5月17日

標　　題：有權柄地說話

經　　節：眾人很希奇祂的教訓；因為祂教訓他們，正像有權柄的人，不像文士。（馬可福音一章22節）

耶穌不是惟一向門徒傳講聖經道理的人。在耶穌時代的人們，聽過其他教師傳講聖經。耶穌與他人的教導不同之處，是有權柄地傳講道理。對許多文士而言，經文沒有什麼意義，經文本身只是一堆枯燥的神學臆測所堆砌的，而耶穌的教導是活潑的道。施洗約翰宣稱，若不是從天上賜下，人就不能得什麼（約翰福音三：27）。當那些宗教領袖閱讀經文時，他們空手而歸。然而，耶穌讀同樣的經文，天父賜下祂自己完全的智慧和權柄。

從事宗教活動及分享由神直接的領受，是徹底不同的。以世人的推理及直接領受神的話語來處理問題，也是迥然互異。是否可能由聖經教導信息，而這信息卻不是從神而來？是的，這絕對是可能的。文士與法利賽人就常常如此，以至於他們的聽眾鬧屬靈饑荒。是否可能給人很合理、恰到好處的建議，而建議的本身卻與神的話語相反？當然可能！

無論你是教導、協談或分享鼓勵人的話語，要非常小心你的話是真的由神領受，不是你自己的想法，否則你就變成假先知（申命記十八：20∼22）。神應許祂所說的每一句話必定成就（以賽亞書五十五：10∼11），你可以滿懷信心地分享由神而來的話語！

Speaking with Authority

And they were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Mark 1:22)

Jesus was not the first person to teach the Scriptures to a group of disciples. The people in Jesus’ day had heard other teachers of the Scriptures. What set Jesus apart was that He taught with authority. To many of the scribes, the Scriptures were meaningless, dry collections of theological speculation, but Jesus taught them as the living words of God. John the Baptist claimed that a man could only receive that which had been given to him by God (John 3:27). When the religious leaders searched the Scriptures, they came away empty-handed. When Jesus read the same Scriptures, the Father gave Him a full measure of His wisdom and His authority.

There is a radical difference between practicing religion and sharing a word directly from the Lord. There is a significant difference between worldly reasoning and counsel that comes straight from the living word of God. Is it possible to teach a message from the Bible but not from the Lord? Yes! The scribes and Pharisees did this regularly and left their listeners spiritually destitute. Is it possible to counsel someone with advice that seems appropriate and reasonable and yet is contrary to God’s word? Of course!

Whenever you teach, counsel, or share a word of encouragement, be very careful that the words you share are indeed from the Lord and are not just your own thinking. Otherwise, you could become a false prophet (Deut. 18:20–22). God promises to stand by every word He has ever spoken (Isa. 55:10–11). When you share a word that has come from God, you can do so with utmost confidence!