那… 耶稣,我怎么办他呢?
彼拉多的职责是维持耶路撒冷的治安。宗教领袖们以亵渎神的罪名要处决耶稣,可是彼拉多却查不出衪有什么罪,那些领袖却挑唆众人,要求除灭耶稣和释放巴拉巴。彼拉多尝试和众人理论,"这样,那称为基督的耶稣,我怎么办他呢?"但他们仍然继续喊着说:"把他钉十字架!"
彼拉多终于放弃说服他们和投降了,他洗手表示不承当这件事,然而,历史却不容许他这样做-从这一天起,彼拉多问的问题,也要求我们去回答。
使徒信经宣称,耶稣"被钉、受死、埋葬,… 第三天从死人中复活,"后来又"升天,"现今,无论我们在哪里,衪也藉着衪的灵与我们同住。我们复活的救主已到来充满我们的生命,衪不会满足于我们每天两分钟的祷告和念几节圣经经文,耶稣对我们的要求高得多,而衪为我们预备的也丰富得多。
"这样,那… 耶稣,我怎么办他呢?"我们可以在研读衪的话语和在听道时与衪相聚,我们可以藉着观赏创造的荣美来敬拜基督,我们也可以循不同途径天天敬拜衪,而不单只是星期日的敬拜。若能仔细思量这个问题,对我们与耶稣的关系会有很大的帮助呢!
亲爱的耶稣,我们该怎样面对祢呢?今天我们应当怎样在祢面前过生活?我们需要天天与祢同在和敬拜祢,求祢因祢自己的缘故帮助我们。阿们。
马太福音 27:15-26
15巡抚有一个常例,每逢这节期,随众人所要的释放一个囚犯给他们。
16当时有一个出名的囚犯叫巴拉巴。
17众人聚集的时候,彼拉多就对他们说:"你们要我释放哪一个给你们?是巴拉巴呢,是称为基督的耶稣呢?"
18巡抚原知道他们是因为嫉妒才把他解了来。
19正坐堂的时候,他的夫人打发人来说:"这义人的事你一点不可管,因为我今天在梦中为他受了许多的苦。"
20祭司长和长老挑唆众人,求释放巴拉巴,除灭耶稣。
21巡抚对众人说:"这两个人,你们要我释放哪一个给你们呢?"他们说:"巴拉巴!"
22彼拉多说:"这样,那称为基督的耶稣,我怎么办他呢?"他们都说:"把他钉十字架!"
23巡抚说:"为什么呢?他做了什么恶事呢?"他们便极力地喊着说:"把他钉十字架!"
24彼拉多见说也无济于事,反要生乱,就拿水在众人面前洗手,说:"流这义人的血,罪不在我,你们承当吧!"
25众人都回答说:"他的血归到我们和我们的子孙身上!"
26于是彼拉多释放巴拉巴给他们,把耶稣鞭打了,交给人钉十字架。
What Shall I Do...with Jesus?
"‘What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?’ Pilate asked." - Matthew 27:22
Pilate’s job was to keep peace in Jerusalem. The religious leaders wanted Jesus to be executed for blasphemy. But Pilate could find no crime in him. The leaders stirred the crowd to demand Jesus’ execution and Barabbas’s release. Pilate tried talking sense to the people. "What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?" And they all kept shouting "Crucify him!"
Pilate finally gave up, gave in, and tried to wash his hands of the matter. History won’t let him do that, however—and ever since that day Pilate’s question demands our answer.
The Apostles’ Creed asserts that Jesus "was crucified, died, and was buried," and on "the third day he rose again from the dead" and later "ascended to heaven." And now, through his Spirit, Jesus makes his home with us wherever we are. Our resurrected Savior has come to fill our lives; he won’t just settle for a two-minute prayer and a few Scripture verses for our day. Jesus wants far more of us and has much more for us.
"What shall I do, then, with Jesus?" We can meet him in his Word as we read and study it and hear it preached. We can worship Christ by seeing the glory of creation. We can also seek ways to worship Christ not only on Sundays but every day. Pondering this question can be a great help for our relationship with Jesus!
Dear Jesus, what shall we do with you? How shall we live today in your presence? We need to be with you and worship you daily. Please help us, for your sake. Amen.
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