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The Word Of God Given

Text: John 17: 14

THE WORD OF GOD GIVEN

One of the most precious gifts God can give is truly His word. This was very much the focus of Jesus when He came to earth to minister.

“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” 

John 17:14

1. “I have given them Your word”

a. Jesus lived by the word of God.

i. He exemplified it (Matthew 4:4).

ii. He cited it.

iii. He knew God’s command concerning His word.

iv. Man is to live by the Word of God and not just by bread alone.

b. Jesus taught the Word of God faithfully:

i. To the multitudes.

ii. The word of God was central in His preaching and teaching ministry.

iii. His healing and casting out of demons did not eclipse the place of God’s word in ministry.

c. He had especially taught His Disciples God’s word:

i. In His parables.

ii. In His explanation of the parables (Matthew 13).

iii. In His encounters with the scribes and Pharisees.

2. “And the world has hated them”

a. The enemies of Jesus also hated His Disciples.

b. They found fault with them.

c. But they were specially kept by Jesus and thus they were not harmed.

3. “Because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world”

a. The world is in opposition to the Lord Jesus.

b. It rejects God and His Word.

c. It indulges in sin and worldliness.

d. The Disciples had followed Jesus and thus they too were not of the world.

e. The hatred of the Disciples would become worse with the passing of time.

经文：约翰福音 17: 14

上帝所赐的道

上帝给予我们其中一个最宝贵的恩赐莫过于祂的道。当耶稣到世上时，上帝宝贵的道是耶稣极为关注的。

“我已将你的道赐给他们，世界又恨他们，因为他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。”

《约翰福音 17：14》

1. “我已将你的道赐给他们”

a. 耶稣完全活出了上帝的道（活道）

i. 祂以自身作为典范《马太福音 4：4》

ii. 祂引述这道

iii. 祂了解关于上帝的道的命令

iv. 人活着，不是单靠食物，乃是靠上帝口里所说的一切

b. 耶稣富有信实地教导上帝的话语：

i. 祂教导众人

ii. 上帝的话语是耶稣的传道和教导职事中的焦点

iii. 虽然耶稣医治病人和把鬼赶出去，但这一切并没取代上帝的话语在职事里的重要地位

c. 祂特别地教导门徒们上帝的话语：

i. 在祂的比喻里

ii. 在祂的比喻的解释里《马太福音 13》

iii. 在祂与文士和法利赛人的互动中

2. “世界又恨他们”

a. 耶稣的仇敌也恨祂的门徒

b. 这些仇敌在门徒们的身上挑错

c. 不过耶稣特别保守了他们，因此他们并没有受到伤害

3. “因为他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样”

a. 这世界反抗主耶稣

b. 这世界弃绝了上帝以及祂的话语

c. 这世界沉溺于罪孽和世俗的东西

d. 门徒们跟随耶稣，因此他们也不属世界

e. 这世界对门徒们的恨会日夜加深