Ministery in Word

Love Is a Beautiful Thing – Part 2

爱是一件美事 – 第二篇

Mark 14:6-9
马可 14:6-9

“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached through-out the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”
耶稣说：由他罢！为甚麽难为他呢？他在我身上作的是一件美事。因为常有穷人和你们同在，要向他们行善随时都可以；只是你们不常有我。他所作的，是尽他所能的；他是为我安葬的事把香膏预先浇在我身上。我实在告诉你们，普天之下，无论在甚麽地方传这福音，也要述说这女人所作的，以为记念。

Continued from Part 1

上接第一篇

King David in the Old Testament was such a person. He had a personal relationship with God. He experienced God and His protection in his youth tending sheep, fighting off lions and bears. He experienced God and His power when he killed the nine-foot tall Philistine giant with one small stone. God called him a person after God’s own heart. He knew God in his mind, and he let his love for God carry him beyond himself when he brought the ark to Jerusalem!
旧约中的大卫王就是这样的一个人。他与神有一个个人的关糸。在他年青牧羊，赶走狮子和熊的时候，他经历到神与神的保护。当他用一粒小石头杀死九尺高的非利士巨人的时候，他经历到神与神的大能。神称他为合乎神自己心意的人。他心中认识神，当他把约柜运到耶路撒冷时他让他对神的爱带他到情不自禁的地步！

The ark was captured by the Philistines when Israel lost their battle back in Prophet Samuel’s childhood days. It was later returned to Israel by the Philistines. It was left in Abinadab’s house for decades. After David became king of all of Israel he decided to bring the ark to Jerusalem. David said to God in Psalm 18:1, “I love you, O Lord, my strength.” David loved God so much that “he danced before the Lord with all his might,” while he led the procession of bringing the ark to Jerusalem (2 Sa 6:12-15). He was not only dancing, but dancing with all his might, even though it might not be considered proper for a king to do that. He did that impulsively, with his love for the Lord carrying him beyond himself. Even his wife Michal, daughter of Saul, thought David’s action was out of line and she despised him for doing that. But David loved the Lord and all he cared was that he danced for the Lord.
在先知撒母耳童年时非利士人战败以色列并掳去约柜。非利士人後来把它送回以色列，几十年来留在俄别以东家中。大卫成为全以色列的王後他决定要把约柜搬到耶路撒冷。大卫在诗篇18:1对神说，「耶和华，我的力量啊，我爱你！」大卫爱神以至他在带队领约柜到耶路撒冷时「在耶和华面前极力跳舞。」〔撒下6:1215〕他不单只是跳舞，而是极力跳舞，虽然可能被认为是一件国王做来不体面的事。他一时冲动行了这事，他对耶和华的爱使他情不自禁。什至他的妻子，扫罗的女儿米甲，认为大卫的行为太过份因此轻视他。但大卫爱耶和华，他看重的就是他为神跳舞。

When we are deeply in love with God we could be carried away to do something for God not dutifully but impulsively. Not for any reason other than the fact that we love Him.
当我们深深地爱神我们可能情不自禁地为神做出一些事，并非出于责任感而是出于冲动的。只因为我们爱他，并没有其他理由。

SHE ACTED EXTRAVAGANTLY

她奢侈地行了

Not only did the woman acted IMPULSIVELY, she also acted EXTRAVAGANTLY. She broke the alabaster jar of VERY expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and poured it on Jesus’ head. She broke the jar; she didn’t just open it. She had decided to pour out the whole jar of perfume. Not quarter jar, half jar, or even three-quarter jar, but the whole jar of perfume. She emptied the jar, poured out every drop of perfume onto Jesus’ head. She didn’t save any for herself. And it was no ordinary perfume, but an expensive one. It cost a person over a year’s wage to buy it. Since women in those days were rarely able to earn much money, this expensive perfume might have been a family treasure passed down to her. So this was valuable to her and she knew it. But just like that, she used it all on Jesus. Just because she loved Jesus.
这妇人不单冲动而行，她也奢侈地行了这事。她打破一个玉瓶的非常昂贵真哪哒香膏，浇到耶稣头上。她打破瓶子，不只是打开它，她决定要倒出整瓶香膏。不是四分之一瓶，不是半瓶，不是四分之三瓶，而是一整瓶香膏。她倒空瓶子，浇了每一滴香膏到耶稣头上，她并没有为自己保留一些。那并非一般的香膏，而是一种很名贵的，需要一个人超边一年的工资才买到。因为在那时代妇人罕有赚钱的能力，这昂贵的香膏可能是她的家传宝物，所以她知道这是对她价值很高的。但就这麽简单的她全用在耶稣身上。就只因为她爱耶稣。

We must realize that we can bring to God things which are of value to Him. There are many things that we may do that are dear to His heart. Not great and marvelous things but ordinary, simple human things; things that give evidence to God that we are abandoned to Him, something straight from our hearts to touch His heart. Just like this woman did.
我们必须知道我们有能力献给神对他有价值的东西。有很多事情我们可能做到而又是神所爱的。不是伟大了不起的事，而是普通，简单，人做的事，一些向神证明我们为他舍己的事，一些直接出于我们的心来感动他的心的事。就如这妇人所作的一样。

To be continued next week.

下周待续。

May we express our love for God impulsively and extravagantly, beyond intellect and duty. May we love God so much that it carries us beyond ourselves.
愿我们冲动地和奢侈地表达我们对神的爱，超越理智和义务。愿我们爱神爱到情不自禁。

Tom and Tehwan Tso
仲谋与德菀

“The outcome of your faith is the salvation of your souls.” 1Peter 1:9

“信心的果效， 就是灵魂的救恩” 彼得前书1：9__