祂就是这么爱你

Apr 7, 2024

难道你不知道,我可以请求我父马上派十二营以上的天使来保护我吗?(马太福音26:53)

十字架是普世公认的基督教象征。不管到任何地方,在尖塔或墓石上你都不可能看不到十字架。为什么折磨人的工具,对众多人来说,却象征着饶恕和希望?毕竟,我们不会在脖子上挂一个小小的纯金断头台,或者在教会的四壁陈列行刑队(枪击之类)的复制品。答案可以在十字架本身找到。横梁象征着上帝之爱的广阔, 这爱囊括了我们所有的人。竖梁象征着上帝之爱的高深,从最高贵到最卑微的人,这爱都能触及。这就是上帝能够公正和仁慈而没有降低标准的原因,也是祂能够救赎而没有惩罚我们的原因。“因为上帝爱世人,甚至将祂独一的儿子赐给他们,叫一切信祂的人不致灭亡,反得永生。”(约翰福音3:16)感恩的是经文没有说上帝只爱富人或名人,貌美或稳重的人,不然我们所有人都麻烦了!如果你活在这个世上,你就被包括在祂所爱的“世人”当中。耶稣不必死,但祂选择了死!祂告诉捕快:“难道你不知道,我可以请求我父马上派十二营以上的天使来保护我吗?我若这样做,圣经上有关这事必如此发生的话又怎能应验呢?”陆可铎(Max Lucado)写道:“在锤子后面的势力并不是那群愤怒的暴徒,抓锤柄的手并不是罗马步兵……裁决并不是出自妒火中烧的犹太人。耶稣自己选择了钉子。如果那个士兵犹豫不决,耶稣就会挥锤自戕了。”祂就是这么爱你。

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