#76 約翰福音1：15-18 恩上加恩

Lesson #76 – 3/3/2018

講員：Kevin Berg  翻譯：李翠雲傳道

Deuteronomy 31:6 – “So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

Hebrews 11:1-2 - 1”Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2For by it the men of old gained approval.”

Psalm 18:30 - God’s way is perfect. All the lord’s promises prove true. He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.”

申命記31:6 －“6你們當剛強壯膽，不要害怕，也不要畏懼他們，因為耶和華－你的上帝和你同去。祂必不撇下你，也不丟棄你。」”

希伯來書11:1-2  -“1信就是所望之事的實底，是未見之事的確據。 2古人在這信上得了美好的證據。”

詩篇18:30 － “30至於上帝，祂的道是完全的；耶和華的話是煉淨的。凡投靠祂的祂便作他們的盾牌。”

We have been talking about grace, specifically, God’s grace toward us. We have seen that our Lord is full of grace. We have also seen that from that fullness, that all of us have received “grace upon grace.”

我們一直在談論恩典，特別是上帝對我們的恩典。 我們看到我們的主充滿了恩典。 我們也看到，從那充滿，我們所有人都領受了“恩上加恩”。

We are in John 1:15-18, where we see grace upon grace in verse 16.

我們在約翰福音1：15-18，在那裡我們在16節看到恩上加恩。

15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'") 16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

15約翰為他作見證，喊着說：「這就是我曾說：『那在我以後來的，反成了在我以前的，因他本來在我以前。』」 16從他豐滿的恩典裏，我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。 17律法本是藉着摩西傳的；恩典和真理都是由耶穌基督來的。 18從來沒有人看見神，只有在父懷裏的獨生子將祂表明出來。

Our Lord shows grace toward us, then he shows us some more grace, then He keeps piling it on, which equals grace upon grace. And, last week we handed out a series of verses that can provide us with an example of his grace. The verses were put together from four different gospel accounts of the same historical event. We hope that everyone had a chance to read through these verses this past week. It is too long to put up on the board, so if you didn’t get one last week we have a few extras here tonight.

我們的主向我們顯示了恩典，然後他向我們展示了更多的恩典，然後他繼續堆放，這等於恩上加恩。 而且，上週我們發給大家一些經文可以提供我們祂恩典的例子。 這些經文是從四個不同福音書中匯集而來的同一個歷史的事件 。 我們希望每個人都有機會在上週閱讀這些經文。 放在展示板上太長了，所以如果你上個星期沒有拿到的話，我們今晚在這裡有一些額外的。

At the beginning of each of the sections in each of the gospels, most bibles say something like, “Jesus feeds the 5,000.” Normally, when people look at these passages of scripture they focus on Jesus feeding the 5,000 people food. And, normally they focus on the physical food that was provided these people. But, Jesus didn’t just feed these people physical food.

在每本福音書的每一部分的開頭，大多數聖經都說“耶穌餵飽了5000人”。通常，當人們看到這些經文段落時，他們將注意力集中在耶穌餵飽5000人的食物上。 而且，通常他們專注於為這些人提供物質的糧食。 但是，耶穌不只是餵這些人的肉體的糧食。

It is true that Jesus and his disciples needed a break. They headed out to have some down time and to relax and recuperate. However, Jesus had compassion on the people who came by foot to meet them, because they were hungry spiritually. He knew that they needed spiritual food, and he wanted to fulfill their spiritual needs. In the beginning, he taught them so that he could satisfy their spiritual hunger. Then, later in the day they began to get physically hungry. Even when he met their physical needs by performing a miracle, he was still teaching the disciples about their future mission of feeding people spiritually.

耶穌和他的門徒確實需要休息。 他們是去休息一下，放鬆恢復一下。 然而，耶穌憐憫那些徒步前來迎接他們的人，因為他們在屬靈上飢渴。 他知道他們需要屬靈的糧食，他想要滿足他們的屬靈需要。 一開始，他教導他們，以便他能夠滿足他們的屬靈的飢餓。 然後，當天晚一點的時候，他們開始餓了。 即使他通過行神蹟來滿足他們的生理需求，他仍然在教導門徒關於他們未來要在靈裏餵養人的任務。

The disciples were hungry, tired, and had been faced with crowds and needed a break. However, when they suggested that they call it a day, Christ said no, that there was still some teaching that needed to be done. Christ said that the disciples should not send these people away, and then told the disciples to feed all of these people.

門徒餓了，累了，面對人群，需要休息一下。 然而，當他們建議說這一天結束的時候，基督說不，還有一些教導需要完成。 基督說，門徒不應該送這些人離開，然後告訴門徒為所有這些人提供糧食。

How were they going to feed all these people? They would need a full year’s salary to be able to afford the amount of food these people required. Since they were required to feed them, then they had a problem. They didn’t have any money, but notice that it is one of the first things they think about when faced with this issue. The solution is standing right in front of them, and they still wonder how they will accomplish this.

他們要怎麼樣餵飽所有這些人呢？ 他們應該需要全年的工資才能負擔這些人需要的食物量。 由於他們需要餵飽他們，所以他們遇到了問題。 他們沒有錢，但注意到這是他們面對這個問題時首先想到的事情之一。 解決辦法就站在他們面前，他們仍然在想到底他們要如何完成這件事。

We often do the same thing. These men had seen and we have learned about Jesus’ miracles, yet we often don’t look to God for the solution, we try to come up with the solution on our own. They (and by application, we) need to learn a great lesson. We need to learn, and remember God’s ability, and God’s power. We also need to learn what are we studying tonight … yes, that is right, grace. We need to first learn, then remember, and then apply the fact that we have God’s grace available to us.

我們也經常做同樣的事情。 這些人已經看到過而我們已經學習到耶穌的神蹟，但我們經常不向上帝尋求解決辦法，我們試圖獨自想出解決辦法。 他們（和應用，我們）需要學習一個非常好的功課。 我們需要學習，並記住上帝的能力和上帝的全能。 我們也需要了解今晚我們學習的是什麼......是的，這是對的，恩典。 我們需要先學習，然後記住，然後應用我們擁有神的恩典這一事實。

Our Lord wanted to see if their faith had developed. Here, in an impossible situation, what would they do? They needed to remember that with God nothing is impossible. It was time for them to build their confidence in him, and stop depending upon human resources. It is a matter of learning to have a divine outlook on circumstances, instead of having a human viewpoint. They needed to not just know about God’s grace, they also needed to come to the point where they couldn’t forget about God’s grace. Here, the disciples are skeptical. Our Lord knows that after the disciples become apostles that they will come across people who are skeptical. When they do, they will think of this lesson our Lord is giving them. They need to get their eyes off of the circumstances and onto the Lord. And, in the future they will have to teach other people the exact same lesson.

我們的主想看看他們的信心是否已經發展了。 在這種情況下，他們會做什麼？ 他們需要記住，在上帝面前沒有什麼是不可能的。 他們應該建立對他的信心，停止依靠人力資源。 學習對事物用神聖的看法，而不是用人的觀點。 他們不僅需要了解上帝的恩典，還需要達到無法忘記上帝恩典的地步。 在這裡，門徒是有懷疑的。 我們的主知道，在門徒成為使徒之後，他們將會遇到持懷疑態度的人。 當他們遇到時，他們會想到我們的主給予他們的這一課。 他們需要將眼目從環境擺脫和定睛在主的身上。 而且，將來他們將會教導其他人完全相同的功課。

One of the disciples that was present with our Lord at this time was John. When he wrote verse 16 in our passage, he demonstrates that he learned this lesson. He saw that Jesus was full of grace. He saw that he heaped grace upon grace, not only in this situation but in many others as well.

在這個時候與我們的主同在的門徒之一是約翰。 當他在我們的經文中寫下第16節時，他表明他從中吸取了教訓。 他看到耶穌充滿恩典。 他看到他恩上加恩的堆積，不僅在這種情況下，而且在許多其他方面也是如此。

As we move through this account of the 5,000 people sitting in the grass on a hill, the disciples start getting it and start listening to Jesus. They start to focus on the Lord. The Lord is present with them, and guess what, the Lord is present with us as well. Christ provided all of us with another example as he looks to heaven, and blesses the food. There is a passage of scripture that relates here, it is from James 1:16-18:

當我們通過對坐在山上草地上的5000人的記載時，門徒們開始明白並開始聽從耶穌。 他們開始專注於主。 主與他們同在，猜猜看怎麼樣呢？主也與我們同在。 當他仰望天上，並為食物祝福時，基督為我們所有人提供了另一個例子。 有一段關於這裡的經文，它是從雅各書1：16-18：

16So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. 17Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. 18He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.

16我親愛的弟兄們，不要看錯了。 17各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜都是從上頭來的，從眾光之父那裏降下來的；在他並沒有改變，也沒有轉動的影兒。 18他按自己的旨意，用真道生了我們，叫我們在他所造的萬物中好像初熟的果子。

This is an amazing verse from the standpoint that a lot of the things found here are things that we have recently studied, which allows us to understand the whole concept it teaches without having to analyze it too deeply. Obviously, this is a verse that screams grace as well, but the portion that relates to what we are going through is, “every good and perfect gift comes down to us from heaven.”

從這裡發現的很多東西都是我們最近學習的東西，這是一個很棒的經文，它使我們能夠理解它所教的整個概念，而不必分析得太深。 很明顯，這是一段令人驚嘆的經文，但與我們所講過的部分相關的是，“各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜都是從上頭來的。”

Okay, so Jesus feeds 5,000 plus people spiritually, then feeds them physically by performing a miracle. The miracle points to his messiahship, as well as to his deity. One thing that is taught clearly here, and the one thing that relates to the phrase “grace unto grace”, is the fact that we can see that grace is multiplication. The grace keeps coming until they are all satisfied. And, even after they are completely satisfied there are still left overs. The amazing thing is that the left overs alone exceeded what they started with. In the end, each of the disciples had their own basket of bread and fish.

好吧，所以耶穌在屬靈上餵養了5000多人，然後藉著顯神蹟餵飽他們的身體的糧食。 神蹟指向他的彌賽亞身分，以及他的神性。 這裡清楚教導的一件事，與“恩上加恩”一詞有關的一件事是，我們可以看到恩典是在倍增的。 恩典不斷到來，直到他們都滿足。 而且，即使在他們完全滿足之後，仍然有剩餘。 令人驚奇的是剩餘的超出了他們開始的時候所有的。 最後，每個門徒都有自己一籃的麵包和魚。

The bread and the fish are multiplied, but from the spiritual standpoint the spiritual food is also multiplied into spiritual growth. God’s Word does not return void. However, when there is no spiritual food, there is no spiritual growth. In the future, the disciples will provide spiritual food, and it will come back to them as a full basket of blessing again. The disciples dished out the physical food from the Lord to the 5,000; and they will soon be serving up the spiritual food that they have also received from the Lord. Those that they serve can take as much or as little as they want. They are only the waiters bringing the food, and when they do they demonstrate grace in action; grace upon grace.

麵包和魚都成倍增加，但從屬靈的角度來看，屬靈糧食也成倍增長。 上帝的話語並沒有返回無效。 然而，當沒有屬靈食糧時，就沒有靈性成長。 後來，門徒會提供屬靈糧食，並且成為滿滿的祝福再次回到他們身上。 門徒將身體的食物從主那里分給了五千人; 他們很快就會提供他們從主所得到的屬靈糧食， 那些他們所服事的人可以盡可能按照他們所想的多要或者少要 。 他們只是帶來糧食的侍者，當他們做時，他們就會在行動中表現出恩典; 恩上加恩。

Throughout the bible God demonstrates, and reveals His grace. Christ had compassion on these people, and Christ has compassion on us. He will feed us until we are satisfied, and he provides us with more than enough. So, if we are interested, we can be fed until the day we die. It is a gift of God, not of works, but through grace, as Ephesians 2:8&9 says:

神在整個聖經中展示，並顯示祂的恩典。 基督憐憫這些人，基督也憐憫我們。 他會餵飽我們，直到我們滿足，祂為我們提供的綽綽有餘。 所以，如果我們感興趣，我們就可以被餵養，直到我們死去的那一天。 這是上帝的恩賜，不是靠行為的恩賜，而是恩典，正如以弗所書2：8＆9所說：

8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 

8你們得救是本乎恩，也因着信；這並不是出於自己，乃是神所賜的； 9也不是出於行為，免得有人自誇。

John 1:17 - 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 

People, who don’t know any better, often criticize Christianity as being all about rules, and yes there are guidelines we are given on how to live our lives. Moses brought down from the mountain the 10 commandments from God, and there are many more commandments than those 10. However, Jesus Christ brought us the truth of how to live our life in light of those commandments, and he brought us grace. No one has been able to meet all of the commandments on their own, we all fall short. But, with Christ and with his grace, we are able to live the Christian life through his example.

約翰福音1:17 - 17律法本是藉着摩西傳的；恩典和真理都是由耶穌基督來的。 

不了解情況的人們經常批評基督教一切都是規條，是的，我們有關於如何過我們生活的指導方針。 摩西從山上降下十條誡命，並且比那十條誡命更多。然而，耶穌基督給我們帶來了關於如何按照這些誡命過我們生活的真理，並且他給我們帶來了恩典。 沒有人能夠自己滿足所有的誡命，我們都不盡人意，無法達到。 但是，藉著基督和祂的恩典，我們能夠藉著祂的榜樣活出基督徒的生活。

John 1:18 - 18No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

We can’t see God. But, God the Father sent His son in human form to make God known to us. If we have seen Christ, then we have seen the Father, as it says in John 14:6-7

6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."

 約翰福音1:18 - 18從來沒有人看見神，只有在父懷裏的獨生子將祂表明出來。正如約翰福音14:6-7所說的：”6耶穌說：「我就是道路、真理、生命；若不藉着我，沒有人能到父那裏去。 7你們若認識我，也就認識我的父。從今以後，你們認識祂，並且已經看見祂。」”

We learn about God through Christ, the manifest person of the trinity. All three members of the trinity are perfect righteousness and justice or holiness. All three members of the trinity show us grace. All three members of the trinity are love. They are all ever present, all knowing, and all powerful. But, only one member of the trinity came down and became man while at the same time was undiminished deity. Only one was sent to reveal the Godhead to us. As we get to know Christ we also are getting to know God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. A perfect plan was created for us, the execution of that plan is possible, and the power to execute that plan was given to us as well.

約翰福音1:17 -

我們通過三位一體的顯明人基督了解上帝。 三位一體的三位成員都是完全的公義，正義或聖潔。 三位一體的三位成員都向我們顯示了恩典。所有 三位一體的三個成員都是愛。 他們都永遠全在，全知，而且都是全能的。 但是，只有一位三位一體的成員下降來，成為了人，同時卻沒有減少神性。 只有一位被派來向我們揭示神。 當我們認識基督的時候，我們也開始認識父神和聖靈。 一個完美的計劃是為我們創造的，這個計劃的執行是可能的，執行這個計劃的權力也給了我們。

Does God provide grace, love, and mercy? Yes. Does He also provide judgment and condemnation? Yes. Is he the same yesterday, today, and forever? Yes. So, it is true, the sovereignty of God and the free will of man co-exist during human history. If we choose to reject God and His ways, then He chooses judgment, discipline, and condemnation for us. If we choose His way, His truth, and His life, then He chooses grace, love, and mercy for us. And, the pivotal question that we all must answer for ourselves is what do we think of Jesus Christ. Then after we answer that question, if we accept his free gift, is what do we think of his thinking, the Word of God, the teaching in the bible. Will we follow it, or will we follow our own desires and lusts?

上帝是否提供恩典，愛心和憐憫？ 是的。 祂是否也提供審判和譴責？ 是的。 祂昨天，今天和永遠都是一樣的嗎？ 是的。 所以，在人類歷史中，上帝的主權和人類的自由意志是共存的。 如果我們選擇拒絕上帝和祂的方式，那麼祂會為我們選擇審判，管教和譴責。 如果我們選擇祂的道路，祂的真理和祂的生命，祂就會為我們選擇恩典，愛心和憐憫。 而且，我們都必須為自己回答的關鍵問題是我們對耶穌基督的看法。 然後，在我們回答這個問題後，如果我們接受祂的免費禮物，我們會如何看待祂的心思意念，上帝的話語，聖經中的教導， 我們會遵循嗎？還是我們會遵循自己的慾望和私慾呢？

Let’s pray.

讓我們禱告。