October 17, 2016

　Our Bible verses today tell us that Jesus went to his hometown of Nazareth. He went to the synagogue and read from the book of Isaiah. Jesus read verses of prophecy about the Messiah.
When Jesus was finished reading, He said, “While you heard me reading these words just now, they are coming true” (verse 21b). Then Jesus talked about how the Jewish prophets had helped people who were non-Jews. This made the people in the synagogue angry. These people “forced Jesus to go out of town...They took Jesus to the edge of a hill to throw him off. But he walked through the middle of the crowd and went away” (verses 29-30). Jesus was rejected by His friends and family. That must have hurt Him!
Sometimes our friends and family reject us when we speak the truth from God's Word. It is sad when people reject God, but it is very important that we always speak the truth. Remember that God will be with you as you speak His truth. —PD*

“Then he said, ‘The truth is, a prophet is not accepted in his own hometown.'” Luke 4:24

PRAYER: Dear Father, help us to be bold as we share the truth from Your Word. In Jesus' name. Amen.