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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） 
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Day 123

A Cryptic and Grim Prophecy

Text: John 8:28

A CRYPTIC AND GRIM PROPHECY

Jesus had spoken about who He was and why He had come to earth. But His words unfortunately went unheeded. Once again, He sought to reach His hearers, this time by giving a cryptic and grim prophecy of an event that would happen before too long.

“Then Jesus said to them, ‘When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things.’”

John 8:28

1. “When you lift up the Son of Man”

a. The term “Son of Man” was a title that was used to describe the Messiah (Daniel 7:13).
b. He would be given an everlasting Kingdom (Daniel 7:14).
c. The Son of Man would be “lifted up” one day.
i. This was a grim picture of how Jesus would die.
ii. He would be crucified; He would be “lifted up”.

2. “Then you will know that I am He”

a. Realisation would come.
b. They will then know that Jesus had come to fulfil God’s plan of redemption.

3. “And that I do nothing of Myself”

a. Jesus had said this before.
b. He would never seek to do His own will.
c. Neither would He speak a word from Himself.

4. “But as My Father taught Me”

a. There was such a close relationship between Father and Son.
b. Jesus had listened to His Father’s teaching at all times.
c. The Father had taught, and the Son had listened and had taught according to His Father’s will.

5. “I speak these things”

a. What Jesus said was like what the ancient prophets preached.
b. The prophetic messages came from the Lord God.
c. Jesus was the Son of Man who had been taught by His Father.
d. What He spoke reflected what His Father would have Him say.
Gently and clearly Jesus sought to explain who He was and how He taught!

经文: 约翰福音 8：28

一个严肃和难解的预言

耶稣已经表明身份，并说明来世间的任务。但不幸的是，祂的话语没有受到重视。再次的，祂试图教训听见祂的人。这一次，祂给了一个严肃和难解的预言。这预言不久之后会发生。

“所以耶稣说：‘你们举起人子以后，必知道我是基督，并且知道我没有一件事是凭着自己做的。我说这些话乃是照着父所教训我的。’”

《约翰福音 8：28》

1. “你们举起人子以后”

a. “人子”这词是用来描述弥赛亚的称号《但以理书 7：13》
b. 祂将获得一个永远的国《但以理书 7：14》
c. 有一天，人子会被“举起”
i. 这残忍的画面描述了耶稣将如何死亡
ii. 祂将被钉死在十字架上; 祂将被 “举起”

2. “必知道我是基督”

a. 他们将会觉悟
b. 他们将会知道耶稣是来履行上帝救赎的计划

3. “我没有一件事是凭着自己做的”

a. 耶稣曾经说过这话
b. 祂永远不会寻求自己的意志
c. 祂也不会凭着自己说话

4. “照着父所教训我的”

a. 天父与儿子之间有着密切的关系
b. 耶稣无时无刻都听从祂的父的教训
c. 天父已教训，儿子不但听从且照着父的旨意教训

5. “我说这些话”

a. 耶稣所说的就像古时先知所传扬的一样
b. 所预言的话语来自上帝
c. 耶稣是由祂的父亲自教训的人子
d. 祂所说的话反映了天父要祂说的话
耶稣清楚和温和地解释祂的身份和祂如何教训！