有一次，我在主持完葬礼后，听到有人说，他希望死去的家人能发个短信或邮件，让他知道圣经所说有关死后生命的事都是真的。他说，只有这样他才能确实相信。他其实是在说，只有圣经还是不够的。
在今天我们所读到的路加福音16章的比喻中，耶稣是在向那些不真正相信神在圣经中教导的人说话。圣经又被称为“摩西和先知”的话。比喻中这类人很固执，他们常常被攫取巨大财富的欲望所驱动。但耶稣说：“你们不能又事奉神，又事奉玛门”（路 16:13）。祂讲这个比喻就是为了解释这一真理。
对比喻中的这个财主来说，摩西和先知还不够。他觉得要是有人能从坟墓里复活，来警告他，他就不会下到阴间受痛苦。但耶稣清楚地表明，若不听从圣经的话，就是有一个从死里复活的人，他们也是不会听劝的。
在提后 3:14-17中，使徒保罗提醒我们，圣经都是“神所默示的”，能教导我们在耶稣基督里的救恩。如果你有任何疑问，就去查考圣经。它能告诉你所需要知道的一切，关于如何生活，以及如何藉着耶稣获得永生这一奇妙的礼物。
亲爱的神，请帮助我们听从圣经的话。祈求你拿走我们的疑惑和不信。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
路加福音 16:19-31
19“有一个财主，穿着紫色袍和细麻布衣服，天天奢华宴乐。
20又有一个讨饭的名叫拉撒路，浑身生疮，被人放在财主门口，
21要得财主桌子上掉下来的零碎充饥，并且狗来舔他的疮。
22后来那讨饭的死了，被天使带去放在亚伯拉罕的怀里。财主也死了，并且埋葬了。
23他在阴间受痛苦，举目远远地望见亚伯拉罕，又望见拉撒路在他怀里，
24就喊着说：‘我祖亚伯拉罕哪，可怜我吧！打发拉撒路来，用指头尖蘸点水，凉凉我的舌头，因为我在这火焰里极其痛苦。’
25亚伯拉罕说：‘儿啊，你该回想你生前享过福，拉撒路也受过苦；如今他在这里得安慰，你倒受痛苦。
26不但这样，并且在你我之间有深渊限定，以致人要从这边过到你们那边是不能的，要从那边过到我们这边也是不能的。’
27财主说：‘我祖啊，既是这样，求你打发拉撒路到我父家去，
28因为我还有五个弟兄，他可以对他们作见证，免得他们也来到这痛苦的地方。’
29亚伯拉罕说：‘他们有摩西和先知的话可以听从。’
30他说：‘我祖亚伯拉罕哪，不是的，若有一个从死里复活的，到他们那里去的，他们必要悔改。’
31亚伯拉罕说：‘若不听从摩西和先知的话，就是有一个从死里复活的，他们也是不听劝。’”
"If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead." - Luke 16:31
One day, after I had led a funeral service, someone said he wished that a family member who had died would send a text or email to let him know that everything the Bible said about life after death was really true. Only then would he be convinced, he said. In his own way he was saying that the Bible is not enough.
In the parable we have read today from Luke 16, Jesus was speaking to people who had not really believed what God had taught them in the Scriptures, which were also called “Moses and Prophets.” These people were stubborn, and they were often attracted to the idea of having great wealth. But Jesus said, “You cannot serve both God and Money” (Luke 16:13). And he told them this parable to illustrate that truth.
For the rich man in this parable, Moses and the Prophets were not enough. He thought that if only someone from beyond the grave had warned him, he would not be in hell, the place of torment. But Jesus made clear that if someone did not listen to Scripture, they would not be convinced even if someone rose from the dead.
In 2 Timothy 3:14-17 the apostle Paul reminds us that the Bible is “God-breathed” and is able to teach us about salvation in Jesus Christ. If you have questions, turn to the Bible. It tells you everything you need to know about how to live and how to find the amazing gift of eternal life through Jesus.
Dear God, help us to listen to the Bible. Take away our doubts and unbelief, we pray. In Jesus, Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
