爱的蓝图

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路加福音24:13-35   

正当那日，门徒中有两个人往一个村子去。这村子名叫以马忤斯，离耶路撒冷约有二十五里。 14 他们彼此谈论所遇见的这一切事。 15 正谈论相问的时候，耶稣亲自就近他们，和他们同行， 16 只是他们的眼睛迷糊了，不认识他。 17 耶稣对他们说：「你们走路彼此谈论的是什么事呢？」他们就站住，脸上带着愁容。 18 二人中有一个名叫革流巴的回答说：「你在耶路撒冷作客，还不知道这几天在那里所出的事吗？」 19 耶稣说：「什么事呢？」

「道听涂说」成语出自孔子《论语．阳货》篇，教育部《成语典》释义为：在路上听到一些没有根据的话，不加求证就又在路途中说给其他的人听。泛指没有经过证实、缺乏根据的话。在这网路发达、资讯串流的世代，「道听涂说」是世人的日常生活，我们一起活在传言、虚拟、诡诈的声量震荡中。

有趣的是，同音语句「道听途说」（路加福音24:13-35）却可用来描述耶稣受难后，两个门徒行路间与主谈论圣经的奇妙历程。

耶稣受难的第三日，两个门徒满怀失望地离开耶路撒冷，走在通往以马忤斯的路上。他们谈论著所发生的一切事，耶稣被钉十字架、盼望破灭的心情、以及妇女们清晨传来的空墓消息。他们困惑不解，也许内心还存著一丝渺茫的盼望。

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Don’t Miss the Big Picture

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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 3:1-6. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 3:1-2 (NIV)
1  Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there.
2  Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath.

On verses 1-2:  The Pharisees were in “church”, that is, in the synagogue, but their focus was not on worshiping Yahweh.  Their focus was looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, to see in particular if Jesus would heal a worshipper in attendance with a shriveled hand.

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When Grace Became an Outlaw

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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 2:23-28. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 2:23 (NIV)
23  One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.

On verse 23:  The law of Moses allowed poor people to walk through a landowner’s property and pick up the leftover heads of grain that the landowner had not harvested and keep it for themselves to eat (Leviticus 19:10; Deuteronomy 24:10).  By allowing the poor to glean in the fields, the Law of Moses was demonstrating that God’s heart is one of grace and compassion. 

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遍地满了祢的丰富

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路加福音24:13-35   

正当那日，门徒中有两个人往一个村子去。这村子名叫以马忤斯，离耶路撒冷约有二十五里。 14 他们彼此谈论所遇见的这一切事。 15 正谈论相问的时候，耶稣亲自就近他们，和他们同行， 16 只是他们的眼睛迷糊了，不认识他。 17 耶稣对他们说：「你们走路彼此谈论的是什么事呢？」他们就站住，脸上带着愁容。 18 二人中有一个名叫革流巴的回答说：「你在耶路撒冷作客，还不知道这几天在那里所出的事吗？」 19 耶稣说：「什么事呢？」

「道听涂说」成语出自孔子《论语．阳货》篇，教育部《成语典》释义为：在路上听到一些没有根据的话，不加求证就又在路途中说给其他的人听。泛指没有经过证实、缺乏根据的话。在这网路发达、资讯串流的世代，「道听涂说」是世人的日常生活，我们一起活在传言、虚拟、诡诈的声量震荡中。

有趣的是，同音语句「道听途说」（路加福音24:13-35）却可用来描述耶稣受难后，两个门徒行路间与主谈论圣经的奇妙历程。

耶稣受难的第三日，两个门徒满怀失望地离开耶路撒冷，走在通往以马忤斯的路上。他们谈论著所发生的一切事，耶稣被钉十字架、盼望破灭的心情、以及妇女们清晨传来的空墓消息。他们困惑不解，也许内心还存著一丝渺茫的盼望。

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I Think You Need a New Container

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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 2:13-22. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 2:13-14 (NIV)
13  Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them.
14  As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
 
On verses 13-14:  Levi, who is also known as Matthew, made his living as a tax collector.  Many Jews looked down on Jewish tax collectors since they were known for taking money from their own people, giving it to the Roman government and in some cases pocketing some of that money for themselves. 

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道听途说

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路加福音24:13-35   

正当那日，门徒中有两个人往一个村子去。这村子名叫以马忤斯，离耶路撒冷约有二十五里。 14 他们彼此谈论所遇见的这一切事。 15 正谈论相问的时候，耶稣亲自就近他们，和他们同行， 16 只是他们的眼睛迷糊了，不认识他。 17 耶稣对他们说：「你们走路彼此谈论的是什么事呢？」他们就站住，脸上带着愁容。 18 二人中有一个名叫革流巴的回答说：「你在耶路撒冷作客，还不知道这几天在那里所出的事吗？」 19 耶稣说：「什么事呢？」

「道听涂说」成语出自孔子《论语．阳货》篇，教育部《成语典》释义为：在路上听到一些没有根据的话，不加求证就又在路途中说给其他的人听。泛指没有经过证实、缺乏根据的话。在这网路发达、资讯串流的世代，「道听涂说」是世人的日常生活，我们一起活在传言、虚拟、诡诈的声量震荡中。

有趣的是，同音语句「道听途说」（路加福音24:13-35）却可用来描述耶稣受难后，两个门徒行路间与主谈论圣经的奇妙历程。

耶稣受难的第三日，两个门徒满怀失望地离开耶路撒冷，走在通往以马忤斯的路上。他们谈论著所发生的一切事，耶稣被钉十字架、盼望破灭的心情、以及妇女们清晨传来的空墓消息。他们困惑不解，也许内心还存著一丝渺茫的盼望。

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A Difference Making Faith

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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 2:1-12. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 2:1 (NIV)
1  A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home.
 
On verse 1:  Wait. Wasn’t Jesus born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth?  Why do people say that Jesus has come home when he returned to Capernaum?  It’s because Capernaum is known as the place that Jesus treated as his hub or his base when his public ministry began. 

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约柜在这里

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希伯来书9:3-5   第二幔子后又有一层帐幕，叫做至圣所， 有金香炉，有包金的约柜，柜里有盛吗哪的金罐和亚伦发过芽的杖并两块约版， 5 柜上面有荣耀基路伯的影罩着施恩座。

彼得前书2:9-10  惟有你们是被拣选的族类，是有君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国度，是属神的子民，要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德。你们从前算不得子民，现在却作了神的子民；从前未曾蒙怜恤，现在却蒙了怜恤。

旧约时代的约柜象征神与人同在的实际、以及神与人盟约的见证。约柜被安置在会幕（或圣殿）内的至圣所，包金的约柜里存有盛吗哪的金罐和亚伦发过芽的杖，并两块约版；柜上面有荣耀基路伯的影罩着施恩（施恩：原文是蔽罪）座（希伯来书9:4-5）。

「约版」是两块石版，上面刻着神在西奈山上亲自用手指写下的十条诫命（出埃及记31:18），象征神的引导和教导，是神与以色列人立约的具体条文。

「吗哪」是以色列百姓在旷野40年的主要食物，象征神的怜悯和供应（出埃及记16:31-36）。

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失落的约柜

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出埃及记25:10-22   10 「要用皂荚木做一柜，长二肘半，宽一肘半，高一肘半。 11 要里外包上精金，四围镶上金牙边。 12 也要铸四个金环，安在柜的四脚上，这边两环，那边两环。 13 要用皂荚木做两根杠，用金包裹。 14 要把杠穿在柜旁的环内，以便抬柜。 15 这杠要常在柜的环内，不可抽出来。 16 必将我所要赐给你的法版放在柜里。 17 要用精金做施恩座，长二肘半，宽一肘半。 18 要用金子锤出两个基路伯来，安在施恩座的两头。 19 这头做一个基路伯，那头做一个基路伯，二基路伯要接连一块，在施恩座的两头。 20 二基路伯要高张翅膀，遮掩施恩座。基路伯要脸对脸，朝着施恩座。 21 要将施恩座安在柜的上边，又将我所要赐给你的法版放在柜里。 22 我要在那里与你相会，又要从法柜施恩座上二基路伯中间，和你说我所要吩咐你传给以色列人的一切事。

1981年电影《印第安纳琼斯：法柜奇兵（Raiders of the Lost Ark）》，以冒险与神祕的风格演绎了「寻找失落约柜」的传说。剧情纯属虚构，然而圣经中的约柜在哪里？倒是长久以来人们一直想要探索寻得的奥秘。

约柜是神在西奈山指示摩西所造的至圣器物，用皂荚木制成，外包纯金，内放十诫法版，象征神与祂子民立约的核心。约柜是神与摩西相会之处，也是传达神旨谕令的地方（出埃及记25:10-22）。

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The Touch of Your Hand

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Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 1:40-45. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 1:40-42 (NIV)
40  A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
41  Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”
42  Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured.
 
On verses 40-42:  When the leper cried out to Jesus for help, Jesus showed that he was full of compassion as well as the power to heal.  What touches me most is the way Jesus healed this leper: he touched him. 
 

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