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马可福音 · 08 ·【看见】
耶稣给四千人吃饱
（太15·32－39）
1那时，又有许多人聚集，并没有什么吃的。耶稣叫门徒来，说：
2“我怜悯这众人；因为他们同我在这里已经三天，也没有吃的了。
3我若打发他们饿着回家，就必在路上困乏，因为其中有从远处来的。”
4门徒回答说：“在这野地，从哪里能得饼，叫这些人吃饱呢？”
5耶稣问他们说：“你们有多少饼？”他们说：“七个。”
6他吩咐众人坐在地上，就拿着这七个饼祝谢了，擘开，递给门徒，叫他们摆开，门徒就摆在众人面前。
7又有几条小鱼；耶稣祝了福，就吩咐也摆在众人面前。
8众人都吃，并且吃饱了，收拾剩下的零碎，有七筐子。
9人数约有四千。耶稣打发他们走了，
10随即同门徒上船，来到大玛努他境内。
（1）我们日用的饮食都来自于神的赐予。
（2-3）主耶稣的福音传播久远，人们为了主远途奔赴追随而来。主的怜悯源于主的爱。没有主的灵粮的供应，必会导致我们的乏力和困顿，也必导致我们信仰上的动摇。
主耶稣基督不仅关注门徒们的属灵成长，而且顾念门徒们的生活日常。（4-5）门徒们似乎对于主耶稣上次五饼二鱼的神迹产生了集体遗忘。主知道牧养的操练不是一蹴而就的。
（6-7）主吩咐众人坐着——拿饼祝谢——擘饼——递给门徒——摆在众人面前。这已经是主耶稣第二次亲身示范圣餐的仪式了，这背后有着深刻的属灵含义和丰满的恩典：
a，我们能享受丰富的食物供应，是完全来自神的恩赐，并非我们的行为所致，“坐等”就是我们唯一要做的；
b，主耶稣“拿饼祝谢”是在明确表明天上的父神是宇宙间唯一的造物主，是一切食物的根本来源，我们每天当感谢神的供给。一粒死了麦粒播种在沃土里会长出多枝的麦穗，再会结出更多饱满的麦粒。“饼”是饱满的麦粒被磨碎之后而得的；
c，“主擘开饼”，就是主耶稣按照父神伟大的救赎计划：主动把自己的圣洁无罪的身体献上作为赎愆祭的祭物，救赎我们有罪的生命。主擘开饼就是擘开自己的身体，把自己分享给我们，以便让祂进入我们的身体实现联合；
d，“递给门徒”，这是一个再明确不过的奥秘启示：门徒们的属灵供应只能来自于主耶稣主动的恩赐给予！也豫表门徒们领受福音以后要担负传道的事工。
e，“摆在众人面前”——门徒们把主的福音传扬到每个人的面前，你们欣然接受还是视而不见地回避加抵抗，是需要还没有归信主福音之人好好地思量了，毕竟“时间近了”“日子满了”。
f，从“饼和鱼”的字面上扩展开来看，凡神创造的一切陆地上和水族里的植物和动物的物类都是天上父神刻意而有心给予人类的食物来源，人类都是可以食用；但是，从其字面背后所隐藏的属灵层面看，则满是主耶稣对我们深厚的关爱和丰满的恩典：“饼”是祂自己的身体；“鱼”是我们得救之人（“来跟从我！我要叫你们得人如得鱼一样。”——马太福音4:19和马可福音1:17）。
（8）主的恩典足够而有余。
（9）福音是属于全人类的，而不是某些一小撮人；恩赐是来自天上的财富，越是付出越是得着，越是分享越是满足。传播福音既是追随主的责任，也是积累属天财富的喜乐。
（10）主在，船稳。船所到之处，即是教会建立之地，也是福音传播之范围，更是主耶稣基督亲临掌权之国度！
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Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
1In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them,
2“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
3And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.”
4And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?”
5And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
6And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.
7And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them.
8And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.
9And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.
10And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.
(1) Our daily diet comes from God's gift.
(2-3) The gospel of the Lord Jesus has been spread for a long time, and people have come to follow him for the Lord. The Lord's mercy comes from the Lord's love. Without the supply of the Lord's spiritual food, it will definitely lead to our weakness and trouble, and it will also lead to the shaking of our faith.The Lord Jesus Christ not only pays attention to the spiritual growth of the disciples, but also remembers the daily life of the disciples.
(4-5) The disciples seem to have collectively forgotten the miracle of the Lord Jesus last time with five loaves and two fish. The Lord knows that pastoral exercises are not achieved overnight.
(6-7) The Lord commanded the people to sit down - take the bread to give thanks - the bread - give it to the disciples - and put it in front of the people. This is the second time that the Lord Jesus personally demonstrated the Eucharist, behind which there is a profound spiritual meaning and full grace:
A. We can enjoy the abundant food supply, which is entirely from God's gift, not because of our behavior. "Sit and wait" is the only thing we want to do;
B. The Lord Jesus "thank you with bread" clearly shows that God the Father in heaven is the only Creator in the universe and the fundamental source of all food. We should thank God for his supply every day. A grain of dead wheat will grow many ears of wheat in the fertile soil, and then more full wheat grains will be sown. "Cake" is obtained after the full grains of wheat are ground;
C, "The Lord opened the bread", that is, the Lord Jesus, according to the great redemption plan of God the Father: take the initiative to offer his holy and innocent body as a sacrifice to redeem our sinful lives. The Lord's opening of the bread is to open his own body and share himself with us so that He can enter our body to unite;
D, "Give it to the disciples", this is a clear and mysterious revelation: the spiritual supply of the disciples can only come from the gift of the Lord Jesus! It is also announced that the disciples will undertake the ministry of preaching after receiving the gospel.
E, "put it in front of everyone" - The disciples preached the gospel of the Lord to everyone. Whether you accept it willingly or turn a blind eye to avoid and resist, it is necessary for those who have not returned to the gospel of the Lord to think carefully. After all, "the time is near" and "the days are full".
F, From the literal expansion of "bread and fish", all the plants and animals on land and in the water created by God are the food sources deliberately and deliberately given to human beings by the Father in heaven, and human beings are edible; however, from the spiritual level hidden behind them literally, the Lord Jesus is full of deep in us. Thick love and abundant grace: "bread" is his own body; "fish" is our saved person ("Come and follow me! I will give you man as fish." - Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17).
(8) The grace of the Lord is sufficient and more than enough.
(9) The gospel belongs to all mankind, not to a small handful of people; gifts are wealth from heaven. The more you give, the more you get, and the more you share, the more satisfied you are. Spreading the gospel is not only the responsibility of following the Lord, but also the joy of accumulating heavenly wealth.
(10) The Lord is here, and the boat is stable. Wherever the ship goes, it is the place where the church is established, it is also the scope of evangelism, and it is also the country where the Lord Jesus Christ is in power!
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求主显个神迹
（太16·1－4）
（11）法利赛人不相信主耶稣神儿子的身份，但是又听说了主耶稣在各地行使的神迹，所以要试探主耶稣显示一个来自天上的神迹。（法利赛人就是表征着沉湎于宗教里的传道人。）
（12）主耶稣面对法利赛人的试探深感叹息，为什么？法利赛人口口声声是最爱神最了解神的族类，却看不清此刻站在面前的神的独子，还心里刚硬试图试探主耶稣。
主耶稣的话语表明这个世代不配有神迹！法利赛人应该求认罪并悔改，而不该求神迹。
（13）人对于神的救恩，首先的态度是认罪并悔改，其次是顺服敬拜，然后才是追随高举。相反，如果人心里强硬地拒绝主耶稣基督的福音，那么救恩会离开，真理会隐藏。
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The Pharisees Demand a Sign
11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
12And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
13And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.
(11) The Pharisees did not believe in the identity of the Son of God of the Lord Jesus, but they had heard of the miracles of the Lord Jesus in various places, so they wanted to test the Lord Jesus to show a miracle from heaven. ( The Pharisees are the representative of preachers immersed in religion.)
(12) The Lord Jesus sighed deeply in the face of the trial of the Pharisees. Why? The Pharisees said that he loved God the most and knew God the most, but he could not see the only son of God standing in front of him at this moment, and he was still trying to test the Lord Jesus in his heart.
The words of the Lord Jesus show that this generation is not equipped with miracles! The Pharisees should ask for confession and repentance, not miracles.
(13) For God's salvation, the first attitude of people is to confess their sins and repent, the second is to obey and worship, and then to follow and hold up. On the contrary, if people strongly reject the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, then salvation will leave and the truth will be hidden.
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防备法利赛人和希律的酵
（太16·5－12）
14门徒忘了带饼；在船上除了一个饼，没有别的食物。
15耶稣嘱咐他们说：“你们要谨慎，防备法利赛人的酵和希律的酵。”
16他们彼此议论说：“这是因为我们没有饼吧。”
17耶稣看出来，就说：“你们为什么因为没有饼就议论呢？你们还不省悟，还不明白吗？你们的心还是愚顽吗？
18你们有眼睛，看不见吗？有耳朵，听不见吗？也不记得吗？
19我擘开那五个饼分给五千人，你们收拾的零碎装满了多少篮子呢？”他们说：“十二个。”
20“又擘开那七个饼分给四千人，你们收拾的零碎装满了多少筐子呢？”他们说：“七个。”
21耶稣说：“你们还是不明白吗？”
（15）主耶稣提醒门徒需要打起精神，时刻谨防法利赛人和希律王的教训的诱惑：法利赛人是假冒为善的宗教代表，嘴里爱着神，心灵与身体却满是淫乱和背叛；希律王是以色列这地上世界的代表，成天沉浸与权利争夺和宴乐享受，虽口口声声敬重义人与圣人，但一转身就杀人取乐。主耶稣在这里用了“酵”这个词，就是在表达两种“属灵”和“属世”的诱惑是极具感染力和传播力的，像“酵母”一样会迅速膨胀扩大。
（17）主耶稣责备门徒：你们整天跟随我，你们有眼睛，但“熟视无睹”；你们有耳朵，但“充耳不闻”；你们有脑子，但“忘怀日久”；你们有心，但为什么还是愚顽呢？你们怎么就不明白呢？！
（18-21）主耶稣讲述上两次的喂饱民众的神迹的真正目的：你们必须要完全明白我所言所行背后表达的真正豫表；我说的是属天国的看见，你们不要盯着属地的世界看；我说的是属灵的生命，你们不要盯着你们天然的肉体看。
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The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
14Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
15And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
16And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.
17And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
18Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?
19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.”
20“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.”
21And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”
(15) The Lord Jesus reminded his disciples that they need to cheer up and always beware of the temptation of the lessons of the Pharisees and King Herod: the Pharisees were representatives of a hypocritical religion, loving God with their mouths, but their hearts and bodies were full of promiscuity and betrayal; King Herod was the representative of the earthly world of Israel. He was immersed in the struggle for power and feasts all day day round. Although they respected the righteous and saints, they killed people for pleasure as soon as they turned around.
The Lord Jesus used the word "yeast" here, that is, to express the temptations of "spiritual" and "worldly", which are extremely infectious and communicative, and will expand rapidly like "yeast".(17) The Lord Jesus rebuked his disciples: You follow me all day long, you have eyes, but you "see blindly"; you have ears, but you are "blind"; you have brains, but you "forget "; you have a heart, but why are you still stubborn? Why don't you understand?!
(18-21) The Lord Jesus talked about the true purpose of the miracles of feeding the people twice: You must fully understand the true expression behind my words and deeds; I am talking about the view of the kingdom of heaven, and you should not stare at the earth and the world; I am talking about spiritual life, and you should not stare at your natural flesh.
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治好伯赛大的瞎子
22他们来到伯赛大，有人带一个瞎子来，求耶稣摸他。
23耶稣拉着瞎子的手，领他到村外，就吐唾沫在他眼睛上，按手在他身上，问他说：“你看见什么了？”
24他就抬头一看，说：“我看见人了；他们好像树木，并且行走。”
25随后又按手在他眼睛上，他定睛一看，就复了原，样样都看得清楚了。
26耶稣打发他回家，说：“连这村子你也不要进去。”
在四福音书中记录着多次主耶稣医治瞎子使之得以看见的神迹。
就方法而言，用话语，用手按，用吐沫和泥再去水洗；
就场景而言，都是公开场合；
就疗效而言，有“治好了”，有“看见了”，有“眼开了”；
就时间而言，都是一次解决。
显然，这一次的医治颇费了些周折，从中可以看出主耶稣不辞辛劳的医治背后的良苦用心。我们可以从马可的详尽记录中从新复盘一下：
1，主耶稣让瞎子眼开的神迹在民间传扬，这个瞎子听闻后就请人帮忙把他带到主耶稣面前，并央求主耶稣摸他，使他得医治；
2，主耶稣接着完成一连串五个动作：拉着瞎子的手；领着他到村外；吐唾沫在他眼睛上；按手在他身上；问他看见了什么？
3，瞎子抬头一看就说：看见了人，人们像树木，行走；
4，随后，主耶稣又按手在瞎子眼睛上；
5，瞎子再定睛一看，就复了原，样样都看的清楚了。（“复了原”指如正常的健康人一样。）
主耶稣细心医治的背后是传达着神的属天的美意恩典的奥秘：
1，主耶稣基督的福音，就是让信的人得以看见天国的恩典，让罪人得以被拯救，使人复活得生命。听闻这福音的喜讯，我们总是愿意让传道的门徒把我们带到主耶稣基督的面前，我们认罪悔改恳请主的宽恕；
2，在主的引领下，牧师（或长老）领着我们，使我们全身沉浸于水下然后被门徒拉出水面，然后接受门徒们的祷告；
3，我们受了水洗浸礼，就是成了得救的人。我们成为主的门徒，在追随主敬拜主的路上我们对于主基督的认识是有一个由浅入深的过程,也是一个从模糊到清晰的过程。在我们的属灵生活中，我们总是过多地看到人，而很少看到基督，我们在真理路上的行走总是像树木一样地刻板和机械。
4，我们在完成水洗之后，我们渴慕圣灵的充满，那种时时刻刻的圣灵充满，渴望主耶稣基督用圣灵来完成对我们的施洗。
5，只有完成圣灵的施洗，我们才能成为得胜之人。我们才能看清真理，看清基督，并“样样都看得清楚了”。样样都看清的基督徒才能不至于不跌倒，才能进入神的国。
主把瞎子领到村外，说明主不希望把得救到得胜的奥秘公布于众；得救和得胜都是个人与主基督的单独行为；得救的人多，得胜的人少；祈求祷告的动作在我们，回应实施的主权在于主基督。
简单地说：得救的基督徒活在宗教里；得胜的基督徒活在真理里，活在基督里，活在天国里！得救的基督徒活在地上的教会（神在地上的家），得胜的基督徒活在天上的教会（主耶稣基督的身体）。【***】
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Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him.
23And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.”
25Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
26And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
In the Four Gospels, it is recorded many miracles that the Lord Jesus healed the blind so that they could see.
In terms of methods, use words, press with your hands, and then wash with foam and mud;
As far as the scene is concerned, it is a public place;
In terms of therapeutic effect, there are "cured", "seed" and "opened";
In terms of time, it can be solved at once.
Obviously, this healing has been quite difficult, from which we can see the good intentions behind the hard work of the Lord Jesus. We can review it from Mark's detailed record:
1. The Lord Jesus spread the miracle of the blind man's eyes among the people. After hearing this, the blind man asked someone to help bring him before the Lord Jesus, and begged the Lord Jesus to touch him so that he could be healed;
2. The Lord Jesus then completed a series of five actions: holding the blind man's hand; leading him out of the village; spitting on his eyes; laying his hand on him; asking him what he saw?
3. The blind man looked up and said: Seeing people, people are like trees, walking;
4. Then, the Lord Jesus pressed his hand on the eyes of the blind;
5. When the blind man fixed his eyes again, he recovered and saw everything clearly。("Restored" refers to a normal healthy person.)
Behind the careful healing of the Lord Jesus is the mystery of God's heavenly grace：
1. The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is to let believers see the grace of the kingdom of heaven, that sinners can be saved, and people can be resurrected for life. Hearing the good news of the gospel, we are always willing to let the preaching disciples bring us before the Lord Jesus Christ. We confess our sins and repent and beg for forgiveness from the Lord;
2. Under the guidance of the Lord, the priest (or elder) leads us to immerse our whole body in the water and then be pulled out of the water by the disciples, and then accept the prayers of the disciples;
3. When we are baptised in water, we become saved. As we become disciples of the Lord, our knowledge of Christ in the way of following and worshipping the Lord is a process from shallow to deep, and from vague to clear. In our spiritual life, we always see too much of man and too little of Christ, and our walk on the path of truth is always as rigid and mechanical as trees.
4, After we have completed our water baptism, we long for the filling of the Holy Spirit, that hourly filling of the Holy Spirit, and for the Lord Jesus Christ to finish baptising us with the Holy Spirit.
5. Only by completing the baptism of the Holy Spirit can we become the winners. Only then can we see the truth clearly, see Christ clearly, and "see everything clearly". Christians who see everything clearly can enter the kingdom of God without falling.
The fact that the Lord led the blind man out of the village shows that He did not wish to make public the mystery of salvation to victory; that salvation and victory are individual acts with Christ alone; that there are many who are saved, but few who are victorious; that the action of supplicating and praying is ours, and the sovereignty of answering and carrying it out rests with Christ the Lord.
Simply put: saved Christians live in religion; victorious Christians live in truth, Christ, and heaven! The saved Christians live in the church on earth (God's home on earth), and the victory Christians live in the church in heaven （The body of the Lord Jesus Christ).【***】
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彼得认耶稣为基督
（太16·13－20；路9·18－21）
27耶稣和门徒出去，往凯撒利亚腓立比村庄去；在路上问门徒说：“人说我是谁？”
28他们说：“有人说是施洗的约翰；有人说是以利亚；又有人说是先知里的一位。”
29又问他们说：“你们说我是谁？”彼得回答说：“你是基督。”
30耶稣就禁戒他们，不要告诉人。
（27-28）“人说我是谁？”
意思是：世界上的世人（不信主的人）如何看待我？他们认为我是谁？
“施洗约翰”：与耶稣一样都施行认罪悔改的洗。、
“以利亚”：弥赛亚再来之前的先锋。
“先知之一”：承接旧约的预言传承，是几千年来的众先知之一。
（29-30）“你们说我是谁？”
意思为：门徒们（信主的人）如何认知我？你们确定我是谁？
“你是基督”：就是希伯来文里的“弥赛亚”，是“受膏者”（指神选的君王，祭司和先知）。
彼得虽看见并口称耶稣为基督，但是如所有得救者一样对主耶稣的认知是模糊的，是没有“样样都看得清楚了”。
（30）主耶稣要求门徒们的禁戒表明父神的计划尚未完成，主耶稣的荣耀尚未获得。
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Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ
27And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
28And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
29And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”
30And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
(27-28) "Who do people say I am?"
It means: What do people in the world (people who don't believe in God) think of me? Who do they think I am?
"John the Baptist": Like Jesus, they all practiced the baptism of confession and repentance.
"Elijah": the pioneer before the Messiah came again.
"One of the Prophets": who undertakes the prophecy inheritance of the Old Testament, he is one of the prophets for thousands of years.
(27-28) "Who do people say I am?"
It means: What do people in the world (people who don't believe in God) think of me? Who do they think I am?
"You are the Christ": "Messiah" in Hebrew is the "anointed one" (referring to the kings, priests and prophets chosen by God).
Although Peter saw and called Jesus Christ, like all the Saviors, his understanding of the Lord Jesus was vague, and he did not "see everything clearly".
(30) The prohibition requested by the Lord Jesus to his disciples shows that God the Father's plan has not been completed and the glory of the Lord Jesus has not been obtained.
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耶稣预言受难和复活
（太16·21－28；路9·22－27）
31从此，他教训他们说：“人子必须受许多的苦，被长老、祭司长，和文士弃绝，并且被杀，过三天复活。”
32耶稣明明地说这话，彼得就拉着他，劝他。
33耶稣转过来，看着门徒，就责备彼得说：“撒但，退我后边去吧！因为你不体贴 神的意思，只体贴人的意思。”
34于是叫众人和门徒来，对他们说：“若有人要跟从我，就当舍己，背起他的十字架来跟从我。
35因为，凡要救自己生命（“生命”或作“灵魂”。下同）的，必丧掉生命；凡为我和福音丧掉生命的，必救了生命。
36人就是赚得全世界，赔上自己的生命，有什么益处呢？
37人还能拿什么换生命呢？
38凡在这淫乱罪恶的世代，把我和我的道当作可耻的，人子在他父的荣耀里，同圣天使降临的时候，也要把那人当作可耻的。”
（31）主耶稣在与门徒强调接下来要显现的神救赎的伟大计划：人子受苦，被宗教领袖们弃绝，人子被杀/被钉十字架，死后三天复活。
（32）很显然，彼得刚才对耶稣是基督的看见是模糊的，实际上并没有真正的看清。彼得对于耶稣的劝说表明他无法接受也无法理解主耶稣接下去的苦难，更不明白死后第三日的复活。
（33）我们还记得魔鬼撒旦对主耶稣在旷野的40天的试探吗（马太福音4:1-11）？撒旦许诺给主耶稣的所有荣华富贵都是基于引诱主耶稣要脱离神的计划，现在彼得的想法与撒旦异曲同工：没有属天，只有属世；没有神，只有世界。（ 那个在伯赛大的瞎子刚看见时的情形也是这样，只看见人，像树木，在行走。）
主耶稣在责备彼得的同时也是在告诫我们这些追随主基督的门徒，不要用属天然血气的肉体的视角来看待神的计划和神的善意！
（34）什么是“舍己”？就是完全顺服神的旨意，彻底放弃以自己的自我为中心。什么是“十字架”的功课？就是如主耶稣那样：放弃世界的享乐；放弃自我，处处以神为首先，为中心；忍受外邦君王和民众的抵抗和羞辱；宽容原谅伤害自己的仇敌；忍受宗教人士的误解和抵触；为福音可以舍弃自己的肉体生命；传扬福音，即便在生命的最后一刻。
（35）凡要拯救自己天然的生命的人，必会丧失掉自己的肉体生命；一个人凡是为了主耶稣基督和福音而丧失掉自己肉体生命的，必然会拯救自己永恒的属灵的生命。
（36-37）世界的王就是撒旦。人，即便拥有了属世的权力，财富和名望而失去属天永恒的属灵生命的机会，又有何用？真实毫无益处！人啊，生命才是本质啊！没有什么东西可以拿来兑换那属天的永恒的永活的属灵的生命！
（38）为什么说这是一个淫乱罪恶的时代？在主看来，这世界一分为二，信神的和不信神的。信神的那部分人，在与神的关系里，背离神的旨意，对神不忠贞，患了淫乱的罪孽：一方面口口声声敬拜唯一真神，但同时崇拜其他假神，追求人造偶像，追逐属世权柄，痴迷名望，贪迷玛门（金钱）。不信神的那部分，原本就从亚当而生，魔鬼藏心，罪孽传承，所以时代罪恶。
“我的道”：指主耶稣的教导和福音的恩典，涵盖了主的“认罪悔改”，“因信称义”和“十字架功课”等真理。
这淫乱和罪恶的时代里的人，凡把主耶稣基督和祂的道当作可耻的（表现是：隐藏主和主的道；轻蔑主和主的道；背弃主和主的道。）；当主耶稣基督带着王者的荣耀与圣天使再次降临的时候，也要将那人当作可耻的（结果是：远离救恩，与神国无份；宣判有罪，坠落火湖）。
（写于2024年12月24日，平安夜）
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Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
32And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
34And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
36For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
37For what can a man give in return for his soul?
38For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
(31) The Lord Jesus emphasized to his disciples the great plan of God's redemption to appear next: the Son of Man suffered and was rejected by religious leaders, the Son of Man was killed/crucified, and resurrected three days after death.
(32) It is clear that Peter had just had a vague vision of Jesus as the Christ, and in fact did not really see clearly. Peter's persuasion of Jesus showed that he could not accept or understand the suffering of the Lord Jesus that was to follow, much less the resurrection on the third day after His death.
(33) Do we still remember the 40-day temptation of the Lord Jesus in the wilderness by the devil Satan (Matthew 4:1-11)? All the glory and wealth that Satan promised to the Lord Jesus was based on the plan to seduce the Lord Jesus to leave God. Now Peter's idea is the same as that of Satan: there is no heaven, only the world; there is no God, only the world.(The situation was the same when the blind man in Bethesada first saw it. He only saw people, like trees, walking.)
While rebuking Peter, the Lord Jesus also warns us disciples who follow the Lord Christ not to look at God's plan and God's goodwill from the perspective of the natural flesh!
(34) What is "self-sacrifice"? It is to completely obey God's will and completely give up self-centeredness. What is the homework of "cross"? Just like the Lord Jesus: give up the pleasure of the world; give up yourself, put God first and center everywhere; endure the resistance and humiliation of foreign kings and people; tolerate and forgive enemies who hurt themselves; endure the misunderstanding and resistance of religious people; give up one's physical life for the gospel; preach the gospel, even in life The last moment.
(35) Anyone who wants to save his natural life will lose his physical life; anyone who loses his physical life for the Lord Jesus Christ and the gospel will surely save his eternal spiritual life.
(36) The king of the world is Satan. What good is it for a man to have earthly power, wealth and fame and lose the opportunity for eternal spiritual life in heaven?The truth is useless! Man, life is the essence! There is nothing to exchange for the eternal spiritual life of heaven!
(38) Why is it said that this is an era of lewdness and evil? In the Lord's opinion, the world is divided into two, believing in God and not believing in God. The part of those who believe in God, in their relationship with God, deviates from God's will, is unfaithful to God, and suffers from lewd sins: on the one hand, they worship the only true God, but at the same time worships other false gods, pursues artificial idols, pursues worldly power, is obsessed with fame, and is greedy for Maman (money). The part that does not believe in God was originally born from Adam. The devil hides his heart and sins are passed down, so the times are evil.
"My Words": refers to the teachings of the Lord Jesus and the grace of the gospel, covering the truths of the Lord's "concession and repentance", "justice by faith" and "the cross homework".
Whoever in this adulterous and sinful age treats the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word as shameful (manifested by: hiding the Lord and His Word; despising the Lord and His Word; turning their backs on the Lord and His Word.) ; and when the Lord Jesus Christ comes again in the glory of the King with the holy angels, that person will also be treated as shameful (resulting in: turning away from salvation and having no part in the Kingdom of God; pronouncing a sentence of condemnation and falling into the lake of fire).
(Writen on December 24, 2024, Christmas Eve)
