11:26 「看哪,我今日將祝福與咒詛的話都陳明在你們面前。
11:27 你們若聽從耶和華─你們上帝的誡命,就是我今日所吩咐你們的,就必蒙福。
11:28 你們若不聽從耶和華─你們上帝的誡命,偏離我今日所吩咐你們的道,去事奉你們素來所不認識的別神,就必受禍。
11:29 及至耶和華─你的上帝領你進入要去得為業的那地,你就要將祝福的話陳明在基利心山上,將咒詛的話陳明在以巴路山上。
11:30 這二山豈不是在約旦河那邊,日落之處,在住亞拉巴的迦南人之地與吉甲相對,靠近摩利橡樹嗎?
11:31 你們要過約旦河,進去得耶和華─你們上帝所賜你們為業之地,在那地居住。
11:32 你們要謹守遵行我今日在你們面前所陳明的一切律例典章。」
26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse— 27 the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; 28 the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known. 29 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim the blessings, and on Mount Ebal the curses. 30 As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh, in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal. 31 You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you have taken it over and are living there, 32 be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.
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阿敏念派的信徒最喜歡拿這段經文來說明:命運是在人的選擇,不是上帝的安排或預定!
乍看之下似乎是這個意思,其實並非如此!因為結果如何,上帝早已預定好!正如經文所說:「看哪,我今日將祝福與咒詛的話都陳明在你們面前。你們若聽從耶和華─你們上帝的誡命,就是我今日所吩咐你們的,就必蒙福。你們若不聽從耶和華─你們上帝的誡命,偏離我今日所吩咐你們的道,去事奉你們素來所不認識的別神,就必受禍。」
經文的意思就出現上帝的心意:上帝說明要賜福的,就是要我們去行的道路;是要降禍的,就是禁止我們去行的!所以,上帝在話語上早就已經引導我們,要我們去選擇當行的路!一切上帝都知道,上帝都有作為!
因此,不在乎我們的選擇,而是在乎上帝已經預定好!最終的決定和成就還是在上帝的手中,不是在人的手中,人只有謙卑順服在上帝的手中,到時候上帝必定要成就大事,大大的賜福於我們!
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