02月14日 一年的第045天 筆者:黃哲輝牧師
讀經:利17-19章
第17章主要在講:「宰牛羊一定要在會幕門口,禁止喫血」。
神說:「1.凡宰公牛、綿羊羔、山羊,不拘營內營外,都要牽到會幕前,獻給耶和華為供物,1.祭司要把血灑在會幕門口,脂油要焚燒,不帶到會幕門口獻給神,那人必從民口剪除,2.不可吃血,可吃的獵物要放血,用土掩蓋,才可吃,血沒放出來的,自死、被野撕裂,吃了就必不潔到晚上。
◎心得分享:血是不可吃的,不吃血的原因是,從醫學的角度,「血」是身體中最污穢的,所有病毒都是藏在血中,不只是舊約提到,在新約使徒行傳15:29也提到不可吃血,所有動物的血都不可吃,惟獨要我喝「耶穌的血」,血是動物的生命,吃「動物的血」是表示與動物的生命「聯合」,我們喝耶穌的血,也是表示我們與主耶穌聯合,上帝希望我們只單單的與耶穌的生命聯合,不要與動物生命聯合。
第18章主要在講:「禁止效法迦南人亂倫的惡俗」。
神說:「1.不可效法迦南人的行為惡俗,遵行律例典章,就必活著,2.不可跟骨肉之親有性關係亂倫:A.不可與母親或繼母,有亂倫關係,B.不可與親姊妹或異父異母有亂倫關係,C.不可與姑母姨母、伯母或叔母有亂倫的關係,D.不可與媳婦、嫂嫂,或弟媳有亂倫的關係,E.不可與女兒或孫女,妻子的姊妹有亂倫關係,2.不可跟經期內的女子有性關係,3.不可跟別人的妻子有性關係,4.不可把自己的兒女當祭物燒獻給邪神摩洛,5.不可有同性戀v22,無論男女都不可跟獸類有性關係。我把迦南人趕出去,是因為他們玷污行可憎惡的事,如果你們像他們一樣,我必把你們吐出去」。
◎心得分享:上帝把迦南人趕走,不是上帝特別愛以色列,而是迦南人的惡俗,性氾濫的敗壞,讓上帝忿怒的要把他們趕出來,所以就呼召以色列人,進入迦南地,來潔淨那個地,聖經哥林多前書6:18說到:「你們要逃避淫行。人所犯的,無論甚麼罪,都在身子以外,惟有行淫的,是得罪自己的身子」。所有的惡,上帝最厭惡的是同性戀,所多瑪城和蛾摩拉城被毀滅,就是因為同性戀的問題,我們一定要在性行為上聖潔,免得我們被神吐出去。
第19章主要在講:「要聖潔,在人際關係上」。
神說:「你們要聖潔:1.要孝敬父母、守安息日、不可鑄造偶像v2-4,2.在獻平安祭蒙悅納,祭物最多吃2天,第3天就要用火焚燒v5-8,3.收割不可割盡,要留給窮人v9-10,4.不可偷盜、不可欺騙、不可說謊、不可起假誓、不可褻瀆神、不可欺壓、不可咒罵、不可偏護、不可與鄰舍為敵、不可恨弟兄、不可報仇、不可埋怨、不可行淫、不可吃血、不可用法術、不可觀兆、不可身上刺花紋、不可污辱兒女、不可交鬼、不可行邪術v11-31,5.要尊敬老人、敬畏神,要看外人,如同本地人,愛他如己,用公道、公平的天平法碼,謹守律例典章v32-37。
◎心得分享:這一章讓我們看到,神的百姓,在人際關係上,也要聖潔,這個聖潔,用簡單的說法,就是「真、善、美」的人際關係,這章特別出現了許多「不可」,「要」的不多,只有幾個「要」,1.要孝敬父母、守安息日,2.敬畏神、3.要尊敬老人、愛人如己,4.謹守律例典章。這章讓我們看到上帝要避免我們犯罪,很詳細的在生活,提醒我們不要犯罪。
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"God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world."(Gal. 6:14)
THEY were living to themselves; self with its hopes, and promises and dreams, still had hold of them; but the Lord began to fulfill their prayers. They had asked for contrition, and had surrendered for it to be given them at any cost, and He sent them sorrow; they had asked for purity, and He sent them thrilling anguish; they had asked to be meek, and He had broken their hearts; they had asked to be dead to the world, and He slew all their living hopes; they had asked to be made like unto Him, and He placed them in the furnace, sitting by "as a refiner and purifier of silver," until they should reflect His image; they had asked to lay hold of His cross, and when He had reached it to them it lacerated their hands.
They had asked they knew not what, nor how, but He had taken them at their word, and granted them all their petitions. They were hardly willing to follow Him so far, or to draw so night to Him. They had upon them an awe and fear, as Jacob at Bethel, or Eliphaz in the night visions, or as the apostles when they thought that they had seen a spirit, and knew not that it was Jesus. They could almost pray Him to depart from them, or to hide His awfulness. They found it easier to obey than to suffer, to do than to give up, to bear the cross than to hang upon it. But they cannot to back, for they have come too near the unseen cross, and its virtues have pierced too deeply within them. He is fulfilling to them His promise, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me" (John 12:32).
But now at last their turn has come. Before, they had only heard of the mystery, but now they feel it. He has fastened on them His look of love, as He did on Mary and Peter, and they can but choose to follow.
Little by little, from time to time, by fitting gleams, the mystery of His cross shines out upon them. They behold Him lifted up, they gaze on the glory which rays from the wounds of His holy passion; and as they gaze they advance, and are changed into His likeness, and His name shines out throught them, for He dwells in them. They live alone with Him above, in unspeakable fellowship; willing to lack what others own (and what they might have had), and to be unlike all, so that they are only like Him.
Such, are they in all ages, "who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth."
Had they chosen for themselves, or their friends chosen for them, they would have chosen otherwise. They would have been brighter here, but less glorious in His Kingdom. They would have had Lot's portion, not Abraham's. If they had halted anywhere-if God had taken off His hand and let them stray back-what would they not have lost? What forfeits in the resurrection?
But He stayed them up, even against themselves. Many a time their foot had well night slipped; but He in mercy held them up. Now, even in this life, they know that all He did was done well. It was good to suffer here, that they might reign hereafter; to bear the cross below, for they shall wear the crown above; and that not their will but His was done on them and in them.
-Anonymous.
基督曾說過:「我心柔和謙卑,你們當學我的樣式,這樣你們心裏就必得享安息。」這兒有雙重的真理,有忍耐、溫柔、謙卑和與神和好的美德,這與傚法基督或信靠祂有相同的意義;同時因著你有這些美德,可以完全脫離亞當墮落的本性而有信靠主高尚的行為。
連帶而有的福份,是因著脫離罪惡和對基督初步信仰、期望,受基督忍耐、溫柔、謙卑和與神和好的靈引導並管理;當你具有這些德性,你的生命就有目的,是真理和生命的基督才會在你裏面,你不再掌權,而是基督在你裏面活著。除非你願在忍耐、溫柔、謙卑和與神和好裏治死老我,否則神聖愛的靈,因無立足之地而不能在你裏面產生;而當你又為不忍耐、驕傲所困擾之際,馬上完全捨己,求神施恩幫助。當你遇到難處就促使與神親近,最能使你忍耐接受神的幫助,我們對神有多少信心和期望就可得多少的啟示。
「這些雖然很簡短,但是真正確的教義,使我們因賜下的救恩而真正完全順服神的啟示下,也真正宣告承認三而一的真神。」現在願你有個思想:完全將我的心靈獻上,單單尋求救恩,直接藉著溫柔、謙卑、忍耐和與神和好的力量,使我的生命有屬天的德性。
「並且要作這更大的事,因為我往父那裡去。」約翰福音十四章12節
祈禱不是叫我們適於那偉大的工作;祈禱本身就是偉大的工作。我們以為祈禱,是叫我們得到較高的能力,去應付神的工作。但按照耶穌基督的眼光看,祈禱是我本已救贖的奇蹟,藉著神的能力,同時也是別人救贖的奇蹟。結果子之方法,是祈禱,但須記取的,這種祈禱是建立在救贖的痛苦,不是建立於我的痛苦。一個小孩能獲得祈禱的答覆,一個聰明人反而得不著。
你無論在那裡祈禱總是一種戰爭。不管神製造環境的方法怎樣,本分就是祈禱。切不可如此作想──「我所在的地方,不見得有用;」因為你不在的地方,你必沒有有用。無論神安排你在那裡,祈禱,常常向祂祈禱。「你們若奉我的名求甚麼,我必成就。」(約十四13)我們不肯祈禱,我們得不著奮興,就不肯祈禱,那就是靈性自私的極度形態。我們要依照神的指導而勞動,但祂指導我們的是祈禱,「所以你們當求莊稼的主,打發工人出去,收祂的莊稼。
通常的工人對於工作,是沒有興奮的,但是成功通常是工作勞作出來的;同樣基督的概念,沒有那些勞苦的聖徒是不會發現的。你慇勤祈禱,從神的立場看,是無時不發生效果的。當帕子揭開,一種說不出的驚奇必然發現,你可以看出你是慣於接受耶穌基督的命令的,已經為祂收穫了不少的靈魂。
「……亞伯拉罕信神……」羅馬書四章3節
亞伯拉罕的信心是向著神本身的,他認識帶領他的神,所以他對神有絕對的信心。
亞伯拉罕一生的秘訣在於他與神的友誼。他所認識的神是一位偉大、良善、信實的朋友。無怪乎他能聽神的話,從他自身所愛的本家本族出來,走向一條未知的道路。
除了信靠神的話語,我們是否已學會把自己全然交給神呢?神有無限的愛及力量,祂是與我們立約的主並永遠的好朋友。
經上告訴我們,亞伯拉罕因著信心而榮耀了神。最能榮耀神的辦法,乃是讓世人看見神是誰,以及祂的大能力。神並不希望藉著我們所能做的事,讓世人知道祂能做什麼;神也不用那些有乖謬性格的器皿。相反的,祂一直在找尋那些謙卑的人,並用這些人在世世代代中榮耀祂。