马可福音 14:1~11
利益薰心的犹大(一) 谈欲望
- 犹大这个名字的意思是“上帝被赞美”。然而，犹大却是整个圣经里最黑暗的一个人。
- 我们对犹大的研究，要从我们刚才提到的那个宴席开始。这件事发生在耶稣生命的最后几天里。他在一个人家坐席，一个女人来用油膏抹他，这件事引起了人们强烈的反应，而且不都是积极的。这件事告诉我们一个上帝的子民经常会遇到的挣扎：我们当中很多人面对强烈的功利主义信仰而感到挣扎。
- 到底是应该在敬拜中把我们最好的献给神，还是应该用我们的金钱来支持神国的事工，这两者之间的矛盾与冲突常伴随在我们左右。但是有时候，那只是一个烟幕。
- 其实，我们也活在这种矛盾冲突中。人就是人，就是活在需要和荣耀之间。
- 耶稣和我们的想法不一样。他让我们看到我们对美德的看法是不完全的。在这段经文中，他让我们看到我们如何对待耶稣才是关键。
- 我们对耶稣的爱既不排除也不否定我们对别人的善行。
- 犹大是最主要的反对者，他把给穷人的钱拿出来，满足自己的欲望。这使得这一幕变得复杂了。在这一点，我们不仅仅是在理论上讨论如何做管家的问题。
- 我们需要先把理论放在一边，来思想思想永生的意义，因为在犹大身上我们看到，我们的期望能使我们远离上帝。犹大的反应源于他拒绝让耶稣来重新塑造他的想法，来重新认识上帝，重新认识天国。他拒绝让耶稣改变他的期望。
Judas: Blinded by Desire
- The name Judas comes from Judah, which means “God be praised.” Yet, this man is the darkest character in all of Scripture.
- The starting place for our exploration of Judas is to reflect on this scene in which Jesus is within the final days of his life. He’s at a meal at a home, and a woman comes anointing him with oil, which stirs a strong reaction–not all of it positive. It reveals a struggle that is often present among God’s people: many of us struggle with a strongly utilitarian faith.
- This scene is complicated by the fact that Judas was the primary objector and that he used the needs of the poor to satisfy his desire for his own needs. At this point, we get into more than a theoretical discussion of stewardship.
- Judas’ reaction arose from his refusal to allow Jesus to reshape his idea of what God should be like, of what the kingdom should be like. He refused to allow Jesus to reshape his expectations.
