耶稣显示神对世界的爱

作者:每日箴言   来源:普世佳音

“神爱世人,甚至将他的独生子赐给他们,叫一切信他的,不至灭亡,反得永生。” - 约 3:16

神爱整个世界,这个广大的世界。祂不单是爱某些人,也不单是爱所有人,祂乃是爱整个世界,包括所有受造之物。哗,这是何等大的爱!

整个创造都是属于神的,而每一部份都是神所爱的。不错,我们人类是整个创造的高峰,但我们始终也不过是其中一部份而已。所有人和所有受造之物,都可以和应该赞美我们的创造主。例如在草地生长的花朵,人可能没有留意,但神却看见而又喜悦它。

耶稣所显示的神的爱,是从未有过的最阔、最深和最透彻的爱。它的范围延伸至神所创造的一切。熊、蝴蝶和阿米巴,都颂扬神的爱、实行它们被创造的目的来赞美创造主。

神爱整个世界,祂差遣耶稣来赏回一切。作为神创造的冠冕,我们也应当爱整个世界。我们可以怎样做呢?我们要把这个世界视为爱的对象,要保护那些神放在世界中稀有的植物和动物群,要培植而不是摧毁这个世界。神的爱是广大的,我们的爱也应该是这样。

祷告

耶稣啊,你爱整个广大的世界。求你帮助我们也去爱它,帮助我们去照顾和保护它,并帮助我们在世上分享你的爱。阿们。

创世记 1:27-30

27神就照着自己的形象造人,乃是照着他的形象,造男造女。
28神就赐福给他们,又对他们说:“要生养众多,遍满地面,治理这地,也要管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟和地上各样行动的活物。”
29神说:“看哪,我将遍地上一切结种子的菜蔬和一切树上所结有核的果子,全赐给你们做食物。
30至于地上的走兽和空中的飞鸟,并各样爬在地上有生命的物,我将青草赐给它们做食物。”事就这样成了。

Jesus Shows God's Love For The World

"God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

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Notice that God loves this whole, great big world. He doesn't just love only a few people—or even all people—but the whole world. That includes all creation. Wow, that's a big love!

All of nature is God's, and God loves all of it. True, we humans are the capstone of creation, but we are still very much a part of it. All of us, and all of creation, can and should give praise to our Maker. So, for example, the flower that grows in a meadow, unseen by humans, is seen by God. And God delights in it.

God's love, as revealed in Jesus, is the broadest, deepest, most penetrating love there has ever been. Its breadth extends to every creature God has ever made. The bear, the butterfly, and the amoeba all celebrate God's love, praising their Maker by doing what they are created to do.

God loves the whole world, and he sent Jesus to redeem all of it. As the crown of God's creation, we must love it too. How can we do that? By treating the world as an object of our love, by saving the scarce flora and fauna that God put here, and by nurturing rather than destroying the world. God's love is BIG. Our love needs to be like his.

Prayer

Jesus, you love the whole, big, world. Help us to love it too. Help us to care for it and protect it. Help us to share your love within it. Amen.

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发布日期:2024-03-27