Bible Reading
Matthew 22:37-40 “And he said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
[29:00]Matthew 21:23-27 “And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?' Jesus answered them, 'I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?' And they discussed it among themselves, saying, 'If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.' So they answered Jesus, 'We do not know.' And he said to them, 'Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
[36:16]Matthew 22:15-22 “Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words. And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?' But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, 'Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax.' And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, 'Whose likeness and inscription is this?' They said, 'Caesar's.' Then he said to them, 'Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.' When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.”
[43:59]Observation questions
- 在馬太福音21:23-27中，祭司長和長老怎樣質問耶穌？耶穌用甚麼問題回應他們？ [36:21]
- 宗教領袖為甚麼不願意直接回答施洗約翰的權柄從哪裏來？他們在顧慮甚麼？ [36:21]
- 在馬太福音22:15-22中，耶穌怎樣處理「該不該納稅給凱撒」這個問題？祂把哪些事分別歸給凱撒和神？ [43:59]
- 馬太福音22:37-40把愛神和愛人放在一起。這兩條誡命在信息中被比喻為甚麼？ [43:59]
Interpretation questions
- 宗教領袖知道若承認施洗約翰的權柄從天而來，就需要悔改、道歉和放下權力。他們的沉默怎樣顯出人可能不是缺少答案，而是不願順服答案？ [36:21]
- 「凱撒的物當歸給凱撒，神的物當歸給神」不是叫信徒逃避社會責任。這句話怎樣幫助信徒分辨公民責任與對神的最高忠誠？ [44:05]
- 愛神為甚麼不能只停留在敬拜、奉獻或服侍上？「全心、全意、全智」可能觸及人生命中哪些最難交出的地方？ [43:59]
- 愛人既包括饒恕，也包括在需要時作出糾正。一間教會怎樣可以既不逃避罪，也不在未了解真相前輕率定罪？ [01:00:56]
Application questions
- 目前生命中有沒有一件最想自己作主、不願交給基督的事，例如關係、金錢、工作選擇、面子或未能放下的傷害？這件事如何影響自己愛神和愛人？ [43:59]
- 當教會的做法、詩歌、傳統或方向不合自己心意時，自己通常最在意的是甚麼？怎樣從「我喜歡甚麼」轉向尋求「基督正在帶領教會做甚麼」？ [55:57]
- 有沒有一位自己正刻意避開、心中仍有怨氣，或只願意向別人談論而不願直接溝通的人？本週可以用甚麼合宜而真誠的一步，開始尋求和好？ [31:53]
- 當自己聽見別人的問題或犯錯時，會不會很快猜測對方的動機？在作出評論或糾正之前，可以怎樣先聆聽、了解來龍去脈和查證真相？ [01:00:56]
- 面對教會或小組中的罪與傷害，自己較容易落在哪一邊：沉默逃避，還是急於批評？愛神和愛人一起被持守時，下一次可以怎樣更有恩典也更誠實地回應？ [01:00:56]
- 十字架表明基督已經完成救贖，人不必靠「再努力一點」換取接納。這個真理怎樣幫助自己更自由地說「對不起」，或更真實地說「我原諒你」？ [01:04:59]
