見證他的榮耀Witnessing His Glory
[每日靈修] 12/24/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
雅各書有一個不同尋常的句子，將「榮耀」這個詞與耶穌的名字聯繫起來：「我的弟兄們，你們既然對我們榮耀的主耶穌基督有信心，就不應該憑外貌待人。」（二1；新譯本）。在這節經文中，「榮耀的主」（Lord of
glory）這幾個詞有其他的翻譯方法。有些人翻譯為「我們滿有榮光的主」（Our glorious Lord）。還有另一種可能的翻譯：「耶穌基督，祂就是榮耀」（Jesus Christ, who is the glory）。
華腓德（B. B. Warfield）在他的著作《榮耀之主》（The Lord of
Glory）中說，耶穌是上帝的榮耀，是「舍金納」（shekinah）。根據舊約，舍金納是無形上帝的可見顯現。舍金納是雲裏的一朵發光的雲彩或明亮的光輝，顯明上帝的直接存在。因為耶穌為被認定與舍金納等同，也就是被認定為與上帝自己同在等同。在耶穌身上，我們看見上帝威嚴的充分顯現。
新約作者將榮耀歸與耶穌，這清楚表明他們承認了祂完全的神性。從某種意義上說，榮耀是用來指耶穌的，是一種神聖屬性。這是祂拒絕與任何人分享的上帝的榮耀。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
在基督誕生時，天使們唱著「榮耀歸與上帝」。天上的長老在祂的寶座周圍榮耀上帝。你今天為什麼不效法他們的榜樣，在你生命中的每一個處境中歸榮耀與上帝？
進一步研讀：
約一14 道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿的有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光，正是父獨生子的榮光。
(Jas 2:1) 我的弟兄們，你們信奉我們榮耀的主耶穌基督，便不可按著外貌待人。
詩一〇四31 願耶和華的榮耀存到永遠！願耶和華喜悅自己所造的！
詩一三八5 他們要歌頌耶和華的作為，因耶和華大有榮耀。
Witnessing
His Glory
The
book of James has an unusual sentence construction that links the word glory
with the name of Jesus: “My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality” (James 2:1). In this verse the
words “Lord of glory” have alternate renditions. Some translations read, “Our
glorious Lord.” Still another possible translation reads, “Jesus Christ, who is
the glory.”
B. B.
Warfield, in his book The Lord of Glory, says,
that Jesus was the glory of God, the shekinah. According to the Old
Testament, the shekinah was the visible manifestation of the invisible God. The
shekinah was a radiant cloud or brilliant light within a cloud that signaled
the immediate presence of God. For Jesus to be identified with the shekinah was
to be equated with the presence of God Himself. In Jesus we see the full
manifestation of the majesty of God.
That
the New Testament writers ascribed glory to Jesus was a clear indication of
their confession of His full deity. Glory, in the sense it is used with
reference to Jesus, is a divine attribute. It is the glory of God that He
refuses to share with any man.
Coram
Deo
The
angels sang “Glory to God” at Christ’s birth. The heavenly elders give glory to
God around His throne. Why don’t you follow their example and give God glory
today in every circumstance of your life?
Passages
for Further Study
John
1:14
Psalm
104:31
Psalm
138:5