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2022年11月22日

星期二
給飢餓的人的食物

Food For The Hungry

今日經文: 約翰福音 6:1-15 John 6:1-15
「耶穌拿起餅來,祝謝了,就分給那坐著的人,分魚也是這樣,都隨著他們所要的。」 - 約 6:11
"Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish." - John 6:11

根據聖經所說,我們知道神特別關懷某些群體,因為這些人時常被人霸凌:窮人、孤兒、寡婦、和客旅。而既全然是人又全然是神的主耶穌,也格外關懷這些群體。

耶穌專門行神蹟、以豐富的糧食餵養窮人。神的國具有的標記之一,就是每一個人都應該獲得足夠的供應,就如約翰福音 6:11所說的:「都隨他們所要的。」

耶穌賜主餐給祂的門徒時,祂是在滋養他們的身體和靈性。我們要認識到,在初期教會,守聖餐通常是真實地聚在一起吃晚餐,而不是像今天,在很多教會敬拜禮儀中只吃一小塊餅和喝少量酒(或果汁)。我們的教會若能做到供應大量麵包和整杯果汁,好讓大家能真實地經歷到神豐足的供應,就再理想不過了(但這算是題外話)。

耶穌既如此慷慨地款待我們,我們也領受能力並受到激勵去慷慨待人。

在主餐中接受耶穌的恩典時,請你試著在心中記念那些處於飢餓中的人 - 包括在你社區中你所認識的人,以及遍及世界各地那些你不認識的人。

In the Bible we learn that God is especially concerned about a few groups of people. That's because these people are often taken advantage of: the poor, orphans, widows, and foreigners. And Jesus, the Son of God, who is fully human and fully God, showed the same concern for these groups.

In particular, Jesus fed the poor in abundant and miraculous ways. One of the marks of God's kingdom is that everyone should have enough, or as John 6:11 says, "as much as they wanted."

When Jesus gave the Lord's Supper to his disciples, he did that to feed them physically and spiritually. And we should know that in the early church, this sacred meal was often celebrated as an actual meal, not just with a small bit of bread and wine (or juice), as many do in their church services today. Perhaps our churches would do well to pass out ample slices of bread, and full cups of juice so that people could truly experience God's generosity (but I digress).

Because Jesus has been so generous to us, we are empowered and encouraged to be generous to others.

As you receive Christ's gifts in the Lord's Supper, try to hold hungry people in your mind and heart—including people you know in your local community and people you don't know in other parts of the world.

禱告

主啊,你既然愛窮困的人和看顧那些弱勢群體,就求你把同樣的一顆愛心賜給我們。奉你的名祈求,阿們。

Prayer

Lord, you clearly love the poor, caring for all who are disadvantaged. Give us the same heart. In your name, Amen.


今天經文: 約翰福音 6:1-15

1這事以後,耶穌渡過加利利海,就是提比哩亞海。
2有許多人因為看見他在病人身上所行的神蹟,就跟隨他。
3耶穌上了山,和門徒一同坐在那裡。
4那時猶太人的逾越節近了。
5耶穌舉目看見許多人來,就對腓力說:「我們從哪裡買餅叫這些人吃呢?」
6他說這話是要試驗腓力,他自己原知道要怎樣行。
7腓力回答說:「就是二十兩銀子的餅,叫他們各人吃一點也是不夠的。」
8有一個門徒,就是西門彼得的兄弟安得烈,對耶穌說:
9「在這裡有一個孩童,帶著五個大麥餅、兩條魚,只是分給這許多人還算什麼呢?」
10耶穌說:「你們叫眾人坐下。」原來那地方的草多。眾人就坐下,數目約有五千。
11耶穌拿起餅來,祝謝了,就分給那坐著的人,分魚也是這樣,都隨著他們所要的。
12他們吃飽了,耶穌對門徒說:「把剩下的零碎收拾起來,免得有糟蹋的。」
13他們便將那五個大麥餅的零碎,就是眾人吃了剩下的,收拾起來,裝滿了十二個籃子。
14眾人看見耶穌所行的神蹟,就說:「這真是那要到世間來的先知!」
15耶穌既知道眾人要來強逼他做王,就獨自又退到山上去了。