耶稣拣选了你
毕士大的瘸子遇见了耶稣。当耶稣问他：“你要痊愈吗？”时，那人本来有机会说：“我要痊愈！”和被耶稣医治的，可是，他却反而把信心放在所谓有医病能力的池水上，他埋怨当水动的时候，总是有人比他先下去。
我们或许会嘲笑这人的反应，然而，我们有时也同样没有欣然接受耶稣所赐的医治。我们有没有接受衪赐给我们的机会，或总是在埋怨和责怪别人带给我们麻烦呢？
我们很感恩，因为约翰福音5章中瘸子的故事告诉我们，医治不在于我们 － 它乃是在于耶稣！尽管那人没有以信心回应耶稣，然而耶稣仍然医治了他，尽管他埋怨，耶稣仍然叫他起来行走。
尽管我们没有怀着完全的信心或顺服来见耶稣，耶稣仍然赐我们救恩。我们能够得到救恩，从来不是基于我们自己的行为或工作，它乃是因着神在耶稣里所赐的恩典。它提醒我们耶稣后来在约翰福音15:16对祂的门徒所说的话:“不是你们拣选了我，是我拣选了你们。”感谢神！
满有恩典的神，你爱我们，超过我们配得的。尽管我们不够明智没有选择你，感谢你仍然拣选我们。我们为你在耶稣里赐给我们的恩典感谢你。阿们。
约翰福音 5:1-9
1这事以后，到了犹太人的一个节期，耶稣就上耶路撒冷去。
2在耶路撒冷，靠近羊门有一个池子，希伯来话叫做毕士大，旁边有五个廊子，
3里面躺着瞎眼的、瘸腿的、血气枯干的许多病人。
5在那里有一个人，病了三十八年。
6耶稣看见他躺着，知道他病了许久，就问他说：“你要痊愈吗？”
7病人回答说：“先生，水动的时候，没有人把我放在池子里，我正去的时候，就有别人比我先下去。”
8耶稣对他说：“起来，拿你的褥子走吧！”
9那人立刻痊愈，就拿起褥子来走了。
Jesus Chose You
Jesus said . . . “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. - John 5:8-9
A lame man at Bethesda met Jesus. When Jesus asked him, “Do you want to get well?” the man had an opportunity to say, “Yes!” and to be healed by Jesus. But instead the man put his faith in the so-called healing waters of the pool there, and he complained that other people always cut in front of him when the waters stirred.
We may smirk at this man’s response, but there may be times when we don’t receive the offer of healing from Jesus very well either. Do we take up the opportunities that are presented to us, or do we tend to complain and blame other people for our problems?
Thankfully, the story of the lame man in John 5 shows us that healing is not about us—it’s about Jesus! Even though the man didn’t respond to Jesus in faith, Jesus still healed him. Even though the man complained, Jesus still gave him the ability to walk.
And even when we do not approach Jesus in complete faith or obedience, Jesus still offers us salvation. The source of our salvation is never based on our own actions or works; it is always by the grace of God in Jesus. This reminds me of what Jesus says later to his disciples in John 15:16: “You did not choose me, but I chose you.” Thanks be to God!
God of grace, you love us more than we deserve. Thank you for choosing us even when we are not wise enough to choose you. Thank you for your grace to us in Jesus. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
编辑进度:
发布时间:
繁體版:
Line:
栏目:
机构:
作者: