“（耶稣）教训他们，正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。” - 太 7:29

这个月期间，我们从思想在耶稣身边聚集的人群开始。信徒和怀疑者都听到了耶稣的超凡伟大的教导。作为回应，他们认识到耶稣大有权柄，祂的教导有别于当时的宗教领袖。

耶稣与天父是合一的，祂的教导反影了天父自己的旨意和心愿。祂的权柄不是来自于祂的修辞技巧或祂所讲引人入胜的故事。而是来自于父神的神圣同在，在祂里面的工作，以及藉着祂成就工作，因此祂能够把听众引向信仰和丰盛生命之路。

我希望你在这个月里，听到一个有权柄的声音对你的生命说话。你可能对跟随耶稣的意义仍有迟疑或困惑。你可能会在默想登山宝训后，为你感觉到神呼召你要做的工作而有所挣扎（我当然也是如此）。但至少，你可以认识到，在救主耶稣的这篇讲道中，你已经听到了神自己发出的声音。

神邀请你来认识祂，并被祂所认识。祂还邀请你采取下一步行动，来跟随耶稣，相信祂将以祂完全的爱来带领你，指引你。“感谢神！因他有说不尽的恩赐！”(哥林多后书 9:15)。

祷告

主啊，请帮助我承认你是掌管我生命的那一位。求你赐给我勇气，使我顺服你的旨意，做你呼召我做的工作。阿们。

马太福音 7:28-29

28耶稣讲完了这些话，众人都稀奇他的教训，29因为他教训他们正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。

Jesus’ Authority

"[Jesus] taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law." - Matthew 7:29

We started this month thinking about the crowd gathered around Jesus. Believers and skeptics alike listened to Jesus’ great teachings. And in response they recognized that he had authority and did not teach like the religious leaders of that day.

Jesus is one with the Father, and his teachings reflect the will and desire of God himself. His authority doesn’t come from his rhetorical skills or his fascinating stories. It comes from the divine presence of God, working in and through him as he points his listeners to the road of faith and full life.

I hope that you have heard a voice of authority speaking into your life this month. You may still have questions or doubts about what it means to follow Jesus. And you may struggle with the work that you sense God is calling you to do after reflecting on the Sermon on the Mount (I certainly do). But at the very least, you can recognize that you have heard the voice of God himself in this sermon from the Savior.

God invites you to know him, and to be known by him. He also invites you to take your next steps in following Jesus, trusting that he will lead you and guide you in his perfect love for you. “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15).

Prayer

Lord, help me to recognize you as the One who has authority over my life. Give me the courage to submit to your will and to do the work you are calling me to do. Amen.