Daily Scripture - Mar 31

Wednesday 3/31
Scriptures:
The LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah53:6b)

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (Matthew 27:45-46)

Reflection Message:
This is the most painful moment for Jesus! Jesus, the Holy Lamb of God, never sinned, yet bore the iniquities for the whole world, and is the propitiation for our sins. The Father forsook the Son because the Son took upon Himself all of our iniquities. Jesus Christ not only bore man’s sin but actually became sin on our behalf (2 Corinthians 5:21), in order that those who believe in Him might be saved from the penalty of their sin. He is the substitute for you and me, and for all mankind. Without this substitute, we would not be able to be reconciled with the Father. Yet, this “substitution” caused such excruciating pain in Jesus - for He had to be separated from Father! The holy God can never coexist with sin! If God the Father even forsook Jesus, His only begotten Son, because sin was on Him, how is it possible that we can run away from God’s wrath if we sin? Yet, wonderfully, we are all sinners now saved by grace.

Meditation:
1) What is my attitude toward sin after I understand that God can not tolerate sin?
2) Have you ever been wrongly accused for something that you did not do and have to suffer greatly for it? Think today of how great a price Jesus has paid for you.
What we can do:
“Father God, please let me see sin the way you see it. Please help me not to take it lightly. If there are any sins in my life right now, I promise to cut off all ties to them. May the Holy Spirit who testifies for Jesus Christ convict me of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement. In the victorious name of Jesus I pray.”

The last seven words of Jesus on the cross(4) (including the song:Worship Song: How Deep the Father’s Love for Us)
Key Issues:
In the Four Gospels, there is no detailed record of Jesus’ words or acts (on the 4th day).

3月31日 禮拜三
【經文】
耶和華使我們眾人的罪孽都歸在祂身上。（賽53:6b)
神使那無罪的，替我們成為罪，好叫我們在祂裏面成為 神的義。(林後5:21)
“從午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。 約在申初，耶穌大聲喊說：「以利！以利！拉馬撒巴各大尼？」就是說：「我的 神！我的 神！為甚麼離棄我？」(太27:45-46)
【信息分享】
這是耶穌在十字架上最痛苦的一句話！因為祂是 神的兒子，與父原為一，從來沒有與父神分開過。但是在這三個小時裡，父神掩面不顧並且離棄了祂至愛的獨生子，因為耶穌代替我們成了所有人的、歷世歷代、還有未來的罪。聖潔的 神與罪無法並存，卻因為愛的緣故，捨了祂的愛子，為了成全祂自己公義的要求。罪是何等的可怕！任何的罪都是　神無法容忍的。若不流血，罪就不得赦免。而為我們流血的，是 神的兒子，親自成了 神的羔羊。
【我們默思】
如果連 神的兒子為了我們承擔罪，父神都要離棄，我如今對罪的態度應該如何呢？
你是否有蒙受不白之冤、替人代罪，而且付出極大代價的經驗？如此，試著想想耶穌基督為我所付的代價是何等的大啊！
【我們能做什麼】
我這個人如何能與 神和好，是因為耶穌為我成了罪的祭牲，代替我為罪付了代價。我豈能容忍還有任何罪惡留在我身上？「父神啊，求祢使我恨惡罪如同祢恨惡罪，絕不與罪為伍。今天，如果還有任何罪的權勢存留在我的身上或生活中，在這一刻，我已經決定與牠們不再有交集。願為耶穌作見證的聖靈，鑒察我的心，讓我為罪、為義、為審判，自己責備自己。奉耶穌基督得勝的名禱告！」

【詩歌敬拜】
十架七言（四）（包括讚美詩歌：真 神羔羊）

【受難週第四天主要事件】
這一天四福音書中均無特別記載耶穌的言行。

Daily Scripture - Mar 30

Tuesday 3/30

Scriptures:

²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!”²⁷ Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. (John 19:25-27)

 

Reflection Message:

Today’s scripture is the third saying spoken by Jesus on the cross. We will dive into its precious meaning from two angles.

 

A) It fully expresses the beautiful humanity of Jesus

After Jesus, who is the Word, became flesh, not only did He obey God’s will in His human body and thus fulfill what God had entrusted to Him, but His life spoke to glorify God in the flesh. In His everyday life and speech, we see the most glorious of humanity. As John testifies, “No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him” (John 1:18). The author of Hebrews states, “[Christ] being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person” (Hebrews 1:3). The Bible has a great number of depictions of Jesus’ kindness, gentleness, humility, love and empathy; all of them illustrate His perfect humanness. Here, as Christ is about to endure the cruelest of trials and the deepest of sufferings, He still thinks of His mother’s pain and needs, and He entrusts her to His beloved disciple. In this account, it is as if the Holy Spirit cracked open a small window for us to peer through, and we witness His most attentive love and perfect humanity. Not only is He the true God but also the true human. He is the only one that can live out perfect humanity, and He alone is able to understand all of our weaknesses and needs - “for we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses” (Hebrews 4:15).

Meditation:

Try to recall and meditate on every description of Jesus’ beautiful humanity in Scripture. Give praise and give thanks to God for each of them.

 

What we can do:

Imitate Christ. Please spend two to three minutes and pray for your parents or your closest family. Write down your prayer.

 

B) “We are a family” in Christ

Not only did the blood of Christ show His great love for us, but through these words, we see that in Christ, through His glorious life and love, we have become His family. The cross not only abolished all enmity, but it also removed all dividing walls (Ephesians 2:14-15). We “are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19). This is just as Jesus reminded us when He was on earth, “For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother” (Matthew 12:50).

 

Meditation:

Why is the cross of Jesus Christ necessary for us to become a member of the household of God?

 

What we can do:

In this week, as a member of God’s household, please express your love to one member in church as you would express such love to your own parents or own children.

 

The last seven words of Jesus on the cross(3) (including the song:Worship Song: Hail to the King)

 

Key Issues:

Events/Facts	Location	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John
1 Jesus talks about the effectiveness of faith	On the way to Jerusalem	21:20‐22	11:20‐26
2 Jesus talks about his authority	Jerusalem	21:23‐22:
a answer the question of the chief priests b. the parable of the two sons receiving their father’s order c. The parable of the wicked vinedressers d The parable of the Wedding Feast		21:23‐27, 21:28‐32, 21:33‐46, 22:1‐14	11:27‐33   12:1‐12	20:1‐8,   9‐19
3. Jesus talks about paying taxes	Jerusalem	22:15‐22	12:13‐17	20:20‐26
4. Jesus talks about the Resurrection	Jerusalem	22:23‐33	12:18‐27	20:27‐38
5. Jesus talks about the first commandment of all.	Jerusalem	22:34‐40	12:28‐34	20:39‐40
6. Jesus talks about the relationship between Christ and David	Jerusalem	22:41‐46	12:35‐37	20:41‐44
7. Jesus talks about the situation of the hypocrites	Jerusalem	23:1‐36	12:38‐40	20:45‐47
8. Jesus laments over Jerusalem	Jerusalem	23:37‐39
6. Jesus commends on the widow’s two mites	Jerusalem		12:41‐44	21:1‐4
10 Greeks come to see Jesus	Jerusalem				12:20‐36
11 The last public talk of Jesus	Jerusalem				12:37‐50
12 Jesus talks about the things to come	The mountain of Olives	24:1‐25:46	13:1‐37	21:5‐36
a Jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple b The signs of his second coming c Exhortation on being alert d The Parable of the wise and foolish virgins e The parable of the talents f The parable of separating the sheep and the goats.		24:1‐14, 24:15‐31, 24:32‐51, 25:1‐13, 25:14‐30, 25:31‐46	13:1‐13, 13:14‐27, 13:28‐37	21:5‐19, 21:20‐28, 21:29‐36
13 Jesus mentions his death for the fourth time	Jerusalem	26:1‐2
14 The chief priests and others plot to arrest Jesus	Jerusalem	26:3‐5	14:1‐2	22:1‐2
15 Judah agrees to betray Jesus		26:14‐16	14:10‐11	22:3‐6

3月30日 禮拜二

【經文】

²⁵ 站在耶穌十字架旁邊的，有祂母親與祂母親的姊妹，並革羅罷的妻子馬利亞，和抹大拉的馬利亞。 ²⁶ 耶穌見母親和祂所愛的那門徒站在旁邊，就對祂母親說：「母親，看你的兒子！」 ²⁷ 又對那門徒說：「看你的母親！」從此，那門徒就接她到自己家裏去了。 （約19:25-27）

【信息分享】

今天的經文是主耶穌在十架上所説的第三句話，我們將從兩個角度來體會這句話的寶貴意義：

它充分地表達了耶穌美麗的人性。

耶穌基督道成肉身之後，祂不僅在肉身中完全遵行 神的旨意，完成了 神所給祂所有的托付，祂的一生更是在肉身中彰顯了 神的榮耀，也在衪一切的生活言行中流露出最榮美的人性。正如老約翰所見証的：「從來沒有人看見 神，只有在父懷裏的獨生子將祂表明出來。」（約1:18），也如希伯來書作者所説的：「祂是 神榮耀所發的光輝，是 神本體的真像，」(來1:3）。聖經中關乎祂那親切、柔和、謙卑、充滿愛與體恤...等完美人性的記載很多，不勝枚舉。然而，正當基督在十字架上承受最可怕的刑罰與經歷最深痛苦之時，祂仍然顧念祂母親的痛苦與需要，特別將她托付給所愛的門徒來照顧。聖靈似乎在此為我們開了一扇小窗，使我們得以一窺祂那無微不致的愛與完美的人性。祂不僅是真 神，祂也是真人 - 唯一擁有且真正活出完美人性的人，也只有祂能完全體恤我們所有的軟弱與需要 - 因為「我們的大祭司並非不能體恤我們的軟弱...」(來4:15）。

【我們默思】

試著思想聖經中一切關乎耶穌美麗人性的記載，並為此向祂獻上讚美與感恩。

【我們能做什麼】

效法基督，請花一些時間，為著自己的父母或最親的家人禱告，並且寫下你的禱告。

在基督裡『我們都是一家人』

主耶穌在十字架上不僅僅藉著為我們流血捨命流露了祂的大愛，也藉著這句話讓我們看見在基督裡、在祂偉大的生命裡，因著愛，我們都成為了一家人。十字架不僅為我們廢掉了一切的冤仇，也為我們除去了一切隔斷的牆 (弗2:14-15 )，使我們『不再作外人和客旅，是與聖徒同國，是 神家裏的人了。』主耶穌在世時也特別提醒我們說：「凡遵行我天父旨意的人，就是我的弟兄姊妹和母親了。」 (太 12:50)

【我們默思】

為什麼需要藉著耶穌基督的十字架才能使我們成為 神家中的一員？

【我們能做什麼】

身為 神家中的一員，請在本週對主內的一位肢體，表達你如同對自己父母親或對自己兒女的愛。

【詩歌敬拜】

十架七言（三） （包括聖徒詩歌291首： 哦，我要像祢）

【受難週第三天主要事件】

事件/史實	地點	馬太	馬可	路加	約翰
1 耶穌論信心的功效	去耶路撒冷	21:20‐22	11:20‐26
2 主論祂的權柄	耶路撒冷	21:23‐22:14
a 對答祭司長的問題 b 兩個兒子聽話的比喻 c 惡園戶的比喻 d 設婚筵的比喻		21:23‐27 21:28‐32 21:33‐46 22:1‐14	11:27‐33   12:1‐12	20:1‐8   9‐19
3 論納稅的事	耶路撒冷	22:15‐22	12:13‐17	20:20‐26
4 論復活的事	耶路撒冷	22:23‐33	12:18‐27	20:27‐38
5 論最大的誡命	耶路撒冷	22:34‐40	12:28‐34	20:39‐40
6 論基督與大衛關係	耶路撒冷	22:41‐46	12:35‐37	20:41‐44
7 論假冒為善者光景	耶路撒冷	23:1‐36	12:38‐40	20:45‐47
8 為耶路撒冷歎息	耶路撒冷	23:37‐39
9 耶穌稱讚寡婦的奉獻	耶路撒冷		12:41‐44	21:1‐4
10 希利尼人來見耶穌	耶路撒冷				12:20‐36
11 耶穌最後公開的講論	耶路撒冷				12:37‐50
12 耶穌論要來的事	橄欖山	24:1‐25:46	13:1‐37	21:5‐36
a 預言聖殿被拆 b 再臨的預兆 c 儆醒的勸勉 d 十個童女的比喻 e 分銀子與算賬的比喻 f 分別綿羊與山羊的比喻		24:1‐14 24:15‐31 24:32‐51 25:1‐13 25:14‐30 25:31‐46	13:1‐13 13:14‐27 13:28‐37	21:5‐19 21:20‐28 21:29‐36
13 耶穌第四次提及受害事	耶路撒冷	26:1‐2
14 祭司長等商量捉拿耶穌	耶路撒冷	26:3‐5	14:1‐2	22:1‐2
15 猶大與祭司長商量賣主		26:14‐16	14:10‐11	22:3‐6