【双语灵修】有权柄的人 Authority Figure

“‘我已经立我的君在锡安我的圣山上了。’” - 诗 2:6

你是一个有权柄的人吗？千万不可容让权柄冲昏你的头脑！神要求人运用他们掌握的任何权柄来达成有益的目的，而不是树立自己的名声或成为一个独断专行的人。我们若是能够尊崇神的计划，该有多好啊。

在新约圣经关于耶稣的事迹中，有权柄的人视衪为威胁。就像诗篇2篇描述的那样，他们“一同商议”（第2节）来除灭耶稣；对他们来说，神的权柄等于“捆绑”和“绳索”（第3节）。于是他们把耶稣 － 耶和华的“受膏者”（第2节）和“君”（第6节）－ 钉在十字架上。

神在诗篇2:6说：“我已经立我的君在锡安我的圣山上了。”那些有权柄的人以邪恶的手段将这句话所描述的加诸耶稣身上，他们把耶稣钉十字架，然后把十字架立在耶路撒冷城外的山上。神却高举那座山，十字架也成为一个宝座，因为在十字架上，耶稣向世界显明什么才是真正的权柄。

有权柄的人把耶稣钉在十字架上，然而耶稣却是凭衪自己的权柄舍弃衪的性命，衪因顺服父神的旨意如此行（参看约翰福音 10:18）。耶稣舍弃祂的性命，是为了成全神拯救世人的美善计划。这才是真正的权柄。

祷告

主耶稣，你没有兴趣树立你自己的名声，反而舍弃你的性命来拯救世人。如今你的名已超乎万名之上了！阿们。

诗篇 2:1-6

1外邦为什么争闹，万民为什么谋算虚妄的事？
2世上的君王一齐起来，臣宰一同商议，要抵挡耶和华并他的受膏者，
3说：“我们要挣开他们的捆绑，脱去他们的绳索！”
4那坐在天上的必发笑，主必嗤笑他们。
5那时，他要在怒中责备他们，在烈怒中惊吓他们，
6说：“我已经立我的君在锡安我的圣山上了。”

Authority Figure

"I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain." - Psalm 2:6

Are you in a position of authority? Don't let it go to your head! God wants people to use whatever authority they have for good purposes, not to make a name for themselves or to become a law unto themselves. If only we would honor God's intentions.

In the New Testament story of Jesus, powerful people see Jesus as a threat. Following a pattern described by Psalm 2, they "band together" (v. 2) to get rid of Jesus. To them, God's authority amounts to "chains" and "shackles" (v. 3). So they crucify Jesus, who is the Lord's "anointed" (v. 2), the "king" (v. 6).

In Psalm 2:6, God says, "I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain." In a perverse parody of this statement, those powerful people install Jesus on a cross and plant it on a hill outside Jerusalem. But God exalts that hill. And the cross turns out to be a throne. Because on the cross Jesus shows what genuine authority looks like.

Powerful people may have nailed Jesus to a cross, but Jesus laid his life down by his own authority. And he did it in obedience to God the Father (see John 10:18). Jesus laid down his life for the sake of God's good purpose of saving the world. That's what real authority looks like.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, you had no interest in making a name for yourself. Instead you laid down your life to save the world. And now you have the name that is above every name! Amen.