Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音)

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音)
 
Day 
Day 209

Coming to Faith in Jesus

Text: John 11: 45-46

COMING TO FAITH IN JESUS

What would be the most natural response when one has witnessed a truly spectacular miracle?

“Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. But some of them went away to the Pharisees
and told them the things Jesus did.” 

John 11:45-46

1. “Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary”

a. These were the friends of the family of Mary, Martha and Lazarus.
b. They had come to Mary to offer sympathy and condolences.

2. “And had seen the things Jesus did”

a. These had seen other miracles that Jesus did.
b. He had restored the eyes of a man born blind (John 9).
c. Now He had raised Lazarus from the dead.

3. “Believed in Him”

a. This would be the most logical response.
b. To believe in Jesus would be most natural.

4. What would they believe in

a. That Jesus was the Christ.
b. That He was the Son of God.
c. That He was the Saviour.
d. That He was the Resurrection and the Life.
e. That God the Father had indeed sent Him.
f. That God would always hear the prayers of His beloved Son.
g. That God had granted Him power to even raise the dead.

5. “But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did”

a. These had not been convinced.
b. They had not found faith,
c. They went to the Pharisees.
i. To give a report.
ii. To watch how the Pharisees would respond and they would take heed to their response.

经文:约翰福音 11:45-46

来信耶稣

当一个人目睹了一件极其惊人的神迹,他最自然的反应会是什么呢?

“那些来看马利亚的犹太人见了耶稣所做的事,就多有信他的。 但其中也有去见法利赛人的,将耶稣所做的事告诉他们。”

《约翰福音 11:45-46》

1. “那些来看马利亚的犹太人”

a. 这些是马利亚、马大与拉撒路的朋友们
b. 他们来慰问马利亚,表示同情和哀悼

2. “见了耶稣所做的事”

a. 这些人也曾看过耶稣其他的神迹
b. 祂医好生来瞎眼的《约翰福音 9》
c. 现在祂使拉撒路从死里复活

3. “就多有信他的”

a. 这是最合逻辑的反应
b. 相信耶稣是最自然的

4. 他们信什么?

a. 耶稣是基督
b. 祂是上帝的儿子
c. 祂是救主
d. 祂是复活与生命
e. 父神的确差遣祂来
f. 上帝会一直聆听祂爱子的祷告
g. 上帝赐祂权柄,甚至能叫死人复活

5. “但其中也有去见法利赛人的,将耶稣所做的事告诉他们”

a. 这些人并不信服
b. 他们没有找到信心
c. 他们去见法利赛人
i. 向他们报告
ii. 观察法利赛人对这事的反应,并谨慎留意他们的反应