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經文:路加福音十二章
鑰節:「你們要防備法利賽人的酵,就是假冒為善。」(12:1下)
提要

        沒有人喜歡假冒為善的人,就好像我們直覺上討厭惡臭、毒蛇、和不誠實的推銷員。我們喜歡別人言行一致。不論我們自己是否戴著面具,我們總是希望別人作透明人,我們喜歡一張誠實的臉孔。我們對一個人最高的評價也常常是:「他沒有一點虛假」。

        耶穌公開抨擊法利賽人。今天祂若在此,也會如此抨擊你和我。法利賽人和我們一樣不喜歡假冒為善;他們也絕不會承認自己是偽君子。就像我們一樣,法利賽人關心上帝的話語、關心如何討上帝的喜悅、重視每週(有時是每天)的禮拜,並堅持讓孩子接受良好的宗教教育。他們大部份的生活就像今天保守的福音派基督徒一樣──持守正統的信仰,言行和守中道。總之,他們是一群好人。

        那就是為什麼耶穌對他們的控告,聽起來如此刺耳。耶穌說他們外表潔淨,但裡面充滿了污穢(11:39);忽略行公義和愛上帝的事(11:42);驕傲、自私(11:43)。

        耶穌對法利賽人的指責中,有一句話給我很大的衝擊:「你們把難擔的擔子放在人身上」(11:46)。因我是個傳道人,又是個基督教電台的廣播員以及作家。我常在我的講章裡強調實際的行為:你「應該」如何,你「要」如何,以及許多黑白分明的價值判斷。我常使人有罪惡感,用我對公義的觀點壓傷他們。難怪過去幾年中我會友的人數一直下跌。我們需要承認自己是人,別把天使的標準加在人身上。

        我花了好幾年的時間才學會把人帶到耶穌面前,而不是把人押到「標準」的台前。並非那些標準不好,但人若尊崇耶穌、榮耀耶穌,也就會自然而然的達到那些道德的標準了。

        關鍵不在宗教的儀式和要求,而在於人與上帝的關係。

禱告

        主耶穌,在今天的經文中您應許說,我們若認您,您在天父面前也必認我們。求您幫助我們,使我們的生活型態和我們的言語能表現出我們真的認您為主。奉主耶穌基督聖名,阿們!

English

Scriptures:Read Luke 12
Key Verse:“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”(Luke 12:1b )
Overview

        Nobody likes a hypocrite. There’s something instinctive about this distaste – rather like our dislike for foul odors, snakes, and dishonest salesmen. We prefer people to be who they say they are. Regardless of the masks we ourselves may wear, we want the other guy to be transparent. We like an honest face. Indeed, one of the highest compliments we can pay a person is to recite the old adage of him, “what you see is what you get.”

        It’s no secret Jesus gave the Pharisees a hard time; just like He would do to you and me. The Pharisees weren’t any more enamored of hypocrites than we are. And they’d be the last to admit any personal hypocrisy. Like us, they were concerned about God’s word, about pleasing Him, attending weekly (in some cases, daily) services of worship and raising their children in the faith – in most areas of their lives they were just like present day North American conservative evangelical Christians – Orthodox in faith, moderate in practice. They were good guys.

        That’s why it stung when Jesus accused them of being inwardly filthy when they were so outwardly pure (11:30); or of neglecting justice and the love of God (11:42); or of being spiritually proud and self-serving (11:43).

        But there was one accusation Jesus made which speaks volumes to me: “You load people down with burdens they can hardly carry” (11:46 NIV). This hits me because I’m a preacher, as well as a broadcaster and author. I have often moralized in my preaching, punctuating my sermons with idealisms, shoulds, coulds, and black/white value judgments. I have laid guilt on people, crushing them with the burden of my view of righteousness. Little wonder there’s been a significant fall-out rate over the years: being a human has a way of winning over being an angel.

        It’s taken me a few years, but now I try to point people to Jesus rather than standards. Not that standards are all bad, but when Jesus is magnified and glorified, moral standards seem to follow naturally.

        I suppose it boils down to religion versus relationship.

Prayer

        Lord Jesus, in our reading today You promised that if we would confess You, You would confess us before the angels. Enable us to so live that our lifestyle as well as our words will be a pure confession of You.


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