Message From The Pastor for April 27

Message from the Pastor for sixth Sunday of Easter
One day a man was walking along a dangerous path on a hill where both sides sank abruptly into a deep valley. Suddenly a big serpent appeared and chased after him. He ran for his life only to find in front of him a fierce tiger was trying to catch him. In dilemma he found a long thick rattan that led down into the valley below. He grasped it hoping to escape to the bottom of the valley. Unfortunately when he looked down he discovered a crocodile was waiting for him with jaws wide open. As he was sweating and pondering whether to advance or retreat, he heard sound of biting. There were two rats, one white another black biting into the rattan he was holding. It could break any moment now. He screamed at the top of his lungs, “God help me!” A voice came back from afar, “Son I am here!” In horror he returned to his senses. It was just a nightmare. This is a famous religious fable. It’s meaning is worth our deep thought. The serpent behind represents men’s sins in the past. The tiger in front represents men’s difficult situations in the present. The crocodile in the valley represents men’s judgement in the future. White rat represents day and black rat represents night. Both are eating us up giving us anxiety day and night. Life gives men a lot of hardship. In desperation we cry to God. Men know we can not face life all by ourselves. Therefore we need God. We need a saviour. We need Jesus.

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一天，有個人在一條僻靜的山路走，愈走愈覺險要，兩旁竟是千丈的深谷，突然後面出現一條大毒蛇向他追來，他拼命向前走，逃走中又遇見前面一隻兇惡的老虎，張牙舞爪正追著他，當進退兩難時，看到路邊有條很粗很長的樹藤垂向谷底，他趕快抓緊樹藤向下溜，希望跳進谷底逃生。怎料，他向下一望，令他毛骨悚然，因為下面有條鱷魚正張大口等著他，他全身呆在半空發抖，向上不得，向下也不得，抱住樹藤不知要捱多久，正在沉思之時，忽然傳來咀嚼之聲，原來是黑老鼠和白老鼠各自咬著他死抱著的樹藤，看來樹藤快要咬掉了，他大聲呼喊：“上帝啊，救命！”遠處傳來上帝聲音：“孩子，我在這裏。”在惶恐中，他醒來了，原來是一場噩夢！
這是個著名的宗教寓言故事，頗值得我們深思：後面的蛇代表人過去的罪惡；前面的兇惡老虎代表人生的困難；谷底下的鱷魚代表將來的審判；白老鼠代表白天，黑老鼠代表夜晚，天天催逼著人，令人不安。人生確實有不少的困苦，人在絕望中，自然會呼求神，人自知靠自己不能面對生命的一切，因此需要上帝，需要救主，需要耶穌。