Thursday, March 28, 2024

第三十七天 - 新方法: 新酒新皮袋

 




安靜
1.  停下來. 靜一靜
2.  等候主. 深呼吸經歷主之平安. 呼出你的憂慮

讚美及感恩
1.  思想你上星期使你開心歡笑的時刻
2.  為那些時刻及有關的人感恩
3.  敞開心懷讚美主

     耶 和 華 是 應 當 稱 頌 的 , 因 為 他 在 被 圍 困 的 城 裡 向 我 施 展 奇 妙 的 慈 愛 。
                                                                            詩篇 31: 21                                                 

認罪悔改  
1.  求聖靈在你生命中工作
      "親愛的聖靈, 求你光照我心靈的深處, 使我看見我的罪, 我和主耶穌的阻隔,
        求主幫助, 奉主耶穌基督名求。阿們。"

2. 透過聖靈的工作, 安靜一刻, 省察自己, 之後祈禱:
     「親愛的主耶穌,感謝你為我的罪釘死在十字架上,我願意在你面前承認我的罪(凡聖靈光照到的,請逐一說出),求你用你的寶血赦免我的罪,我願意打開心門讓你作我的救主,求你救贖我,我願意一生跟隨你讓你作我生命的主,求你帶領我。聖靈,求你充滿我,使我得著恩賜及力量去事奉主、見證主。奉主耶穌基督名求,阿們。」


聆聽主話


那 時 , 約 翰 的 門 徒 來 見 耶 穌 , 說 : 我 們 和 法 利 賽 人 常 常 禁 食 , 你 的 門 徒 倒 不 禁 食 , 這 是 為 甚 麼 呢 ?
15 耶 穌 對 他 們 說 : 新 郎 和 陪 伴 之 人 同 在 的 時 候 , 陪 伴 之 人 豈 能 哀 慟 呢 ? 但 日 子 將 到 , 新 郎 要 離 開 他 們 , 那 時 候 他 們 就 要 禁 食 。
16 沒 有 人 把 新 布 補 在 舊 衣 服 上 ; 因 為 所 補 上 的 反 帶 壞 了 那 衣 服 , 破 的 就 更 大 了 。
17 也 沒 有 人 把 新 酒 裝 在 舊 皮 袋 裡 ; 若 是 這 樣 , 皮 袋 就 裂 開 , 酒 漏 出 來 , 連 皮 袋 也 壞 了 。 惟 獨 把 新 酒 裝 在 新 皮 袋 裡 , 兩 樣 就 都 保 全 了 。

                                                           馬太福音 9: 14-17

現在讓你有一段安靜的時間, 給聖靈一個空間, 讓主耶穌可能以藉着你剛才讀過的經文, 對你說話:


我的聆聽
耶穌被施洗約翰的門徒質問為何他的門徒不禁食。猶太人有很多要守的規條,禁食是其中之一。

耶穌有他自己的時間表及行事的方法。其他人會明白嗎?絕對不會,所以施洗約翰的門徒才會質問他。

著名的神學家N.T. Wright説:

改變的時候到了。神新的國度已誕生,由現在開始,所有事都變得不再一樣了。問題是我們是在那新的世界中,抑或我們經常偷偷返回舊地,因為我們覺得更舒適。

N.T. Wright. Matthew for Everyone, Part 1. Louisville,KY:Westminster         John Knox Press, 2004, p.103.

你明白跟隨耶穌是有如新酒倒在新皮袋中?甚麼是新酒? 甚麼是皮袋?

答案在早二天的經文中可見。正如癱子及馬太,他們正是被耶穌復活的新酒。他們不能留在那些法利賽人和文士中,因為那是舊皮袋。他們需要跟隨耶穌作為他們的主,給他們新方法,新人,新事,新作風。是的,我們作為新酒需要被倒進新皮袋中。

我今天從主領受的是二個反省:
1. 你是否新酒
    你曾否被耶穌復活?如果你有,你便是新酒。
2. 你是否在新皮袋中
    你在怎樣的教會中?是新皮袋抑或舊皮袋?你知道不同之處嗎?你是新酒,應該和主耶穌有一個每天親蜜的關係,何不問問祂?


親愛的主耶穌,
帶領我們不斷經歷更新以致我們成為新酒。幫助我們能進入你為我們預備的新皮袋中。奉主耶穌基督名求, 阿們。

省察問題
1. 你明白跟隨耶穌是有如新酒倒在新皮袋中?甚麼是新酒? 甚麼是皮袋?

2. 是否新酒?

3. 是否在皮袋中?如何?

4. 你在怎樣的教會中?是新皮袋抑或舊皮袋?你知道不同之處嗎?如何回應這問題呢?

家庭角落
1. 你的家庭接納新事物難嗎?

2. 因着你的更新改變,你如何能為你的家庭帶來新方法及新的改變? 

感恩讚美
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DAY 37 - New Way: new wine into new wineskins

 



Silence

1.   Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence
2.   Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1.   Think through your day, all the times that made you smile
2.   Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people
3.   Open your heart to praise the Lord

       Blessed be the Lord,
           for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
           when I was in a besieged city.
                                                         Psalm 31:21
                                                                       
Confession and repentance

1.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in you:

     “Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2.  Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

     "Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

The Word


Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.17 Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.”
                                                              Matthew 9:14-17


Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

My Listening
     Jesus was being challenged by the disciples of John the Baptist on why his disciples did not fast.  There were quite a number of obligations that the Jews had to follow, like fasting in this passage.      

      Well, Jesus has his own time table and own way of doing things. Do you think other people understand? No, that's why even the disciples of John the Baptist wanted to question him.      

Bishop N.T. Wright says :     
The times were indeed changing.  God's new world was being born, and from now on everything would be different. The question for us is whether we are living in that new world ourselves, or whether we keep sneaking back to the old one where we feel more at home.              

N.T. Wright. Matthew for Everyone, Part 1. Louisville,KY:Westminster         John Knox Press, 2004, p.103.          

     Do you understand that following Jesus is like pouring new wine into new wineskins? What is the new wine?  What is the new wineskins?      

     The answer is already in the previous two passages. Just like the paralytic and Matthew, they are the new wine, being resurrected by Jesus. They could not stay in the old system with those teachers of the law and the Pharisees because they were the old wineskins. They needed to follow Jesus as their Lord giving them new way, new being, new doing and new standard. Yes, we as new wine need to be poured into new wineskins.       

       What I got from Jesus today is a check point of two things:1. Are you new wine?    Have you been resurrected by Jesus? If you have, then you are the new wine.2. Are you in the new wineskins?   What kind of church do you belong to? Is your church a kind of new wineskins or an old wineskins? Do you know the difference? Well, if you are the new wine, then you should have a daily intimate relationship with Jesus. Then, you should be able to get the answer from Jesus yourself whether your church is the new wineskins or the old wineskins. Why don't you pray about that? 

Dear Lord Jesus,      
Lead us to experience a continuous renewal that we can become the new wine and that we can be able to enter into your preparation into new wineskins. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.  

Reflect on these questions:
1. Do you understand that following Jesus is like pouring new wine into new wineskins? What is the new wine?  What is the new wineskins? 

2.  Are you the new wine?

3.  Are you in the new wineskins? How so?

4.  What kind of church are you in? Is your church a kind of new wineskins or an old wineskins? Do you know the difference? What are you going to do about that?

Family Corner:
1. How difficult is it for your family to accept new things?

2. How can you bring to your family new ways and new changes because of your new transformation? 

Praise and Thanksgiving
Let's give thanks for God with us. Let us praise Him:
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