Divine Escape / 出路

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Divine Escape

So from that day on they plotted to take his life. John 11:53

Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot mystery The Clocks features antagonists who commit a series of murders. Although their initial plot targeted a single victim, they began taking more lives in order to cover up the original crime. When confronted by Poirot, a conspirator confessed, “It was only supposed to be the one murder.”

Like the schemers in the story, the religious authorities formed a conspiracy of their own. After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:38–44), they called an emergency meeting and plotted to kill Him (vv. 45–53). But they didn’t stop there. After Jesus rose from the dead, the religious leaders spread lies about what happened at the grave (Matthew 28:12–15). Then they began a campaign to silence Jesus’s followers (Acts 7:57–8:3). What started as a religious plot against one man for the “greater good” of the nation became a web of lies, deceit, and multiple casualties.

Sin plunges us down a road that often has no end in sight, but God always provides a way of escape. When Caiaphas the high priest said, “It is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish” (John 11:50), he didn’t understand the profound truth of his words. The conspiracy of the religious leaders would help bring about the redemption of mankind.

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Give sin room, and it can take over a life.

出路

从那日起他们就商议要杀耶稣。-约翰福音11章53节

侦探小说家克莉丝蒂所写的《怪钟》一书中，描述一群反派角色犯下连环杀人案。其实他们原本只是想对付一个受害者，后来却为了掩盖案情而杀了更多人。其中一个共谋者在面对质问时坦承：“我们本来只想杀一个人。”

正如这故事中的密谋杀人者，耶稣时代的宗教领袖也组织了阴谋集团。在耶稣使拉撒路复活之后（约翰福音11章38-44节），宗教领袖便召开紧急会议，共谋策划杀害耶稣（45-53节）。耶稣死后，他们并没有收手。在耶稣复活后，他们捏造门徒偷走尸体的谎言（马太福音28章12-15节），接着还大肆逼迫耶稣的跟随者（使徒行传7章57节-8章3节）。这场宗教密谋原是针对一个人，目的是为了所谓的“社会安定”，最后却需要以谎言来掩盖事实，欺骗大众，还让许多人牺牲性命。

罪恶会使我们泥足深陷，跌入无底深渊，但上帝却早已为我们预备一条出路。大祭司该亚法说：“独不想一个人替百姓死，免得通国灭亡，就是你们的益处”（约翰福音11章50节），其实他说这话时，并不明白其中重要的真理。这群宗教领袖的密谋，促成了上帝的救赎计划。

耶稣能拯救我们脱离罪恶的掌控，你是否已经接受了祂所预备的出路及祂所赐的自由呢？

你所走的哪一条路会使你远离上帝？
上帝赐下真自由，今天你要向祂承认什么罪呢？