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寶貴的禮物 (阮 雄長老)

26 Dec

寶貴的禮物 (阮 雄長老)

今年你收到什麼聖誕禮物呢？有沒有你喜歡的禮物呢？你送了些什麼禮物給別人呢？在美國，平均每人花費886元來購買聖誕禮物，大家花這麼多錢，到底是在慶祝什麼呢？首先我們會有一個長假期，還會有聖誕大餐，還有人會說聖誕老人要來了，好像他是聖誕節的主角，但是我們基督徒要慶祝的是耶穌的誕生，耶穌誕生來到世上完成救贖，這是神給人寶貴的禮物，而我們也可以回應給神一個禮物，就是我們自己。耶穌的降生改寫了人類的歷史，從此有了主前、主後的紀元，全世界都以祂的降生日開始來記載歷史，基督的信仰而帶給了全人類文明的進步，比如印刷技術的精進是為了印刷聖經，而許多美國的知名大學當時都是為了培養傳道人而設立的，如哈佛、耶魯等都是。
你願意接受神的寶貴禮物嗎? 你會獻上什麼禮物給神? 你會把神寶貴的禮物分享給別人嗎?


禮物能夠建立關係，表達愛意，帶來喜樂。人無法選擇來到世上過這短暫的生命。但是，人卻可以選擇得到神所賜的豐盛且永恆的生命，這永生是神藉愛子耶穌賜給人最寶貴的禮物，在乎你要或不要。生命是神賜給我們的禮物，生活是我們獻給神的禮物。

馬太福音 2:1-11 (和合本)

  1. 當希律王的時候，耶穌生在猶太的伯利恆。有幾個博士從東方來到耶路撒冷，說：
  2. 那生下來作猶太人之王的在那裡？我們在東方看見他的星，特來拜他。
  3. 希律王聽見了，就心裡不安；耶路撒冷合城的人也都不安。
  4. 他就召齊了祭司長和民間的文士，問他們說：基督當生在何處？
  5. 他們回答說：在猶太的伯利恆。因為有先知記著，說：
  6. 猶大地的伯利恆阿，你在猶大諸城中並不是最小的；因為將來有一位君王要從你那裡出來，牧養我以色列民。
  7. 當下，希律暗暗的召了博士來，細問那星是甚麼時候出現的，
  8. 就差他們往伯利恆去，說：你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子，尋到了，就來報信，我也好去拜他。
  9. 他們聽見王的話就去了。在東方所看見的那星忽然在他們前頭行，直行到小孩子的地方，就在上頭停住了。
  10. 他們看見那星，就大大的歡喜；
  11. 進了房子，看見小孩子和他母親馬利亞，就俯伏拜那小孩子，揭開寶盒，拿黃金、乳香、沒藥為禮物獻給他。
Matthew 2:1-11 (NIV)

  1. After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem
  2. and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
  3. When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
  4. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
  5. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:”‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
     
  6. are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'”
  7. Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
  8. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
  9. After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
  10. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
  11. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.