耶稣和他的三个朋友的故事.(约11:1-45, 路10:39-42)
Jesus and three of his friends.(Jn.11:1-45)
一. 耶稣与他们的关系如何! Their relationship with Jesus.
1.马利亚爱耶稣,喜欢坐在耶稣脚前听他讲道.(路10:39)
Mary love to sit at Jesus’ feet and hear his word. (Lk.10:39)
她又用香膏,膏耶稣并用自己的头发抹. (约11:2)
she anointed him with ointment and wiped with her hair. Jn.11:2
2.马大喜欢接待耶稣到家里作客.忙服事,曾请耶稣告诉马利亚帮她服事的工作!(路10:40-41)
Martha opened her house to Jesus and love to serve him. She even told Jesus to tell her sister Mary to help! Lk.10:40-41
二. 疾病和死亡临到这个家!
Sickness and death happened in the family!
1.她们的兄弟拉撒路病了.(约11:1)
Lazarus was ill. (Jn.11:1)
2.他们差人告诉耶稣,拉撒路病了.(约11:3!
While Lazarus was ill they reported to Jesus. (Jn.11:3)
3.耶稣知道了,他仍留在所在的地方两天! (约11:6)
Jesus heard he was ill, he stayed where he was two days. Jn.11:6
是的,我们知道,耶稣这样做的理由.(约11:4)
Yes, Jesus had stated his reason in verse 4!
在这样的时候,世人所关心的只有一件事,就是要死了的人,身体健康活着!
But in a time like this, who care about whatever beside the dead come back alive!
等到耶稣去他们那里的时候,拉撒路已经埋在坟墓里四天了!
By the time Jesus went to them Lazarus had been buried 4 days!
三. 家人马大和马利亚怎样度过家中死了亲人的悲痛?
How Martha and Mary handled themselves at a time like this?
1.马大听见耶稣来了,就去见他. (约11:20)
Martha heard Jesus was coming she went out to meet him. Jn.11:20
看见耶稣的时候,她已经度过了兄弟拉撒路的病,死和埋葬的悲痛!
By this time she had already went through her brother’s illness, death and burial!
她看见耶稣的时候,说,主阿,若是你在这里,我兄弟必不会死!(约11:21)
When she saw Jesus, she said, Lord if you had been here, my brother had not died!
但是,甚至现在,神会给你,你所要求的. (约11:22)
But even now God will give you whatever you ask. Jn.11:22
马大还对耶稣说,我信你是基督,是神的儿子,是那要来世界的.(约11:27)
Martha said to Jesus, I believe you are the Christ, the Son of God who was to come into the world. Jn.11:27
2.马利亚听见耶稣来了,立刻起身到耶稣那里,俯伏在他脚前,说,主阿,你若在这里,我兄弟必不死.(约11:32))
Mary’s reaction: When she heard Jesus had come, she aroused quickly, and went to him.
She fell down at his feet and she said: If you were here my brother had not died! Jn.11:32
结果他们都一起大哭.(约11:33)
And they were all weeping together! (Jn.11:33)
3.很悲伤的说,现今的情形,这就是通常的结果!
Sadly, in our reality this is usually the end of the story!
Anytime when we face a death in the family all we could do is weep together!
亲人死了,我们只能一起大哭!
We always cry at the time when love ones leave us!
四. 我们怎样彼此劝慰和持守对神的信心像他们一样!
How do we comfort each other and hold on to our faith as they did?
1.我们必须知道,生命的现实!(来9:27)-->
Knowing the fact about life on this earth! (Heb.9:27)
按着定命人人都有一死.死后且有审判.
Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.
世人都已经接受这个悲惨的现实!各人都必定有一天,要面对这样的悲伤!
We have accepted this to be a reality we all have to face!
2.圣经告诉我们,死是因人犯罪而来的!(罗5:12)
The Bible says, death came through sin! (Ro.5:12)
3.我们必须知道,人有三条命!
We must know, we have 3 lives! (1 Thes.5:23)
就是肉身的命,魂的命和灵的命!
Which are life the body, the soul and the spirit!
今天我们讨论的是肉身的命.
The death we are dealing with here is the death of the body!
4.我们知道,耶稣是为魂的命死亡而痛哭(约11:35).
We know, Jesus wept for the death of the soul. (Jn.11:35)
世人都是为肉身的死而痛哭!
We know, people cry for the death of the body!
我真希望能遇见一些为魂的死亡而痛哭的人!
I love to know who cry for the death of the soul on this world!
5.使徒保罗对自己肉身的死的看法是这样!(腓1:22-24)
This was how Apostle Paul see the death of his body! Phil.1:22-24
我在肉身活着,若成就我工夫的果子.
If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
我就不知道该挑选甚么.我正在两难之间.
Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two:
情愿离世与基督同在.因为这是好得无比的.
I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far.
But it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
然而我在肉身活着,为你们更是要紧的.
6.使徒保罗告诉我们,要这样彼此劝慰!(帖前4:13-18)
We are told to comfort each other with 1 Thes.4:13-18!
经文:论到死了的人.我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有希望的人一样.
我们若信耶稣死而复活了.那已经在耶稣里死了的人,神也必将他与耶稣一同带来.我们现在照主的话告诉你们一件事.
我们这活着还存留到主降临的人,断不能在那已经死了人之先.因为主必亲自从天降临,有呼叫的声音,和天使长的声音,又有神的号吹响.那在基督里死了的人必先复活.
以后我们这活着还存留的人,必和他们一同被提到云里,在空中与主相遇.这样,我们就要和主永远同在.所以你们要用这些话彼此劝慰.
愿神赐福保守各位从今时直到永远! 零七年十二月二十五日.