【双语灵修】永生之道

约翰福音 6:60-71 8月6日

他的门徒中有好些人听见了，就说：“这话甚难，谁能听呢？” 耶稣心里知道门徒为这话议论，就对他们说：“这话是叫你们厌弃吗？ 倘或你们看见人子升到他原来所在之处，怎么样呢？ 叫人活着的乃是灵，肉体是无益的。我对你们所说的话就是灵，就是生命。 只是你们中间有不信的人。”耶稣从起头就知道谁不信他，谁要卖他。 耶稣又说：“所以我对你们说过，若不是蒙我父的恩赐，没有人能到我这里来。”

从此，他门徒中多有退去的，不再和他同行。 耶稣就对那十二个门徒说：“你们也要去吗？” 西门彼得回答说：“主啊，你有永生之道，我们还归从谁呢？ 我们已经信了，又知道你是神的圣者。” 耶稣说：“我不是拣选了你们十二个门徒吗？但你们中间有一个是魔鬼。” 耶稣这话是指着加略人西门的儿子犹大说的，他本是十二个门徒里的一个，后来要卖耶稣的。

永生之道

“西门彼得回答说：‘主啊，你有永生之道，我们还归从谁呢？’” -约 6:68

群众是善变的，他们的态度会迅速从热情转为拒绝，甚至暴力。有时，仅仅因为几句话，就会带来戏剧性的转变。耶稣在《约翰福音》第六章中的严厉教导，表明了他的话既能引发拒绝，也能引向生命。

随着耶稣的名声越来越大，围绕他的人群急剧增加。为甚么？因为他是一个行奇事的工人。就在一两天前，耶稣曾喂饱了数千人（约翰福音6:1-15）。然而，尽管群众被他的神迹所吸引，他们却不都喜欢他那出人意料的教导。在迦百农的会堂里，耶稣告诉众人，如果他们想要永生，就必须吃他的肉、喝他的血（6:53-59）。许多人因这意象感到不适，于是拒绝耶稣，离开了他。

耶稣问他最亲近的门徒是否也想离开。彼得代表众人说道：“主啊，我们还归从谁呢？”然后他作出了这基石般的宣告：“你有永生之道。”

当圣灵软化我们的心，开启我们对基督信心的眼睛时，我们就能像彼得一样看清耶稣的真实身份。耶稣是神的儿子，是我们信仰和生命的唯一真理。然后，像彼得一样，我们也能在生活和服侍中信靠他。

祷告

主耶稣，唯有“你有永生之道”。求祢帮助我们在每日的生活和服侍中忠实地跟随祢。阿们。

John 6:60-71

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” —John 6:68

Crowds can be fickle, switching quickly from enthusiasm to rejection and even violence. Sometimes these dramatic swings are triggered by just a few words. Jesus’ hard teaching in John 6 shows that his words can trigger rejection or lead to life.

As Jesus’ reputation grew, the crowds of people around him dramatically increased. Why? Because he was a wonder worker. Just a day or two earlier, Jesus had fed a huge crowd of several thousand people (John 6:1-15). But while the crowds were drawn to his miraculous works, they didn’t always like his surprising teachings. At the synagogue in Capernaum, he had told the crowd that if they wanted to have eternal life, they had to eat his body and drink his blood (6:53-59). Turned off by that imagery, many people rejected Jesus and left.

Jesus asked his closest disciples if they wanted to leave too. Speaking on behalf of them all, Peter asked, “Lord, to whom shall we go?” And then he made this bedrock confession: “You have the words of eternal life.”

When the Holy Spirit softens our hearts and opens our eyes to faith in Christ, we can see Jesus for who he really is, just as Peter did. Jesus is the Son of God, our only truth for faith and life. And then, like Peter, we can also trust him as we live and serve.

Jesus, only “you have the words of eternal life.” Help us to follow you faithfully as we live and serve in your name each day. Amen.