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Förklaring till Johannes 3:16 - Kan evigt liv erhållas genom tro på Herren Jesus?
Ty så älskade Gud världen att han utgav sin enfödde Son, för att var och en som tror på honom inte skall gå förlorad utan fördärva världen. Evigt liv ha.
– Johannesevangeliet 3:16
Tankar om dagens vers...
Utifrån den här versen kan jag uppskatta Guds kärlek till oss och hans vilja för vår frälsning.
När jag först trodde på Jesus, bad pastorerna och äldsterna oss att memorera den här versen så att vi kunde känna Jesu kärlek till oss. Och de sa att så länge vi trodde på Jesus kunde vi få evigt liv och komma in i himmelriket. Men när jag läste dessa ord "sträva efter frid med alla och helgelse, utan vilken ingen människa skall se Herren" i Bibeln, tänkte jag för mig själv: i mitt verkliga liv kan jag inte följa Jesu krav. När jag till exempel kommer överens med min familj kan jag inte vara tolerant och tålmodig; om mina grannar sårar mina känslor, även om jag inte säger något, hyser jag agg; När jag arbetar med mina kollegor ser jag ibland ner på dem. ... Jag kände mig förvirrad: "Jag begår ofta synder, kan Jesus ta mig till himmelriket? Kan jag få evigt liv?" Jag förstod inte Jesu vilja förrän ett antal bröder och systrar i Herren berättade något för mig. De läste några ord för mig: "Jesu verk på den tiden var hela människosläktets återlösning. Alla som trodde på honom blev förlåtna. Han skulle frälsa dig så länge du trodde på honom. Om du trodde på honom var du inte längre en syndare, du skulle bli återlöst från dina synder. Detta var innebörden av att bli frälst och bli rättfärdiggjord genom tro. Ändå fanns det kvar i de troende det som var upproriskt och motståndare till Gud och som ändå måste tas bort lite i taget. Frälsningen betydde inte att människan hade vunnits helt och hållet av Jesus, utan att människan inte längre var av synd, att hennes synder var förlåtna henne: förutsatt att du trodde, skulle du aldrig mer vara av synd."
Efter att ha läst avsnittet insåg jag den sanna innebörden av Jesu verk i nådens tidsålder: Jesus spikades fast på korset som syndoffret och han tog på sig människornas synder för att återlösa oss från lagen, så att vi inte längre blev fördömda och utförda av lagen, utan hade möjlighet att komma inför honom för att be, bekänna våra synder och ångra oss, och då kommer våra synder att bli förlåtna och vi kommer att ha Jesu omsorg och beskydd; Men vi syndar fortfarande ofta och kan inte praktisera Jesu ord, inte ens i varje liten sak som händer i livet, vilket bevisar att vi inte är helt frälsta. Om vi vill bli frälsta och komma in i himmelriket för att få evigt liv, måste vi göra oss av med det som inte är i linje med Jesu vilja. Hur kan vi då bli av med olydnad och motstånd mot Gud? Hur får man evigt liv? Jesus sade: "Jag har mycket att säga er, men ni kan inte uthärda det nu. Men när han kommer, sanningens Ande, skall han visa er vägen i hela sanningen, ty han skall inte tala av sig själv, utan vad han har hört, det skall han tala, och det som skall skall han förkunna för er." (Joh 16:12-13). Jag tror att när Jesus kommer, kommer han att uttrycka ord för att uppenbara alla dessa mysterier och berätta för oss vad Gud kommer att göra. Må vi be om att få söka vägen till det eviga liv som Jesus kommer att skänka när han kommer tillbaka i de sista dagarna...
Du är välkommen att använda vår "Dagens skrift" för att berika ditt andliga liv.
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Dagens skrift - Joh 3:16
Maria Angela Grow
23 juli kl. 05:05 ·
July 22 Saint Mary Magdalene: friend and disciple of Jesus, honored woman of Scripture, Penitent, and “Apostle of the Apostles.”
(First century)
Patronage:
against sexual temptation
apothecaries
contemplative life
contemplatives
converts
druggists
glove makers
hairdressers
hairstylists
penitent sinners
penitent women
people ridiculed for their piety
perfumeries
perfumers
pharmacists
reformed prostitutes
tanners
women
Salt Lake City, Utah, diocese of
Atrani, Salerno, Italy
Casamicciola, Italy
Credera Rubbiano, Italy
Foglizzo, Italy
La Magdeleine, Italy
Rubbiano, Italy
Anguiano, Spain
Elantxobe, Spain
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What we know of the life of this saintly woman comes directly from Scripture:
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After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means. (Luke 8: 1-3)
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From this passage in Luke, we understand that Mary was offering support—possibly financial support, as well as tending to basic needs-- of Jesus and His disciples. She further is described as having been exorcised of seven demons. It is clear that the grace of the Lord, through the love of Jesus Christ, healed Saint Mary Magdalene.
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In the sixth century, Pope Saint Gregory the Great conflated Mary Magdalene with the nameless woman who washed Christ's feet with her tears (Luke 7:36-50):
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Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
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When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner."
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Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you."
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"Tell me, teacher," he said.
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"Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?"
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Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled."
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"You have judged correctly," Jesus said.
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Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little."
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Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
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The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
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Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." (Luke 7: 36-50)
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Pope Saint Gregory the Great also identified Mary Magdalene as Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus (Luke 10:38-42):
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As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"
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"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." (Luke 10:38-42)
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Combining these Scriptures into the same figure gives the Church, and indeed the faithful, a powerful figure of repentance and spiritual renewal. Saint Mary Magdalene is at once a reformed prostitute—a penitent. She is identified as the first contemplative, sitting at the feet of Christ. She is one of the very few who stayed with Christ at the Crucifixion. And as we know from the Gospel of Saint John, Mary was chosen by the Lord to be the first witness to the Resurrection. For this, she has earned the title: the Apostle to the Apostles.
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Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"
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Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
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They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"
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"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
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"Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
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Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
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Jesus said to her, "Mary."
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She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
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Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' "
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Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her. (John 20: 1-2; 10-18)
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Pope Saint Gregory the Great said of Saint Mary Magdalene in a homily: “When Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and did not find the Lord’s body, she thought it had been taken away and so informed the disciples. After they came and saw the tomb, they too believed what Mary had told them. The text then says: “The disciples went back home,” and it adds: “but Mary wept and remained standing outside the tomb.” We should reflect on Mary’s attitude and the great love she felt for Christ; for though the disciples had left the tomb, she remained. She was still seeking the one she had not found, and while she sought she wept; burning with the fire of love, she longed for him who she thought had been taken away. And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tell us: 'Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.'”
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After Jesus ascended into heaven, Saint Mary Magdalene continued to be a vibrant and powerful witness to the people who knew her of the life transforming power of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ. She is thought to have worked under both Saints Peter and Paul, in Rome and Ephesus during that time. Tradition holds that fourteen years after Our Lord's death, she was put in a boat by the Jews without sails or oars along with Saints Lazarus and Martha, Saint Maximinus (who had baptized her), Saint. Sidonius ("the man born blind"), her maid Sera, and the body of Saint Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin. Per Holy Legend, these holy men and women were sent drifting out to sea and miraculously landed on the shores of Southern France, where Mary spent the rest of her life as a contemplative hermitess in a cave known as Sainte-Baume. She is said to have fasted so rigorously that angels delivered the Holy Eucharist to her as her only sustenance. Reportedly dying at age 72, Saint Mary was transported miraculously by nine angels, just before she died, to the oratory of Saint Maximinus (in Aix), where she received the last sacraments.
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The relics of Mary Magdalene were interred in the oratory of Saint Maximinus, and later (approximately 745) translated to Vezelay (to protect them from Saracen invaders). In the thirteenth century, the relics were re-interred at the Dominican convent at the hermitage on La Sainte-Baume. During the French Revolution, the relics were secured in a sarcophagus sent by Pope Clement VIII, and were not re-consecrated until 1814, when the church on La Saint-Baume was restored. In 1822, the grotto at La Saint-Baume was re-consecrated, the head of this holy saint interred at the chapel. La Saint-Baume remains a vibrant center of pilgrimage for the faithful.
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Saint Bede asserted that "what Magdalene once did, remains the type of what the whole Church does, and of what every perfect soul must ever do." Saint Mary Magdalene is an example of profound repentance and forgiveness. Her life, explained through the Holy Scriptures, reminds us of the mystery of Christianity—the absolute transition from sinfulness to sanctity possible through the grace of God. We pray today, on the feast of this Apostle of the Apostles, that we may undergo a miraculous transformation in our own lives, washed clean and made holy, repentant and joyful in the light of Christ!
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Eternal Father, I wish to honor St. Mary Magdalen, and I give Thee thanks for all the graces Thou hast bestowed upon her. I ask Thee to please increase grace in my soul through the merits of this saint, and I commit the end of my life to her by this special prayer, so that by virtue of Thy goodness and promise, St. Mary Magdalen might be my advocate and provide whatever is needed at that hour. Amen.
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