福音特稿Part 2: 一个精心安排的计划—让王，代替死囚

June 20, 2021

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福音特稿Part 2: 一个精心安排的计划—让王，代替死囚

Andy Ng

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（接上篇）

一个代替巴拉巴的君王

耶稣是在一个犹太人重要的节日——逾越节——被钉十字架的。逾越节有上千年历史，源自于神把犹太人从埃及拯救出来的事件。当时，神要犹太人杀死一只羊，把羊血抹在门口。这样，当神审判时，就会越过犹太人的家，让他们存活，逃离埃及。羊血，就象征了羊的生命赎回了他们的生命。

罗马政府掌权时，每逢逾越节也有个习俗，就是总督将特赦一名犹太囚犯的罪，将他从监狱释放出来。彼拉多希望众人选择释放耶稣，他晓得，耶稣根本不是要造反的领袖，而是祭司长们与耶稣在宗教上产生分歧，并且妒忌耶稣。当然，彼拉多也不想被祭司长们利用并操控。

然而，祭司长却怂恿众人，要求释放另一名囚犯巴拉巴。《马可福音》15章7节说：

有一个人名叫巴拉巴，和作乱的人一同捆绑。他们作乱的时候，曾杀过人。

巴拉巴才是真正反罗马政府的人，作乱时还杀了人。但众人却不想释放无罪的耶稣，而是有罪的巴拉巴。巴拉巴就这样被赦免，耶稣则像是代替了他受审判。从人的角度，这或许是巧合，因为耶稣若不在逾越节被钉十字架，犹太人可能也会要求彼拉多释放巴拉巴，因为巴拉巴是对抗罗马帝国的。但从另一角度看，却是神精心的安排——应遭审判的，得赦免；不应受刑罚的，却上了十字架。

那天“正好”是逾越节，却不是“巧合”。上帝要让我们知道，这是祂最终的救赎计划——祂赦免的不只是巴拉巴，而是所有犯罪的人。

我们活在神的世界里，无视神，不想听从神的话，我们犯下的也是“造反罪”，且是更严重的造反。

从巴拉巴的事件，我们可以反思：

1. 我们不是好人

我们或许认为，作恶多端的巴拉巴得赦免，而正义的耶稣被定罪是“不值得”的。但神救我们，一样是“不值得“——我们不是好人，不应得拯救，我们是坏人（注：按神的标准并无好人，因我们都触犯了神的律法），但神仍对我们施怜悯。

2. 公平或恩典

巴拉巴不是唯一造反杀人的（参可15：7），但只有巴拉巴一人被释放，这公平吗？是不公平，但如果真的要公平，那所有作乱的，包括巴拉巴都应处死——公平并非所有人被释放，所有人被释放才是不公平。因此，巴拉巴被释放，不是公平与否，而是因为“恩典”，而恩典，是在公平之上的。

或许有人疑惑，神让一些人蒙赦免上天堂，一下人下地狱，这不是不公平吗？但如果真的公平处理，所有人都会下地狱，但恩典却使一些人得了拯救。就这一点而言，我们需要的是恩典以待，而非公平对待。

当我们愿意信靠耶稣基督为我们而死，神就会原谅我们，并有耶稣为我们承担了一切的审判。

3. 巴拉巴—父亲的儿子

根据《圣经》原文希伯来语，“巴拉巴”的意思是“父亲的儿子”，译成华人名字，意思大概是“爱子”。耶稣代替受审判，救赎的是一个叫“父亲的儿子”的造反者。《马可福音》的作者要读者看到的，或许就是—神是那位拯救祂儿女的父亲——我们造反，但神使我们与祂和好，得怜悯蒙拯救。

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Pastor Andy Ng became a Christian in Canberra and graduated from Moore Theological College. He serves at St Mary’s Cathedral, KL as the Mandarin pastor. He also helps out with KVBC as the Director of Mandarin Ministries, seeking to grow evangelicalism among Chinese churches in Malaysia. He is married to Sze Wen and they have four sons who help keep boredom out of the family. He is a loyal fan of Liverpool and could finally say that 2020 is indeed our year, YNWA.