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13-25節--奉獻是需要付上代價的

約翰福音 第2章

你曾否到過一些專門販賣牲畜的市場？如果你到過，你便能夠想像基督踏足聖殿外院的那一刻，祂看見的是一幅怎樣的景像，和祂聞到的是怎樣的氣味。這一切的買賣安排，其實是為了方便敬拜的人用作奉獻。也許有人曾經提議說：「遠道而來的旅客，怎能帶同羊羔去聖殿奉獻給神呢？我們又不接受敬拜的人用羅馬的銀錢來奉獻。不如想個辦法來方便他們吧！」於是，他們便在外院設立了販賣牛羊和兌換銀錢的攤子。

然而，這種方便快捷的敬拜，卻非神所喜悅的敬拜。人總是喜歡尋找一種簡易輕鬆的宗教，既不打擾他們的日常生活，又不用改變他們的生活習慣。但大衛怎樣說？「我不肯用白得之物作燔祭獻給耶和華我的神。」

他們在哪裡設置這些攤子？是在聖殿的外邦人院，也就是專為非猶太人進入聖殿敬拜而設的地方。設立這外院的目的，是為了邀請外人進來一起敬拜獨一的真神；可是，猶太人卻把它用作買賣的場地，外人根本無法用來敬拜。

我們會否也變成這樣？我們有否真心關懷失喪者──也就是教外的人？我們是否只想到自己，只為到神救了自己而感恩，卻忘了其他未得救的人？我們若然是這樣的話，豈不是跟耶穌時代的猶太人一樣？

可悲的是，當基督一離開聖殿之後，買賣的人便立即回來。請讀馬太福音二十一章12至13節。基督在受死前的最後一個逾越節，曾經第二次潔淨聖殿。對於他們這種死性不改的行為，我們又豈會感到奇怪？許多時候，基督潔淨了我們的生命，可是，不消多久，我們的懷習慣又捲土重來，將神的教訓拋諸腦後。

反思：我對基督的敬拜──有沒有要求我付上任何代價？

我對失喪者──究竟有沒有真正關懷？

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Sacrifice - Not Convenience
Bible Reading: John 2:13-25

Have you ever been to a cattle sale? If you have, you can imagine the noise and smell in the courtyard of the Temple as Christ saw it. Yet it had all begun as a matter of convenience. Perhaps someone had said. "Lets make it easier for people to worship God. Travellers cant be expected to bring their own sheep and we cant have Roman money in the Temple. So the cattle stalls were set up and the money changers went into business.

But does God want the kind of worship that doesnt cost us very much in time or effort? Man is always looking for an easy religion that wont disturb or change his life too much. But what did David say? Shall I offer to the Lord that which costs me nothing?

Where was this market held? In the court of the Gentiles, those who were not Jews. That courtyard had been built as an invitation to the outsider to come and worship the true God. Instead the Jews has taken it over as a sale yard and left no room for anyone else.

Do we act like that at times? How much do we really care for the lost - the outsider? Do we think only of ourselves, thanking God that we have been saved, not thinking of anyone else? If so are we better than the Jews in Christs day?

Sad to say, as soon as Christs back was turned, the stalls must have been put up again. Read Matthew 21:12-13. At the last Passover time before he died, Christ had to clean out the Temple once more. We know how that can happen dont we? Christ has sometimes cleaned up a life, but that person has allowed the old habits to return and that man or woman has slipped away from the things of God.

THINK ABOUT THIS: My worship of Christ - does it cost me anything? My concern for the lost - is it real?

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