背叛的亲吻

“连我知己的朋友,我所倚靠、吃过我饭的也用脚踢我。” - 诗 41:9

  耶稣和祂的门徒离开安全的楼上房间,走到城外的橄榄山。就在那里,在远离人群的地方,祂被出卖了。犹大用他的亲嘴,把耶稣出卖给那些一直想办法杀掉祂的宗教领袖。犹大是耶稣所拣选的其中一个门徒,过去几年一直跟着耶稣学习。耶稣直接指出犹大的背叛:你要用代表友情的亲嘴把我交给黑暗的权势吗?

  如果与你亲嘴的那人是你的敌人,亲嘴就不再是友谊的记号了。诗篇41篇提醒我们,虚假的友情是一个古时已有的问题,尤其在兄弟之间:该隐杀了亚伯,雅各骗了以扫,约瑟的哥哥们把他卖做奴隶。

  门徒的反应是可以理解的:用刀剑来解决。但耶稣医好了被砍掉的耳朵,治好激进的门徒留下的伤口。耶稣接受了犹大背叛的亲嘴,也就是背负了那种伤害人的虚假友情。正是这个和祂一起同席吃饭的人,使祂上了十字架。

  在黑暗的客西马尼,我们看到一个不曾期待看到的君王。不像别的在宝座上炫耀自己的王,我们看到一个受苦的主,祂经历了背叛带来的痛苦的羞辱。

  我们必须记住,祂这般受苦都是为了你和我,使我们得以存活。

祷告

主啊,感谢祢为我承受了苦难和死亡,我心永远感谢,求祢使我对祢忠心到底。奉耶稣的名祷告。阿们!

 

诗篇 41; 路加福音 22:47-53

1 眷顾贫穷的有福了!他遭难的日子,耶和华必搭救他。
2 耶和华必保全他,使他存活,他必在地上享福——求你不要把他交给仇敌,遂其所愿。
3 他病重在榻,耶和华必扶持他;他在病中,你必给他铺床。
4 我曾说:“耶和华啊,求你怜恤我,医治我,因为我得罪了你。”
5 我的仇敌用恶言议论我说:“他几时死,他的名才灭亡呢?”
6 他来看我,就说假话;他心存奸恶,走到外边才说出来。
7 一切恨我的,都交头接耳地议论我,他们设计要害我。
8 他们说:“有怪病贴在他身上,他已躺卧,必不能再起来。”
9 连我知己的朋友,我所倚靠吃过我饭的,也用脚踢我。
10 耶和华啊,求你怜恤我,使我起来,好报复他们。
11 因我的仇敌不得向我夸胜,我从此便知道你喜爱我。
12 你因我纯正,就扶持我,使我永远站在你的面前。
13 耶和华以色列的神是应当称颂的,从亘古直到永远!阿们,阿们。
47 说话之间,来了许多人。那十二个门徒里名叫犹大的走在前头,就近耶稣,要与他亲嘴。
48 耶稣对他说:“犹大,你用亲嘴的暗号卖人子吗?”
49 左右的人见光景不好,就说:“主啊,我们拿刀砍可以不可以?”
50 内中有一个人把大祭司的仆人砍了一刀,削掉了他的右耳。
51 耶稣说:“到了这个地步,由他们吧!”就摸那人的耳朵,把他治好了。
52 耶稣对那些来拿他的祭司长和守殿官并长老说:“你们带着刀棒出来拿我,如同拿强盗吗?
53 我天天同你们在殿里,你们不下手拿我。现在却是你们的时候,黑暗掌权了。” 

The Betrayal Kiss

Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me. — Psalm 41:9

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Jesus and his disciples left the security of the upper room and walked outside the city to the Mount of Olives. And there, away from the crowds, he was betrayed. A kiss from Judas, one of his own chosen disciples, one who had learned from Jesus for the past few years, betrayed him to the officials who were seeking to destroy him. Jesus confronted Judas with his treason: Are you going to use the kiss of friendship to hand me over to the powers of darkness?

A kiss is not a sign of friendship when the one who delivers it is your enemy. Psalm 41 reminds us that false friendship is an ancient problem, especially among brothers: Cain killed Abel, Jacob deceived Esau, and Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery.

The disciples’ reaction is understandable: put the opposition to the sword. But Jesus heals the cut-off ear, salving the wound made by a zealous disciple. In receiving Judas’s treasonous kiss, Jesus took on himself all the false friendships that embittered his people. The disloyalty of one who shared his table took him to the cross.

In dark Gethsemane, we see a king we don’t expect to see. Instead of a pompous ruler on a throne, we see our suffering Lord, who faces the humiliation of a bitter betrayal.

And we must remember that he suffered all this for you and me so that we might live.

Prayer

Lord, thank you for enduring all this suffering and death for me. I am eternally grateful. Please help me be faithful, Lord. I pray in your name. Amen.

诵读: 楚云
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