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經文:路加福音五章
鑰節:「新酒必須裝在新皮袋裡。」(5:38)
提要

        讓我們循著耶穌的思路來思考。新酒需要新皮袋──這話有道理。舊皮袋在發酵的過程已經被撐得很緊,再撐下去皮袋就會裂開,所以,舊皮袋現已無用,它已發揮了它的功能。但這是不是說舊酒也無用了呢?一點也不。耶穌說:「愈陳愈好」

        你一定聽過「資深牧師網路」這個術語。我記得當我還是一個年輕牧師時,每次開會看見老網路的運作,我心裡就想:教會明顯的需要一個年輕、有新意、新作風的牧師,一個跟得上時代的人。但地區同工往往還是指派「老同伴」中的一位,他們的舊識,來擔任牧師,延續那些老傳統,使教會看起來更愚蠢。我跟我的年輕牧師朋友總是搖頭嘆氣,明顯的表露出我們的不滿。地區同工選擇老幹,而我們這些年輕的牧師盼新枝。我們要現代化,但他們要的是傳統和經驗。

        如今我已屆白髮皤皤的年紀,看事情也看得比較清楚。一個嶄新的教會需要一位年輕的牧師──當這個年輕的領袖「發動」起來,教會就增長,並且不會造成痛苦。但如果這個年輕牧師被安置在一個根深蒂固的教會,他很可能會引發一場爆炸(不是成長而是分裂)。相反的,有經驗的牧師卻能在這個老教會中耕耘、推動、施肥、訓練、並領導會友持續不斷的結出果子來。當然,也有例外,但一般而言品格總帶出風格,風格卻不總是有品格。

        耶穌的教訓是新的。既有的宗教制度不能承受祂寬廣的天國觀念;這股壓力必需釋放出來。但,即使固有的制度粉碎了耶穌的生命,祂所流的血卻像被壓榨的葡萄汁,製造出一種全新的酒。最後,破裂是那舊皮袋,一個新的世界開始了──耶穌的再來將是這個新紀元的最高潮。

        但耶穌的新酒有其獨特處。祂植基於舊窖。祂有新時代的風格,但也含有亞伯拉罕、雅各、以撒的特質,祂是新和舊的最佳綜合體。

禱告

        主耶穌我們在您裡面成為新造的人,您在我們裡面的生命是您國度的新酒,今天求您幫助我們與別人分享您。奉主耶穌基督聖名,阿們!

English

Scriptures:Read Luke 5
Key Verse:“… new wine must be put into new wineskins…”(Luke 5:38 )
Overview

        Let’s follow Jesus’ thinking here. New wine needs new wineskins – that makes sense. Old wineskins have already been stretched by the fermentation process. Stretch them any more and they’ll burst. So the old wineskins are useless now; they’ve served their purpose. But does that mean the old wine is useless” By no means. In Jesus’ own words. “the old is better”. Let’s pursue this a bit.

        You’ve heard the term, “the old boys network”. I remember, as a young pastor, attending church conferences and seeing the old boys network in effect. A church would be in distinct need of a pastor – in my mind, it needed a young, fresh, new approach: someone in tune with the time. But what would the district officials do? They’d appoint one of the “old boys” , a friend of long acquaintance, to go in and continue the old traditions, stultifying the church even more. My young pastor friends and I would shake our heads with not-so-muted disdain. The status quo seemed to be preferred to creatively pursuing the far horizon. The district officials chose men from the ark, while we younger pastors wanted someone from the cradle. We wanted style, they wanted character.

        I see things more clearly, now that I’ve reached the hoary-headed age of 42. The brand new church needs a young pastor – while the young leader “ferments”, the church expands, relatively painlessly. On the other hand, if the young pastor is catapulted into an established situation, chances are there’ll be an explosion (not of growth, but of disintegration). The seasoned pastor, on the other hand, is the man to cultivate, prime, nourish, discipline, and guide the seasoned church in producing ongoing fruit. Of course, there are exceptions, but generally speaking, whereas character always has style, style doesn’t always have character.

        Jesus’ teaching was new. The established religious system couldn’t bear the pressure of His expansive view of the kingdom of heaven; something had to give. But even while the establishment crushed Jesus’ life, His shed blood, like the released juice of the grape, created a whole new wine. And ultimately, it was the old wineskin that burst – and a new world, which will culminate in Jesus’ return, was begun.

        But there’s something unique about Jesus’ new wine. It’s rooted in the old. It has the style of a new day dawning, and the character of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It’s the best of new and old.

Prayer

        Lord Jesus, in You we are a new creation. Your life in us is the new wine of Your kingdom. Help us to share You with others today.


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