2019年8月8日 星期四

出埃及記21:12-36


21:12 「打人以致打死的,必要把他治死。
21:13
人若不是埋伏著殺人,乃是上帝交在他手中,我就設下一個地方,他可以往那裡逃跑。
21:14
人若任意用詭計殺了他的鄰舍,就是逃到我的壇那裡,也當捉去把他治死。
21:15
「打父母的,必要把他治死。
21:16
「拐帶人口,或是把人賣了,或是留在他手下,必要把他治死。
21:17
「咒罵父母的,必要把他治死。
21:18
「人若彼此相爭,這個用石頭或是拳頭打那個,尚且不至於死,不過躺臥在床,
21:19
若再能起來扶杖而出,那打他的可算無罪;但要將他耽誤的工夫用錢賠補,並要將他全然醫好。
21:20
「人若用棍子打奴僕或婢女,立時死在他的手下,他必要受刑。
21:21
若過一兩天才死,就可以不受刑,因為是用錢買的。
21:22
「人若彼此爭鬥,傷害有孕的婦人,甚至墜胎,隨後卻無別害,那傷害她的,總要按婦人的丈夫所要的,照審判官所斷的,受罰。
21:23
若有別害,就要以命償命,
21:24
以眼還眼,以牙還牙,以手還手,以腳還腳,
21:25
以烙還烙,以傷還傷,以打還打。
21:26
「人若打壞了他奴僕或是婢女的一隻眼,就要因他的眼放他去得以自由。
21:27
若打掉了他奴僕或是婢女的一個牙,就要因他的牙放他去得以自由。」
21:28
「牛若觸死男人或是女人,總要用石頭打死那牛,卻不可吃牠的肉;牛的主人可算無罪。
21:29
倘若那牛素來是觸人的,有人報告了牛主,他竟不把牛拴著,以致把男人或是女人觸死,就要用石頭打死那牛,牛主也必治死。
21:30
若罰他贖命的價銀,他必照所罰的贖他的命。
21:31
牛無論觸了人的兒子或是女兒,必照這例辦理。
21:32
牛若觸了奴僕或是婢女,必將銀子三十舍客勒給他們的主人,也要用石頭把牛打死。
21:33
「人若敞著井口,或挖井不遮蓋,有牛或驢掉在裡頭,
21:34
井主要拿錢賠還本主人,死牲畜要歸自己。
21:35
「這人的牛若傷了那人的牛,以至於死,他們要賣了活牛,平分價值,也要平分死牛。
21:36
人若知道這牛素來是觸人的,主人竟不把牛拴著,他必要以牛還牛,死牛要歸自己。」

12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. 13 However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. 14 But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
15 “Anyone who attacks[c] their father or mother is to be put to death.
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
17 “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
18 “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist[d] and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, 19 the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
20 “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, 21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
22 “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely[e] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
26 “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 27 And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
28 “If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. 29 If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. 30 However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded. 31 This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. 32 If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels[f] of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
33 “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
35 “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. 36 However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.

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    上帝是與人一起生活的上帝,他也管理到人的日常瑣碎的生活,人與人之間的爭吵與衝突祂也看顧也處理。然而這一切的律例,都是為了保護人,展現上帝的慈愛!

    有許多人把上帝看成是超然的,認為上帝不處理人間小事。若是看了ˋ這一段經文,相信這種論調是站立不住的!上帝是眷顧百姓的上帝,人間小事祂當然看顧與處理!

    教會的牧者,也當以這樣的精神語弟兄姊妹相處雖然牧者是以祈禱和傳道為生活的重心但是牧者還是生活在世界上,更是要勇敢在這世上保護弟兄姊妹,怎能不管世間的小事呢

出埃及記21:7-11


21:7 「人若賣女兒作婢女,婢女不可像男僕那樣出去。
21:8
主人選定她歸自己,若不喜歡她,就要許她贖身;主人既然用詭詐待她,就沒有權柄賣給外邦人。
21:9
主人若選定她給自己的兒子,就當待她如同女兒。
21:10
若另娶一個,那女子的吃食、衣服,並好合的事,仍不可減少。
21:11
若不向她行這三樣,她就可以不用錢贖,白白地出去。」

 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself,[b] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.

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    許多自以為懂得聖經的人,常常批評聖經是男人至上主義!他們認為聖經尤其是舊約,是藐視女性,把女人看成是男人的附屬品或是財產的一部分。其實這樣的想法是大錯特錯!

    這一段婢女」條律,我們看道是多麼尊重與看重女性,並且是讓女性僕人多於男性僕人的自由!絕對不是將「婢女」看成物品、財產或是牲畜班對待。這是其他文化與民族所沒有的,更是其他宗教經典沒有提到的!

    既然是如此,在今日我們也是要看重與維護女性的地位,這是基督信仰非常重要的標記,是其他信仰比不上的!因為在上帝的眼中,男人和女人都是照著上帝的形象和樣式造的!

出埃及記21章

                  出埃及記21章1-6節   ,

                  出埃及記21:7-11 ,

                  出埃及記21:12-36 ,

2019年8月7日 星期三

箴言27:22


你雖用杵將愚妄人與打碎的麥子一同搗在臼中,他的愚妄還是離不了他。

Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
    grinding them like grain with a pestle,
    you will not remove their folly from them.

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    人的聰明或愚妄,不是靠外在的做為,即使再怎樣徹底的教育,也是外在的做為,若沒有在內心動工,一切都是枉然的!就像這一段箴言所說的,雖然是碎屍萬段,仍然是愚妄的!

    上帝對人的做為並不是如此,祂雖然讓我們靠耶穌基督的寶血遮蓋,可以與上帝和好,成為上帝的兒女!但是,祂更是賜下聖靈在我們心中,使我們的內在意志轉換,願意稱耶穌基督為主,樂意順服上帝的命令,不再做罪的奴僕,不再悖逆上帝!

    所以,我們的生命是從裡面開始更新,越來越有主的榮美,不僅如此還一天新似一天,正如保羅所說:自己知道那叫主耶穌復活的,也必叫我們與耶穌一同復活,並且叫我們與你們一同站在他面前。凡事都是為你們,好叫恩惠因人多越發加增,感謝格外顯多,以致榮耀歸與上帝。所以,我們不喪膽。外體雖然毀壞,內心卻一天新似一天。」(哥林多後書4:14-16

    感謝主,是上帝復活的大能臨到我們,所以我們就不會再愚妄了

2019年8月6日 星期二

出埃及記20:22-26


20:22 耶和華對摩西說:「你要向以色列人這樣說:『你們自己看見我從天上和你們說話了。
20:23
你們不可做甚麼神像與我相配,不可為自己做金銀的神像。
20:24
你要為我築土壇,在上面以牛羊獻為燔祭和平安祭。凡記下我名的地方,我必到那裡賜福給你。
20:25
你若為我築一座石壇,不可用鑿成的石頭,因你在上頭一動家具,就把壇污穢了。
20:26
你上我的壇,不可用臺階,免得露出你的下體來。』」

 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites this: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: 23 Do not make any gods to be alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
24 “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. 25 If you make an altar of stones for me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. 26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, or your private parts may be exposed.’

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    上帝告訴以色列人不可以為自己立像,因為上帝是獨一無二的上帝,是任何其他事物所能比擬的!也因此,我們不能用有形的事物來想像上帝,更不能用無形的樣式來捏造上帝的樣子,這都是造偶像!唯有透過上帝自己的啟示和彰顯,我們才能真正認識上帝!

    而上帝為了讓人認識祂在舊約的時候,興起先知來宣告祂的話語,正如他主動透過摩西向以色列人彰顯自己和祂對以色列百姓得拯救!透過摩西的述說,以即祂在以色列人當中所形的事,使這一群人認識祂是怎樣一位上帝,這遠遠超越一般的偶像了!

    同樣在新約的時代,耶穌基督更是上帝完全得啟示與彰顯了!正如希伯來書11-3節所說:「上帝既在古時藉著眾先知多次多方地曉諭列祖,就在這末世藉著他兒子曉諭我們;又早已立他為承受萬有的,也曾藉著他創造諸世界。他是上帝榮耀所發的光輝,是上帝本體的真像,常用他權能的命令托住萬有。他洗淨了人的罪,就坐在高天至大者的右邊。

    親愛的弟兄姐妹,我們無法認識上帝,上帝卻透過耶穌基督像我們顯明,在今日更藉由聖經和聖靈引導我們,使我們感受到上帝的大能運行在教會中,祂真的要在基督裡與我們相親,我們不是用自己的方式來敬拜祂,而是要照祂的啟示來敬拜祂,正如這裡所說:「你若為我築一座石壇,不可用鑿成的石頭,因你在上頭一動家具,就把壇污穢了。

    只有耶穌基督是活石、是靈磐,只有耶穌基督自己親自成為祭物獻上,才是上帝最喜悅、唯一能滿足上帝的心意的祭物!我們就只能靠這樣的祭,來敬拜上帝!