當破產的傳道人遇到瘸子(卓爾君牧師)
你是否記得小時候每逢節日或生日的前一夜，心中的期待興奮到無法控制的地步？你迫不及待地想要知道會收到多少紅包，不知道會收到甚麼禮物，我們可以輕易地分辨出充滿期待和毫無期待的人，也會被那些充滿期待的人所感染。當你參加主日的敬拜時，你是否也是帶著期待的心情呢？有些基督徒參加主日崇拜只是例行公事，並沒有帶著任何的期待。今天我們要談的經文是描述兩個破產的傳道人與一個瘸子相遇的故事，因為神的參與而碰撞出一個令人驚奇的結果，改變了他的一生。
那個瘸腿的人原本只是要人賙濟，但是彼得和約翰提高了他的期待，讓他經歷了聖靈的工作。當你來到教堂的時候，你的期待是什麼？期望神滿足你一切的需求嗎？你希望神可以恢復你的健康嗎？如果你沒有與神建立一個健康的關係，你的期望也只會落空。
使徒行傳3:1-10 (和合本)
- 申初禱告的時候，彼得、約翰上聖殿去。
- 有一個人，生來是瘸腿的，天天被人抬來，放在殿的一個門口，那門名叫美門，要求進殿的人賙濟。
- 他看見彼得、約翰將要進殿，就求他們賙濟。
- 彼得約翰定睛看他；彼得說：你看我們！
- 那人就留意看他們，指望得著甚麼。
- 彼得說：金銀我都沒有，只把我所有的給你：我奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名，叫你起來行走！
- 於是拉著他的右手，扶他起來；他的腳和踝子骨立刻健壯了，
- 就跳起來，站著，又行走，同他們進了殿，走著，跳著，讚美神。
- 百姓都看見他行走，讚美神；
- 認得他是那素常坐在殿的美門口求賙濟的，就因他所遇著的事滿心希奇、驚訝。
Acts 3:1-10 (NIV)
- One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.
- Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
- When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
- Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!”
- So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
- Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”
- Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
- He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.
- When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
- they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.