遵令做耶穌的朋友 — 約翰福音讀經隨筆 第15章

約翰福音第十五章第12—17節耶穌說我們若遵行他的命令，就是他的朋友了。耶穌稱我們為他的朋友，他說沒有比為朋友舍命的愛心更大的。是啊，我們作為耶穌的朋友，耶穌為我們舍命死在十字架上，擔當了我們的罪，賜給了我們永生，有什麽樣的愛能比得上這個大呢？耶穌把從父那裏所聽見的，已經都告訴我們了，揀選了我們，並且分派我們去結果子（見加5：22—23），他說我們的果子應該常存。

約15:12 你們要彼此相愛、像我愛你們一樣、這就是我的命令。
"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
約15:13 人為朋友舍命、人的愛心沒有比這個大的。
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
約15:14 你們若遵行我所吩咐的、就是我的朋友了。
You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
約15:15 以後我不再稱你們為仆人．因仆人不知道主人所作的事．我乃稱你們為朋友．因我從我父所聽見的、已經都告訴你們了。
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
約15:16 不是你們揀選了我、是我揀選了你們、並且分派你們去結果子、叫你們的果子常存．使你們奉我的名、無論向父求甚麽、他就賜給你們。
You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
約15:17 我這樣吩咐你們、是要叫你們彼此相愛。
"I command these things to you, that you may love one another.