3月22日 每日经历神


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标  题: 难以想像

经  节: 他们坐席正吃的时候,耶稣说:“我实在告诉你们,你们中间有一个与我同吃的人要卖我了。”(马可福音十四章18节)

我当然永远不会背叛神!每位门徒都诚挚为自己对耶稣的忠诚辩护。当他们一起安舒地斜卧在楼上的房间,在他们的主面前,他们很难想像自己会对基督的忠诚摇摆不定。然而,耶稣看着他们说:“我实在告诉你们,你们中间有一个与我同吃的人要卖我了。”一个人怎么可能享受这与救主同在的亲密、心灵契合的时刻,尔后在很短的时间内,轻率地背叛及落入灵性的失败?

在客西马尼园和十字架环境的压力下,门徒做出自己从未想到的事。他们没想到自己周遭的人是如此残酷地仇视他们的主。耶稣曾经警告过他们,世人会憎恨他们,因为恨他们以先,已经恨祂(约翰福音十五:1821,十六:33)。只有基督知道他们所面对的试探程度。在面对压力的时候,我们的心往往做出令人不能置信的事。圣经中预言犹大尽管与耶稣同行三年,他仍会背叛耶稣。不仅如此,彼得也否认耶稣,所有门徒都背弃了耶稣。

你的生活是何等迅速地由楼上安全宁静的房间,转变成客西马尼和十字架现实苦毒的环境?保守你的心,倾听神温柔的声音:第一代使徒所犯的错误,你也可能犯,你也可能背叛耶稣,如同第一代使徒所做的一样。如果耶稣警告你,你生命中某个地方可能会离弃神,今天就留意祂的话语!


The
Unthinkable

Now
as they sat and ate, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you who
eats with Me will betray Me.” (Mark 14:18)

Surely I would never betray the Lord! Each
disciple earnestly pled his loyalty to Christ. As they reclined together in the
comfort and security of the upper room, in the presence of their Lord, the
disciples could not imagine themselves ever wavering in their loyalty to
Christ. Yet Jesus looked at them and said, “One of you who eats with Me will
betray Me!” How was it possible to share such an intimate and profound moment
with the Savior and then rush so quickly toward betrayal and spiritual failure?

During the intense pressures of Gethsemane
and the cross, the disciples did things they never thought they would do. They
had no idea how cruel and hateful the world around them would be to their Lord.
Jesus had cautioned them that the world would hate them because it hated Him
(John 15:18–21; 16:33). But only Jesus knew the full extent of the temptation
they would face. In the pressure of the moment the heart does surprising
things. Scripture had predicted Judas would betray Jesus, despite having walked
with Him for over three years. But Peter, too, would deny Him, and all would
forsake Him.

How quickly the surroundings of your life
can shift from the security and tranquility of an upper room to the harsh
reality of Gethsemane and the cross. Guard your heart. Listen now to the Lord’s
gentle warning: the failure that was possible with His first disciples is also
possible with you. You, too, are capable of forsaking Jesus, just as the first
disciples did. If Jesus is warning you of an area in your life in which you
could fail Him, heed His words today!

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