What does it mean that God gives us life more abundantly (John 10:10)?
John 10 begins with Jesus addressing the Pharisees (John 9:40) with a parable or figure of speech about the authenticity of the shepherd and his care for the sheep in contrast with the inauthenticity of thieves and robbers who would harm the sheep (John 10:1–5). John adds that the audience did not understand what Jesus was saying (John 10:6), so Jesus continues down the same illustrative path with another parable to further clarify the first one, and He adds in the middle of His next parable that God gives us life “more abundantly” (John 10:10, NKJV).
Jesus first emphasizes that He is the door of the sheep (John 10:7)—He is the authentic shepherd He mentioned in the first parable (John 10:2). Jesus adds that those who enter through the door—through the authentic shepherd (or good shepherd, as He calls Himself in John 10:10)—will be saved, going in and out and finding pasture (John 10:9). With these references Jesus is explaining that He is the way, the truth, and the life and that no one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). He is the authentic shepherd, or the good shepherd who provides life (or freedom and pasture, in the parable) for His sheep.
Jesus then reiterates the contrast between Himself and the thief who comes to steal and destroy. Jesus comes to give us life more abundantly (John 10:10). He would accomplish this—as a good shepherd would—by laying His life down for His sheep (John 10:11). Jesus would lay down His own life (John 10:18) as a sacrifice for sin so that those who believe in Him would not be lost (perish) but would have eternal life (John 3:16)—God would give them life more abundantly (John 10:10).
There are many worldviews and belief systems that claim to offer a way for us to have true life, to be fulfilled, and to be like God—Satan’s first temptation of humanity offered an alternative way to be like God (Genesis 3:5). But Jesus is the authentic shepherd—the good shepherd (John 10:11) who provides the way to right relationship with the Father (John 14:6). It is only through Jesus that God gives us life more abundantly (John 10:10).
The Pharisees were essentially enslaving the people they taught. The pharisaical system was legalistic and taught that, if people adhered closely enough to the Law of Moses, then—and only then—they could participate in God’s kingdom and receive His blessing. Jesus chastises the Pharisees sternly, explaining that the Pharisees were teaching the wrong path to righteousness and life (Matthew 5:20). Jesus explained in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5—7) that the appearance of external righteousness was not authentic righteousness and that, in order to have righteousness and life more abundantly, one needed to believe in Him (John 6:47).
In the parables of John 10, Jesus is contrasting Himself especially with the Pharisees. They were the thieves and the robbers who were harming the sheep, and He was the authentic or good shepherd through whom God gives life more abundantly (John 10:10). The Pharisees’ path was deceptive and led to death. This is why Jesus on more than one occasion referred to them as vipers (Matthew 3:7, 12:34, 23:33). Jesus’ path, on the other hand, led not only to life, but to life overflowing, life more abundantly. Jesus’ path was the authentic and true path to righteousness and abundant life. Through Him we have life more abundantly (John 10:10).
神赐给我们更丰盛的生命是什么意思(约翰福音 10:10)?
约翰福音第 10 章以耶稣对法利赛人讲话(约翰福音 9:40)开始,他用一个比喻或修辞手法来说明牧羊人的真实性及其对羊的照顾,与伤害羊的盗贼和强盗的虚伪性形成对比(约翰福音 10:1-5)。约翰补充说,听众不明白耶稣在说什么(约翰福音 10:6),所以耶稣继续用另一个比喻来进一步阐明第一个比喻,并在下一个比喻的中间补充说,上帝赐给我们“更丰盛”的生命(约翰福音 10:10,NKJV)。
耶稣首先强调他是羊的门(约翰福音 10:7)——他是第一个比喻中提到的真正的牧羊人(约翰福音 10:2)。耶稣补充说,那些从门进来的人——通过真正的牧羊人(或好牧人,他在约翰福音 10:10 中这样称呼自己)——将得救,出入寻找草场(约翰福音 10:9)。通过这些引用,耶稣解释说他就是道路、真理和生命,若不藉着他,没有人能到父那里去(约翰福音 14:6)。他是真正的牧羊人,或者说是好牧人,他为他的羊提供生命(或在比喻中是自由和草场)。
然后耶稣重申了他与来偷窃和毁坏的贼之间的对比。耶稣来是要赐给我们更丰盛的生命(约翰福音 10:10)。他会像一个好牧人一样——通过为他的羊舍命来实现这一点(约翰福音 10:11)。耶稣会牺牲自己的生命(约翰福音 10:18)作为赎罪祭,这样那些相信他的人就不会迷失(灭亡),而是会拥有永生(约翰福音 3:16)——上帝会赐予他们更丰盛的生命(约翰福音 10:10)。
有许多世界观和信仰体系声称可以为我们提供一种获得真实生命、获得满足和像上帝一样的方式——撒旦对人类的第一次诱惑提供了另一种像上帝一样的方式(创世记 3:5)。但耶稣是真正的牧羊人——好牧人(约翰福音 10:11),他提供了与天父建立正确关系的方式(约翰福音 14:6)。只有通过耶稣,上帝才能赐予我们更丰盛的生命(约翰福音 10:10)。法利赛人
本质上是在奴役他们教导的人。法利赛人的制度是墨守成规的,教导人们,如果人们严格遵守摩西律法,那么——也只有这样——他们才能进入上帝的国度,得到上帝的祝福。耶稣严厉地责备法利赛人,解释说法利赛人教导的是通往正义和生命的错误道路(马太福音 5:20)。耶稣在登山宝训中(马太福音 5-7)解释说,外在的正义并不是真正的正义,为了拥有更丰富的正义和生命,人们需要相信他(约翰福音 6:47)。
在约翰福音第 10 章的比喻中,耶稣特别将自己与法利赛人进行了对比。法利赛人是伤害羊群的盗贼和强盗,而耶稣是真正的好牧人,通过他,上帝赐予我们更丰盛的生命(约翰福音 10:10)。法利赛人的道路是欺骗性的,会导致死亡。这就是为什么耶稣不止一次将他们称为毒蛇(马太福音 3:7、12:34、23:33)。另一方面,耶稣的道路不仅通向生命,而且通向丰盛的生命,更丰盛的生命。耶稣的道路是通往正义和丰盛生命的真实道路。通过他,我们拥有更丰盛的生命(约翰福音 10:10)。
Google translate from:https://www.gotquestions.org/life-more-abundantly.html
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