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A Tender Illustration

Text: John 16: 21 - 22

A TENDER ILLUSTRATION

Jesus selected a tender illustration to help the Disciples to cope with their sense of sorrow.

“A woman, when she is in labour, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.”

John 16:21-22

1. “A woman, when she is in labour, has sorrow because her hour has come”

a. Labour pains have been described as one of the worst experiences ever.

b. Jesus compares the sorrow felt by the Disciples to the sorrow felt by a woman in labour.

c. It is difficult to get out of this fixation of pain and sorrow.

2. “But as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish”

a. The sorrow and pain have eased.

b. She remembers the pain no more after the baby is born.

3. “For joy that a human being has been born into the world”

a. This is indescribable joy.

b. It is a joy that eclipses the highest level of pain.

4. “Therefore you now have sorrow”

a. Jesus understood the depth of the sorrow of the Disciples.

b. It was a sorrow that did not seem to go away.

i. Explanations did not help.

ii. Words of comfort did not seem to help either.

iii. Words of assurance did not go very far.

5. “But I will see you again”

a. Jesus gave this strong word of promise.

b. He will rise from the dead and He will see them again.

6. “And your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you”

a. Like the woman who has given birth, the Disciples would find joy again.

b. It would be a joy that no one could ever take from them!

经文：约翰福音 16：21-22

一个温馨的解说

耶稣选择了一个温馨的解说来帮助门徒们应付忧愁的感觉。

“妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了；既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚，因为欢喜世上生了一个人。你们现在也是忧愁，但我要再见你们，你们的心就喜乐了，这喜乐也没有人能夺去。”

《约翰福音 16：21-22》

1. “妇人生产的时候就忧愁，因为她的时候到了”

a. 分娩时的阵痛被形容为最难受的经历之一

b. 耶稣把门徒感到的忧愁比较为妇人生产时的忧愁

c. 要从这疼痛和忧愁中寻求解脫是不容易的事

2．“既生了孩子，就不再记念那苦楚”

a．那忧愁和疼痛已减轻了

b．孩子出生后，她就不再记得那疼痛了

3．“因为欢喜世上生了一个人”

a. 这是无法形容的喜乐

b. 这种喜乐把最激烈的疼痛都掩盖了

4．“你们现在也是忧愁”

a．耶稣理解门徒们深切的忧愁

b．这忧愁似乎无法消失

i. 解释是无补于事的

ii. 安慰的话语也似乎没有帮助

iii. 保证的话语也起不了多大的作用

5． “但我要再见你们”

a．耶稣给予了这坚定的应许

b．衪会从死里复活，然后再见他们

6．“你们的心就喜乐了，这喜乐也没有人能夺去”

a．犹如那生产后的妇人，门徒们会再次找到喜乐。

b．这喜乐是没有人能夺去的!