路加福音［第15章］
Book of Luke 15
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路加福音［第15章］|Book of Luke 15【失落与寻回】
16/11/2023
引言：寻人启事
一、有影响力的生命树（v1-2）
法利赛人却觉得税吏和罪人不圣洁，所以要远离他们，免得被污染。但对主耶稣而言，祂是圣洁的，无论多么不洁的人靠近祂，耶稣生命里的圣洁就能使他们变成洁净。
求主帮助我们，让我们这棵生命树是充满主耶稣的气息，活出真实的信仰。生命影响生命的去吸引许多人来靠近耶稣。
二、寻回生命中的失落（v3-32）
1.寻回失落的身份（v3-7）
文士和法利赛人本来就是神的选民。可是却常常自以为义的以为自己是亚伯拉罕的后裔，拒绝耶稣的救恩。因此，失去了当有的尊贵身份。
神按自己的形象造人，代表人拥有一个专属神的身份和地位。但罪却使人丢失了这原有的身份。感恩透过主的救恩能恢复神原先的心意。然我们竭力去帮助人寻回这身份。
2.寻回生命的价值（v8-10）
要知道自己是贫穷的。不然丢失了一块钱时，我们会不当一回事的。不警醒的人会像慢火煮青蛙一样，被生命的软弱逐渐吞噬，发现时已太迟了。
当钱遗失了，不管面值是$1，$10，$1000，它是没有价值的。只有当钱被找回来，它才真正有价值。弟兄姐妹，你找到自己生命存活的价值吗？
3.寻回失落的关系（v11-32）
（1）小儿子要悔改归正（v12-19）
小儿子为什么要离家出走？不想委身、轻看父子关系。要争取自主权，作自己生命的主人。不想顺服在权柄的遮盖下，也没有尊容父亲。
我们是浪子吗？从与父母、权柄、小组长的关系，还有是否听见圣灵的感动就顺服去行动就能知晓。
让我们对准生命树，该悔改的就要悔改，并勇敢地去修复破坏了的关系。
（2）父亲有无尽的恩慈（v20-24）
父亲不计算儿子的恶，反兴奋的向仆人发出连串命令：“快！把那上好的袍子拿出来，给他穿，把戒指戴在他指头上，将鞋穿在他脚上，把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，吃喝快乐。”
这就是天父！今天不管我们的生命有多糟糕，要记得有一位、也是唯独一位创造我们、爱我们的天父爸爸，无条件的天天站在家门口观望，早已预备好恩典，等待我们回家。
（3）大儿子要真实连结（v25-32）
v29 “服事” 与v26 “仆人” 是相同根字
大儿子是一个悲剧人物，不知道自己已经迷失。身为家中长子的他，竟然活得像仆人一样。他跟父亲的关系是完全被扭曲的。他也鄙视弟弟，觉得弟弟不配回家。
好行为不是得救的关键。神是看重关系的神，耶稣来正是为了让我们与天父的关系能被修复，重新连结。
总结：倾心吐意
不管大儿子或小儿子，他们都是浪子。他们是浪子皆因为跟父亲的关系出了问题。弟兄姐妹，你的生命中有浪子的影子吗？让我们一起来到神的面前，来向祂倾心吐意。
Luke Chapter 15: Lost and Found
GK611 Morning Devotion
16/11/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Deborah Tan
Introduction: Wanted notice
1. The influential tree of life (v1-2)
The Pharisees, however, felt that tax collectors and sinners were unholy, so they had to stay away from them lest they be contaminated. But to the Lord Jesus, He is holy, and no matter how unclean people come near Him, the holiness in Jesus' life is able to turn them into cleanliness.
Pray that this tree of life would be filled with the breath of Jesus and that we would live out our true faith. Life influences life to draw many people to Jesus.
2. Recovering the Lost in Life (v3-32)
(1) Recovering a Lost Identity (v3-7)
The scribes and Pharisees were God's chosen people. However, they often thought they were Abraham's descendants and rejected the salvation of Jesus. As a result, they lost their honourable status.
God created man in His own image, and on behalf of man, he has an identity and status that is exclusively God's. But sin has caused man to lose this identity. But sin has caused man to lose this original identity. We are thankful that through the Lord's salvation we can restore God's original will. We are thankful that through the Lord's salvation, God's original will can be restored, but we try our best to help people to recover this identity.
(2) Find the value of life (v8-10)
Know that you are poor. Otherwise, when we lose a dollar, we will not take it seriously. Those who are not alert will be like slow-boiled frogs, gradually consumed by the weakness of life, and realise it is too late.
When money is lost, it has no value, no matter if the face value is $1, $10, $1000. It is only when it is recovered that it has any real value. Brothers and sisters, have you found the value of your own existence?
3. Recovering the lost relationships (v11-32)
(1) The younger son will repent and return to righteousness (v12-19)
Why did the younger son run away from home? Didn't want to commit himself, despised the father-son relationship. Wanted to fight for autonomy and be the master of his own life. Didn't want to submit to the covering of authority and didn't honour his father.
Are we prodigal sons? We can tell by our relationship with our parents, authority, cell leaders, and whether or not we obey and act when we hear the Holy Spirit moving us.
Let's align ourselves with the tree of life, repent of what we should repent of, and boldly repair the broken relationships.
(2) The Father is infinitely gracious (v20-24)
Instead of counting the evil of his son, the father excitedly issued a series of commands to his servant, "Quickly! Bring out the fine robe and put it on him, put a ring on his finger, put shoes on his feet, bring the fatted calf and slaughter it, eat and drink and be merry."
That's our Heavenly Father! No matter how bad our lives are today, remember that there is one and only one Heavenly Father who created us and loves us, unconditionally standing at the door of our home every day watching and long ago preparing the grace to wait for us to return home.
(3) The older son is to be authentically connected (v25-32)
v29 "serve" is the same root word as v26 "servant".
The eldest son is a tragic figure, unaware that he is lost. Being the eldest son in the family, he lives like a servant. His relationship with his father is completely distorted. He also despises his brother and feels that he does not deserve to be home.
Good works are not the key to salvation. God is a God of relationships and Jesus came so that our relationship with the Heavenly Father could be restored and reconnected.
Conclusion: Pour out your heart
Whether the older son or the younger son, they are all prodigals. They were prodigals because their relationship with their father have issue. Brothers and sisters, do you have a prodigal son in your life? Let's come before God and pour out our hearts to Him.
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