【双语灵修】拉比，老师RABBI, TEACHER

约翰福音 1:35-39; 13:12-16

再次日，约翰同两个门徒站在那里。他见耶稣行走，就说：“看哪，这是神的羔羊！”两个门徒听见他的话，就跟从了耶稣。耶稣转过身来，看见他们跟着，就问他们说：“你们要什么？”他们说：“拉比，在哪里住？”（“拉比”翻出来就是“夫子”。）耶稣说：“你们来看。”他们就去看他在哪里住，这一天便与他同住。那时约有申正了。耶稣洗完了他们的脚，就穿上衣服，又坐下，对他们说：“我向你们所做的，你们明白吗？你们称呼我夫子，称呼我主，你们说的不错，我本来是。我是你们的主、你们的夫子，尚且洗你们的脚，你们也当彼此洗脚。我给你们做了榜样，叫你们照着我向你们所做的去做。我实实在在地告诉你们：仆人不能大于主人，差人也不能大于差他的人。

10月20日

拉比，老师

“他们说：‘拉比，在哪里住？（“拉比”翻出来就是夫子）’” - 约翰福音 1:38

在生活中，我们向各式各样的人学习—父母、朋友、亲戚、老师、导师等等，作家、艺人和各界领袖也影响着我们。我最喜欢的老师或导师往往是对我要求最严格的那些人。

毫无疑问，耶稣是众教师中最伟大的一位。正如《歌罗西书》2章3节所说，“一切智慧知识的宝藏”都蕴藏在祂里面。耶稣的教导曾令众人惊叹，而祂在《圣经》中的教导至今仍让我们惊叹并受到挑战。此外，耶稣的教导并不容易—要求我们全力以赴。

耶稣的门徒称祂为“拉比”，这是他们文化中对律法师的传统尊称——这样的人备受尊敬，以至于跟从他，并努力学像他。跟从一位拉比意味着效法，学习像那个人一样思考和行事。耶稣说：“学生不能高过先生；凡学成了的，不过和先生一样”（《路加福音》6:40）。在《约翰一书》2章6节中我们读到：“人若说他住在主里面，就该自己照主所行的去行。”

我们该如何像耶稣那样生活？我们如何在祂要求的重担之下不被压垮，仍然跟从祂？答案部分在于我们一直在思想的耶稣的众多名字中。祂是真葡萄树、我们的元首、中保、好牧人、那位服事者，以及更多—藉着祂的灵，祂赐给我们力量和能力，活出祂所呼召的生命。

祷告

拉比耶稣，求你藉着你的灵教导我们如何像你，活出你的样式。奉你的名求，阿们。

John 1:35-39; 13:12-16

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20

RABBI, TEACHER

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” —John 1:38

We learn from a variety of people in our lives—parents, friends, relatives, teachers, mentors, and more. Writers, entertainers, and leaders of all kinds can influence us too. My favorite teachers or mentors have often been my hardest ones.

Without question, Jesus is the greatest teacher of all. As Colossians 2:3 puts it, “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” are hidden in him. Jesus’ teaching amazed crowds, and his teachings in the Bible continue to amaze and challenge us today. In addition, Jesus’ teaching isn’t easy—it demands our all.

Jesus’ disciples called him “Rabbi,” the traditional title in their culture for a person who was so respected as a teacher of God’s law that people would follow him and try to learn how to be like him. Following a rabbi involved imitation, learning how to think and act like that person. Jesus said, “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher” (Luke 6:40). And in 1 John 2:6 we read, “Whoever claims to live in [Jesus] must live as Jesus did.”

How do we live as Jesus did? How can we follow him without being crushed by the weight of the expectations involved?

The answer, in part, is in the many names of Jesus we have been reflecting on. He is the true vine, our head, our mediator, our good shepherd, the one who serves, and so much more—and through his Spirit he give us the strength and ability to live as he calls us to. Rabbi Jesus, teach us, by your Spirit, how to be like you, living as you did. In your name, Amen.