Salvation for All
瑪竇福音 8:5-11
今天的福音提到一位百夫長來到耶穌跟前,他的僕人病重在家,他只求耶穌說一句話,深信這已足夠治癒他的僕人。
值得留意的是這位百夫長並非猶太人,他是一位羅馬軍隊的軍官,駐守在猶太地區。而耶穌聽到他的請求,只考慮到這位外邦人的信德而立即回應,由此可見耶穌對猶太人和外邦人一視同仁。
耶穌在最後說:「將有許多人從東方和西方來,同亞巴郎、依撒格、雅各伯在天國裡一起坐席。」祂的意思:天國是向所有人開放的。耶穌來到世上,祂宣講的福音是為所有人宣講的。在這將臨期,讓我們默想耶穌降生成人的真正意義。
這篇默想由生命恩泉文摘編輯小組撰寫,內容以下列文章為根據: Commentaries on the daily readings by Sacred Space, 天國開放給一切相信耶穌的人.
Matthew 8:5-11
In today’s Gospel, we read that a centurion approached Jesus, for his servant was very ill at home. He asked that Jesus say the word and trusted that would be enough to cure his servant.
What deserves our attention is that the centurion was a Gentile. He was part of the Roman Army. When Jesus heard his request, He only considered his faith and responded at once. From this we see that Jesus’ impartiality in dealing with the Jews and Gentiles.
Jesus said in the end: “Many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven”. What He meant is that the kingdom of heaven is for all peoples everywhere. Jesus comes to proclaim the Good News to everyone. This Advent, let us reflect on the real meaning of Jesus coming to live among us.
This reflection is prepared by the FLL Inspire editorial team as a digest of the following two articles: Commentaries on the daily readings by Sacred Space, 天國開放給一切相信耶穌的人.