基甸信心的建造旅程
2022/3/13 蘭雅禮拜堂 林順長老
經文：士6:27 6：39 7:10
憑信心仰望神
首先要整頓以色列人信仰的問題。米甸影響以色列人的經濟，農業收成，以色列人為了豐收放棄神去拜巴力為了好收成，因此追求經濟、反而受到經濟的壓迫。
神召基甸的目的： 破網
基甸的刀要破米甸人經濟壓力的網
神不輕看這平凡人，雖然晚上去拆巴力的廟也成就神的指令。雖然他也怕，但是畢竟還是去做了！
神為什麼不像其他士師直接去打仗?
最重要問題是以色列人拜巴力。
打仗要信心-神子民的信心，羊毛的神蹟是給3萬2千兵丁看的，建立他們信心。
新神建造人兩個個條件： 1)信心成為勇氣 2)自己的選擇 3)接受裝備，有服事 的素養(捧水來喝）
兵丁從3萬2千人變成300人，信心會軟弱，神要基甸去敵營聽到敵人的話，使基甸知道神要自己出手打，所以300人就足夠了！
雖然我們有時候信心也不足，但是只要我們願意神必成就！是神在做，我們只是陪伴，與神同工！信心也是一點一點慢慢建造的。
John 11:45-57
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. So from that day on they plotted to take his life.
Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover. They kept looking for Jesus, and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.
The raising of Lazarus is decisive - for faith and life on the one hand; for hatred and death on the other. Only a little while now to Passover, when Jesus now 'hour' will come. He is already a wanted man.
Why?
It is the choice to everyone, belief Jesus and life one side, hatred and death the other side.
Many Jews believe in Jesus, but many Pharisees were afraid of Jesus and plan to kill Jesus.
Jesus shows his power and his power comes from heaven, such a great miracle could not change the mind of Pharisees, for their pride and their hard heart.
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誰是把耶穌犧牲掉的人?
法利賽人聚集在公會，公會管理宗教及政治上的事務。他們不願意承認耶穌是彌賽亞!公會有權利，特權，害怕特權被耶穌指責，因此他們抗拒耶穌，犧牲耶穌！我們也常常如此因為忙碌，犧牲聚會。我們也正在做這事情，只是我們沒有那麼激烈。
雖然人犯罪神還是饒恕人。
該亞法是抗拒耶穌的人，卻說一人死救贖全國的人，這正是耶穌的來世目的。神藉著敵對耶穌的人說這樣子的話，提醒他們，思考這句話。神也藉著各種人，各種方法對我們說話，我們豈能裝沒有聽見?若經常如此，以後恐怕更難聽到主的聲音。
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How?
Be humble, I am weak and nothing, I can do nothing without Jesus.
John 11:33-44
Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
“Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Neither could have imagined what they were about to witness. Behind the tears of Jesus lies more than natural sorrow for his friends; he is 'deeply moved' with anger at the tyranny of death, 'the last enemy'.
Why?
Jesus has conquered the dead, the enemy of our life.
Jesus can open the eyes of the blind man, Jesus can let the dead Lazarus return to life either.
Jesus wept for Jesus who loves this family, he let them sad for a few days.
It is not the power of Jesus, but Jesus pray to the Lord, and God let Lazarus be raised from the dead. So Jesus reminds others that Jesus will raise from the dead either.
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耶穌哭了：Jesus Wept。耶穌不再說明了。大家的想法和馬利亞一樣，因此耶穌感到無比失望，難過，根本沒有聽懂有關復活的意義。一直陷在自己的死胡同裏，耶穌的哭是因為他們的信心軟弱。為了人不懂神的心意而哭。缺少什麼才是令人最難過的?走出自己的死胡同，放下自己的想法與期待，單單仰望神，這才是最重要的。不是耶穌的無情，而是人為小事憂傷。
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How?
Jesus is the Lord, our salvation and hope! Jesus came to release us from sins and enter freedom.
John 11:17-32
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem.
“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
Neither the disciples nor the two sisters could understand Jesus' behavior, but the outcome for them all was a strengthening of trust in him. Jesus himself is resurrection and life. Martha already knows him to be the Messiah and Son of God. Mary knows he could have saved Lazarus from death.
Why?
Jesus knows what he wanted to do, so Jesus late to come to show Jesus has the right of the resurrection and the life.
Martha and Mary believed Jesus has this right but they believed her brother will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
Jesus has his time, it is not our time, not our schedule or our desired time and result. But Jesus always gives us the best and the right time better than we expected.
How?
Jesus is the Lord, Jesus is the resurrection and the life.
John 11:1-16
Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
“But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
The raising of Lazarus is the seventh and last great sign in Joh's Gospel. Jesus claims he can give people new, eternal spiritual life; here is the proof. Ahead lies Jesus' own death and resurrection.
Jesus knows that Lazarus will die - but death will not have the last word. It is for the 'glory' of God and so that the disciples will believe. So he does not hurry.
Why?
Twelve hours of daylight? The time of Jesus has not come yet. Jesus did what he have to do.
Through Lazarus raising from the death means Jesus may conquer the death, so Jesus will resurrection and encourage the faith of the disciples.
Jesus is the light of this world, if we walk in the light we won't stumble.
How?
Jesus is the light in our life, Jesus guide us the way to the peace and salvation of eternal life.
John 10:22-42
Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?
Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father. But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.” And in that place many believed in Jesus.
Again, his claims divide his hearers. He has power to lay down his life and to take it up again. Everything rests on his special relationship with the Father.
Why?
The Jews rejected Jesus for he said he came from the Father, but they did not believe what Jesus did.
Others believed Jesus for John said about this man was true, Jesus performed signs and John never performed a sign.
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你們真有「誠實」的信靠神嗎？
我為審判到這世上來，叫不能看見的，可以看見；能看見的，反瞎了眼
你們若瞎了眼，就沒有罪了；但如今你們說我們能看見，所以你們的罪還在。
我實實在在的告訴你們
人進羊圈(教會)，不從門(明處)進去，倒從別處(暗處)爬進去，那人就是賊，就是強盜（披羊皮的狼）。從門(明處)進去的，才是羊的牧人
他按著名叫自己的羊（教會的DNA），把羊領出來
就在前頭（道路）走，羊也跟著他，因為認得他的聲音
迷途的羊（不想跟的羊）99隻羊的故事
假裝要引路的賊（披羊皮的狼），
耶穌要找回迷途的羊，自己不要變成那披羊皮的狼，即有名望的人。
我是好牧人（牧者）；好牧人為羊（教會）捨命。牧人要做榜樣給弟兄姊妹看。
若是雇工（來應徵上班），不是牧人，羊也不是他自己的，他看見狼來，就撇下羊逃走（他們不在乎羊死活）。狼抓住羊，趕散了羊群（教會的分裂）
雇工逃走，因他是雇工，並不顧念羊
我是好牧人（牧者）；我認識我的羊（教會），我的羊也認識我，正如父認識我，我也認識父一樣；並且我為羊（教會）捨命。
虛己： 沒有自己
講道就是要爭戰自己裏面的己，自己的力量。魔鬼用我們的最愛來打擊我們。真實的敬拜沒有自己。
我另外有羊（各地的教會），不是這圈裡的；我必須領他們來。他們也要聽我的聲音（同心合意），並且要合成一群，歸一個牧人了
生命中我們也很容易成為披羊皮的狼！
使20:28 聖靈立你們作全群的監督，你們就當為自己謹慎，也為全群謹慎，牧養神的教會，就是他用自己血所買來的.
牧人不是做管教會的工作，而是照顧羊群。我只是羊，但是要起來成為牧人，我們才能更明白，否則可能成為迷失的羊。
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How?
Jesus is the Lord, he came from the Lord and I am the sheep who listen to His voice.
John 10:11-21
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
The Jews who heard these words were again divided. Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?”
But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Now Jesus chooses to describe himself as the good shepherd. The phrase sums up so much: the close, personal relationship between himself and each of his followers; the absolute security they have in him; his leadership and guidance; his constant company; his unfailing care; his life, 'laid down for the sheep.
Again, his claims divide his hearers.
Why?
Jesus is the good shepherd, he lays down his life for the sheep on the cross.
The unbelievers are the hired men, they run away when dangers come, they won't care the life of the sheep.
The man who belongs to Jesus will understand what Jesus says, for the sheep knows the voice of the shepherd, and the good shepherd knows his sheep.
There are two kinds of crowd, one believed Jesus is the Son of God for the open the eyes of the blind. But others didn't understand what Jesus said.
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好牧人有個特質：
1.牧人為羊捨命，顧工只是為了薪水。
2.好牧人與羊群有密切關係。而且是雙向的關係。
3.要找羊圈外的羊回來。猶太人以為耶和華只是他們的牧者。好牧人不會去管是那一家來的。我們都是主的羊。我們沒有理由去輕視教會任何一位弟兄姊妹。
耶穌是主動捨命而是准許人來抓他。他有權柄捨了，也要取回來。牧人被野獸攻擊而死，是出於無奈，因為無法勝過野獸。耶穌卻是自願捨命。
猶太人無法認同，就說耶穌是鬼附的，但是一個罪人怎麼能夠行神蹟呢?連瞎子、乞丐都知道這是偉大的事，看懂了。但是這些讀很多書的人卻看不懂。
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How?
Be a real sheep in Jesus's pasture, enjoy the freedom and safety in God's garden.
