8月18日 耶稣付上了代价
耶稣付上了代价
试想一位父亲只有一个儿子，并且绝无可能再有别的儿子，然而，他却亲自把这个孩子送进监牢，并亲口判处他死刑。
罪的一切咒诅都汇聚在耶稣身上，正如百川归海，罪与死的一切工价都在祂里面汇集。“因祂受的刑罚，我们得平安；因祂受的鞭伤，我们得医治。……耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在祂身上。”（赛53:5-6）但我们还要再往前迈出一步，思想神对祂爱子那份难以言喻的爱，以及当祂眼看着爱子独自走上那流血惨剧的舞台时，祂所要成就的旨意。请在这里安静下来，深知为了使你与祂联合，神和祂的儿子付上了何等痛苦的代价。我想，这已经是神的话语所能引导你攀登的至高阶梯，使你得以默想祂的慈爱。
试想一位父亲只有一个儿子，并且绝无可能再有别的儿子，然而，他却亲自把这个孩子送进监牢，并亲口判处他死刑。随后，为了确保死刑能在最可怕的折磨中彻底执行，他亲眼看着孩子死去，眼中所充满的并非悲哀，而是烈怒。如果你仔细审视这位父亲的面容，你必会断定他一定恨恶自己的儿子，或是恨恶儿子所犯的罪。这正是你在父神对待祂儿子的事上所看见的，因为归根结底，致使基督受死的乃是神，而不是人或魔鬼。
耶稣知道祂受死的判决书是由父神的手签署并盖印的，因此祂祷告说：“我父啊，这杯若不能离开我，必要我喝，就愿祢的意旨成全。”（太26:42）然而，这位忧患之子的灵，却因顺服神而欢喜，祂的宝血乃是唯一能使父神之心喜悦的酒：“耶和华却定意将祂压伤，使祂受痛苦。”（赛53:10）当基督在十字架上受死时，神以此为喜悦。这并不是因为神不爱祂的儿子，也不是因为祂的儿子曾违背祂，因为耶稣从未有一次让神失望。神之所以如此行，是因为祂恨恶罪，并且在祂定意向罪人彰显其怜悯的决心中，将公义的要求完全倾注在自己独生子的身上，以此满足了祂绝对的公义。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：撒上10章，罗8章，
个人灵修：耶47章，路15章
AUGUST 18, TUESDAY
JESUS PAID THE PRICE
Picture a father who has only one son—and can have no more—sending that child to prison and with his own lips sentencing him to death.
The whole curse of sin met in Jesus, as all streams run to the ocean—a collection of all the wages of sin and death merged in Him. “The chastisement of our peace was upon him;… and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:5–6). But take another step and consider God’s unspeakable love for His beloved Son as He watched Him—alone—enter the stage of bloody tragedy. Be still here and know the painful price both God and His Son paid for you to be one with Him. I think you are at the highest stair God’s Word can lead you to ascend into the meditation of His love.
Picture a father who has only one son—and can have no more—sending that child to prison and with his own lips sentencing him to death. And then, to guarantee the execution be completed with the most horrible torment possible, he watches his child’s death with eyes brimming not with grief but with anger. If you study this parent’s countenance you conclude that surely he hates his son or the sin he committed. This is what you see in the Father towards His Son, for it was God, more than men or devils, who caused Christ’s death.
Jesus knew the warrant for His death was signed and sealed by His Father’s hand, for He prayed, “O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done” (Matthew 26:42). Yet the spirit of the Man of Sorrow rejoiced in obeying God and His blood was the only wine which made the Father’s heart glad: “It pleased the Lord to bruise him” (Isaiah 53:10). When Christ suffered death on the cross, God was pleased—not because He did not love His Son and not because He had disobeyed Him, for Jesus never once disappointed God. But God hated sin, and in His determination to exalt His mercy toward sinners, He satisfied His justice on His only Son.