Transcript 31 耶稣带着十二个门徒， 对他们说： 看哪， 我们上耶路撒冷去， 先知所

Lord, give me sight!
7 October 2012
31
Jesus took the Twelve aside and
told them, “We are going up to
Jerusalem, and everything that is
written by the prophets about the
32
Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will
be handed over to the Gentiles. They
will mock him, insult him, spit on
33
him, flog him and kill him. On the
third day he will rise again.”
34
The disciples did not understand
any of this. Its meaning was hidden
from them, and they did not know
what he was talking about.
稣带着十二个门徒，对他
们说：看哪，我们上耶路撒
冷去，先知所写的一切事都
要成就在人子身上。
31 耶
32
他将要被交给外邦人，他
们要戏弄他，凌辱他，吐唾
沫在他脸上，
33
并要鞭打他，杀害他；第
三日他要复活。
34
这些事门徒一样也不懂得，
意思乃是隐藏的；他们不晓
得所说的是甚麽。
(路 加 福 音 18:31-
(Luke 18:31-34)
34)
Timelines of the Life of Jesus showing Coverage by Luke
“who do
you say I
am?”
Return after
temptation
PREPARATION
IDENTIFICATION
INSTRUCTION
SACRIFICE
31
Jesus took the Twelve aside and
told them, “We are going up to
Jerusalem, and everything that is
written by the prophets about the
32
Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will
be handed over to the Gentiles. They
will mock him, insult him, spit on
33
him, flog him and kill him. On the
third day he will rise again.”
34
The disciples did not understand
any of this. Its meaning was hidden
from them, and they did not know
what he was talking about.
稣带着十二个门徒，对他
们说：看哪，我们上耶路撒
冷去，先知所写的一切事都
要成就在人子身上。
31 耶
32
他将要被交给外邦人，他
们要戏弄他，凌辱他，吐唾
沫在他脸上，
33
并要鞭打他，杀害他；第
三日他要复活。
34
这些事门徒一样也不懂得，
意思乃是隐藏的；他们不晓
得所说的是甚麽。
(路 加 福 音 18:31-
(Luke 18:31-34)
34)
1. The purpose of Jesus was to fulfill
Scripture (v.31)
2. The Prophecies to be fulfilled (v.32-33)
3. The Disciples did not Understand (v.34)
1. The purpose of Jesus was to fulfill
Scripture (31)
a. Jesus said “We are going up to
Jerusalem”
31 Jesus
took the Twelve aside and
told them, “We are going up to
Jerusalem, and everything that is
written by the prophets about the
Son of Man will be fulfilled.
This was His purpose – He already
set His mind toward Jerusalem
since in verse 9:51.
(Luke 18:31)
稣带着十二个门徒，对他
们说：看哪，我们上耶路撒
冷去，先知所写的一切事都
要成就在人子身上。
31 耶
(路 加 福 音 18:31-34)
Timelines of the Life of Jesus showing Coverage by Luke
“who do
you say I
am?”
Return after
temptation
PREPARATION
IDENTIFICATION
INSTRUCTION
SACRIFICE
Luke 9:51
51 As
the time
approached for him
to be taken up to
heaven, Jesus
resolutely set out
for Jerusalem.
路 加 福 音 9:51
稣被接上升的
日子将到，他就
定意向耶路撒冷
去，
51 耶
together with His
disciples
Teaching His disciples – the
cost of discipleship,
parables, Kingdom of God,
revealing to them the
future, persecution,
resurrection, etc.
Jesus travels through Samaria
Christians’ life is a life walking with
Jesus, following Him; and also
trained by Jesus!
During that time – getting ready to face the early
church’s persecution – journey towards Jerusalem
Present time – getting ready to face the last days’
persecution – journey towards the New Jerusalem
1. The purpose of Jesus was to fulfill
Scripture (31)
a. Jesus said “We are going up to
Jerusalem”
31 Jesus
took the Twelve aside and
told them, “We are going up to
Jerusalem, and everything that is
written by the prophets about the
Son of Man will be fulfilled.
This was His purpose – He already
set His mind toward Jerusalem
since in verse 9:51.
(Luke 18:31)
稣带着十二个门徒，对他
们说：看哪，我们上耶路撒
冷去，先知所写的一切事都
要成就在人子身上。
31 耶
The main focus of His purpose on
earth was – to suffer for the salvation
of men
(路 加 福 音 18:31-34)
What about yours? – the purpose of
your life on earth?
Tell you later.
1. The purpose of Jesus was to fulfill
Scripture (31)
b. Everything written about Him in
the Old testament will be fulfilled –
i.e. Jesus whole life was to obey and
follow the will of God – and this is
His purpose in His life on earth.
31 Jesus
took the Twelve aside and
told them, “We are going up to
Jerusalem, and everything that is
written by the prophets about the
Son of Man will be fulfilled.
(Luke 18:31)
稣带着十二个门徒，对他
们说：看哪，我们上耶路撒
冷去，先知所写的一切事都
要成就在人子身上。
31 耶
c. Jesus called Himself Son of Man
He is what every man ought to be –
our Perfect Man, Model – setting
examples for man to follow –
teaching us what it means to be a
human being – what God intended us
to be or designed us to be.
(路 加 福 音 18:31-34)
2. The Prophecies to be fulfilled
(v.32-33)
Jesus explaining His own suffering
and death and His resurrection – as
what the Scripture says about Him.
32
He will be handed over to the
Gentiles. They will mock him, insult
him, spit on him, flog him and kill
33
him. On the third day he will rise
again.”
(Luke 18:31-34)
32
他将要被交给外邦人，他
们要戏弄他，凌辱他，吐唾
沫在他脸上，
33
并要鞭打他，杀害他；第
三日他要复活。
(路 加 福 音 18:31-34)
3. The Disciples did not Understand
(v.34)
The disciples, however did not
understand what Jesus was talking
about.
34
The disciples did not understand
any of this. Its meaning was hidden
from them, and they did not know
what he was talking about.
(Luke 18:31-34)
34
They were not ready to understand.
Likewise many of us are not ready to
understand of our present time as well!
这些事门徒一样也不懂得，
意思乃是隐藏的；他们不晓
得所说的是甚麽。
(路 加 福 音 18:31-34)
No spiritual insight – we need to pray for sight!
The Structure Of Luke
Infancy
1-2
Jesus in Galilee
3:1 - 4:13
Introduction to
Jesus’ ministry
4:14 - 9:50
Ministry in or near Jerusalem
9:51 ----------------------- 18:34
Travel narrative
18:35 - 21:38
22 - 24
Passion &
Resurrection
First Advent
3A
voice of one calling: “In the
desert prepare the way for the
Lord; make straight in the
wilderness a highway for our
God. (Isaiah 40:3)
23 John
replied in the words of
Isaiah the prophet, “I am the
voice of one calling in the
desert, ‘Make straight the way
for the Lord.’” (John 1:23)
Second Advent
10
Pass through, pass through the
gates!
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner for the nations.
11
The Lord has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:
“Say to the Daughter of Zion,
‘See, your Savior comes!
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense
accompanies him.’”
12
They will be called the Holy
People,
the Redeemed of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought
After,
the City No Longer Deserted.
(Isaiah 62:10-12)
No spiritual insight
35
35
38
38
39
39
Those who led the way rebuked him and
told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the
more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
在前头走的人就责备他，不许
他作声；他却越发喊叫说：大卫
的子孙，可怜我罢！
40
40
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man
36
was sitting by the roadside begging.
When he heard the crowd going by, he
37
asked what was happening. They told
him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have
mercy on me!”
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be
brought to him. When he came near, Jesus
41
asked him, “What do you want me to do
for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
42
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight;
43
your faith has healed you.” Immediately
he received his sight and followed Jesus,
praising God. When all the people saw it,
they also praised God. (Lk 18:35-43)
耶稣将近耶利哥的时候，有一
36
个瞎子坐在路旁讨饭。 听见许
37
多人经过，就问是甚麽事。 他
们告诉他，是拿撒勒人耶稣经过
。
他就呼叫说：大卫的子孙耶稣
阿，可怜我罢！
耶稣站住，吩咐把他领过来，
到了跟前，就问他说：
41
你要我为你做甚麽？他说：主
阿，我要能看见。
42
耶稣说：你可以看见！你的信
救了你了。
43
瞎子立刻看见了，就跟随耶稣
，一路归荣耀与神。众人看见这
事，也赞美神。
(路 加 福 音 18:35-43)
Jesus heals a blind man
The Road to Emmaus 24:13-35
Childhood
From Jerusalem to Emmaus
Galilee
Judea
Perea
Jerusalem
30
When he was at the table with them, he
took bread, gave thanks, broke it and
31
began to give it to them. Then their eyes
were opened and they recognized him, and
he disappeared from their sight. (Luke
24:31)
30
到了坐席的时候，耶稣拿起
饼 来31， 祝 谢 了 ， 擘 开 ， 递 给 他
们。 他们的眼睛明亮了，这才
认出他来。忽然耶稣不见了。
(路 加 福 音 24:30-31)
The Emmaus Disciples, Abraham Bloemaert (1622)
18 Open
my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.
18 求
你开我的眼睛，使我
看出你律法中的奇妙。
(Psalms 119:18)
(詩 篇 119:18)
18 I
pray also that the eyes of your heart may
be enlightened in order that you may know
the hope to which he has called you, the
riches of his glorious inheritance in the
saints, (Ephesians 1:18)
且照明你们心中的眼睛，使你
们知道他的恩召有何等指望，他在
圣徒中得的基业有何等丰盛的荣耀
； (以 弗 所 書 1:18 )
18 并
You want sight – you need to come
to Christ – to focus on Him – need
to be like Him!
John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE
(27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was an
English Christian leader and Anglican
cleric who was noted as a leader of the
worldwide Evangelical movement. He
was one of the principal authors of the
Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005,
Time magazine ranked Stott among the
100 most influential people in the
world. (Wikipedia)
John Stott
John Stott's Final Sermon: The Model Becoming More Like Christ
Dr John Stott's final sermon delivered at the Keswick Convention 17
July 2007.
“So I want to share with you where my mind has
come to rest as I approach the end of my pilgrimage
on earth and it is - God wants His people to become
like Christ. Christlikeness is the will of God for the
people of God.”
John Stott's Final Sermon: The Model Becoming More Like Christ
Dr John Stott's final sermon delivered at the Keswick Convention 17
July 2007.
“So I want to share with you where my mind has
come to rest as I approach the end of my pilgrimage
on earth and it is - God wants His people to become
like Christ. Christlikeness
is the will of
God for the people of God.”
腓 立 比 書 2: 3-8
Philippians 2:5-8
5
Your attitude should be the same
as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who,
being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with
God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a
servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in
appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
5
6
你们当以基督耶稣的
心为心：
他本有神的形像，不
以自己与神同等为强
的；
夺
7
反倒虚己，取了奴仆
的形像，成为人的样
式；
8
既有人的样子，就自
己卑微，存心顺服，
以至於死，且死在十
字架上。
 Humility
 Obedience
As a Christian:
3 We
know that we have come to know him if we obey his
commands. 4 The man who says, “I know him,” but does
not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly
made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:
6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
(1 John 2:3-6)
3
4
我们若遵守他的诫命，就晓得是认识他。 人
若说我认识他，却不遵守他的诫命，便是说谎
5
话的，真理也不在他心里了。 凡遵守主道的，
爱 神 的 心 在 他 里 面 实6在 是 完 全 的 。 从 此 我 们 知
道我们是在主里面。 人若说他住在主里面，就
该自己照主所行的去行。
(約 翰 一 書 2 :3-6)
照主所行的去行
What Jesus did when He was on
Earth?
5 But
you know that he appeared so
that he might take away our sins. And
in him is no sin. (1 John 3:5)
8 ……..
们知道主曾显现，是要除
掉人的罪；在他并没有罪。
( 約 翰 一 書 3:5)
神的儿子显现出来，为要除
灭魔鬼的作为。(約翰一書
3:8)
5你
The reason the Son of God
appeared was to destroy the devil’s
work. (1 John 3:8)
What Jesus did when He was on
Earth?
路 加 福 音 4:18-19
Luke 4:18-19
18
“The Spirit of the Lord is
on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the
poor.
He has sent me to proclaim
freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the
blind,
to release the oppressed,
19
to proclaim the year of the
Lord’s favor.”
18
主的灵在我身上，因
为他用膏膏我，叫我
传福音给贫穷的人；
差遣我报告：被掳的
得释放，瞎眼的得看
见，叫那受压制的得
自由，
19
报告神悦纳人的禧年
。
We are living at the 11:59 minute time!
……. if the trumpet does
not sound a clear call,
who will get ready for
battle? (1 Cor. 14:8)
8
Albert A. Bartlett is Professor
Emeritus in Nuclear Physics at
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dr. Bartlett has given his celebrated
lecture, Arithmetic, Population and
Energy over 1,600 times.
Professor Al Bartlett begins his one-hour talk with the statement,
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our
inability to understand the exponential function."
(Linear growth)
(Cubic growth)
(Exponential growth)
The graph illustrates how exponential growth (green) surpasses both linear (red)
and cubic (blue) growth.
Bacteria in a Bottle.
Imagine bacteria growing steadily in a bottle.
They double in number every minute.
At 11.00 am there is one bacterium in the bottle.
At 12.00 noon the bottle is full.
At what time was the bottle half full?
Bacteria - Growth from 11:00 to 12:00
At 11:00, we place a single
bacterium in a bottle. It's so
small you'd need a
microscope to see it!
Bacteria - 11:01
In one minute it grows to
twice its original size and
divides in half, reproducing
itself, so at 11:01 there are
two bacteria in the bottle.
Bacteria - 11:02
The bacteria continue growing and
dividing, doubling their numbers every
minute, so by 11:02 there are four, and
by 11:03 there are eight.
(They're not getting smaller; we're just
zooming in so we can see them all.
Each bacterium is as big as the original
one was.)
Bacteria - 11:05
At the end of five minutes, there are 32
bacteria where there used to be just one
... but even all together they're still so
small they can't be seen without a
microscope.
Bacteria - 12:00
The bacteria keep doubling their
numbers every minute, until
12:00, when the bottle fills up.
Bacteria - When was the bottle half full?
When do you suppose the bottle
was half full?
Bacteria - half full at 11:30?
Was the bottle half full at 11:30?
That would be the correct answer...
if the bottle filled the same amount
every minute. For instance, if we
were filling it from a dripping water
faucet, the bottle would be 1/4 full
after 1/4 of the time, half full after
half the time, and completely full
after all the time had passed.
But that's not what's going on here, because the bacteria double their
numbers every minute.
Bacteria - half full closer to 12:00
The bottle was half full of bacteria
much closer to 12:00. How much
closer?
Bacteria - 11:57
Would you believe that at 11:57, the
bottle was only one eighth full?
Think of it this way... if the bottle is
half full and the bacteria double
every minute, then in the next
minute the bottle will fill up... and we
know it filled up at 12:00.
Bacteria - 11:58
Would you believe that at 11:58, the
bottle was only one fourth full?
Think of it this way... if the bottle is
half full, and the bacteria double
every minute, then in the next
minute the bottle will fill up... and we
know it filled up at 12:00.
Bacteria - 11:59
At 11:59, the bottle is half full!
That's right! Since the bottle filled up
at 12:00, it must have been half full
just a minute before.
At 11:45 we could just barely see
the bacteria, and at 11:30 we still
needed a microscope!
Bacteria - Exponential growth graph
The bacteria's growth over time can
be graphed like this graph:
This is called "exponential" growth.
Many people have trouble
understanding exponential growth,
because we're used to things
growing "linearly" -- the same
amount from one day to the next,
like hair or grass or fingernails.
We expect the bottle to fill with bacteria as if we were filling it with water
from a faucet. But any time living things are allowed to reproduce freely,
their numbers increase exponentially, not linearly. And when people talk
about "steady growth," they mean exponential growth then, too.
"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our
inability to understand the exponential function."
"The greatest shortcoming of the Christian
Community is our inability to understand
the exponential function."
If we understand the exponential function, we
should be getting ready for our Lord second
coming! – because we are living in an exponential
time! – or rather we are living in the 11:59 minute
time!
3
For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
it will certainly come and will not delay.
(Habakkuk 2:3)
为这默示有一定的日期，快要应验
，并不虚谎。虽然迟延，还要等候；因
为必然临到，不再迟延。
3因
(哈 巴 谷 書 2:3)
Bacteria - Exponential growth graph
it will certainly come
and will not delay.
it speaks of the end
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait for it;
因为必然临到，
不再迟延。
快要应验，并不虚谎。
虽然迟延，还要等候；
15
“Behold, I come like a thief!.....”
(Revelation 16:15)
15
“看 哪 ， 我 来 像 贼 一 样 。”
(启 示 录 16:15)
1
1 Now,
brothers, about times and
dates we do not need to write to
you, 2 for you know very well that
the day of the Lord will come like a
thief in the night.
(1 Thessalonians 5:1-2)
21
For then there will be great
distress, unequaled from the
beginning of the world until
now—and never to be equaled
again.
(Matthew 24:21)
弟兄们，论到时候、日
期，不用写信给你们；
2
因为你们自己明明晓得
，主的日子来到，好像夜
间的贼一样。
(帖 撒 羅 尼 迦 前 書 5:1-2)
21
因为那时必有大灾难，
从世界的起头直到如今，
没有这样的灾难，後来也
必没有。
(馬 太 福 音 24:21)
One of the lessons
of 9/11 is that evil
is real, ……. by
President George W
Bush’s Flight 93
Memorial Dedication
Speech
JAPAN'S MOST
POWERFUL
EARTHQUAKE SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN
HAS STRUCK THE
NORTH-EAST COAST,
TRIGGERING A
MASSIVE TSUNAMI.
March 2011
Image of the largest
Antarctic ozone hole ever
recorded (September
2006).
The 2011 oil shock
The peak oil crisis:
2011
Global Water Shortage
…… the world is on the verge of a water
shortage of unprecedented magnitude....
*According to USAID, one-third of all humans
The Coming Global Food will face severe or chronic water shortages by
the year 2025.
Shortage
An estimated 10
million people have
been affected by the
drought in east
Africa
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS
DECLARED A FAMINE IN
TWO AREAS OF SOUTHERN
SOMALIA AS THE REGION
SUFFERS THE WORST
DROUGHT IN MORE THAN
HALF A CENTURY.
Wars &
Rumors of
Wars
Athens clashes as
Greek police fire tear
gas
(BBC News 26 September
2012 )
Turkey-Syria border tension
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Global Financial Crisis
Global Warming
Climatic Changes
Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruptions
Flood
Tornado, Hurricane
Drought, Famines
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Heatwave
Landslide
Shortage of Water
Shortage of Food
Shortage of Oil
Pestilences
Terrorists
Wars
Middle East Uprising
Arab Spring
List of Disasters
11
…….. understanding the present time. The hour has
come for you to wake up from your slumber, because
our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
(Romans 13:11)
者，你们晓得现今就是该趁早睡醒的时候
；因为我们得救，现今比初信的时候更近了
。 (Romans 13:11)
11 再
18
Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the LORD’s wrath.
In the fire of his jealousy
the whole world will be consumed,
for he will make a sudden end
of all who live in the earth.”
(Zephaniah 1:18)
耶和华发怒的日子，他们的金银不能救他
们；他的忿怒如火必烧灭全地，毁灭这地的一
切居民，而且大大毁灭。
18 当
(西 番 雅 書 1:18)
….. what kind of
people ought you to be?
11
(2 Peter 3:1)
….. You ought to live
12
holy and godly lives as
you look forward to the
day of God and speed its
coming. (2 Peter 3:1)
11
Spiritual Preparation
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not
know on what day your Lord will come.
………..44 So you also must be ready, because the
Son of Man will come at an hour when you do
not expect him. (Matthew 24:42, 44)
42
1
Gather together, gather together,
O shameful nation,
2 before the appointed time arrives
and that day sweeps on like chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD
comes upon you,
before the day of the LORD’s
wrath comes upon you.
(Zephaniah 2:1-2)
3
Seek the LORD, all you humble of
the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the LORD’s anger.
(Zephaniah 2:3)
This is why we
are here!
God is gathering
us here!
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33
He told them still another parable:
“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed into a
large amount of flour until it worked
all through the dough.” (Matthew 13:33)
(A) Yeast SH3 domain protein-protein (colored circles) interaction (lines) network. The
interactions of the 6-core subgraph are highlighted in red.
(B) The 6-core subgraph derived from the phage display protein-protein interaction
network, expanded to allow identification of individual proteins.
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24 And
let us consider how we may
spur one another on toward love and
good deeds. 25 Let us not give up
meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but let us encourage
one another—and all the more as
you see the Day approaching.
(Hebrews 10:24-25)
Our Lord Jesus’
Prayer for unity
will be Answered
20
“My prayer is ………. 21 that all
of them may be one, Father, just
as you are in me and I am in you.
May they also be in us so that the
world may believe that you have
sent me. (John 17:20-21)
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