十字架的道路是獻祭

本文原刊於《舉目》51期

周瑞芳

詞:Mary E. Maxwell
曲:Ada Rose Gibbs

1. 十字架的道路是獻祭,
要將一切獻於神,
將一切放在死的祭壇上面,
火定然由天降下。
The way of the Cross means sacrifice,
As to God you yield your all
To be laid on the altar, the place of death,
Where fire will surely fall.

副歌:
這是十架道路!你是否願意走?
背十架究竟有何意義?
你這奉獻一切給神的人!
你是否對神真誠?
‘Tis the way of the Cross, are you willing for this?
What does bearing the Cross mean to you?
You who’ve given yourself, your all to God!
To God are you wholly true?

2. 當我們唱詩禱告時候,
何等容易“獻所有!”
但前面有更沉重的十字架!
呼召之路更艱難!
2. As the voice of song and prayer we raise,
How easy to say, We give all;
Till some rougher cross lies just before,
And sterner is duty’s call.

3. 是否畏縮?或確實釘死?
一切都釘在十架?
直等到永活主生命的豐盛,
能天天都充滿你?
Do you falter then, or, true to death,
Just die on the cross in the way,
Till the fulness of life from the Living One
Is filling you day by day?

4. 死而得生是生命之道,
與受苦主合為一。
單要在你身活出主的生命-
那榮耀復活生命。
‘Tis the plan of life, for you die to live,
One with Jesus crucified;
With the life alone to be lived through you,
Of the Risen, the Glorified.

        聖經舊約中上帝吩咐百姓的“獻祭”正是敬拜中主要的部份。“犧牲”是祭壇上那已死的動物。 聖詩作者說:死在十架上正是生命得勝的祕訣。先有死,後有生,是永活主的豐盛生命活在我們裡面。

       在這裡,十架不是人生苦難的代表,卻是天父旨意的等義詞。“獻所有”的熱誠容易有,回應神的呼召、心意之後的順服之路卻很艱苦。

        如祭物般順服地死在祭壇,是敬拜,是願主旨意成就在己身,好似成就在天上。從此,對著世界是死的,對著基督卻是活的。因為與主的合一,活著的時候就是基督,死了就有益處。

       麥斯威爾姊妹的聖詩呼應著《羅馬書》12:1使徒保羅的勸勉:

       “所以弟兄們,我以神的慈悲勸你們,將身體獻上,當作活祭,是聖潔的,是神所喜悅的;你們如此事奉乃是理所當然的。”(新譯:這是屬靈的敬拜)

作者是女中音,大陸事工傳道人。”迴聲谷”經典詩歌節目主持人。事工未來網站:www.worshipandhymns.com

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