Luke 18:15-43
Anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.
Jesus answered. "No one is good - except God alone.
How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
What is impossible with men is possible with God. To enter the kingdom of God.
Everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
The triumphal entry: The whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voice for all the miracles they has seen:
Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!
v15-17 To the disciples, the children were a nuisance. But Jesus loved them. v17 makes the same point as the story of the Pharisee and the tax collector. God's kingdom is wide open to all who come in humble trust.
Jesus again predicts his death.
Why?
Like a little child with simply mind and heart to receive Jesus will be blessed.
No one is good in the world, except God alone.
Anyone love money than others won't enter the kingdom of God.
Who can enter the kingdom of God is the mercy of the Lord, we though it is impossible, but to God there is not impossible. Lets come the Lord with faith and pray.
Blessing is one who has and more will be given.
How?
Humble myself to receive kingdom of God and come to the Lord with faith and pray to the Lord!
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
He who humbles himself will be exalted
Luke 18:1-14
We should always pray and not give up. Even a judge who neither feared God nor cared bout men. He will see the widow gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear he out with her coming! So God being about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night.
The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.
Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
God is not like the unjust judge. If this woman can persist with her plea, winning justice against such odds, how much more confident of a hearing and of justice can God's chosen ones' be. They need to pray and not lose heart, even if the answer is delayed.
The Pharisee 'pray' simply to congratulate himself on being better than others, and to rehearse his good deeds. It is the tax collector - the one who finds nothing in himself to be proud of - whom God hears.
Why?
God will listen to his chosen one pray, even it is delayed we need to pray and not lost heart.
Only confess our sins and turn to the Lord that the mercy and grace will come upon us. Humble myself will be exalted by the Lord.
Pharisee has good behavior but they proud with their behavior and ignored their sins in their heart, there is no one righteousness, so they won't be accepted by Jesus.
How?
Don't proud but humble myself for I am a sinner but have grace from the Lord!
We should always pray and not give up. Even a judge who neither feared God nor cared bout men. He will see the widow gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear he out with her coming! So God being about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night.
The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.
Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
God is not like the unjust judge. If this woman can persist with her plea, winning justice against such odds, how much more confident of a hearing and of justice can God's chosen ones' be. They need to pray and not lose heart, even if the answer is delayed.
The Pharisee 'pray' simply to congratulate himself on being better than others, and to rehearse his good deeds. It is the tax collector - the one who finds nothing in himself to be proud of - whom God hears.
Why?
God will listen to his chosen one pray, even it is delayed we need to pray and not lost heart.
Only confess our sins and turn to the Lord that the mercy and grace will come upon us. Humble myself will be exalted by the Lord.
Pharisee has good behavior but they proud with their behavior and ignored their sins in their heart, there is no one righteousness, so they won't be accepted by Jesus.
How?
Don't proud but humble myself for I am a sinner but have grace from the Lord!
Monday, February 11, 2019
逾越節與復活節，太26：26-35 **
逾越節與復活節
2019/02/10 台南聖教會。 高敏智牧師
太26：28-35
他已經復活了不在這裡。
節日，神學，…歷經破碎。 突破的紀錄
這名稱的紀錄
…成為
前言：
2019豬年
思想：
1.你們知道，過兩天是逾越節，人子將要被交給人，釘在十字架上。那時，祭司長和民間的長老聚集在大祭司稱為該亞法的院裡。大家商議要用詭計拿住耶穌，殺他，只是說：當節的日子不可，恐怕民間生亂。
2.因為經上記著說：我要擊打牧人，羊就分散了。但我復活以後，要在你們以先往加利利去
今夜，你們為我的緣故都要跌倒。
今夜就是耶和華的夜
眼淚帶給我們盼望與真情
大綱：
1, 立約伯血…直到在神的國裡喝新的那日子
耶穌拿起餅來，祝福，就擘開，遞給門徒，說：你們拿著吃，這是我的身體；
又拿起杯來，祝謝了，遞給他們，說：你們都喝這個；因為這是我立約的血，為多人流出來，使罪得赦。
從今以後，我不再喝這葡萄汁，直到我在我父的國裡同你們喝新的那日子
豪爽喝杯，立約在未來約定的日子。下次喝在家鄉裡
宣教是我們必走的路，目標是耶路撒冷。
2.我要擊打牧人…你們為我的緣故都要跌倒
耶穌說：我實在告訴你，今夜雞叫以先，你要三次不認我
彼得說：我就是必須和你同死，也總不能不認你 26:34,35
彼得就發咒起誓的說：我不認得那個人。立時，雞就叫了。
彼得想起耶穌所說的話：雞叫以先，你要三次不認我。他就出去痛哭 26:74
節日很神聖，內心很骯髒
認罪我們不吃虧，神要保護我們
魔鬼無須恐嚇，只要打擊牧人。牧者倒，教會就倒了！
得到恩典，我們卻常說我沒空，
不以為然。這就是踐踏耶穌。
3. 你們中間有一個人要賣我了?
我把他交給你們，你們願意給我多少錢？他們就給了他三十塊錢。從那時候，他就找機會要把耶穌交給他們。26:15,16
到了晚上，耶穌和十二個門徒坐席。正吃的時候，耶穌說：我實在告訴你們，你們中間有一個人要賣我了。 26:20,21
人子必要去世，正如經上指著他所寫的；但賣人子的人有禍了！那人不生在世上倒好。
賣耶穌的猶大問他說：拉比，是我嗎？耶穌說：你說的是。26:24,25
勿以為因為猶大賣耶穌所以我們得救贖，勿以為猶太人拒絕耶穌所以外邦人有機會認識主。
沒有這些人的卻是，不影響神救贖的計畫。一連12個班，連長先訓練第一班，讓他們為示範，教其他11但阿，若第一班一踏糊塗，連長捨棄他們，另外教，不會影響原來計畫。
挑戰：
我將你的話藏在心裡，免得我得罪你 詩119:11
神啊，求你鑒察我，知道我的心思，試煉我，知道我的意念，
看在我裡面有什麼惡行沒有，引導我走永生的道路 139:23,24
要叫以色列中許多人跌倒，許多人興起；又要作毀謗的話柄，叫許多人心裡的意念顯露出來。 路 2:34
2019/02/10 台南聖教會。 高敏智牧師
太26：28-35
他已經復活了不在這裡。
節日，神學，…歷經破碎。 突破的紀錄
這名稱的紀錄
…成為
2019豬年
思想：
1.你們知道，過兩天是逾越節，人子將要被交給人，釘在十字架上。那時，祭司長和民間的長老聚集在大祭司稱為該亞法的院裡。大家商議要用詭計拿住耶穌，殺他，只是說：當節的日子不可，恐怕民間生亂。
2.因為經上記著說：我要擊打牧人，羊就分散了。但我復活以後，要在你們以先往加利利去
今夜，你們為我的緣故都要跌倒。
今夜就是耶和華的夜
眼淚帶給我們盼望與真情
大綱：
1, 立約伯血…直到在神的國裡喝新的那日子
耶穌拿起餅來，祝福，就擘開，遞給門徒，說：你們拿著吃，這是我的身體；
又拿起杯來，祝謝了，遞給他們，說：你們都喝這個；因為這是我立約的血，為多人流出來，使罪得赦。
從今以後，我不再喝這葡萄汁，直到我在我父的國裡同你們喝新的那日子
豪爽喝杯，立約在未來約定的日子。下次喝在家鄉裡
宣教是我們必走的路，目標是耶路撒冷。
2.我要擊打牧人…你們為我的緣故都要跌倒
耶穌說：我實在告訴你，今夜雞叫以先，你要三次不認我
彼得說：我就是必須和你同死，也總不能不認你 26:34,35
彼得就發咒起誓的說：我不認得那個人。立時，雞就叫了。
彼得想起耶穌所說的話：雞叫以先，你要三次不認我。他就出去痛哭 26:74
節日很神聖，內心很骯髒
認罪我們不吃虧，神要保護我們
魔鬼無須恐嚇，只要打擊牧人。牧者倒，教會就倒了！
得到恩典，我們卻常說我沒空，
不以為然。這就是踐踏耶穌。
3. 你們中間有一個人要賣我了?
我把他交給你們，你們願意給我多少錢？他們就給了他三十塊錢。從那時候，他就找機會要把耶穌交給他們。26:15,16
到了晚上，耶穌和十二個門徒坐席。正吃的時候，耶穌說：我實在告訴你們，你們中間有一個人要賣我了。 26:20,21
人子必要去世，正如經上指著他所寫的；但賣人子的人有禍了！那人不生在世上倒好。
賣耶穌的猶大問他說：拉比，是我嗎？耶穌說：你說的是。26:24,25
勿以為因為猶大賣耶穌所以我們得救贖，勿以為猶太人拒絕耶穌所以外邦人有機會認識主。
沒有這些人的卻是，不影響神救贖的計畫。一連12個班，連長先訓練第一班，讓他們為示範，教其他11但阿，若第一班一踏糊塗，連長捨棄他們，另外教，不會影響原來計畫。
挑戰：
我將你的話藏在心裡，免得我得罪你 詩119:11
神啊，求你鑒察我，知道我的心思，試煉我，知道我的意念，
看在我裡面有什麼惡行沒有，引導我走永生的道路 139:23,24
要叫以色列中許多人跌倒，許多人興起；又要作毀謗的話柄，叫許多人心裡的意念顯露出來。 路 2:34
The days of the Son of Man
Luke 17:20-37
The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is', or 'There it is', because the kingdom of God is within you.
When? Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating , drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Remember Lot's wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Where? Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.
No amount of calculation can fix the time or place of Christ's return in judgment. It will be plain for all to see - no secret. And the world will be caught unprepared, as it was by the flood.
Why?
The kingdom of God is within us to all Christian. Do not pursue any on the world.
When the Jesus comes? No one expected time. Like flash light on the sky, no one know when. When people are eating, drinking... the end of world is come.
Dead body means dead men, without repent for their sins, so there the vultures will gather and the judgment will come to there.
How?
Do I have prepared for the coming days of Jesus? What I should prepare for Jesus coming?
The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is', or 'There it is', because the kingdom of God is within you.
When? Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating , drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Remember Lot's wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Where? Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.
No amount of calculation can fix the time or place of Christ's return in judgment. It will be plain for all to see - no secret. And the world will be caught unprepared, as it was by the flood.
Why?
The kingdom of God is within us to all Christian. Do not pursue any on the world.
When the Jesus comes? No one expected time. Like flash light on the sky, no one know when. When people are eating, drinking... the end of world is come.
Dead body means dead men, without repent for their sins, so there the vultures will gather and the judgment will come to there.
How?
Do I have prepared for the coming days of Jesus? What I should prepare for Jesus coming?
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Having faith as small as a mustard seed
Luke 17:1-19
Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.
If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, Be uprooted and planted in the sea and it will obey you.
To be a servant when we have done everything we were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.
Jesus heals ten men with leprosy. One of them, when they were cleaned, came back, praising God in a loud voice. Jesus asked, “Were not all the cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one return to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
To place a hindrance in the way of any believer is a terrible thing. Sin must be opposed, but with a readiness to forgive and go on forgiving. The apostles think they need more faith to do that, but it is not a question of more. Nor must they look for special favors when they have done what they should.
Then new are sent it the priest in order to be declared fit to return to normal society. By going, they demonstrate their faith in Jesus’ word. All are cured, but only one, a despised Samaritan, takes the trouble to say thank you.
Why?
As a servant what we are done to the Lord are our duty, we just feedback God’s mercy to us.
Like the one men with leprosy, we should come back to praise the name of the Lord.
No limit to what kind of men, but with faith and thankgiving in our heart will be blessed from the Lord.
How?
Be a worthy Christian with thanksgiving heart and mind. Be a good servant.
Things that cause people to stumble are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.
If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, Be uprooted and planted in the sea and it will obey you.
To be a servant when we have done everything we were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.
Jesus heals ten men with leprosy. One of them, when they were cleaned, came back, praising God in a loud voice. Jesus asked, “Were not all the cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one return to give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
To place a hindrance in the way of any believer is a terrible thing. Sin must be opposed, but with a readiness to forgive and go on forgiving. The apostles think they need more faith to do that, but it is not a question of more. Nor must they look for special favors when they have done what they should.
Then new are sent it the priest in order to be declared fit to return to normal society. By going, they demonstrate their faith in Jesus’ word. All are cured, but only one, a despised Samaritan, takes the trouble to say thank you.
Why?
As a servant what we are done to the Lord are our duty, we just feedback God’s mercy to us.
Like the one men with leprosy, we should come back to praise the name of the Lord.
No limit to what kind of men, but with faith and thankgiving in our heart will be blessed from the Lord.
How?
Be a worthy Christian with thanksgiving heart and mind. Be a good servant.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Rich man and Lazarus
Luke 16:14-31
The rich man and Lazarus.
The rich man in hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
Remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
If they do not listen to Moses and the prophet, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.
The story of the rich man and Lazarus(the only ‘named’ character in Jesus’ stories is special to Like. Jesus may have taken a popular folk tale, using it in his own way. The scenes are vividly pictured; a rich man with everything, a poor man with nothing. Yet Lazarus goes to bless, his head resting against the great ‘father Abraham’ at the heavenly feast. Justice has been done and there is no changing it. In response to the rich man’s plea. Abraham tells him that if the words of scripture do not persuade his brothers to repent, neither will a man coming back from the dead.
Those words are bound to make Luke’s readers think of Jesus’ own resurrection.
Why?
Look on the future in heaven, it is a eternal destination, compare the life time on earth is short period.
We saw the situation right now does not means always be good, environment will changing. Only God’s word won’t change and stand firm.
God’s word is good and careful to listen and obey will be a blessing.
Hard necks are useless to listen to God’s word, pursues the money is one kind of sin against the Lord.
How?
Praise the Lord and remind myself that blessing is on who follow the word of God.
The rich man and Lazarus.
The rich man in hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
Remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.
If they do not listen to Moses and the prophet, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.
The story of the rich man and Lazarus(the only ‘named’ character in Jesus’ stories is special to Like. Jesus may have taken a popular folk tale, using it in his own way. The scenes are vividly pictured; a rich man with everything, a poor man with nothing. Yet Lazarus goes to bless, his head resting against the great ‘father Abraham’ at the heavenly feast. Justice has been done and there is no changing it. In response to the rich man’s plea. Abraham tells him that if the words of scripture do not persuade his brothers to repent, neither will a man coming back from the dead.
Those words are bound to make Luke’s readers think of Jesus’ own resurrection.
Why?
Look on the future in heaven, it is a eternal destination, compare the life time on earth is short period.
We saw the situation right now does not means always be good, environment will changing. Only God’s word won’t change and stand firm.
God’s word is good and careful to listen and obey will be a blessing.
Hard necks are useless to listen to God’s word, pursues the money is one kind of sin against the Lord.
How?
Praise the Lord and remind myself that blessing is on who follow the word of God.
Friday, February 8, 2019
You cannot serve both God and money
Luke 16 1-13
Whoever can be trusted with little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
No one can serve tow masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
The story Jesus tells his disciples commends the manager’s astuteness(明達), not his dishonesty. He knows how to make money work for him. The debtors are put in his debt by taking up his offer of large discounts. So his future is secured.
Why?
It is trustworthy matter to everyone wanted to be a good manager. Have to be trusted with little than could be trusted with much.
We can not serve two master, so serve the God is better than serve money, for money will gone soon.
How?
How much money I can spend in the future? In the kingdom of God?
Whoever can be trusted with little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
No one can serve tow masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
The story Jesus tells his disciples commends the manager’s astuteness(明達), not his dishonesty. He knows how to make money work for him. The debtors are put in his debt by taking up his offer of large discounts. So his future is secured.
Why?
It is trustworthy matter to everyone wanted to be a good manager. Have to be trusted with little than could be trusted with much.
We can not serve two master, so serve the God is better than serve money, for money will gone soon.
How?
How much money I can spend in the future? In the kingdom of God?
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