【读圣经学英语】你爱我比这些更深么?

【读圣经学英语】你爱我比这些更深么?

约翰福音-John 21章14~15节

21:14 耶稣从死人中复活以后,向门徒显现,这是第三次。
This was now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples after He had been raised from the dead.
21:15 他们吃完了早饭,耶稣对西门彼得说,约翰的儿子西门,你爱我比这些更深么?彼得对祂说,主啊,是的,你知道我爱你。耶稣对他说,你喂养我的小羊。
Then when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

Enlightenment:

The Lord was here restoring Peter’s love toward Him. Peter did have a heart to love the Lord, but he was too confident of his own strength, his natural strength. His love for the Lord was precious, but his natural strength had to be denied and dealt with. The Lord allowed him to utterly fail by denying Him to His face three times (18:17, 25, 27) so that his natural strength and his self-confidence might be dealt with. Furthermore, Peter had just taken the lead in backsliding from the Lord’s call. His natural confidence in his love toward the Lord must also have been dealt with by this failure. Since he might have been somewhat disappointed, the Lord came to restore his love toward Him, to charge him with the shepherding of His church, and to prepare him for his martyrdom, so that he would not follow Him with any confidence in his natural strength.

亮光

主在这里恢复彼得对祂的爱。彼得的确有心爱主,但他太信任自己的力量,天然的力量。他对主的爱是可贵的,但他天然的力量必须被否认、受对付。主许可他彻底失败,三次当面否认主,(约十八17,25,27,)好使他天然的力量和自信受到对付。不仅如此,他刚刚还领头从主的呼召退后,他在爱主的天然自信上,也必因着这次失败受到对付;这使他多少有点灰心。因此,主来恢复彼得对祂的爱,嘱咐他牧养主的召会,并为日后的殉道预备他,使他不再信靠天然的力量跟从主。