2023-10-25 周三 国度的赏赐—今世得着百倍

经文:彼得就回答祂说,看哪,我们已经撇下所有的跟从了你,这样,我们将来要得什么?耶稣就对他们说,我实在告诉你们,你们这些跟从过我的人,在复兴的时候,当人子坐在祂荣耀的宝座上,你们也要坐在十二个宝座上,审判以色列十二个支派。凡为我的名撇下房屋、或是弟兄、姊妹、父亲、母亲、儿女、田地的,必要得着百倍,且要承受永远的生命。(太十九27-29,另译)

国度的赏赐有两部分。第一部分在今世,第二部份在来世。国度赏赐的第一部分主要的是与物质的事物和天然的事物有关。我们若是为着国度,或为着主的名,撇下这一切事物,主会赏赐我们百倍。在二十九节主说,“凡为我的名撇下房屋、或是弟兄、姊妹、父亲、母亲、儿女、田地的,必要得着百倍,且要承受永远的生命。”得着百倍的房屋、田地、亲族,是在今世得着赏赐。

这是指今天享受主里的弟兄姊妹,连带也享受他们的所有。我能见证,我已经撇下了一切跟从主,包括撇下我的亲人。我在地方教会之外,几乎没有朋友。但我有许许多多的弟兄、姊妹、母亲。在教会生活里,我们都有许多的母亲、弟兄、姊妹。从某种意义说,在教会生活里的人爱我胜于我的亲人。这就是赏赐。我们需要相信主的应许,我们若将一切撇在背后跟从祂,我们甚至在今世就要得着赏赐。

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The Kingdom Reward – To Receive Hundredfold in this Age – Matt. 19:27-29

The kingdom reward is of two parts. The first part is in this age, and the second part is in the coming age. The first part of the kingdom reward is mainly related to material things and natural things. If, for the kingdom’s sake, or for the sake of the Lord’s name, we leave all these things, the Lord will reward us a hundredfold. In verse 29 the Lord said, “Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.” To receive a hundredfold, houses, lands and relatives, is to be rewarded in this age.

This refers to the enjoyment of the brothers and sisters in the Lord with their possessions today. I can testify that I have left everything to follow the Lord, including my relatives. I hardly have a friend outside the local church. But I have hundreds of brothers, sisters, and mothers. In the church life we all have many mothers, brothers and sisters. In a sense, those in the church life love me more than my relatives do. This is a reward. We need to believe the promise of the Lord that if we leave everything behind us to follow him, we shall receive a reward, even in this age.