面對歷史的危機Facing a Crisis of History
[每日靈修] 1/26/2019駱鴻銘編譯
在路加福音十二章49～57節中，耶穌告訴祂的門徒，祂來不是帶來和平，而是帶來分裂。祂告訴他們，祂正在給地上帶來一場火的洗禮，警告眾人要逃避那將要來的憤怒。
這是歷史上危機的重要時刻。這是緊迫的時刻，隨著耶穌的出現要席捲全地。耶穌在時候滿足的時候降生在這個星球上，是一個分裂、審判、分離的時代。
在永恆的命運受到威脅之際，就是個人作出選擇的時刻。每個遇見耶穌的人都必須做出選擇，要站在祂那邊，還是要站在祂的對立面。因此，從耶穌第一次顯現以來，世界就陷入到了某種危機之中，這個危機會一直持續到最後一次大危機，也就是最後的審判。
今天人們如何遇見耶穌，從而面對自己的歷史危機呢？耶穌在天上，但世人乃是通過祂的百姓，也就是教會遇見祂。教會是祂的身體、祂的傳令官。在五旬節當天，耶穌要帶來的火的洗禮降臨了，在某種意義上是為了點燃祂子民的舌頭，好叫他們可以將這個決定的危機帶給所有人。
既然認識到這些事情，就應該使我們迫切地宣布祂的名，並使我們堅持主張，務要使我們這個世代的人接觸到萬主之主。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
你正在做什麼，好向這個世代宣告耶穌基督的名？為上帝要你扮演的角色禱告。
進一步研讀：
路十二49～53 「我來要把火丟在地上，倘若已經著起來，不也是我所願意的嗎？ 我有當受的洗還沒有成就，我是何等的迫切呢？ 你們以為我來，是叫地上太平嗎？我告訴你們，不是，乃是叫人分爭。 從今以後，一家五個人將要分爭：三個人和兩個人相爭，兩個人和三個人相爭； 父親和兒子相爭，兒子和父親相爭；母親和女兒相爭，女兒和母親相爭；婆婆和媳婦相爭，媳婦和婆婆相爭。」
Facing a Crisis of History
In
Luke 12:49–57, Jesus told His disciples that He had not come to bring peace,
but division. He told them that He was bringing a baptism of fire to the earth,
warning the crowd to flee the wrath to come.
This
was the great moment of crisis in history. It was a time of urgency that swept
the earth with the appearance of Jesus. Jesus’ coming to this planet in the
fullness of time was a time of division, judgment, and separation.
It
was a time of personal choosing, when eternal destinies were at stake. Everyone
who encountered Jesus had to make a choice, to stand with Him or against Him.
Thus, since the time of Jesus’ first appearance, the world has been gripped in
a kind of crisis that will continue until the last great crisis, the last
judgment.
How
do men encounter Jesus today, thus facing their own crisis of history? Jesus is
in heaven, but men and women encounter Him through His people, the church. The
church is His body and His herald. The fiery baptism Jesus came to bring fell
in one sense at Pentecost to ignite the tongues of His people so that they might
bring the crisis of decision to all men.
Knowing
these things should make us urgent in our proclamation of His name and make us
insistent that the generation of our day be exposed to the Lord of lords.
Coram
Deo
What
are you doing to proclaim His name to this generation? Pray about the role God
would have you fill.
Passages
for Further Study
Luke
12:49-53
