2018年6月16日 星期六

哥林多前書10:23-33


10:23 凡事都可行,但不都有益處。凡事都可行,但不都造就人。
10:24
無論何人,不要求自己的益處,乃要求別人的益處。
10:25
凡市上所賣的,你們只管吃,不要為良心的緣故問甚麼話,
10:26
因為地和其中所充滿的都屬乎主。
10:27
倘有一個不信的人請你們赴席,你們若願意去,凡擺在你們面前的,只管吃,不要為良心的緣故問甚麼話。
10:28
若有人對你們說:「這是獻過祭的物」,就要為那告訴你們的人,並為良心的緣故不吃。
10:29
我說的良心不是你的,乃是他的。我這自由為甚麼被別人的良心論斷呢?
10:30
我若謝恩而吃,為甚麼因我謝恩的物被人毀謗呢?
10:31
所以,你們或吃或喝,無論做甚麼,都要為榮耀上帝而行。
10:32
不拘是猶太人,是希臘人,是上帝的教會,你們都不要使他跌倒;
10:33
就好像我凡事都叫眾人喜歡,不求自己的益處,只求眾人的益處,叫他們得救。

 23 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive. 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, 26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”[f]
27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. 28 But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. 29 I am referring to the other person’s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience? 30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— 33 even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

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    保羅為基督徒立了一個重要的原則:「凡事都可行,但不都有益處。凡事都可行,但不都造就人。無論何人,不要求自己的益處,乃要求別人的益處。」「不拘是猶太人,是希臘人,是上帝的教會,你們都不要使他跌倒;就好像我凡事都叫眾人喜歡,不求自己的益處,只求眾人的益處,叫他們得救。

    所以基督徒的做為出發點不再是自己的好處或壞處,而是要考慮到別人是否可以因我們得益處,得到上帝的拯救!保羅要我們遵行一個更重要的原則:「所以,你們或吃或喝,無論做甚麼,都要為榮耀上帝而行。

    韋斯敏斯德小要理問答引言中的第一問:人的主要目的是什麼?答:人的主要目的就是榮耀上帝,永遠以祂為樂。這就是基督徒的自由了!不再為自我約束,以上帝的旨意為中心,過榮耀上帝、享受上帝的生命!

哥林多前書10:14-22


10:14 我所親愛的弟兄啊,你們要逃避拜偶像的事。
10:15
我好像對明白人說的,你們要審察我的話。
10:16
我們所祝福的杯,豈不是同領基督的血嗎?我們所擘開的餅,豈不是同領基督的身體嗎?
10:17
我們雖多,仍是一個餅,一個身體,因為我們都是分受這一個餅。
10:18
你們看屬肉體的以色列人,那吃祭物的豈不是在祭壇上有分嗎?
10:19
我是怎麼說呢?豈是說祭偶像之物算得甚麼呢?或說偶像算得甚麼呢?
10:20
我乃是說,外邦人所獻的祭是祭鬼,不是祭上帝。我不願意你們與鬼相交。
10:21
你們不能喝主的杯又喝鬼的杯,不能吃主的筵席又吃鬼的筵席。
10:22
我們可惹主的憤恨嗎?我們比他還有能力嗎?

 14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19 Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons. 22 Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

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    保羅在此說明不可以吃祭物的原因,來斥責那些自以為有知識的信徒。他們認為:吃偶像的祭物是沒有關係的,按知識來說偶向算不得什麼是虛無之物,所以吃偶像之物無礙。

    但是保羅用聖餐來說明,既然領受聖餐是以接受主的身體和寶血的方式與基督連結。吃祭偶像之物,就是祭拜鬼的食物,吃了這些等於是與鬼連結了。基督徒不可以與主連結,又與鬼連結!這樣的情形和淫亂有什麼不同呢?肉體不可淫亂,信仰更是不可以!

    也因為這樣,基督徒不要吃祭拜過偶像的食物,尤其是我們知道之後,千萬不要吃,因為這是不討上帝喜悅的事。當然,不知道時,我們感謝領受,就蒙上帝潔淨了,就不要在意,歡喜領受!

哥林多前書10章

        哥林多前書10:1-13  ,

        哥林多前書10:1-11 ,  哥林多前書10:6-7 ,

   
         哥林多前書10:12-15  ,

        哥林多前書10:14-22  ,

        哥林多前書10:23-33  , 
         哥林多前書10:31   ,

哥林多前書10:1-13


10:1 弟兄們,我不願意你們不曉得,我們的祖宗從前都在雲下,都從海中經過,
10:2
都在雲裡、海裡受洗歸了摩西;
10:3
並且都吃了一樣的靈食,
10:4
也都喝了一樣的靈水。所喝的,是出於隨著他們的靈磐石;那磐石就是基督。
10:5
但他們中間多半是上帝不喜歡的人,所以在曠野倒斃。
10:6
這些事都是我們的鑑戒,叫我們不要貪戀惡事,像他們那樣貪戀的;
10:7
也不要拜偶像,像他們有人拜的。如經上所記:「百姓坐下吃喝,起來玩耍。」
10:8
我們也不要行姦淫,像他們有人行的,一天就倒斃了二萬三千人;
10:9
也不要試探主(有古卷:基督),像他們有人試探的,就被蛇所滅。
10:10
你們也不要發怨言,像他們有發怨言的,就被滅命的所滅。
10:11
他們遭遇這些事都要作為鑑戒,並且寫在經上,正是警戒我們這末世的人。
10:12
所以,自己以為站得穩的,須要謹慎,免得跌倒。
10:13
你們所遇見的試探,無非是人所能受的。上帝是信實的,必不叫你們受試探過於所能受的;在受試探的時候,總要給你們開一條出路,叫你們能忍受得住。

 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a] We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test Christ,[b] as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[d] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[e] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

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          保羅用警戒的口吻,來對哥林多教會的信徒說明,以色列人出埃及以後的事情。讓我們聽了也十分警戒,因為在這一群出埃及的以色列人,並沒有全部進入迦南之地。雖然他們經歷上帝透過摩西所行的神蹟,吃過嗎哪,喝過磐石出來的水。但是他們因為不信,得罪了上帝,以致於倒斃在曠野。

    保羅為了讓哥林多教會知道,我們不注重教會的懲戒,會遭受上帝的震怒,所以特別吩咐:「這些事都是我們的鑑戒,叫我們不要貪戀惡事,像他們那樣貪戀的;」「他們遭遇這些事都要作為鑑戒,並且寫在經上,正是警戒我們這末世的人。所以,自己以為站得穩的,須要謹慎,免得跌倒。

    保羅除了說到上帝震怒的一面,也說到上帝的保守與慈愛:「你們所遇見的試探,無非是人所能受的。上帝是信實的,必不叫你們受試探過於所能受的;在受試探的時候,總要給你們開一條出路,叫你們能忍受得住。

    這也提醒我們,不是靠自己的力量抵擋罪惡,事要靠上帝勝過試探,不要犯罪,使我們維持與上帝有正確合宜的關係!

2018年6月15日 星期五

箴言18:20



From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.

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    自己曾經當過業務員,發現說話的確會使人的財富增加,使個人經濟能力得以提升,尤其是締結別人的買賣,使人雙贏,加上自己也就贏了。所以,業務員通常以「三贏」來自許。

    基督徒也要做「三贏」的事,使上帝贏、聽福音的人也贏、傳福音的也贏!其實這樣的「三贏」是成立的,是來自主耶穌在十字架上已經贏過魔鬼,所以上帝和祂的子民也都是贏!

    既然如此,我們就勇敢邀請人來參加這個「贏」的行列,使他們也靠著耶穌基督贏得永生!