来跟从主Come,follow the Lord
经文：太4：19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
路5:1-11耶稣站在革尼撒勒湖边，众人拥挤他，要听 神的道。他见有两只船湾在湖边；打鱼的人却离开船洗网去了。有一只船是西门的，耶稣就上去，请他把船撑开，稍微离岸，就坐下，从船上教训众人。讲完了，对西门说：“把船开到水深之处，下网打鱼。”西门说：“夫子，我们整夜劳力，并没有打着什么。但依从你的话，我就下网。”他们下了网，就圈住许多鱼，网险些裂开，便招呼那只船上的同伴来帮助。他们就来，把鱼装满了两只船，甚至船要沉下去。西门·彼得看见，就俯伏在耶稣膝前，说：“主啊，离开我，我是个罪人！”他和一切同在的人都惊讶这一网所打的鱼。他的伙伴西庇太的儿子雅各、约翰，也是这样。耶稣对西门说：“不要怕！从今以后，你要得人了。”他们把两只船拢了岸，就撇下所有的，跟从了耶稣。(路加福音 5:1-11 和合本)
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
一、耶稣主动呼召彼得1. Jesus took the initiative to call Peter
这是一段西门彼得蒙召的经文，彼得是个渔夫，有一天耶稣主动来到他的船上，主动呼召彼得，请他把船撑开，稍微离开岸上的众人，就坐下。今天也许你并不清楚为什么我们要化那么多的精力来管理教会，还自己贴钱贴物贴时间？这是因为耶稣主动的呼召，教会的领导岗位不等于社会上的样式，教会是仆人式的领导，都需要我们自己先做榜样，我们能被拣选是有福的，因为这是上帝主动的拣选，这是上帝亲自的呼召。要知道当时许多的人都拥挤耶稣，想从耶稣那里得到看得见的好处，耶稣唯独上了彼得的船，今天我们成为教会的领袖，是因为耶稣从千万人当中拣选了我们。这是神爱的主动性。
This is a scripture paragraph in which Simon Peter was called. Peter was a fisherman. One day Jesus took the initiative to come to his boat and actively called Peter, asking him to put out the boat, leave the people on the shore a little bit, and sit down. Today, maybe you don’t know why we spend so much energy on managing the church and post money, things, and time ourselves? This is because Jesus actively called. The leadership position of the church is not equal to the social style. The church is a servant-like leadership. We need to be an example. We are blessed to be elected, because this is God's active election. , This is the call of God himself. You must know that many people crowded around Jesus, wanting to get visible benefits from Jesus. Jesus only got on Peter's boat. Today we become the leader of the church because Jesus chose us from thousands of people. This is the initiative of God's love.
第二层意思，彼得并没有卖，因为彼得听从了耶稣的吩咐，把船开到水深之处，下网打鱼，结果是：鱼装满了两只船，甚至船要沉下去。这一次的收获是彼得一生中从未有经历过的。服侍上帝也一样，平时我们化钱化时间化精力，上帝回报给我们的不仅是属灵层面的，而且也是物资层面的，我们化在上帝的事工上，教会里你奉献的钱，上帝都知道，他是我们的天父，他会补给我们。我一月份有一点钱交给理财的朋友，他的工作是做财富管理的，很神奇的，前几天他告诉我，因为这笔钱投资在地产上，这段时间地皮的价格大涨，我们的收益很可能会达到50%，我简直不敢相信自己的耳朵，我们奉献给上帝的，上帝给我们的远超过我们的想象。
In the second sense, Peter did not sell, because Peter obeyed Jesus' instructions and drove the boat to the depths of the water and lowered the net to catch fish. The result was that the two boats were filled with fish, and the boat even sank. The harvest this time was something Peter had never experienced in his life. Serving God is the same. Usually we spend money and time and energy. God rewards us not only on the spiritual level, but also on the material level. We use it in God’s ministry. The money you donate in the church, God does Know that he is our heavenly Father, and he will supply us. I gave some money to a friend who manages money in January. His job is to do wealth management. It’s amazing. He told me a few days ago that because the money was invested in real estate, the price of land soared during this time. Our income is likely to reach 50%. I can't believe my ears. What we give to God and what God gives us far exceeds our imagination.
二、努力进入天国窄门2. Strive to enter the narrow gate of heaven
彼得经历了这样的神迹，他从心底里说：主啊，离开我，我是个罪人！如果我们是彼得也许我们一高兴，会说，耶稣你的眼光非常准，我出资多买几条渔船，然后，你只要坐在船上，发号施令就可以了，我们一起合作就可以赚得盆满钵满。事实上，当我们真正遇见主的时候，世界就会离我们远去，属灵的事情远比物资的收入来得有吸引力，因为上帝的事关乎永恒。我们进入神的国需要努力进窄门！【太11:12】从施洗约翰的时候到如今，天国是努力进入的，努力的人就得着了。
Peter experienced such a miracle, he said from the bottom of his heart: Lord, leave me, I am a sinner! If we were Peter, perhaps we would be happy and would say, Jesus, your vision is very accurate. I will pay for a few more fishing boats. Then, all you have to do is sit on the boat and give orders. We can make a lot of money by working together. full. In fact, when we really meet the Lord, the world will be far away from us. Spiritual things are far more attractive than income from materials, because God's things are about eternity. We need to work hard to enter the narrow gate to enter the kingdom of God! “ From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence,[d] and violent people have been raiding it.” (Mat. 11:12)
很多人人觉得他们一辈子是在服侍上帝，并且口称耶稣为主，但是在末日的时候他们却突然发现自己并不被耶稣承认。我们需要这样的警戒和提醒！Many people think that they have been serving God all their lives, and they claim that Jesus is Lord, but at the end of the day they suddenly find that they are not recognized by Jesus. We need such vigilance and reminder!
路加福音13章和马太福音7章都记载了这样的事，主耶稣说：“当那日（主再来的日子）必有许多人对我说：‘主啊，主啊，我们不是奉你的名传道，奉你的名赶鬼，奉你的名行许多的异能吗？’我就明明的告诉他们说：‘我从来不认识你们，你们这些作恶的人，离开我去吧！’”主耶稣所描述的这些人不仅仅是口称耶稣为主，他们还殷勤的在传主的福音，他们甚至有赶鬼和行异能的能力。从这些外在的行为来看，我们都会觉得这样的人一定是在上帝的国度里面的。甚至这类人自己也觉得自己万无一失。但是主耶稣说他再来的时候，他甚至不认识他们，主耶稣对他们的评价是“你们这些作恶的人！离开我去吧！”
Luke 13 and Matthew 7 both recorded such a thing. The Lord Jesus said: “On that day (the day the Lord returns) will many people say to me: 'Lord, Lord, we are not serving Preach in your name, cast out demons in your name, and perform many supernatural powers in your name?' I told them plainly:'I never knew you, you evildoers, leave me! '" The people described by the Lord Jesus not only preached that Jesus is Lord, they are also diligent in preaching the Lord's gospel, and they even have the ability to cast out demons and perform miracles. Judging from these external behaviors, we all feel that such people must be in the kingdom of God. Even this type of person himself feels foolproof. But the Lord Jesus said that when he came again, he didn't even know them. The Lord Jesus' evaluation of them was "you evildoers! Leave me!"
为什么会这样呢？因为他们没有进入窄门。这些人自然觉得自己应该进到门内，但是实情是，家主说“我不晓得你们是从哪里来的？（也就是说：我不认识你们）你们这一切作恶的人，离开我去吧！” 怎么会这样？因为福音要求我们有真正的的悔改！
Why is this so? Because they did not enter the narrow gate. These people naturally feel that they should enter the door, but the truth is that the Patriarch said, "I don't know where you are from? (In other words: I don't know you) All you evildoers, leave me! " how so? Because the gospel requires us to have true repentance!
许多基督徒非常稳定的每周到教堂参加崇拜，他们甚至很热情的每周花更多的时间去听更多的上帝的道，他也遵行这主耶稣的命令殷勤的传福音，殷勤的参加教会的团契生活，他们也乐于把他们的金钱拿出来支持教会的事工，他们当中有些人甚至有特别的恩赐可以医病赶鬼。但是最终他们才发现他们根本无法进入上帝的国度。原因是什么呢？我们从主耶稣最终的定论可以看出这当中深层次的原因：这些是作恶的人！这些人本质上没有离开他们恶行，这些人一方面在服侍上帝，但一方面仍然活在罪中，也就是这些人虽然表面上跟从了耶稣，但是他们并没有真正的悔改，他们没有离开他们的恶行。
Many Christians are very stable to attend church worship every week. They even spend more time listening to more of God’s word every week. He also obeys the Lord Jesus’ command to preach the gospel diligently and attend the church diligently. They are also willing to use their money to support the ministry of the church. Some of them even have special gifts to heal the sick and cast out ghosts. But in the end they discovered that they could not enter the kingdom of God at all. what is the reason? We can see the deep reasons for this from the final conclusion of the Lord Jesus: these are evil people! These people have not left their evil deeds in essence. On the one hand, these people are serving God, but on the other hand they are still living in sin. That is to say, although these people have followed Jesus on the surface, they have not really repented, and they have not left them. Evil deeds.
悔改非常重要！真正的悔改是“结出果子来与悔改的心相称”，好树之所以好是因为有好的果子，只有真正的悔改才能使罪人逃避将来的审判，只有真正的悔改才能使罪人能够进入上帝的国度。他更进一步告诉我们真正的悔改是结出那个外在可见的行为的果子来！那个耶利哥城爬上树去观摩耶稣的税吏长撒该的悔改同样在告诉我们这个原则，撒该说：“主啊，我把所有的一半分给穷人；我若讹诈了谁，就还他四倍”，撒该有实际的行动，他用四倍的代价还给那些他曾经的讹诈的对象。
Repentance is very important! True repentance is "bearing fruit commensurate with the heart of repentance." The good tree is good because it has good fruit. Only true repentance can enable sinners to escape future judgment, and only true repentance can enable sinners to enter God. Country. He further tells us that true repentance is the fruit of that visible behavior! The repentance of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector in Jericho, who climbed up the tree to observe Jesus, also tells us this principle. Zacchaeus said: "Lord, I give half of everything to the poor; if I blackmail someone, I will pay it back. He is four times", Zacchaeus has actual actions, he uses four times the price to return to those who he had blackmailed.
三、撇下所有跟从耶稣3. Leave everything behind and follow Jesus
彼得在主耶稣的“不要怕，从今以后，你要得人了！”的呼召底下，把船靠了岸，就即刻撇下了一切跟随了耶稣。路加福音同一章随后也记载，主耶稣向税关上的马太发出呼召，马太也随即撇下税关上的一切跟从了主。还有西庇太的两个儿子雅各和约翰当听到耶稣的召唤的时候，他们也是即刻把工人留在船上，跟从了耶稣。
Under the call of the Lord Jesus, "Don't be afraid, from now on, you are going to win people!" Peter put the boat on the shore, and immediately left everything and followed Jesus. The same chapter of Luke’s Gospel also recorded later that the Lord Jesus called to Matthew at the tax booth, and Matthew immediately left everything at the tax booth and followed the Lord. And when the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, heard Jesus' call, they immediately left the workers on the boat and followed Jesus.
“来跟从我”这个呼召是主耶稣向他的信徒发出的普遍的呼召，耶稣不仅呼召我们有真正的悔改，他还要更进一步挑战我们撇下一切所有的来跟从他。也就是真正的悔改必然带来撇下一切的跟从，撇下一切的跟从必然伴随着真正的悔改。悔改和跟从主是一件事的两个层面，每一个都必不可少。
The call to "follow me" is a universal call from the Lord Jesus to his followers. Jesus not only calls us to repent, he also challenges us to leave everything behind and follow him. That is to say, true repentance will inevitably lead to abandoning everything to follow, and leaving everything to follow will inevitably accompany true repentance. Repentance and following the Lord are two aspects of the same thing, each of which is essential.
我们的主经常提醒那些跟随他的人首先要明白跟从他的代价！主耶稣说，你要跟从我吗？你最好先清楚知道跟从我的代价！马太福音8章记载有一个文士对耶稣说：“夫子，你无论往哪里去，我要跟从你。”耶稣说：“狐狸有洞，天空的飞鸟有窝，人子却没有枕头的地方。”我们的主是在提醒这个养尊处优的文士，你真的愿意随我去到各处吗？你知道这意味着什么吗？你知道这当中的代价吗？跟从我，意味着，我在哪里，你也需要随着我到那里。而我为了传扬神国的道，需要走编各城各乡，我没有一个固定的居所，你愿意和我过这样的生活吗？
Our Lord often reminds those who follow him to first understand the cost of following him! The Lord Jesus said, Do you want to follow me? You better know the price of following me! Chapter 8 of Matthew's Gospel records that a scribe said to Jesus: "Teacher, wherever you go, I will follow you." Jesus said: "Foxes have holes, birds in the sky have dens, but the Son of Man has no place for pillows. "Our Lord is reminding this pampered scribe, are you really willing to go everywhere with me?" Do you know what this means? Do you know the cost of this? Following me means that where I am, you also need to follow me there. In order to preach the way of the kingdom of God, I need to travel to cities and towns. I don't have a fixed residence. Would you like to live a life like this with me?
路加福音14章记载“有极多的人和耶稣同行。他转过来对他们说：“人到我这里来，若不爱我胜过爱自己的父母、妻子、儿女、弟兄、姐妹，和自己的性命，就不能作我的门徒。凡不背着自己十字架跟从我的，也不能作我的门徒。你们哪一个要盖一座楼，不先坐下算计花费，能盖成不能呢？恐怕安了地基，不能成功，看见的人都笑话他，说：‘这个人开了工，却不能完工。’或是一个王出去和别的王打仗，岂不先坐下酌量，能用一万兵去敌那领二万兵来攻打他的吗？若是不能，就趁敌人还远的时候，派使者去求和息的条款。这样，你们无论什么人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的门徒。”(路加福音 14:25-33 和合本)。”
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ 31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.
这里有极多的人跟随着耶稣往前走，主耶稣反而转过来挑战这些跟随他的人，你们真的愿意跟从我吗？真的愿意做我的门徒吗？那你最好计算好这个跟从的代价！否则你很大可能会半途而废。做我的门徒，跟从我那就意味着从今天开始你生命中最爱的对象需要被我取代，我变成你一切你所爱的最高的优先级；做我的门徒，跟从我就意味着你必须常常背着自己的十字架，随时做好拒绝自己（deny yourself）的准备。做我的门徒，跟从我就意味着你需要撇下一切你所看重的才能来跟从我！你记得那个不愿意变卖一切所有分给穷人后来跟从主的少年官吗？他着实知道他无法付出这样的代价，所以他忧忧愁愁的离开了他的夫子！所以，弟兄姊妹们，在你我决定跟从主之前，我们需要清除明白计算代价，这个是我们的主反复提醒我们的，我们的主不希望我们迷迷糊糊的来跟从他，他希望我们清楚明白跟从他所需要付出的代价。
There are a lot of people here following Jesus, but the Lord Jesus turned to challenge those who followed him. Are you really willing to follow me? Are you really willing to be my disciple? Then you'd better calculate the cost of following! Otherwise you are likely to give up halfway. To be my disciple and to follow me means that from today on, the most loved object in your life needs to be replaced by me, and I become the highest priority of all you love; to be my disciple, to follow me means You must always carry your cross and be ready to deny yourself at any time. To be my disciple, to follow me means that you need to leave everything that you value to come and follow me! Do you remember the young official who was unwilling to sell everything to the poor and then follow the Lord? He really knew that he could not pay such a price, so he left his master sadly! Therefore, brothers and sisters, before you and I decide to follow the Lord, we need to clear and understand the calculation of the cost. This is our Lord repeatedly reminded us. Our Lord does not want us to follow Him in a daze. He wants us to understand clearly. The price to pay for following him.
主对彼得说“从今天后，你要得人了！”，到了《使徒行传》彼得讲一次道就有三千人、五千人得救，归回上帝的国度，主的应许确实成就了，彼得确实得人如得鱼了。但是在主耶稣的应许和成就之间，却少不了需要经过信心的试炼。彼得从那天起开始经历了很多信心的试炼，并且圣经中多次记载在这些信心的试炼中，彼得是跌倒的，彼得是失败的。彼得经历了风浪灌满了船而陷入生死的恐慌中，哪怕他的主与他同在一条船上。彼得也经历了刚开始信心满满的行走在水面上，随后却马上因为关注点的转移而下沉。彼得也经历了被主所责备说“撒旦，退我后边去吧”的窘迫经历。在客西马尼园，彼得有过三次无法同他的主一起警醒祷告的经历；更甚的是，同样是那个夜晚，彼得经历了三次不认主，甚至到发咒起誓的状态（而且四卷福音书对这个事情都有记载下来）。在主耶稣复活以后，即使主已经向他们显现，但是彼得还是带头同6个耶稣的门徒回去重操旧业，他重新回去打鱼。彼得的这些经历其实都是不光彩的经历。这又何尝不是我们跟从主也经历过的事实吗？我们都经历过小信、我们都经历过在危急关头时忘记主的同在的恐慌、我们也经历过什么叫体贴肉体的选择，我们也经历过不够警醒缺少祷告的生活，我们甚至在跟从主的道路上我们也曾经萌生了退意。所以弟兄姊妹们，跟从主所需要付出的代价也是实在的，并且过程中也伴随着信心软弱失败的时刻。你愿意接受这样的挑战吗？你愿意吗？你愿意吗？
The Lord said to Peter, "From today, you are going to win people!" When Peter preached in Acts, 3,000 people and 5,000 people were saved and returned to the kingdom of God. The Lord’s promise was indeed fulfilled. Peter is indeed a fish. But between the promise and fulfillment of the Lord Jesus, it is indispensable to go through the test of faith. Since that day, Peter has experienced many trials of faith, and the Bible records many times in these trials of faith. Peter fell and Peter failed. Peter experienced the wind and waves filling the boat and fell into a panic of life and death, even if his lord was in the same boat with him. Peter also experienced walking confidently on the water at the beginning, but then immediately sank due to the shift of focus. Peter also experienced the embarrassing experience of being rebuked by the Lord to say, "Satan, leave me behind." In the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter had three experiences of not being able to watch and pray with his Lord; what’s more, on the same night, Peter experienced three times denying the Lord, even swearing a curse and swearing. The Gospels have recorded this matter). After the Lord Jesus was resurrected, even though the Lord had appeared to them, Peter still took the lead to go back to his old profession with the 6 disciples of Jesus, and he went back to fishing. These experiences of Peter are actually disgraceful experiences. Isn’t this a fact that we have also experienced following the Lord? We have all experienced little letters, we have all experienced the panic of forgetting the Lord’s presence at a critical moment, we have also experienced carnal choices, we have also experienced a life of insufficient vigilance and lack of prayer, we are even following the Lord We also had a retreat on the road. Therefore, brothers and sisters, the price that needs to be paid to follow the Lord is also real, and the process is accompanied by moments of weak faith and failure. Are you willing to accept such a challenge? Do you want to? Are you willing to follow Jesus?