耶穌: 承擔罪和咒诅的人 IBS#4 – Jesus, the Reverser of the Curse

B.耶穌: 承擔罪和咒诅的人

B.  Jesus: The Sin and Curse-bearer

反转咒诅的人：耶稣  约翰福音1-6   

The Reverser of the Curse: Jesus John 1-6

第四课    Lesson #4

反转咒诅的人  The Reverser of the Curse

 

圣经研读 #4 – 谁是耶稣？ IBS #4  – Who is Jesus?

世界一直在罪恶与谬误中痛苦祈求

直到祂的莅临，灵魂才重获价值

在希望的震奋中，疲倦的世界在欢跃

只因天际诞生了新而荣耀的晨曦

跪下吧！听，天使的歌声在呼唤！

哦，在这圣善之夜，这夜我主莅临世上！

哦，夜呀，神圣永恒之夜！

哦，夜呀，神圣永恒之夜！

 读约翰福音1:1-3   

1.  神的话在起初担任什么角色（看创世记一章）？话有什么重要意义？从约翰福音1:1-3关于这道我们能学到什么？

读约翰福音1:4-9 

 

2.   耶稣的生命（1:4）和亚当的生命（哥林多前书15:45）有何不同？

 

a.  祂的生命被形容为“光”是什么意思？耶稣如何是人的光？

读约翰福音1:10-13 

 

3.  人如何成为神的儿女？神的角色，人的角色各是什么？

读约翰福音1:14-18   

 

4.  “道成了肉身”是什么意思？（1:14，18）

 

5.  摩西的律法和耶稣基督的恩典有何差异？也请看罗马书3:20 和 8:3-4。

 

6.  关于神，耶稣如何说明？约翰福音3:16, 约翰一书4:7-10

 

读约翰福音1:19-37 

 

施洗约翰，耶稣的表哥，被耶稣视为以利亚（马太福音11:14, 17:10-13），那旧约最伟大的先知，曾被预言会在弥赛亚来临之前回来（玛拉基书4:5）。施洗约翰说耶稣是“神的儿子”和“神的羔羊”。

羔羊对犹太人有很重要的宗教意义。以色列人在埃及为奴四百年，神兴起摩西带领他们离开得到自由。但法老拒绝放他们走，直到神在埃及降下十灾。最后一灾是叫全地的长子死。神告诉摩西叫以色列人各家杀一只羊羔，把它的血涂在门楣和左右的门框上（作十字架的记号）。当死亡天使看到羔羊的血，他就会越过那家。为了纪念这事，他们每年守逾越节的礼。（出埃及记12:3-14, 25-27）

耶稣的最后晚餐就是在守逾越节的晚餐，第二天耶稣被钉十字架。复活节（耶稣的复活）和逾越节正好吻合，而耶稣被称为“我们逾越节的羔羊” (哥林多前书5:7).

 

7.  在犹太人的会堂里，祭司利未人也用羔羊来作祭祀的牺牲。请比较祭祀里的羔羊，和希伯来书10:10-14所说神的羔羊。

 

a.  为什么耶稣被称为“神的羔羊”？（彼得前书1:18-19 和启示录5:9）。

 

8.  在这章对耶稣各种不同的描绘：道，生命，光，恩典，或神的羔羊，对你最有吸引力的是什么？为什么？      

 

 结论:

世界一直在罪恶和谬误中痛苦祈求，直到那长久等待的弥赛亚莅临。旧约充满了关于祂要来临的预言，而耶稣应验了那三百多个预言；从祂的后裔、出生地、祂行的神迹、到背叛、祂死的方式、埋葬之处、到祂如何从死里复活。

每个人都想知道究竟耶稣是谁。称祂为神儿子的有天使加百列、施洗约翰、魔鬼、彼得和拿但业、马利亚和马大、在祂十字架下的百夫长 、甚至祂自己。我们每个人必定要问，也需要回答的那最大的问题就是：“谁是耶稣？”

 

Lesson #4

The Reverser of the Curse

 

IBS #4  – Who is Jesus?

“Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night, O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night, O night divine!”

 

 Read John 1:1-3

1.  What role does God’s words have in the beginning (see Gen 1)?  What is the significance of a word?  What more can we learn about this Word in John 1:1-3?

Read John 1:4-9

 

2.   What the difference between the life (:4) in Jesus and the life in Adam (1 Cor 15:45)?

 

a.  What does it mean to be described as “light”?    How was Jesus the light of man?

Read John 1:10-13

 

 

3.  How can a person become a child of God?  What part does God play and what part does man play?

Read John 1:14-18

 

4.  What does the “Word became flesh” (verse 14 & 18) mean? 

 

5.  What is the difference between the Law of Moses and the Grace of Jesus Christ?  See also Rom 3:20 and 8:3-4.

 

6.  What did Jesus explain about God?  John 3:16, 1Jn 4:7-10

Read John 1:19-37

 

John the Baptist, Jesus’ cousin, was identified by Jesus as Elijah (Matt 11:14, 17:10-13), the greatest prophet of the Old Testament, who was prophesized to return before the coming of the Messiah (Mal 4:5).  He identified Jesus as “the Son of God,”  and “the Lamb of God.”

 The lamb has great religious significance to the Jews.  When the

Israelites were Egyptian slaves for 400 years, God raised up Moses to

lead them to freedom.  But Pharaoh resisted freeing them until God

brought about a series of ten plagues upon Egypt.  The last plague was

the death of all the first born in the land.  God told Moses to instruct

the Israelites to slaughter a lamb and put its blood on the top of their

home’s doorway and on both side posts (making the sign of a cross). 

When the angel of death saw the blood of the lamb, he passed over

that household.  To commemorate this event, the people were to

observe a yearly festival called Passover. (Exo 12:3-14, 25-27)

 

Jesus’ Last Supper was an observance of this Passover dinner, and

Jesus was crucified on the next day.  Thus Easter (the resurrection of

Jesus) and Passover coincide, and Jesus is identified as “our Passover

Lamb” (1 Cor 5:7).

 

7.  Lambs were also used as sacrificial offerings in the Levitical sacrificial system of the Jewish temple.  Compare the lamb offerings of this system with the Lamb of God in Heb 10:10-14.

 

a.  Why is Jesus called “the Lamb of God”? 1Pt1:18-19 and Rev.5:9.

 

8.  Of all the different descriptions of Jesus in this chapter, which one attracts you the most:  Word, life and light, grace, or Lamb of God?  Why?      

 

 Summary:

 The world lay in sin and error pining until the appearance of the long awaited Messiah or Savior.  The Old Testament is filled with prophecies about His coming.  Jesus fulfills over 300 of these prophecies that range from His lineage to birthplace, to miracles He would perform, to betrayal, to kind of death, to where He would be buried, to how He will raise again from the dead. 

 Everyone wanted to know who Jesus was.  He was called the Son of God by the angel Gabriel, by John the Baptist, by demons, by Peter and by Nathanael, by Mary and by Martha, by a centurion at the foot of the cross at His death, and even by Himself.  The greatest question we must each ask and answer is, “Who is Jesus?”