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路加福音［第19章］
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路加福音［第19章］|Book of Luke 19

【预备自己 迎接神国】

主讲: 林国晶传道

23/11/2023


引言：

神国已经降临，我们要预备好自己在神国里，成为生命树，并让我们的生命可以结丰盛美好的果子。

一、回应救恩-悔改是关键（v1-10)

耶稣在世上的工作一直都是为了要寻找失丧的人。因此，祂一直到各处去传福音。而耶稣在耶利哥城看见了一个在别人眼中是罪魁的，撒该。耶稣对他的接纳和认定，促使他宣布要把他所有的一半分给穷人，带出他对救恩的一个回应，这表明他已经真心接受耶稣为主，不再被钱财捆绑、不再以自我为中心。

我们若能承认自己的败坏，并需要救赎，就是蒙恩的开始，因为主耶稣将会主动靠近我们，迎接我们进入神的国。

二、随时准备-服事要殷勤（v11-27)

耶稣用10锭银子的比喻带出信徒应该要履行主所托付的责任、把握主所赐予的机会。有时候，我们会想等到事业成功之后、儿女长大之后、自己退休之后再专心事奉，结果却没想到，当自己以为时机成熟的时候、机会却永远没有了。

让我们抓紧机会完成托付、预备自己，迎接神国到来。因此，我们要忠心的履行主的托付。

三、时时警醒-及时的回转（v28-44)

主耶稣进入耶路撒冷，正是百姓接受基督为王、与神恢复平安的时候，但许多人却刚硬地拒绝了神的眷顾，结果只能悲惨地自食其果。弟兄姐妹，我们要知道我们所做的决定，是会影响我们将来的。 我们要知道，今天就是眷顾的时候，我们要抓紧时机为我们还没有信主的家人及朋友祷告。

四、洁净生命-生命要反省(v45-48)

耶稣赶出那些在圣殿里做买卖的人，为了带出他们实质上是「以敬虔为得利的门路」（提前6：5），使圣殿「成为贼窝了」（v46）。「名、利、权」，历来都是信徒挥之不去的试探。无论哪种形式的「名、利、权」，最终都会蒙蔽人的心眼、使人偏离基督。

因此，一个背起十字架跟从主的人，不但要撇下名声、利益和权力，也不要在半路上捡起换了包装的粪土。若今天我们有真理当却不愿意听，即不愿意反省，像以色列百姓侧耳听耶稣一样，我们的生命就继续的在黑暗里，无法被神炼净。

总结：

弟兄姐妹，过去以色列人因为不愿意相信而错失领受这份救恩。然而，我们知道今天神还是给他们机会，也给世人机会来领受这份救恩。而对于我们今天已经领受救恩的人，我们更是要警醒自守，使我们不偏离神。我们也当尽心竭力，善用主一切的所托，并坚定的跟随祂到底。如此，我们就可以随时预备好我们自己，迎接基督的再来。

Luke 19: Prepare Yourself for the Kingdom of God
GK611 Morning Devotion
23/11/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Pastor Stella Ling Luke 19: Prepare Yourself for the Kingdom of God

Introduction：

The Kingdom of God has come, we need to prepare ourselves to be the tree of life in the Kingdom of God, so that our lives may bear abundant and beautiful fruit.

1. Responding to Salvation - Repentance is the Key (v1-10)

Jesus’ work on earth has always been to seek the lost. Therefore, He had been going everywhere to preach the gospel. And Jesus saw one in the city of Jericho, Zacchaeus, who was a sinner in the eyes of others. Jesus’ acceptance and identification with him prompted him to declare that he would give half of all he had to the poor, bringing out a response to his salvation that showed he had truly accepted Jesus as Lord and was no longer bound by money or self-centered.

If we recognise our own corruption and need for salvation, it is the beginning of grace, for Jesus will come near to us and welcome us into the kingdom of God.

2. Be ready – Be Earnest in Your Service (v11-27)

Jesus used the parable of the 10 loaves of silver to bring out the point that believers should ulfil the responsibilities entrusted to them by the Lord, and seize the opportunities given to them by the Lord. Sometimes we think that we will wait until our career is successful, our children are grown up, or we retire before we can concentrate on our ministry, only to realise that when we think the time is right, the opportunity will never come.

Let us seize the opportunity to ulfil our commitment and prepare ourselves for the coming of the kingdom of God. Therefore, let us faithfully ulfil the Lord’s commission.

3. Always be vigilant- Turn back in time (v28-44)

The entry of the Lord Jesus into Jerusalem was the time for the people to accept Christ as King and to restore peace with God, but many were hardened and rejected God’s favour, and as a result could only miserably eat their own fruit. Brothers and sisters, we need to know that the decisions we make will affect us in the future. We need to know that today is the time for favour, and we need to seize the moment to pray for our family and friends who are not yet believers.

4. Cleanse your life – life to reflect (v45-48)

Jesus cast out those who were doing business in the temple in order to bring out that they were essentially "making godliness as means of gain" (1Ti 6:5), making the temple "a den of thieves" (v46). "Fame, profit, and power" have always been a lingering temptation for believers. No matter what form of "fame, profit and power" takes, it will ultimately blind the eyes of the heart and cause one to stray from Christ.

Therefore, a person who takes up the cross to follow the Lord should not only leave behind fame, profit and power, but also should not pick up the packaged dung halfway. If we have the truth today but are not willing to hear it, i.e., if we are not willing to reflect on it, like the people of Israel who listened to Jesus with their ears turned away from Him, our lives will continue to be in darkness, and we will not be able to be purified by God.

Conclusion:

Brothers and sisters, in the past Israel missed receiving this salvation because they were not willing to believe. However, we know that today God still gives them and the world the opportunity to receive this salvation. For those of us who have received salvation today, we must be vigilant and self-controlled so that we do not stray from God. We should also do our best to make the best use of all the Lord has entrusted to us and follow Him steadfastly to the end. In this way, we can always prepare ourselves for Christ's return.