2016年10月3日 星期一

箴言2:11-12



2:11 謀略必護衛你;聰明必保守你,
2:12 要救你脫離惡道(或譯:惡人的道),脫離說乖謬話的人。

11Discretion will watch over you,and understanding will guard you, 12rescuing you from the way of evil —from the one who says perverse things,

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    這裡說到「謀略」和「聰明」是互相對的,是相似的性質,「護衛」和「保守」也是平行字,讓人感受到兩者是互相的。這也說明人必須有「謀略」和「聰明」,來保護自己。

    而「謀略」和「聰明」的保護是什麼呢?就是「脫離惡人的道」和「脫離說乖謬話的人」。因為這些人會將我們帶離耶和華,使我們不再敬畏上帝。而我們要遠離這些,就要靠上帝所賜的「謀略」和「聰明」,才能勝過。

    願上帝所賜的「謀略」和「聰明」,「護衛」和「保守」你,永平安

2016年10月2日 星期日

箴言1:7



敬畏耶和華是知識的開端;愚妄人藐視智慧和訓誨。

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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    許多人透過各樣學習想增加自己的知識但是聖經告訴我們:「敬畏耶和華是知識的開端」。意思是說,我們要使自己做一個知識豐富的人,第一步就是要敬畏耶和華!

    然而箴言書的作者為何要說:「愚妄人藐視智慧和訓誨。」這句話呢?是因為不敬畏耶和華的人,就是「愚妄人」,他們不看重「智慧和訓誨」,就無法得著知識無法明白各樣的奧秘

    同樣我們敬畏耶和華就會看重「智慧和訓誨」,就可以累積各樣知識與經驗成為一位知識豐富的人了所以敬畏上帝是很重要的

以西結書3:22-27



3:22 耶和華的靈(原文是手)在那裡降在我身上。他對我說:「你起來往平原去,我要在那裡和你說話。」
3:23 於是我起來往平原去,不料,耶和華的榮耀正如我在迦巴魯河邊所見的一樣,停在那裡,我就俯伏於地。
3:24 靈就進入我裡面,使我站起來。耶和華對我說:「你進房屋去,將門關上。
3:25 人子啊,人必用繩索捆綁你,你就不能出去在他們中間來往。
3:26 我必使你的舌頭貼住上膛,以致你啞口,不能作責備他們的人;他們原是悖逆之家。
3:27 但我對你說話的時候,必使你開口,你就要對他們說:『主耶和華如此說。』聽的可以聽,不聽的任他不聽,因為他們是悖逆之家。」

And the hand of the Lord was upon me there. And he said to me, “Arise, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.”  So I arose and went out into the valley, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar canal, and I fell on my face.  But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself within your house.  And you, O son of man, behold, cords will be placed upon you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people.  And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.  But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God.’ He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

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    這段是以西結將個人與聖靈相遇之事描寫下來或許有人以為有這神秘經驗比較屬靈,希望自己也有這經驗。但是,這樣的經驗的主權在上帝,上帝有祂的心意與主權,不可以強求。有或沒有這樣的經歷,都要感謝上帝!

    而以西結這樣的經歷仍然是以上帝要他去宣告上帝的話有關因為上帝要他在宣告時要說:「主耶和華如此說。」來表明自己是上帝的代言者。

    我們若是要宣讀聖經,也可以如此說:「上帝的話語記載在…」讓人注意來聆聽上帝的話,使上帝的話進入聽眾的心中,好使他們來遵行而受上帝的賜福!


以西結書3:16-21



3:16 過了七日,耶和華的話臨到我說:
3:17 「人子啊,我立你作以色列家守望的人,所以你要聽我口中的話,替我警戒他們。
3:18 我何時指著惡人說:他必要死;你若不警戒他,也不勸戒他,使他離開惡行,拯救他的性命,這惡人必死在罪孽之中;我卻要向你討他喪命的罪(原文是血)。
3:19 倘若你警戒惡人,他仍不轉離罪惡,也不離開惡行,他必死在罪孽之中,你卻救自己脫離了罪。
3:20 再者,義人何時離義而犯罪,我將絆腳石放在他面前,他就必死;因你沒有警戒他,他必死在罪中,他素來所行的義不被記念;我卻要向你討他喪命的罪(原文是血)。
3:21 倘若你警戒義人,使他不犯罪,他就不犯罪;他因受警戒就必存活,你也救自己脫離了罪。」

And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.  If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.  But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.  Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.  But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”

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    這段話可以說是先知的守則也是傳道人守則。意思說當上帝的守望者或傳道者,有看守弟兄姊妹的職責,要警告他們、提醒他們,不要讓他們落入危險之中而不知道。

    身為教會的傳道者更是不要因怕得罪人而不敢發出上帝的警告我們若必口不言讓弟兄姊妹得罪上帝而落入危險之中上帝必定將罪罰規在我們身上到時我們不只承受上帝的憤怒我們心中的罪咎必定讓我們受不了

    我們要像保羅所說:「我傳福音原沒有可誇的,因為我是不得已的。若不傳福音,我便有禍了。

    勇敢地宣告不然就有禍了