2:6 從前約書亞打發以色列百姓去的時候,他們各歸自己的地業,佔據地土。
2:7 約書亞在世和約書亞死後,那些見耶和華為以色列人所行大事的長老還在的時候,百姓都事奉耶和華。
2:8 耶和華的僕人、嫩的兒子約書亞,正一百一十歲就死了。
2:9 以色列人將他葬在他地業的境內,就是在以法蓮山地的亭拿‧希烈,在迦實山的北邊。
6 After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites, they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance. 7 The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel.
8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 9 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Heres[b] in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
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約書亞在世還有影響力,所以以色列人沒有馬上離開耶和華上帝,正如聖經說:「約書亞在世和約書亞死後,那些見耶和華為以色列人所行大事的長老還在的時候,百姓都事奉耶和華。」
這也讓我們聯想到牧者對教會的影響,教會的興衰好像受到某些牧者的事奉有關,但是這對於基督徒的信仰不是好事,好的牧者應該是將人帶到主耶穌的面前,讓人真正以耶穌基督為牧者。
當然,這需要聖靈真正在教會中掌權才能成就,而正常的教會也必須如此,才能稱為是耶穌基督的教會,真正是基督的身體。
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