約翰福音第19章中英摘要

　　猶太人的祭司長和眾人，喊著要釘耶穌十字架，彼拉多問耶穌：「你是哪裡來的？」耶穌卻不回答。彼拉多說：「你不對我說話嗎？你豈不知我有權柄釋放你，也有權柄把你釘十字架嗎？」
耶穌回答說：「若不是從上頭賜給你的，你就毫無權柄辦我…」
耶穌是自願被釘在十字架上，若非祂自願，世上沒有任何人可以勉強祂。
耶穌是神的兒子，無瑕疵無斑點的羔羊，卻因著我們的罪，自己背起十字架來到髑髏地。
彼拉多用牌子使用三樣文字，寫了一個名號安在十字架上：「猶太人的王，拿撒勒人耶穌」
猶太人的祭司長卻說：「不要寫『猶太人的王』，要寫『他自己說我是猶太人的王』」
世人厭棄耶穌，對祂極盡輕蔑與羞辱，祂卻像羊羔被牽到宰殺之地，又像羊在剪毛的人手下無聲。
　　神的兒子耶穌基督，親自來到地上，經歷極大的痛苦，付上極重的代價來救贖我們，今天我們將身體獻上，當作活祭，如此事奉乃是理所當然！神願意讓我們來事奉祂，是祂看得起我們，是我們的榮耀。神不缺人服事，天使服事神絕對做得比我們好，但是神仍舊給我們機會來事奉祂，所以不要勉勉強強、憂憂愁愁的來服事，不要委屈的像是在給神面子。神太榮耀、太偉大了，我們若是有這個看見，就算是跪著、爬著，我們都要求神讓我們來事奉祂。
　　舊約出埃及記，神用雲柱來帶領以色列人，這雲彩就是神榮耀的同在(Shekinah)，當雲柱移動時百姓就跟著遷移，雲柱停止百姓就安營。現今神賜下聖靈在我們裡面，這聖靈就是雲柱，引導我們明白神的心意；所以我們都要順服聖靈的感動而行，越順服聖靈，我們對聖靈就會越敏銳；若是經常抹滅聖靈的感動，那漸漸地我們的心就會像法老一樣的剛硬，對聖靈沒有反應。
　　今天若是聖靈感動你，要愛主、服事主，就是趁現在，不是在明天、下週或是在將來。

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John 19

　　The chief priests of the Jews and the crowd are shouting demands to crucify Jesus. Pilate asks Jesus “where do you come from?” But Jesus doesn’t answer. Pilate says, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Don’t you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?” Jesus answers, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above.”(John 19:10-11) From this conversation we learn that Jesus is crucifies upon His own will. If it’s not His will, no one on earth could have forced him. Jesus is the Son of God. He is the Lamb without blemish or defect, and yet He carries His cross all the way to Golgotha for our sins. Pilate writes a notice that is to be fastened to the cross in three languages “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” But the chief priests of the Jews protest, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews.”(John 19: 19-21) People in this world hate Jesus; people despise and humiliate Him. Yet, “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent.”

　　Jesus, God’s son, came to the earth Himself, suffered great agony, paid the highest price for our souls. Today, we “offer [our] bodies as a living sacrifice … this is [our] true and proper worship.” (Romans 12:1) It is our privilege and glory that God allows us to serve Him. God doesn’t need our services; angels can definitely serve better than us, and yet God gives us the chance to serve Him. Thus, don’t serve Him with reluctance or gloom; don’t consider it an inconvenience or think that you are doing God a favor. There’s no need of your service. If we truly understand how mighty and glorious God is, we would kneel before Him or even craw to Him just to beg for a chance to serve Him.

　　In Exodus, God went before His people in a pillar of cloud to guide them. This cloud is the Shekinah Glory. When the cloud moves, God’s people follow; when the cloud stops, they camps. Now God has sent the Holy Spirit to live in us. The Holy Spirit is like the cloud; It leads us to understand God’s will. So, we have to obey what the Holy Spirit says to us. The more we obey the Holy Spirit, the more sensitive we are to His voice. If we often ignore the work of the Holy Spirit, our heart will become hard, like the heart of Pharaoh, and we will lose our ability to respond to the voice of the Holy Spirit.
　　If the Holy Spirit speaks to you, asking you to love and serve God, do it now! Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not any time in the future. Now!