【双语灵修】弥赛亚（基督）MESSIAH (CHRIST)

路加福音 3:21-22; 4:14-21

众百姓都受了洗，耶稣也受了洗，正祷告的时候天就开了，圣灵降临在他身上，形状仿佛鸽子；又有声音从天上来说：“你是我的爱子，我喜悦你。” 耶稣满有圣灵的能力，回到加利利，他的名声就传遍了四方。他在各会堂里教训人，众人都称赞他。耶稣来到拿撒勒，就是他长大的地方，在安息日，照他平常的规矩进了会堂，站起来要念圣经。有人把先知以赛亚的书交给他，他就打开，找到一处写着说：“主的灵在我身上，因为他用膏膏我，叫我传福音给贫穷的人，差遣我报告被掳的得释放、瞎眼的得看见，叫那受压制的得自由，报告神悦纳人的禧年。”于是把书卷起来，交还执事，就坐下。会堂里的人都定睛看他。耶稣对他们说：“今天这经应验在你们耳中了。”

10月5日

弥赛亚（基督）

“亚伯拉罕的后裔，大卫的子孙，耶稣基督的家谱：” - 马太福音 1:1

自从人类堕入罪中，神就应许必有一位救主降临，拨乱反正。

神应许夏娃，将有一位击打蛇头者（《创世记》3:15）。祂应许亚伯拉罕，他的后裔必使万国得福（《创世记》12:3）。神应许祂的子民，必从他们中间兴起一位先知，他们应当听从他（《申命记》18:15-18）。祂应许大卫，他后裔的国位必“坚定，直到永远”（《撒母耳记下》7:12-16）。神还宣告，此人将“永远为祭司”（《诗篇》110:4），在百姓中作中保。

那位终极的应许者还要领受独特的膏抹。民间的先知、祭司和君王是用油膏立的，但这位应许者要受圣灵的膏抹，且由神亲自膏立。这位被圣灵充满的就是“受膏者”（希伯来文 mashiach，希腊文 christos）。

路加记载，耶稣受洗时，圣灵降临在祂身上，此后无论祂往哪里去，都“带着圣灵的能力”服事。在祂家乡拿撒勒的讲道中，耶稣引用《以赛亚书 》61 章说：“主的灵在我身上，因为他用膏膏我……”耶稣说得非常明确：“今天这经应验在你们耳中了。”祂是弥赛亚！阿们！

祷告

耶稣，弥赛亚，神所有的应许都指向你。我们的等候与寻求，在你里面得以成全。阿们。

Luke 3:21-22; 4:14-21

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5

MESSIAH (CHRIST)

. . . Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham. . . . —Matthew 1:1

Ever since humanity fell into sin, God promised that someone would come and put it right.

God promised Eve a snake-crusher (Genesis 3:15). He promised Abraham a line of descendants who would bless the nations (Genesis 12:3). God promised his people a prophet who would come from among them, and to whom they should listen (Deuteronomy 18:15-18). He promised David a descendant whose throne would “be established forever” (2 Samuel 7:12-16). God also declared that this person would be “a priest forever” (Psalm 110:4), mediating for the people.

That ultimate promised one also had a unique anointing. The people’s prophets, priests, and kings were anointed with oil, but the promised one would be anointed with the Holy Spirit, and God himself would do the anointing. This Spirit-drenched person would be the “Anointed One” (mashiach in Hebrew, christos in Greek).

Luke describes Jesus’ having the Holy Spirit descend on him at his baptism and then serving “in the power of the Spirit” wherever he went. And in his sermon at Nazareth, his hometown, Jesus preached from Isaiah 61: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me. . . .” Jesus is crystal clear, and he says, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

He is the Messiah! Amen!

Jesus, Messiah, all God’s promises point to you. Our waiting and searching end in you. Amen.

Hebrews 2:14-15