【读圣经学英语】患病

【读圣经学英语】患病

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约翰福音-John 4 章 42~46节

4:42 他们便对妇人说，现在我们信，不再是因你的话；因为我们亲自听见了，知道这位真是世人的救主。
And they said to the woman, It is no longer because of your speaking that we believe, for we ourselves have heard and know that this One is truly the Savior of the world.
4:43 过了那两天，耶稣就离开那里，往加利利去。
And after the two days He went forth from there into Galilee,
4:44 因为耶稣自己作过见证说，申言者在本地是不受尊敬的。
For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
4:45 到了加利利，加利利人因为看见祂在耶路撒冷过节时所行的一切事，就接待祂，因为他们也曾上去过节。
Then when He came into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all that He did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
4:46 耶稣又到了加利利的迦拿，就是祂从前变水为酒的地方。有一个大臣，他的儿子在迦百农患病。
He then came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain royal official, whose son was sick in Capernaum.
  
亮光

 

 

这事例是九个事例中的第三个，启示垂死的人需要医治。这事例说到一个大臣的儿子快要死了。人类首先需要重生，其次需要满足，第三需要医治。我们多多少少都需要医治。就某种意义说，我们都在活着；但就另一种意义说，我们都在渐渐死去。一个刚出生的婴儿，他母亲会想到他是在渐渐长大，其实这婴儿是在渐渐死去。地上每个人都在渐渐死去。你若年轻，还不到三十岁，也许不觉得你是在渐渐死去。但是到了六、七十岁，你就领悟你是在渐渐死去。七十年的人生可比作七十块钱，活一年就等于花一块钱。所以，表面看来人是在活着，实际上却是在死去。这就是我不要我的儿孙为我庆生的缘故，因为生日告诉我，我是在渐渐死去。我们活着的日子是越过越少。我们都需要医治。

我们已经重生；我们可以日复一日接触主这活的灵，作我们的满足。此外，我们还需要医治。我们都病了，是快要死的人。我们是堕落的人，软弱、脆弱、垂死，需要主的医治。你若得着主耶稣的医治，你的死就要变成活。

 

Enlightenment:

This case, the third among the nine, reveals the dying people’s need of healing. This case concerns the son of a royal official who was about to die. Mankind firstly needs regeneration, secondly satisfaction, and thirdly healing. We all need a certain amount of healing. In a sense, we are living; in another sense, we all are dying. When a baby is newly born, his mother would think that he is growing. Actually the baby is dying. Everyone on earth is dying. If you are young, still under thirty years of age, you may not have the sense that you are dying. However, when you reach the age of sixty or seventy, you realize that you are dying. A life span of seventy years may be likened to seventy dollars. Each year that is lived is the equivalent of spending a dollar. So, human beings are apparently living, but actually dying. This is why I do not ask my children or grandchildren to celebrate my birthday, for my birthday tells me that I am dying. The longer we live, the less time we have to live.  We all need healing.

We have been regenerated and, day by day, we may contact the Lord, the living Spirit, for our satisfaction. In addition to this, we need healing. We are all sick and dying people. We are fallen people, weak and fragile, who are dying and who need the Lord’s healing. If you have the healing of the Lord Jesus, your dying will become living.