01月26日讀經 筆者:黃哲輝牧師
經文:伯35-37章 (第四個朋友:以利戶的話B)
第35章主要在講:「以利戶說:人若犯罪或是行公義,不會影響上帝,只會影響世人v5-8」。
以利戶又說:約伯你以為有理,你的公義勝於神的公義,不犯罪比犯罪有什麼好處呢v1-3,我要回答你:1.你向天觀看,你犯罪上帝不會受到傷害損傷,你行公義上帝也不會得到好處v4-7,2.你作惡只會害你自己,行公義只會叫世人得益處v8,3.人受欺壓,就會哀求上帝拯救v9-10,4.上帝會教訓我們使我們有聰明v11,5.惡人驕傲虛妄的呼求,上帝不答應、不垂聽、不眷顧v12-16。
◎心得分享:這一章以利戶糾正了約伯錯誤的觀念,我們也常常有這種錯誤的觀念,我們以為我們幫上帝傳福音、作善事、服事主,所以上帝應該幫助我們,其實你不傳福音,上帝會找人傳,你不服事,上帝會找人服事,我們行公義,沒有那麼偉大,上帝也不會因為沒有我們就不行,那麼為什麼我們還要「遵行神的話」呢?因為服事神,是神給我們恩典,給我們榮耀,不是我們對上帝的施捨,我們的服事神,是為了「幫幫自己、在真道上造就自己」,好使我們得到將來天上的榮耀獎賞。
第36章主要在講:「以利戶說:神必引你離患難,你要順服在神的責罰v17-18」。 以利戶說:1.我要替上帝說話,上帝是A.有大能不藐視人v5,B.不保護惡人,卻為困苦人伸冤v6,C.時常看顧義人,使他們和君王同坐v7,D.上帝藉困苦拯救人,開通人的耳朵v8-15,2.上帝要引你出患難,進入寬闊之地v16,所以你A.不可有惡人批評的言語 v17,B.不可因為怒氣,就不順服上帝的責罰v18,C.不要切慕黑夜v20,3.你要謹慎,不可看重選擇罪孽,過於選擇苦難v21-23,4.不可忘記稱讚歌頌上帝所行的為大v24-33。
◎心得分享:這一章以利戶給了約伯積極的「盼望」,就是神會幫助約伯離開患難,給人盼望是很重要的,因為「盼望就不至於羞恥」(羅5:5),當我們有盼望,我們就不會有軟弱的心情,也就不會因為軟弱就想犯罪,不犯罪就不會有羞恥的結果發生,所以我們應當求神給我們積極的盼望。
第37章主要在講:「以利戶說:你要留心聽,站立思想上帝奇妙作為v14,自以為智慧的人,神不顧念v24」。
以利戶說:1.上帝奇妙行大事,是我們大能測透v1-12,有時是為責罰,有時是為施行慈愛v13,2.約伯你要留心聽,站立思想神奇妙作為v14-20,3.雖然你現在有雲遮蔽,不能見到天空的光亮,但是當風吹過,天發晴,金光出於北方v21-22,4.上帝大能力、公平、公義,不苦待人,所以你要敬畏神,上帝不會看顧自以為心中有智慧的人v23-24。
◎心得分享:這一章以利戶調整了約伯的「焦點」,把約伯從只看自己痛苦焦點,轉到上帝奇妙作為的焦點,一個人在「看什麼」,影響一個人,所以我們的主耶穌說:「眼睛若明亮,全身就明亮」,所以我們不要看環境,也不要看別人,更不要看自己,只要抬頭看我們上帝,思想祂奇妙的作為,這個時候,我們就會發現,我們把問題看的很大,上帝就變的很小,把上帝看的很大,問題就變的很小,所以我們要敬畏神,以神為中心。
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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。