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每日活灵(312)…
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「既知道人称义，不是因行律法，乃是因信耶稣基督，连我们也信了基督耶稣，使我们因信基督称义，不因行律法称义；因为凡有血气的，没有一人因行律法称义。」【加2: 16】
基督耶稣在十字架上已经满足了律法的要求，除祂以外，没有人能尽律法上的义；我们必须借着信心，与耶稣基督联合，在祂里面，因祂作我们的义，才能在神面前称义。
称义是神白白恩典的一个赏赐；并不是人的品德或行为的结果。信心最大的表现，还不在于人相信、倚靠、等候神来作工，而是在于人停止自己的工作。
在旧约时代里，神照着律法接纳人。人若要被神接纳，就必须达到律法的标准。但今天神接纳我们不是照着律法，乃是照着我们是否相信基督耶稣。因此，今天神接纳我们乃是基于我们的信心。在基督里己得着复活的新生命。
神不再照着律法的规条对待信徒，这不是说，旧律法的诫命已经废除了。例如，旧律法的头两条诫命是论到不可有别的神，以及不可雕刻偶像。说律法的规条已经废除了，意思不是这些诫命已经废除了。照着新约，这些诫命反而被强调、加强并且提高了。
赐生命之灵的律释放我们，使我们不必去随从肉体行事。十字架治死我们的天然和肉体的经历，是单单注视基督，并活在基督生命里的自然后果，也是我们摸着藉着基督的明证。
没有藉着基督而要有十字架的经历，必属于人工的假冒；没有十字架的经历而说在基督里，也必是假冒为善的自欺。
内心贪婪的欲望是罪恶的根源；贪婪的人迟早会被引诱离开神，因为财物会夺去他的心、时间、甚至性命。旧约告诉我们不可造物质的形像，但新约告诉我们，连贪婪都是一种拜偶像。贪心是一个偶像。由此可见，关于拜偶像的诫命就提高了。
不错，律法的规条已经废除了，但律法的诫命没有废除。关于孝敬父母的诫命从来没有废除。在新约里，也重申、加强并且提高这条诫命。今天我们必须在基督里必须比从前的以色列人更加孝敬父母。彰显并履行神的旨意。奉主蒙恩! 阿们!
每日活灵(310)…
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「只是我告诉你们：凡向弟兄动怒的，难免受审断；凡骂弟兄是拉加的，难免公会的审断；凡骂弟兄是魔利的，难免地狱的火。」【太5: 22】
旧时代的律法是对付杀人的行为，国度的新律法却是对付怒气，也就是杀人的动机。因此，国度新律法的要求，比旧时代律法的要求更深，需要新造更高级得胜的生命来应付。信徒不可以轻看、藐视弟兄。千万不要随便说话，随便骂人，随便责备人；主看所有不是出于爱的，都是另一形式的杀人。
虽然导致杀人的怒气和仇恨不受世间法庭的审判，但在天国里一样要受到审判。地狱里永远的刑罚，也表明拒绝创造主的人，就像垃圾一样失去了被造的机会。
传统的、传说的，都是外表的、字句的；只有神儿子直接的启示，才摸着属灵的实际。主不喜欢有一个属乎祂的人无缘无故地发脾气，随便地动怒，特别是生弟兄的气，向弟兄动怒，这都不对，而要听主劝说，快快的听、慢慢的说，不可动怒。
主重视我们说话时心里面的动机，凡从我们老我生命、肉体、老亚当出来的话，都要受到审判。
我们最难做到的就是控制自己的舌头、自己的怒气。有些人似乎很温和，但他们发脾气时，他们的怒气就像一匹野马。当人的怒气发出来，再也勒不住、也控制不了，禍也随之降臨。
信徒们不要失望，当彼此鼓励。我们在基督里都有得胜的生命。我们是国度里的子民，我们里面有主的居所。祂是君尊、得胜的生命。不是看自己。若看自己，会完全灰心失败。必须专注你里面拥有君尊的生命。乃是这生命使我们成为基督国度里的子民。忘掉你老我的生命，跟随这君尊来獲得得胜的生命。奉主蒙恩! 阿们!
?真实的恩典[29…
音频 三分钟
那地方的人问到他的妻子，他便说：那是我的妹子。原来他怕说：是我的妻子；他心里想：恐怕这地方的人为利百加的缘故杀我，因为她容貌俊美。【创26:7】
以撒的人生充满着祝福。顺服就蒙福。面对生命的每一个十字路口，要不断的练习。可能刚好那天蒙对了，但是，其实，下一次再考的时候，我就乱蒙的，就蒙错了，以致于我自己知道我不是真的会，我只是那个时候刚好乱蒙。
在人生里面，面对上帝给我们的考卷也是这样。顺服这样的功课不是一蹴可就，一次就学会了。其实是一个生命成长的过程。每一次面对这样的难题，靠着神的恩典，做一个对的决定。
而接下来呢，亚伯拉罕也面对过，日光之下，没有新事。以撒碰到的许多的事，他爸爸都碰过。饥荒爸爸碰过；老婆长得很漂亮，怕别人因为老婆伤害他，真的，人生有很多的考古题是圣经上这些人他们走过的路，其实有一天你我也会走过。
以撒，当他来到了基拉耳这个地方，别人在打听他的老婆，他就害怕了。恐怕这地方的人为利百加的缘故就杀我，因为利百加容貌俊美。这里面有两个词，第一个词是以撒害怕。因为他心中恐怕。恐怕的事情不是已经发生了，是他自己吓自己。让他害怕。有人来抢他的老婆吗？
我们的神是保守你的，祂保守你像眼中的瞳人。但是，你心中允许仇敌让你的眼光一直在看问题、看难处、看风浪，越看越害怕。你应该勇敢的站起来，对撒但说，撒但，退我后面去。是，问题很大、很困难，然而，主保守我，祂的恩典够用。转眼仰望神，拒绝心中那个自己吓自己的恐怕。
君子之德是风，小人之德是草。草上如果有风，那个草就会倒。那个意思就是说，那些站在大位上的人，他们做事情的一些榜样会影响到下面的人，下面的人会跟着。亚伯拉罕在这样的事上跌倒，他的儿子跟着跌倒。所以求神帮助我们，让我们能够做一个对的决定，不只为自己，也为着你所影响到的许多人。感谢神 ! 奉主蒙恩! 阿们 !
?真实的恩典[27…
我领你们进入肥美之地，使你们得吃其中的果子和美物；但你们进入的时候就玷污我的地，（耶2:7）
神对他们说，我把你们带到一个这么好的地方，结果你们把这个地方搞成这样，你们玷污了这个地方。圣经里面有一句话说得真好，祂说我们这些属乎神的人，我们能不能与蒙召的恩相称？上帝给我们这么大的一个恩典，把我这个原来死在罪恶过犯当中的人带进上帝的祝福里，上帝在乎的哪里是我们有没有捐献，上帝在乎的不是我们有没有一些宗教的形式，祂更在乎的是我的生命里面有没有因为祂给我一个新的生命，我也可以活出一个不一样的生活来，而不是一个外在的宗教的形式。
神在乎的是我的生命愿不愿意真的离开那些黑暗，进到光明当中。
当我们愿意回应神透过圣经、透过我们听到的信息，有的时候甚至透过一首诗歌，更多的时候，可能就是圣灵在我们里面的一个感动；当那些提醒、光照临到我的生命当中的时候，如果我愿意回应神说，主啊，我听见了，我知道你在责备我。
神在圣经里面说，祂从早，也就是从一开始的时候，就不断的差派先知去提醒他们，挽回他们，甚至大声地喊叫，希望他们改变。可是他们一直没有。圣经上讲到说，这些包括祭司—宗教上的领袖，包括那些传讲神话语的人，以及百姓的官长，政治、社会上的这些领袖，先知，这些人被神责备。这些人是神设立他们成为领袖。
羊是很可爱的动物，但是羊有时候傻傻的，牠们就是低着头，跟着前面那个人走。神也呼召我们成为一个全时间事奉上帝的一个传道人。
我们是一个照着圣经的原则把弟兄姊妹带到祝福里的人，还是一个就是那个闷着头走错路，然后让许多人跟我一起走错路，掉到悬崖里去的人呢？求主帮助我们，上帝在你的生活当中也有一群人是你可以影响他们的，对这一群人，可能是你的家人，可能是你的小组组员，可能是你办公室里面一群人；
你在那群人当中是有影响力的，但愿我们都不像当年的那些领袖，是把人带错路了，而能够靠着神的恩典，给我们一个属灵的敏锐，把我们周围那些愿意跟着我们一起，我们对他们有影响力的人，带到上帝的祝福里。奉主蒙恩! 阿们!
?真实的恩典[30…
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这事临到你身上，不是你自招的吗？不是因耶和华─你神引你行路的时候，你离弃祂吗？【耶2:17】
耶利米书是圣经里面的一卷先知书，神透过一个先知向那个时代说话，而这些神对那个时代所说的话被记载在圣经里，就表示神要透过圣经也仍然继续在历世历代向你我说话。
在耶利米的世代，那个大环境里面，人越走离神越远，越来越往下走，而在今天这个世代里面，神也常常透过那个时候耶利米说的话，对我说，也提醒我，我是不是也正在越来越往下走，而这里面其实都是人的一生充满各式各样的决定，但是当我们要面对这些决定的时候，我都要承担那个结果。
许多的决定有的也许懊恼，我转一转就回来了；但是有更多的时候，那些决定所带来的结果我要付很大的代价去承担。好像当时的以色列人，神对他们说，你们现在所遭遇的这些事，他们遇到很多别国来侵占他们、欺负他们，他们落到很不好的光景里。他说这些事情临到你们身上不是你们自招的吗？就是你们自讨苦吃嘛！是你们自己找的，你们自食恶果。
那因为你做了这样的一个决定，你往那条路上去走，就一定会碰到这些事。那个决定叫作离弃神。我求神恩待我们，帮助我们在上帝的恩典当中，“自招”的这两个字给我们一个很深的提醒。
在我的生命当中，我也曾经面对许许多多的一些重要的决定。我非常感恩的是，常常面对重要的决定的时候，我都有一些我的想法，我要这样，我要那样做，我今天就是打定主意了，我就是要这样。可是很多的时候，成为一个基督徒，生命里面有一个很宝贵的恩典，就是圣灵在我们里面会踩煞车。那个时刻，真的就是你的决定，有一个是我里面的我说的，我翻脸；另外一个是说，停下来，让我替你解决这个问题。
你也正在面对生命当中的两个不同的声音吗？我非要这样不可，神说不要。接下来是我们的选择，容许我恭恭敬敬的对你说，不管你做任何一个选择，我们都要承担后果。感谢神 ! 奉主蒙恩 ! 阿们 !
生命福音[145]…
音频 三分
「因为这是我立约的血，为多人流出来，使罪得赦。」【太26: 28】
信心是我们属灵的眼睛，使我们藉以看见那肉眼所不能看见的主，因此与祂亲密相交，并且爱祂。因信而爱，而非因眼见的爱，这种爱必蒙神悦纳。
信心是我们在百般的试炼中，仍有大喜乐的原因；信徒享用神的恩典，就在于此。基督徒能否喜乐，并不取决于地上环境的顺逆，而是因那位已经复活并被升为至高、如今在神右边的基督。没有人可以夺去圣徒的喜乐，正如没有人可以侵犯神的主权。
诗人说：祂何等佳美！ 祂不排斥任何人。愿意的人可以到耶稣这里来白白取生命的水喝。祂对刚硬拒绝祂的人感到非常遗憾！ 主耶稣已经打开了监狱的门，现在借着祂的仆人到你这里来，请你走出来。
如果祂叫你离开王宫或乐园，被你所拒绝并不希奇。虽然亚当轻易地被骗离乐园；但基督是帶领你离开困境、困绑、地牢、和黑暗；祂要引领你得自由，难道你还在踌躇吗？祂的轭是容易的，祂的律法是自由；服事主就是自由。
不管你对祂的道路有什么成见，只要神是可信的，你会发现祂的道是安乐， 祂的路全是平安。你将会一生平安有喜乐跟随，也会在祂的道路上经历到神无限丰盛的恩典。
若有人认为拒绝神是小事；但你却正在藐视创造你的神；你也正在拒绝救主的慈悲和劝勉；如果你现在拒绝被说服悔改归正，那你也是抗拒圣灵的人。
主耶稣说，不要为那必坏的食物劳力，要为那存到永生的食物劳力，就是人子要赐给你们的，因为人子是父神所印证的。谦卑的人必吃得饱足，寻求耶和华的人必赞美他。愿你们的心永远活着。
神应许，若人肯悔改甘心听从，祂必降福，吃美物。万军之耶和华必为万民用肥甘设摆筵席，用陈酒和满髓的肥甘，并澄清的陈酒设摆筵席。耶和华指着自己的右手和大能的膀臂起誓说：我必不再将你的五谷给你仇敌做食物，外邦人也不再喝你劳碌得来的新酒。唯有那收割的要吃，并赞美耶和华，那聚敛的要在我圣所的院内喝。他们必不徒然劳碌，所生产的也不遭灾害，因为都是蒙耶和华赐福的后裔，他们的子孙也是如此。
人蒙神赐的资财、丰富、尊荣，以致他心里所愿的一样都不缺，若違反神旨意的人，祂必使他不能吃用，反有外人来吃用。这是虚空，也是祸患。他们种的是麦子，收的是荆棘，劳劳苦苦却毫无益处。
因耶和华的烈怒，你们必为自己的土产羞愧。他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风；所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗也不结实，即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。我们必须明白基督立约的血为多人流出来使罪得赦，我肯定要归回基督里，方可享用基督丰盛的复活生命。感谢神 ! 奉主蒙恩 ! 阿们 !
生命福音[144]…
音频 三分钟
「节期的末日，就是最大之日，耶稣站着高声说：『人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。」【约7: 37】
圣灵正运行在我们的心里，祂时时引导我们走正路。我们听神的话常感到心里发热，但总离不开自己的罪行，不肯顺服圣灵，也沒来就基督。
人生命中所得到的成就与享受，都有其「末日」- 拥有的财富、健康、事业、美满婚姻，都会有终结的一天；所以别完全浸沉在世界上短暂的享受中，而忽略了到主面前那永恒的国度里。
世间快乐达到极限之后，才会意识到这一切也不过是虚空的虚空；惟真正有智慧的人，不须等到那一日，有远见者就能及早醒悟绸缪。
人若没有「渴」的需求，就不会到主这里来「喝」；当人仍旧以属地的喜乐为满足时，就不会来追求属天的喜乐。
我们必须望断主之外的一切俗世繁华，才会转眼专一注目主自己。我们每次来到主面前，应当打开自己的心房，好好的享用祂的话语。耶稣基督就是生命的活泉，到祂那里就永远不渴。祂也是生命的糧，到祂那里也永远不餓 !
我们或许会像小撒母耳，主再三地叫他，他却不认得主的声音。这些行动就是圣灵的供应、呼召、和感动。我们要把握这个机会，我们要警醒知道是神眷顾我们的时候。
现在主耶稣张开双手要迎接受你。弟兄姐妹欢迎你到主这里来；一同认识主声音，一同享用主宴席。教会兴旺时，听到祂的声音就欢喜快乐：“我良人的声音”。何等的善、何等的美。感谢神 ! 奉主蒙恩 ! 阿们 !
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“Where are the nine?” Pastor Xiaofeng
Scripture: Luke 17:11 Jesus went to Jerusalem, passing through Samaria and Galilee. 【Luke 17:12】 Entering a village, ten maniacs of marijuana came towards them, standing far away. Luke 17:13 Say aloud, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. Luke 17:14 When Jesus saw it, he said to them, Go and show your body to the priests. They were clean when they went. Luke 17:15 One of them, seeing that he was well, returned to glory and God with a loud voice. Luke 17:16 And he fell at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. This man was a Samaritan. 【Luke 17:17】 Jesus said, Isn’t it ten who are cleansed? Where are the nine? Luke 17:18 Except this foreigner, will no one return to glory and God? Luke 17:19 And say to the man, Get up and go. Your letter saved you.Preface:Last week’s passage speaks of the office and duty of Christ’s servant, the incomparable grace to be a servant of Christ, the obedience to all commands of Christ is due, and obedience is not merit but duty and glory. It is not that God is harsh on us, ignoring our needs, only allowing us to sacrifice and consume our lives, but it is the love of Christ urging us to keep running, giving us more grace and power, joy and satisfaction in the process of service, and it is in this process that He Himself builds us up and makes our lives more abundant.Therefore, no one ever gave it to God first and God will pay it back to Him later (Rom 11:35), and it is always God who gives grace first, then grace, and then grace, grace. Today’s passage addresses the most basic duties of those who receive grace and God’s willingness to give greater, unexpected grace.Ten cannabis patientsIn this story, Luke first states the time and place of the event, or more precisely the context in which it occurred. This occurred on Jesus’ way to Jerusalem and indicates that Jesus was marching toward God’s time of passion. This reminds us that the signs and wonders that Jesus performed along the way all happened in the process toward this goal, and were for this goal. This is when John the Baptist had doubts in his heart and asked the Lord Jesus, “Is it you who is going to be?” Or do we wait for someone else? (Matthew 11:3), the Lord’s answer to him: “Go and tell John what you have heard and seen; That is, the blind see, the lame walk, the cleansing of the wind, the deaf see, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. Blessed is anyone who does not fall because of me” (Matthew 11:4-6). Even, the renunciation of Jesus by the grace of nine Jews here already implies the rejection of the Messiah by the Jews in Jerusalem.“Passing through Samaria and Galilee, into a village”And specifically indicate the peculiarities of this place, at the junction of Samaria and Galilee. Galilee, though despised by Jerusalem, belonged to the Jewish zone, and Samaria was completely condemned and rejected by Jerusalem because of its historical blood and faith mixed with Gentile paganism, and the Jews hated them even more than other Gentiles.Although the Jews regarded the Samaritans as impure in their faith, the Samaritans regarded the Torah as their canon, so those who were despised and despised were treated according to the laws and regulations of Leviticus. Lepers are to live in isolation, and they themselves “shall be torn apart and unkempt, covering their lips, and crying out, Unclean, unclean.” He is unclean in the days when plague is upon him, and since he is unclean, he will live alone outside the camp” (Lev. 13:45-46).As a result of their common suffering, the Jewish lepers and the Samaritans lived in a village (this so-called village may have been a quarantine colony specially prepared for lepers). Jews and Samaritans are far from each other, and those who are separated by them live together because of their isolation. Of course, they were forced to live in the same village (which is unlikely under normal circumstances), or they may still keep their distance from each other in their daily lives. But at the very least, being isolated by their own ethnic groups has in a sense allowed them to break through some of the barriers between their original ethnic groups. When the world is far from them, some kind of bondage of the world on them is also far from them. So much so that they could come together as a group of ten to seek Jesus. If suffering can awaken people from sin, break through some of the constraints of sin, and make people seek God, then suffering has meaning. But what pains God is that sinners, often when the pain is relieved, often slip into sin again and suffer a lot in vain. So what really keeps them away from each other is their distance from God, and what really brings people closer to each other is our closeness to God.“There are ten long cannabis winds coming on”The Lord Jesus came specifically for them so they could face Jesus. Although the village is isolated, it is not completely isolated, and the basic supplies of life still need to be sent by family and friends from the surrounding villages. Apparently, these ten cannabis patients somehow heard some things about Jesus, such as the signs and wonders that Jesus performed, many speculations and rumors about Jesus’ identity, and so on. So when they heard that Jesus had come to this village, they seized the opportunity and came to meet Jesus. Although they did not dare to get too close according to the rules of the law, only “stood far away,” they “cried out, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” Their courage to come to Jesus, their deepest desire for healing, and even in some ways, their daring to act and cry out through hearsay is already an expression of faith.Since it is a village, there may be more than these ten lepers. If there are other people, but only these ten lepers come to meet Jesus, it shows that the rest of the people are completely desperate in their hearts, and they have little hope for their own lives or healing. They also heard about Jesus’ fame and deeds, but it touched them little and expected nothing from Jesus. They were so dead in their hearts that they didn’t even have the slightest idea of getting up and trying to get a chance if they could be healed. And these ten people, regardless of their heart’s desires and thoughts, can come to Jesus to show that they have not given up on their lives, and they still have longing; The rest, though alive, are already dead. As long as there is still the breath of life, a little power to act, and a slight possibility, it means that God’s grace is still there, then we should seize any possible opportunity to seek help to solve those problems in our lives that we cannot do anything about.For Christians, never despair as long as your God is still there. Even if you look at yourself and the environment, there is no possibility of rational judgment of many things, and there is no hope in your feelings, but as long as you still believe in your heart that God is real and He is willing to help us, then you should have hope and persevere. God may not solve problems when and how we expect, but God can solve them, and God’s solutions are better than we hope. Christians should have greater courage and faith than these ten lepers to ask the Lord Jesus for His grace to heal our weaknesses and sickness.“Go, show the body to the priests”Usually, after the miracles that healed the sick with marijuana, the Lord Jesus commanded them to “go and examine their bodies to the priests and offer the gifts that Moses commanded to testify to the people” (Matthew 8:4). But this time Jesus’ healing of these ten lepers was very different from the previous healing of lepers. For example, all three books of the Synoptic Gospels record, “A man with a long wind came to worship Him and said, If the Lord wills, he will make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched him and said, I will, you are clean. His cannabis wind is immediately cleansed” (Matthew 2-3, Mark 1 40-43, Luke 5:12-13). This time Jesus did not touch them or promise to heal, but requested for them to show their bodies to the priests.This can be seen as a challenge to their level of confidence. When Jesus said this, he was already giving a promise of healing. The Lord Jesus was well aware of Leviticus’ rules of etiquette for returning to the community after a leper’s purification, and that only before being cleansed could he go to the priests for examination. If the Lord Jesus did not give the grace of healing, but asked them to show their bodies to the priests, and the priests saw that they were still marijuana, was this not deceiving and teasing them? Therefore, since he sent these ten people directly to the priest, the implicit meaning was that he had already healed you, but you have not seen it yet, and you do not know exactly when you will have to heal, either at the beginning of the departure, or when the high priest is coming, but this grace has already been given.They begged, and Jesus answered. Now is the time for them to respond to Jesus’ words. But they have not seen their bodies healed at this moment, they have not seen it with their own eyes at this moment! But they heard the order to go to the priests. According to the law, after purification, you can go; Now, only the word of Jesus, which has not yet been cleansed, has been asked to go. The tension in this order is a great challenge to confidence. The response in an ideal state of faith is that these people have the confidence that “I have not seen it now, but I believe that I have already attained it” (Mark 11:24), then the person can naturally go to the priest with a body still covered in marijuana. When he walked to the priest, he probably thought to himself, Maybe I will be healed as soon as I lift my foot? Maybe I’m halfway through the healing moment? I don’t know exactly when, but since Jesus said, let me go, then He must have cleansed me at some point before the priests saw me. The response in the second stage of faith is that the person may be thinking, “Is this man named Jesus reliable?” nor pray for us, nor declare that I am healed; Instead of letting me see the healing, he asked me to go to the priest, hey, let the dead horse be a living horse doctor, since he said, I’ll give it a try, what if it’s just halfway? ”。 This latter state of mind, we feel that this cannot be called confidence, at most it is called helplessness under desire; None of this can be called submission, at most an attempt. But because they are faced with such desires and attempts from the Son of the Living God, this half-belief can also be seen as a kind of faith, and obedience with doubts in the heart is also obedience. The mental state of these ten people is likely to be this latter one.“They were clean when they went”Regardless of the mentality and thoughts inside them, after all, they really went. They also really had the fruits of their obedience. Luke’s account does not specify exactly at what moment the miracle of healing befell them. It may be that they are healed halfway, or they may find out that they are healed when they are about to reach the priests and the more they are healed, the greater the challenge to their faith. But from Luke’s context, it is very likely that they were healed not when they were about to see the priests, but that they were healed as soon as they left the village.It was such a “weak” and half-believing faith that caused them to experience incredible miracles in their lives! God is a generous God! This scene should be a momentous moment in their hearts and worth telling everyone they see. Because for a cannabis patient, their biggest dream in life is to be healed and return to a normal life. At this moment, their life dream has come true because of meeting Jesus. It was just an unrealistic expectation in a dream, but it came true. Their hearts at this moment may be in shock, ecstasy, or helpless gaffes, crying, we don’t know how they feel and behave at this time, if someone has experienced that kind of desperate life, experienced that kind of expectation but knows that there is no possibility, what happened, may be able to experience one or two.After being healed, what do they do next? Although the story is a major miraculous event, Luke’s pen seems to be deliberately downplaying the color of signs and wonders, and there is only one sentence for this extremely important event that happened to these ten men, “They were cleansed when they went.” I think it’s likely that Luke was there to highlight subsequent twists in the story; The twist that follows is the peak of this story.Only one came back to thank GodThese ten found themselves cleansed and healed. Then they split into two teams, and the nine men continued “according to what Jesus had commanded” to go to the priests. One man, however, “did not obey Jesus’ command” and went to the priests, but returned to Jesus. Cannabis patients were not only isolated from the crowd in the Old Testament law, but if they were healed, they could not return to the community on their own, but they needed to go to the priest first, have the priest check it, isolate them in the camp for another seven days (presumably seven more days of observation), and undergo a very complicated sacrificial ritual to bring them back into the congregation.“One of the people inside saw that he was well and came back”90% chose to go to the priests, and only one chose to come to Jesus. The man’s reaction seemed to be a minority and unusual. From the self-centeredness of human nature, the good things that have been dreamed of have happened, the great miracle has been performed on themselves, and in ecstasy, they hurry up to complete the rest of the procedures, the sooner they return to the family and normal society, the better, and everything else can be put aside first, lest if something happens in the middle, it is not good that the good life that they seem to have been within their reach slips away from their hands. The moment when years of pain are about to be lifted and incomparable expectations are about to be fulfilled can be tense and frightening, and all their hearts are already devoted to this matter, or filled and overwhelmed by this event. Jesus? Let’s wait until the normal life we have so much hoped for is really implemented.But from the conscience that remains in human nature, after seeing such a great healing miracle that happened to him, didn’t he immediately think of thanking God and expressing gratitude to the Jesus who let them go to the priesthood? But only one out of ten was such a reaction. When he saw the grace of healing, he did not go to the priest first but immediately returned to Jesus. For the other nine people, the most important thing after being healed was to go to the priests to return to normal life, and to thank Jesus was not a priority. For this person, it is most important to find Jesus first after receiving grace, and then how other things will proceed. Most likely, the Samaritan knew that if he followed the rules of the law, it would be at least seven days after seeing Jesus again, and that would have to be the first time he could find Jesus after seven days of quarantine. Therefore, the person’s reaction is a normal one, having been healed, and it is okay to go to the priest to check at any time, but it is not always possible to ask Jesus to express thanksgiving, as the Lord Jesus said, “For there are always poor people with you, and you can do good to them at any time, but you do not always have me” (Mark 14:7).This may be the choice we face when we meet Jesus today and receive grace, is it the first choice to enjoy life after receiving grace in this world, or the first choice to come back to Jesus first to express gratitude? Do we put the gracious God first, or do we put the grace of God first?“Fall at Jesus’ feet and thank Him”Luke records that this man “saw that he was well and returned to glorify God with a loud voice, and he fell at Jesus’ feet to thank Him.” The juxtaposition of glory and God and prostrate at Jesus’ feet to thank Him makes it clear that this man worshipped Jesus as God.The man apparently realized that it was God’s glory that appeared to him through Jesus. If he had been familiar with the Old Testament Law and knew that healing the cannabis wind was one of the hallmarks of the coming ministry of the Messiah, it is likely that he had already begun to think and had faith that Jesus was the Messiah under the guidance and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. The work of the Holy Spirit is mysterious, but not completely incomprehensible. The knowledge of the laws of the past, the thirst for God’s thoughts, the miraculous healing grace he received today, and the thanksgiving of the Holy Spirit in his heart led to not only the miraculous grace of healing his body but also the greater grace of awakening of his heart. In this sense, his return to bow down to Jesus and express his gratitude is a manifestation of God’s greater grace in him, not only as an expression of his gratitude for Jesus’ previous healing grace but also as an expression of God’s kindness to him.And from the normal rationality of a person, if a person has spiritual knowledge and actual grace comes, but does not come to seek God, the person’s sin cannot be blamed. Just as soon after the birth of the Lord Jesus, three doctors from the East came to worship Him, but it is not known in which city, the Jewish chief priests and folk scribes very skillfully, professionally, and definitively quoted the Old Testament prophets as telling them in Bethlehem (Matthew 2:5-6) in Judah. What is amazing is not their mastery of the law, but that they are done with what they say! They disregard God’s grace on two levels, one Old Testament Law and two Eastern Three Doctors. They knew that God had given them the prophecy of the Messiah and that God had sent Gentiles from the Far East to remind them that the Messiah had come. But they felt that the matter had nothing to do with them, and they were less concerned about the coming of the Messiah than Herod. Even if they had the mentality that if the Messiah was really born in Bethlehem, they would not finish and leave. They did not have the slightest search and hope for the Messiah in their hearts. They studied the law solely to satisfy their belly and vanity. The law is pure knowledge for them, touching their hearts and lives in the slightest, and they do nothing for what they know and see. The Holy Spirit no longer gives such a heart more grace.“Where are the nine?”Seeing that one man had returned to express his thanksgiving, the Lord Jesus sent out a triptych of questions, “Aren’t there ten cleansed?” Where are the nine? Except for this foreigner, is no one else returning to glory and God? These three questions may not be directed at the person who has returned, but primarily to the disciples. To stimulate the disciples’ thinking about this. This is not an ordinary thing, this is of course a miracle that the cannabis wind was healed, but the grace of miracles is not the focus of this matter, and two questions should be considered, ten people have received the same grace, and only one person has returned to give thanks. Having received such great grace, gratitude is only one-tenth. Lack of gratitude is not just the nine Jews here, it is a common characteristic of sinners in this world, and even it is the normal state of life in Christians (of course, it is an abnormal state of life). Compared to God’s grace, our gratitude is grossly disproportionate, and perhaps the ratio of grace to gratitude is far less than one-tenth for many people. We have so little gratitude that it seems that if we only have to verbally express a little gratitude to God, God has already received what He deserves, and we have given us a reward equivalent to God’s grace, and we are clear with God, and no one owes anyone.
Or do you still feel that I am thankful and do not continue to give me more grace? Just like a criminal person will say I apologize for everything, what else do you want, as if apology can offset the consequences of the crime. Therefore, “God blocks the proud and gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). Paul also says of those who have defied God’s grace, those who have received more grace but despise the grace they have received, and who treat God’s grace as normal, even abandoned, and God allows them to remain in their delusion and ignorance, Paul also says of these people: “For though they know God, they do not glorify Him as God and do not thank Him.” Their thoughts become illusory, and their ignorant hearts are dimmed. To claim to be wise is to be foolish” (Romans 1:21-22).The nine who abandoned Jesus turned out to be Jews, but the one who returned to give thanks was a Samaritan, who was despised by the Jews. Luke specifically stated that the only person who returned to give thanks “was the Samaritan.” This is characteristic of Luke’s gospel account, which is to pay special attention to those who are despised, oppressed, marginalized, and oppressed, and the Samaritan is mentioned as people who are particularly discriminated against and excluded by the Jews. But this man, whom the Jews despised and looked down upon, did better and more pleasing to God than the Jews who thought they were more godly and knew God better. This was a big stimulus for Jews. In the fallen world, people pay more attention to those who have power, and wealth and power, people pay more attention those who are good-looking, knowledgeable, and capable, and people consciously or unconsciously despise and ignore those who have little, and regard them as the bottom and the edge; Because people measure the importance of a person by how much they have. But it is usually more difficult for people who have a lot of worldly things to rely on God.
Thus, in Luke’s writing, God is the God who cares for the widows and the sojourners, the poor, the miserable, and the miserable. This is not God’s injustice, for no one is worthy of God’s grace, as Jehovah God once said to Moses, “I will be gracious to whoever I want, and I will have mercy on whomever I want” (Exod. 33:19). His wisdom and goodness are greater than we can understand, as the apostle Paul later said, “Brethren, it is evident that you are not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, and not many honorable.” But God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise. And he chose the weak of the world and put the strong to shame. God also chose the lowly, the desolate, and the non-existent to abolish the lowly, the despised, and the nothing. so that no one of flesh and blood can boast before God” (1 Corinthians 1:26-29).The word “foreigner” used by the Lord Jesus to refer to this Samaritan, which appears only in this verse in the New Testament, is said to have been used on a stone tablet at the entrance to the inner courtyard of the temple in Jerusalem, which reads, “If a Gentile enters, he will die.” The Samaritans were not eligible to enter the temple to worship God, and only Jews were allowed to enter the inner court. The Jews were proud of this, and they considered themselves chosen children to be more pleasing to God than others, so many of them entered the temple with pride, self-righteousness, and pride, especially the Pharisees (Lk 18:11). But the Jews, faced with the Messiah, the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the “tabernacle” of the true God appearing in the world, did not come to worship, but instead Samaritans who could not enter the temple came to worship and bow down in thanksgiving. This reminds us not only of what the Lord Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, “Woman, believe in me, and the time will come, and you will worship the Father, neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.” The time has come and now is for those who truly worship the Father to worship Him in spirit and in truth, for the Father wants such people to worship Him” (John 4:21, 23). Obviously, whoever worships God in Christ worships in spirit and truth, and is a true worship of God. Christ is the manifestation of the kingdom of God in this last age, and anyone who recognizes Christ in his heart and welcomes Christ in his heart is in the kingdom of God (Lk 17:21).This nine-to-one comparison may also imply that the Lord Jesus fulfilled what he said to the Galileans who rejected Him, that is, the prophets were not respected in their own homeland, so “at the time of the prophet Elisha, there were many madmen in Israel; But none of them are cleansed except Naman, the kingdom of Syria” (Lk 4:27). Now it’s happening again.Your letter saved youMiracles do not turn people to JesusSeeing that only this one person came back to thank Jesus, we see again that signs and wonders do not lead to repentance. The previous method of evangelizing Abraham by the rich man who was suffering in hell in the story of Lazarus the Beggar was to convince people with signs and wonders, and this is what sinners considered the most powerful method, as the apostle Paul said, “The Jews wanted miracles, and the Greeks sought wisdom” (1 Corinthians 1:11). But signs and wonders can only make people prostrate themselves on the surface, and they do not make people truly obey and worship God from the heart. The visible grace exerted on the sinner does not turn the sinner’s heart, such as air, water, food, affection, order, and so on, especially the air and water food is much more precious than the healing of the disease from a certain point of view, because without air you can’t even live, if you are sick, you can at least live, but all these graces that people have received do not make the sinner feel thankful and turn their hearts to God, but the sinner feels that all this is what we deserve. Without thanksgiving for the grace that already exists, even the grace of miracle healing does not make sinners truly thankful. It can be seen that the numbness of the heart cannot be restored by externally visible grace and the poverty, hardness, and necrosis of the heart must be healed by a more transcendent spiritual grace.But in this story, the power of signs and wonders does not even do the external prostration, and these nine people who have received God’s miracle healing grace have not even returned to thank Jesus, they have received the greatest grace in their lives other than creation, which is a life-saving grace from this world. They were finally able to return to their normal lives, and they were immediately filled with the joy of healing grace, they immediately left the gracious Jesus who had treated them behind. They regard living a normal life as their highest ideal in life; In their sight, having received such great healing grace, I had nothing to ask for, and Jesus could not give me anything more. As for whether or not to thank Him, I think they didn’t think about it, but they didn’t put it in an important place. They may feel that there are too many things more important than coming back to this Jesus of Nazareth, they have too many people and things to love, and Jesus who graces them to save them is not at the forefront. By the time they wanted to come back and look for Jesus a few days later, Jesus had already left the village. They may say with great regret, Hey, it’s a little late, people have already left, let’s look for opportunities later. When God condemns them in the future, they can’t say I went back to find them, but Jesus has already left. Was Jesus going to stay here just waiting for them to express their thanks? For them to express their gratitude, do they have to be at the right time?The healing grace of cannabis can only bring them out of quarantine to normal society in a fallen world, but it cannot bring them from a sinful world back to God’s kingdom and to Jesus. They did receive great grace, but the way they responded to grace caused them to miss the greatest opportunity for grace in their lives.“Your letter saved you”The goal of signs and wonders is not simply to heal our mortal body, for healing is followed by death; So, the goal of signs and wonders is to make people think through the healing of the body, Who is this miracle, Jesus? The desire to be physically healed or to have many of the difficulties of this world resolved into the power of knowing and trusting Jesus is what miracles are all about.We can divide the faith in this story into three levels, the first level is the faith of these ten marijuana patients who greet Jesus and cry out for mercy, the second level is the confidence that these ten people will do it after hearing Jesus’ words, and the third level is the faith that the person rushed back to glory to God as soon as he was healed and bowed down to thank Jesus. The first two faiths are shared by ten people, and these two beliefs are not so much faith as a strong desire for the body to be healed, in fact, it is not an attempt to give much hope, in case it will do! When this desire met Jesus, God truly gave them the grace of healing out of His mercy and generosity. There is a third type of faith that only this Samaritan has. The preciousness of the third type of faith is that it goes beyond the desire for physical healing and rises to the level of longing to know Jesus and be close to Him.This faith can lead to a healing that is more precious than physical healing, that is, the salvation of the soul. When the Samaritan returned to Jesus, a sign and miracle more important than the cleansing of the marijuana occurred again, and God gave him the grace of justification throughout his life and the resurrection of his soul. The miracle of marijuana wind being healed was already undeserving, incredible grace, and what the Samaritan did not expect was that an even greater and more precious grace would come to him again.The inner world of the other nine may be: I just want to heal, and I don’t care where this healing comes from. This man’s heart is: I have been healed, who gave this healing? Is it a desire for miracles? Or a God who longs for miracles? This is the type of confidence that is fundamentally different. Which is more important, a miracle or a God who performs miracles? Healing is grace and power, grace and power, and God who gives grace and power, which is more desired by us? The value orientation of this world is to focus more on ability than on people, and the more you have, the more people pay attention and respect to you, and vice versa. In fact, people do not pay attention to you, but to themselves, because what you have may be useful to me, and the worst of your ability should not harm me, so I treat you very seriously. This is why Jesus does not commit Himself to Jesus in the Gospels, even though many people come to embrace Jesus because He knows that many people do not desire God, but come to eat bread. People don’t care about God and therefore don’t care about the condition and whereabouts of their souls. They were healed, but they were far from Jesus, and this is what is the so-called buying and returning beads. In fact, the opportunity to meet Jesus is the greatest blessing of a person’s life, just as many people today hear the gospel. Knowing who Jesus is and following Him is the more important thing than meeting Jesus in this life, and the greatest gift and most precious gift from God is not the healing of sickness, wealth, and peace, but Jesus Himself, as the psalmist says, “My good is not outside of you” (Psalm 16:2). What matters is not freedom from disease, but freedom from sin and death.This man’s seeking, thanksgiving, and worship of Jesus is an expression of his faith, a faith that saves not only the soul but also the body from eternal death, not temporary sickness. The salvation of the whole person is the goal of Christ to perform signs and wonders, heal the sick, and cast out demons.“Get up, let’s go”God does not disregard the basic needs of man or deny us our duty to our families, but He wants people to be able to prioritize, “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). Therefore, seeing this Samaritan who had returned to bow down in thanksgiving, the Lord Jesus told him, “Get up and go.” It is to tell this person that you can come back for the first time to express your gratitude to God and thank you for Jesus has been pleasing to God, and God has given you a greater grace, which is to know Christ. Later, the priesthood inspection and family meetings can be carried out. God has never been stingy and harsh, and sinners are often ungrateful and ungrateful.epilogueThe Lord Jesus said, “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14), and in terms of man’s response to grace, it can be said that there are many who receive grace and few who are thankful. Some people seek Jesus through the grace they receive, and some people turn away from God after receiving grace because they care whether the person is more thankful to God than the person who values the grace he has received. Different responses to grace determine from a certain angle how much grace a person receives. The goal of God’s grace is never to keep people stuck in the grace that has been given, but God’s goodness, generosity, and wisdom make God’s gift always aim to give more and greater grace through the gift of grace, that is, we know, fear, close, and love God more.A person who focuses on what he has gained in this life does not take to heart the one who gives grace. And those who focus on the blessings of this world will basically not have true satisfaction and gratitude; For no matter how much benefit is given in this life, it is always not enough, and even if a man receives the glory of all nations, it cannot satisfy it. If one tries to satisfy one’s soul with what he gains in this life, the result is endless taking and emptiness. Therefore, it is certainly worth thankful and joyful to receive many blessings in this life, but how you face the gracious Jesus is the foundation that determines the blessings of life and death.Finally, I conclude the day with a verse written by David: “Praise the Lord, O my heart. Whoever is in me shall praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my heart, and do not forget all his favors. He forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases. He redeems your life from death and crowns you with love and mercy” (Ps. 103:1–4).
见证篇193.那九…
“那九个在哪里呢？”晓峰牧师
经文：【路17:11】 耶稣往耶路撒冷去，经过撒玛利亚和加利利。【路17:12】 进入一个村子，有十个长大麻疯的迎面而来，远远地站着。【路17:13】 高声说，耶稣，夫子，可怜我们吧。【路17:14】 耶稣看见，就对他们说，你们去把身体给祭司察看。他们去的时候就洁净了。【路17:15】 内中有一个见自己已经好了，就回来大声归荣耀与神。【路17:16】 又俯伏在耶稣脚前感谢他。这人是撒玛利亚人。【路17:17】 耶稣说，洁净了的不是十个人吗？那九个在哪里呢？【路17:18】 除了这外族人，再没有别人回来归荣耀与神吗？【路17:19】 就对那人说，起来走吧。你的信救了你了。
前言：
上周主日的经文论到了基督仆人的职分和本分，能作基督的仆人已经是无比的恩典了，听从基督一切的命令都是应当的，顺服并非是功德，而是本分和荣耀。这不是上帝对我们苛刻，不顾我们的需要，只让我们牺牲，消耗我们的生命，反而这是基督的爱在催促我们不止息地奔走，在服侍的过程中祂赐更多的恩典和能力，喜乐和满足，也正是在这个过程中祂亲自建造我们，让我们的生命更加丰盛。
所以，从来就没有是谁先给了神，神后来要偿还给他的（罗十一 35），从来都是神先赐人恩典，然后再赐恩典，随后又赐恩典，恩上加恩。今天的经文就论到了领受恩典之人最基本的本分，以及上帝乐意赐更大的、出人意外的恩典。
十个大麻风病人
在这个故事中，路加先说明发生的时间地点，或者更准确地是事件发生的背景。这是发生在耶稣前往耶路撒冷的途中，表明耶稣正在向着神所定的受难时刻行进。这就提醒我们，主耶稣这一路所行的神迹奇事，都是在朝向这个目标的过程中发生的，是为着这个目标而有的。// 这就是当施洗约翰心里有疑惑时让门徒问主耶稣：“那将要的是你吗？还是我们等候别人呢？”（太十一3），主对他的回答：“你们去，把所听见的所看见的事告诉约翰；就是瞎子看见，瘸子行走，长大麻风的洁净，聋子看见，死人复活，穷人有福音传给他们。凡不因我跌倒的，就有福了”（太十一4-6）。甚至，这里藉着九个犹太人蒙恩后对耶稣的离弃，已经暗示了在耶路撒冷犹太人对弥赛亚的弃绝。
“经过撒玛利亚和加利利，进入一个村子”
并且特地指明这个地方的特殊性，在撒玛利亚和加利利的交界处。加利利虽然被耶路撒冷所轻视，但还是属于犹太人的区域，而撒玛利亚因为历史上血统和信仰与外邦异教的掺杂，就被耶路撒冷完全地定罪和弃绝，犹太人对他们的厌恶甚至超过对其他外邦人。
虽然犹太人看撒玛利亚人在信仰上并不纯正，但撒玛利亚人都视摩西五经为他们的信仰经典，因此，轻视的和被轻视的都是照着利未记的律法条例来处理麻风病人。麻风病人要离群索居，他们自己“衣服要撕裂，也要蓬头散发，蒙着上唇，喊叫说，不洁净了，不洁净了。灾病在他身上的日子，他便是不洁净，他既是不洁净，就要独居营外”（利十三45-46）。
共同的苦难，令犹太的麻风病人和撒玛利亚的麻风病人竟然住在了一个村子里（这个所谓的村子可能就是专门给麻风病人所预备的隔离聚居地）。犹太人和撒玛利亚人彼此远离，被他们隔离的人，却因为被隔离而聚居在一起。当然，他们只是不得已住在同一个村子里（正常情况下这不大可能），也可能日常生活中犹太麻风病人和撒玛利亚麻风病人彼此之间依然保持着距离。但至少，被自己的族群所隔离，在某个意义上令他们多少突破了些他们原本族群之间的隔阂。当世界远离他们的时候，世界在他们身上的某种束缚也远离了他们。以至于，他们竟然可以作为一个十人团体一同来寻求耶稣。// 若痛苦能让人从罪恶中清醒，能突破罪的某些辖制，让人来寻求上帝，那么痛苦也因此就具有了意义。但让上帝痛心的是，罪人常常是当痛苦解除之后，往往又会再次滑落到罪恶中，白受很多的苦。// 因此，真正令他们彼此远离的是他们对上帝的远离，真正能令人彼此靠近的是我们对上帝的靠近。
“有十个长大麻风的迎面而来”
主耶稣是特意为他们而来，因此他们能迎向耶稣。虽然这个村子是被隔离的，但并非完全与世隔绝，生活的基本供应还是需要周围村子里的家人朋友给送过来。显然，这十个大麻风病人通过某种方式听到了关于耶稣的一些事情，比如耶稣所行的神迹奇事，人们对于耶稣身份的诸多猜测和传闻，等等。所以当他们听说耶稣来到这个村子的时候，他们把握这个时机，迎着耶稣而来。他们虽然遵照律法的规则不敢靠的太近，只是“远远地站着”，但他们却“高声说，耶稣，夫子，可怜我们吧”。他们敢于主动来见耶稣，表达了他们内心深处求医治的渴望，甚至从某个角度来说，他们通过道听途说就敢于有所行动并呼喊，这已经算是某种信心的表达了。
既然是个村子，可能这里面不止这十个麻风病人。若还有其他人，却只有这十个麻风病人来迎见耶稣，就表明其余的人内心已经完全绝望了，他们对自己的今生、对于得医治已经不抱什么希望。他们也听说了耶稣的名声和事迹，但这对他们却没有什么触动，也对耶稣没有什么期望。他们已经心如死灰，连起身来试一试，博取万一真能得医治的那一丝可能的想法都没有了。而这十个人，不管他们内心的渴望和想法怎么样，他们能来寻求耶稣，就表明他们对自己的人生没有放弃，还有渴望；其余的人虽然活着，已经死了。其实，只要还有生命的气息，有一点可以行动的力量，有一丝可能，就表示上帝的恩典还在，那么就应当抓住任何可能求助的机会来解决我们生命当中那些我们无能为力的问题。
对于基督徒而言，更是永远不要绝望，只要你的神还在。哪怕你看自己，看环境，很多事理性判断没有什么可能性，感觉上也没有什么希望了，但你只要内心还相信上帝是真实的，祂是乐意帮助我们的，那么就应当心存盼望，持定不放。上帝不一定照着我们所期望的时间和方式来解决问题，但是上帝一定能解决问题，而且上帝的解决方案比我们所期盼的要好。基督徒应当比这十个麻风病人有着更大的勇气和信心来求主耶稣，求祂赐医治我们心灵软弱和疾病的恩典。
“你们去，把身体给祭司看”
通常对大麻风病人医治的神迹之后，主耶稣都是吩咐他们“去把身体给祭司察看，献上摩西所吩咐的礼物，对众人作证据”（太八4）。但这次主耶稣对这十个麻风病人的医治，跟之前对麻风病人的医治有很大不同。比如，三卷对观福音书都曾记载“有一个长大麻风的来拜祂说，主若肯，必能叫我洁净了。耶稣伸手摸他说，我肯，你洁净了吧。他的大麻风立刻就洁净了”（太八2-3，可一40-43，路五12-13）。这次主耶稣并未摸他们，也没有应许说必定医治，而是提出一个要求，让他们去把身体给祭司看。
这可以看为是对他们某种程度信心的挑战。实际上，主耶稣这么说，已经是给了医治的应许。主耶稣很清楚利未记关于麻风病人洁净之后重回社群的礼仪规则，只有先洁净，才能去找祭司查验。如果主耶稣不给医治的恩典，却要求他们去将身体给祭司察看，祭司一看竟然还是大麻风，这不是在欺骗和戏弄他们吗？所以，他既然让这十个人直接去找祭司，所隐含的意思就是已经医治你们了，只是你们现在还没有看见，具体哪个时刻得医治你们也不知道，或者是在刚出发，或者是在大祭司快来的时候，但已经给了这恩典了。
他们求了，耶稣回应了。现在到了他们回应耶稣话语的时刻。但在他们此刻还没有看到他们的身体得医治，他们此刻并未亲眼看到！但他们却听到了让他们去找祭司的命令。照律法，洁净后，才能去；现在，只有耶稣的话，还没有被洁净，却已经要求去了。这个次序上的张力，对信心的挑战很大。理想信心状态下的回应是，这些人都有“我现在虽未看见，但我信我是已经得着了”（可十一24）这样的信心，那么这人自然就能带着依然长满大麻风的身体动身去找祭司。他在迈步去找祭司的时候，可能心里所想是，或许我抬脚一走就得医治了呢？或许我走到半路才是医治的时刻呢？我并不知道具体哪个时刻，但既然耶稣说了，让我去，那么他必然在某个时刻让我得着洁净，一定是在祭司看见我之前。次之信心状态下的回应是，这人可能心里想“这个叫耶稣的人靠谱吗？也不为我们祷告，也不宣告我被医治了；没有让我先看见医治，就要求我去找祭司，嗨，死马当做活马医吧，既然他说了，我就试一试，万一走半路就好了呢？”。这后一种心态，我们觉得这都不能称为信心，最多称为一种渴望下的无奈；这都不能称为顺服，最多称为一种尝试。但因为他们面对的是永生上帝的儿子有这样的渴望和尝试，因此这种半信半疑的心态也可以看为某种信心，心里带着疑惑的顺服也是顺服。这十个人的心里状态很可能就是这后一种。
“他们去的时候就洁净了”
不管他们里面的心态和想法如何，毕竟他们真的就去了。他们也真的就得着了他们顺服的果效。路加的记载中没有更具体说明到底是在哪个时刻医治的神迹临到他们身上。可能是半路就被医治了，也可能是快要到祭司那里的时候才发现被医治了，越往后得医治，对他们信心的挑战就更大。但从路加上下文记叙来看，很大可能不是在快要见着祭司的时候才得医治，而是他们一出村子就得了医治。
就是这样一种“软弱”的、半信半疑的信心，却令他们经历了一生中难以置信的神迹！上帝乃是慷慨的上帝！这一幕应该成为他们一生铭记在心的重大时刻，值得他们去向每一个见到的人传讲。因为对于一个大麻风病人来说，他们人生中最大的梦想就是被医治重回正常人的生活。此刻，他们的人生梦想因为遇见耶稣竟然实现了。这本来只是梦想中不切实际的期望，但梦想成真了。他们此刻的内心可能是震惊，是狂喜，或者手足无措的失态、痛哭，我们不知道他们此时的感受和表现，若有人经历过那种绝处逢生，经历过那种万分期盼却又知道毫无可能，竟然发生了的事情，可能能体会一二。
被医治之后，接下来他们会做什么呢？// 虽然这个故事是一个重大的神迹事件，但是在路加的笔下似乎有意在淡化神迹奇事的色彩，对于这十个人身上所发生的这件极为重要的事情，只有一句话“他们去的时候就洁净了”。我想，很可能路加是为了突出故事的后续转折；后面的转折才是这个故事的高峰。
只有一个回来感谢神
这十个人发现自己得洁净，被医治了。然后，他们就分成了两队，九个人就“照着耶稣吩咐他们的话”继续向前走，要去见祭司。有一个人却“没有听从耶稣的吩咐”接着去见祭司，而是返回来找耶稣。// 大麻风病人在旧约律法规定中不但要离群索居，并且若是得了医治，也不可以自行回归社区，而是需要先去见祭司，让祭司查验，在营中再隔离七天（应该是被再观察七天），并要进行一套很复杂的献祭礼仪才能让他们重回会众当中。
“内中有个人见自己已经好了，就回来”
90%的人选择去见祭司，只有一个人选择来见耶稣。这个人的反应看似是一个少数的、不寻常的。从人性的自我中心来说，梦寐以求的好事发生了，大神迹行在了自己身上，在欣喜若狂中，赶快去把剩下的手续走完，越快回归家庭和正常社会越好，其他一切都可以先放一放，免得万一中间若再出点什么意外，令他们看来已经唾手可得的美好生活又从手边滑走了可就不好了。多年的痛苦即将解除、无比的期盼即将实现，这一刻可能令人心里紧张又恐惧，他们所有的心神都已经投注在这件事上，或者被这件事所充满和淹没了。耶稣？等我们无比期盼的正常人的生活真的落实之后再说吧。
但从人性里面存留的良知来说，看见发生在自己身上这么大的医治神迹之后，难道不是第一时间想到对上帝的感恩，对那个让他们去见祭司的耶稣去表达感谢吗？但十人中只有一个人是这样的反应。他看见医治的恩典之后，没有先去找祭司，而是马上返回来找耶稣。在其他九个人看来，被医治之后最重要的事情是去找祭司回归正常生活，来感谢耶稣并不放在第一位考虑。对于这个人来说，蒙恩之后第一时间来找耶稣才是最重要的，然后才是其他事情如何进行。很可能，这个撒玛利亚人知道，如果照着律法规则去作，再见耶稣至少得七天以后，这还是得走完查验隔离七天后第一时间能寻见耶稣的情况下。因此，这个人的反应才是一个正常的反应，已经得了医治，找祭司查验什么时候都可以，但找耶稣表达感谢并非是什么时候都可以，就像主耶稣所说的“因为常有穷人和你们同在，要向他们行善，随时都可以，只是你们不常有我”（可十四7）。
这可能就是我们今日遇见耶稣，蒙恩之后所要面对的人生选择，是第一选择先去享受蒙恩之后今世的生活，还是第一选择先来回到耶稣面前来表达感恩呢？是把施恩的上帝放在第一位，还是把上帝所赐的恩典放在第一位呢？
“俯伏在耶稣脚前感谢祂”
路加记载这个人“见自己已经好了，就回来大声归荣耀与神，又俯伏在耶稣脚前感谢祂”。这里的归荣耀与神，和俯伏在耶稣脚前感谢祂，形成并列的表达，已经清楚地表达了这人是把耶稣当作上帝来敬拜的。
这人显然认识到，这是上帝的荣耀藉着耶稣显在了他的身上。若他对旧约律法很熟悉，知道医治大麻风是弥赛亚来临的事工特征之一，很可能此时他就已经开始思想，并在圣灵的引导和开启之下就有了对耶稣是弥赛亚的信心。圣灵的工作是奥秘的，但并非是完全不可琢磨的。过去律法的知识，对上帝的思想渴慕，今日所蒙的神迹医治恩典，加上圣灵所赐内心的感恩，在这诸多因素的作用之下，这人不单单得着了身体被医治的神迹恩典，更是得着了心灵被苏醒的更大恩典。在这个意义上，他回来向耶稣俯伏敬拜，表达感谢，反而是在他身上上帝更大恩典的显明，不仅是他对耶稣先前医治大麻风恩典的感恩表达，更是上帝恩待他的表现。
而从一个人正常的理性来看，若一个人有属灵的知识，又有实际的恩典临到，却还不来寻求上帝，这人的罪就无可推诿了。就像主耶稣出生不久，有三位从东方来的博士要来拜祂，但不知道具体在哪个城里，犹太的祭司长和民间的文士非常熟练、专业而确定地引用旧约先知书告诉他们在犹大地的伯利恒（太二5-6）。令人惊诧的不是他们对律法的精通，而是他们说完就完了！他们在两个层次上罔顾上帝的恩典，一旧约律法，二东方三博士。他们知道上帝赐给他们弥赛亚的预言，上帝有从遥远的东方差派外邦人来提醒他们，弥赛亚已经降临了。但他们竟然觉得此事跟自己毫无关联，他们对弥赛亚降临的关注还不如希律呢。他们哪怕抱着万一弥赛亚真的降生在了伯利恒了呢这样的心态，他们也不会说完就走了。他们心里竟然能没有丝毫对弥赛亚的寻求和盼望。他们研究律法完全是为了满足自己的肚腹和虚荣。律法于他们而言只是纯粹的知识，丝毫不触及他们的心灵和生命，他们不为所知道的和所看见的，有任何一点作为。圣灵就不再给这样的心灵有更多的恩典。
“那九个在哪里呢？”
看到有一个人回来表达感恩，主耶稣就发出了一个三联问，“洁净了不是有十个吗？那九个在哪里呢？除了这外族人，在没有别人回来归荣耀与神吗？”，这三个问题可能不是对着这个回来的人，而是主要向着门徒发出的。为要激发门徒对这事的思考。这不是一件寻常普通的事情，这当然是大麻风被医治的神迹奇事，但是神迹的恩典不是这件事的重心，更应当思想的问题有两个，十个人蒙了同样的恩典，竟然回来感恩的人只有一个。领受了如此大的恩典，感恩只有十分之一。缺乏感恩并非只是这里的九个犹太人，这是今世罪人的普遍特征，甚至这也是基督徒的生命常态（当然，这是不正常的生命状态）。跟上帝所赐的恩典相比，我们的感恩却极不相称，可能恩典和感恩的比值在很多人身上还远不及十分之一。// 我们的感恩如此之少，似乎我们只要在口头上稍稍表达一点对上帝的感谢，上帝就已经得了祂当得，我们也就给了与上帝所赐恩典等价的回报了，我们跟上帝两清了，谁也不欠谁。或者还觉得我都感恩了还不继续赐我更多的恩典？就像一个犯罪的人会说我都道歉了你还要怎样，似乎道歉就能抵消犯罪的后果似的。因此，“神阻挡骄傲的人，施恩给谦卑的人”（雅4: 6）。对于那些罔顾上帝恩典的人，就是那些蒙了更多恩典，却轻看所领受的恩典，将上帝的恩典当作平常，甚至弃如敝履的人，上帝就任凭他们留在自己的虚妄和无知中，保罗也有论到这些人的话“因为他们虽然知道神，却不当作神荣耀他，也不感谢他。他们的思念变为虚妄，无知的心就昏暗了。自称为聪明，反成了愚拙”（罗1: 21-22）。
那九个弃耶稣而去的人竟然都是犹太人，反而回来感恩的人是一个被犹太人所轻视的撒玛利亚人。路加特意说明这唯一一个回来感恩的人“是撒玛利亚人”。这是路加福音记叙的特点，就是格外关注那些被轻视、被压制、被边缘、被欺压的群体，上面提到过撒玛利亚人是被犹太人特别歧视和排斥的人。但这个被犹太人藐视、看不起的人，却比自以为更敬虔、更认识神的犹太人所作更好，也更蒙神的喜悦。这对犹太人来说一个很大的刺激。堕落的世界里，人们更看重那些有权有位的，有钱有势的，人们更看重那些相貌、学识、能力出众的人，人们有意无意地轻视和忽略那拥有少的人，视他们为底层和边缘；因为人们以拥有的多少，来衡量一个人的重要程度。但拥有属世东西多的人，依靠上帝通常就更加困难。
故此，在路加的笔下，上帝却是那位看顾孤儿寡妇和寄居的，看顾贫穷、困苦和悲哀者的神。这不是上帝的不公平，因为谁也不配得上帝的恩典，像耶和华上帝曾对摩西所说的那样“我要恩待谁就恩待谁，要怜悯谁就怜悯谁”（出33: 19）。祂的智慧和美意超过我们的理解，就像使徒保罗后来所说的那样“弟兄们哪，可见你们蒙召的，按着肉体有智慧的不多，有能力的不多，有尊贵的也不多。 神却拣选了世上愚拙的，叫有智慧的羞愧。又拣选了世上软弱的，叫那强壮的羞愧。神也拣选了世上卑贱的，被人厌恶的，以及那无有的，为要废掉那有的。使一切有血气的，在神面前一个也不能自夸”（林前1: 26-29）。
主耶稣称呼这个撒玛利亚人所用的“外族人”这个词，在新约圣经里只出现在这一节经文中，据说这个词语曾用在耶路撒冷圣殿内院入口处的石碑上，碑上写着“外邦人入内，必死”。撒玛利亚人是没有资格进入圣殿里面来敬拜神的，唯有犹太人才可以进入内院。犹太人以此为荣，他们认为自己是天选之子，比别人更蒙神的喜悦，因此他们很多人进入圣殿时里面带着自豪、自义和骄傲，法利赛人尤其如此（路18: 11）。但犹太人面对弥赛亚，神的儿子，耶稣基督，这真正上帝显于世界的“帐幕”，却不来敬拜，反而是不能进入圣殿的撒玛利亚人来敬拜，来俯伏感谢。这不仅让我们想起主耶稣曾对那个撒玛利亚妇人说的话“妇人，你当信我，时候将到，你们拜父，也不在这山上，也不在耶路撒冷。时候将到，如今就是了，那真正拜父的，要用心灵和诚实拜祂，因为父要这样的人拜祂”（约4: 21，23）。显然，凡是在基督里来敬拜神的，就是在心灵和诚实中的敬拜，就是真正对上帝的敬拜。基督就是神的国度在这末世的彰显，凡在心灵里面认出基督，并迎接基督居住在心里的，这人就是在神的国里了（路17: 21）。
这个九比一的对比中，可能也暗示了主耶稣曾对厌弃祂的加利利人所说的话应验了，那就是先知在自己的家乡都不被尊重，因此，“先知以利沙的时候，以色列中有许多长大麻疯的；但内中除了叙利亚国的乃缦，没有一个得洁净的”（路四27）。如今这一幕再次上演。
你的信救了你
神迹并不能让人转向耶稣
看到只有这一个人回来感谢耶稣，我们再次看到，神迹奇事并不能令人悔改归正。之前乞丐拉撒路故事中那个在地狱里痛苦的财主给亚伯拉罕出的传福音的方法就是用神迹奇事来折服人心，这就是罪人认为最有力的方法，像使徒保罗所说的“犹太人是要神迹，希腊人是求智慧”（林前1: 11）。但神迹奇事只能在表面上让人俯伏，并不能让人从内心真的对上帝有顺服和敬拜。施加在罪人身上的可见恩典并不能令罪人的心灵回转，比如空气、水、食物、亲情、秩序等等这一切，尤其是空气水食物从某个角度来说比疾病得医治要宝贵得多，因为没有空气连活都活不成，得病了至少还活着，但这一切人们已经得到的恩典并未令罪人心怀感恩，心朝向神，反而罪人觉得这一切都是我们应得的。若没有对已经有恩典的感恩，即使给神迹医治这样的恩典，也不能让罪人就真正感恩了。可见，心灵的麻木不是外在可见恩典能够令其恢复的，心灵的贫穷、刚硬、坏死，必须是更为超越的属灵的恩典才能医治。
但这个故事中，神迹奇事的能力连外在的让人俯伏都没有做到，这九个领受了上帝神迹医治恩典的人，连回来感谢耶稣都没有，他们领受了他们人生中除了被造之外迄今为止最大的恩典，从今世来看，这是救命大恩。他们终于能重回正常生活了，他们立刻就被医治恩典的快乐所充满了，他们立刻就把那位恩待他们的耶稣抛掷脑后了。他们把过一个正常生活当成是他们人生的最高理想；在他们看，得了这么大的医治恩典了，我已经无所求，耶稣也不能再多给我什么了。至于是否感谢祂，我想他们并非是没有想过，而是没有放在一个重要的位置上。他们可能觉得有太多比回来找这个拿撒勒人耶稣更为重要的事，他们有太多爱的人和事情了，施恩拯救他们的耶稣还排不到前列。等到过了几天，他们想要来回来寻找耶稣的时候，这个时候耶稣已经离开这个村子了。他们可能无比遗憾地说，嗐，来的有点迟了，人家已经走了，以后再找机会吧。// 将来上帝定他们罪的时候，他们不能说我曾回去找去了，可是，耶稣已经离开了。难道耶稣要一直停留在这里专门等候他们来表达感谢吗？为了让他们能表达感谢，还得就他们合适的时间？
大麻风得医治的恩典只能让他们从隔离区重回堕落世界中的正常社会，却不能让他们从有罪的世界回到上帝的国度，回到耶稣的面前。他们的确蒙了大恩，但是他们回应恩典的方式却让他们错失了他们人生中最大的蒙恩机会。
“你的信救了你”
神迹奇事的目标并非只是为了医治我们这必朽坏的身体，因为医治之后还会死亡；所以，神迹奇事的目标是藉着对身体的医治让人来思想，这行医治神迹的耶稣到底是谁呢？想要身体得医治或者今世很多难处得解决的渴望，要转化为认识和信靠耶稣的力量，这就是神迹的意义。
我们可以把这个故事中的信心分为三个层次，第一个层次就是这十个大麻风病人迎见耶稣呼喊怜悯的信心，第二个层次就是听见耶稣的话之后这十个人就都照着去行的信心，第三个层次就是这人在得医治之后第一时间就赶回来归荣耀给神，并俯伏感谢耶稣的信心。前两个信心十个人都有，这两个信心与其说是信心，不如说是一种身体要得医治的强烈渴望驱动之下，其实并不不报什么太大希望的尝试，万一就行了呢！当这种渴望遇见耶稣的时候，上帝本着祂的怜悯和慷慨就真赐给了他们医治的恩典。第三种信心唯独这个撒玛利亚人有。第三种信心的宝贵之处在于，这种信心超越了渴望身体得医治这个层面，而是上升到渴望认识耶稣亲近耶稣的层面。
这样的信心可以让人得着比身体得医治更为宝贵的医治，就是灵魂的救恩。当这个撒玛利亚人回来找耶稣时，在他身上一件比大麻风洁净更为重大的神迹奇事再次发生了，神赐给他整个生命得着称义的恩典，灵魂得以复生。大麻风被医治的神迹已经是不配得的、不可思议的恩典了，这个撒玛利亚人没有想到的是，一个更大、更宝贵的恩典再次临到了他身上。
其余九人的内心世界可能是：我只要医治，至于这医治从哪里来我并不关心。这人的内心是：我得了医治，这医治是谁给的呢？是渴望神迹呢？还是渴望行神迹的神呢？这就是具有本质不同的信心类型。神迹和行神迹的神哪个更重要呢？医治是恩典和能力，恩典和能力与赐下恩典和能力的上帝，哪个是我们更渴慕的呢？这个世界的价值观取向是更关注能力过于关注人，你拥有的多，人们对你的关注和尊重就多，反之就少。其实，人们并非是关注你，而是关注自己，因为你所有的或许可以为我所用呢，最不济你的能力也不要损害到我，所以我很郑重地对待你。这就是福音书中虽然有许多人来簇拥耶稣，耶稣却不把自己交托给他们，因为祂知道很多人并不是渴慕上帝，而是来得饼吃饱。人们并不关心上帝，也就不关心自己的灵魂状况和去向了。他们得了医治，却远离了耶稣，所谓买椟还珠就是这样。// 事实上，能有遇见耶稣的机会，是一个人一生当中最大的幸事，就像今日很多人能听见福音一样。而相比于遇见耶稣可以得着一些今生的好处而言，认识耶稣是谁并跟随祂，才是最重要的，上帝所赐的最大的礼物、最可宝贵的，不是病得医治、发财平安，而是耶稣自己，如诗人所说“我的好处不在你以外”（诗十六2）。重要的不是脱离疾病，而是脱离罪和死亡。
这人对耶稣的寻求、感恩和敬拜，就是这人信心的表达，这样的信，不但能救灵魂，也能救身体脱离永远的死亡，而非是脱离暂时的疾病。全人的拯救，这才是基督施行神迹奇事，医病赶鬼的目标所在。
“起来，走吧”
上帝并非不顾人的基本需要，也不是不让我们尽到对家人的责任，而是祂愿意人能分清主次先后的顺序，“你们要先求他的国和他的义，这些东西都要加给你们了”（太六33）。因此，看到这个回来俯伏感恩的撒玛利亚人，主耶稣就告诉他说“起来，走吧”。就是告诉这人，你能第一时间回来表达对上帝的感恩和对耶稣的感谢已经蒙神的喜悦，并且神又赐更大的恩典给你，就是认识基督。后面祭司查验及家人相见就都可以去进行了。上帝从来不吝啬和苛刻，罪人才常薄情寡义和忘恩负义。
结语
主耶稣曾说过“被召的人多，选上的人少”（太22: 14），若从人对恩典回应的角度来说，可以说蒙恩的人多，感恩的人少。有人透过所蒙的恩典就去寻求耶稣，有人领受恩典后反而远离上帝，就是在乎这人对上帝的感恩是否超过了这人对所领受恩典的看重。对恩典不同的回应，从某个角度决定了一个人后续所蒙恩典的多少。因为，上帝赐恩的目标从来不是让人停留在这已经赐下的恩典中，上帝的良善、慷慨和智慧使得上帝赐恩的目的永远是要藉着恩典的赐下要赐更多更大的恩典，就是我们对上帝的认识、敬畏、亲近和爱更多。
一个把焦点放在今生所得的人，不会把赐予恩典的那位放在心上。而把焦点集中在今世的福分上的人，基本上也不会有真正的满足和感恩；因为无论赐予多少今生的好处，总是不够的，哪怕人得着了万国的荣华，也不能令其满足。人若试图以今生的所得令其心灵得以满足，其结果就是无穷尽的索取和空虚。因此，得着今生很多的福分当然值得感恩和喜乐，但你如何面对施恩的耶稣，才是决定生死祸福的根本。
最后，我用大卫所写的一段诗歌作为今日证道的结束“我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华。凡在我里面的，也要称颂他的圣名。我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华，不可忘记他的一切恩惠。他赦免你的一切罪孽，医治你的一切疾病。他救赎你的命脱离死亡，以仁爱和慈悲为你的冠冕”（诗103: 1-4）。