6:14 你們和不信的原不相配,不要同負一軛。義和不義有甚麼相交呢?光明和黑暗有甚麼相通呢?
6:15 基督和彼列(彼列就是撒但的別名)有甚麼相和呢?信主的和不信主的有甚麼相干呢?
6:16 上帝的殿和偶像有甚麼相同呢?因為我們是永生上帝的殿,就如上帝曾說:我要在他們中間居住,在他們中間來往;我要作他們的上帝;他們要作我的子民。
6:17 又說:你們務要從他們中間出來,與他們分別;不要沾不潔淨的物,我就收納你們。
6:18 我要作你們的父;你們要作我的兒女。這是全能的主說的。
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness
and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What
harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common
with an unbeliever? 16 What
agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple
of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live with them
and
walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and
they will be my people.”
17 Therefore,
“Come out from them
and
be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and
I will receive you.”
18 And,
“I will be a Father to you,
and
you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”
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保羅向哥林多信徒說到要遠離偶像,其實最大的偶像就是自義,也就是自我中心,魔鬼之所以成為魔鬼,也就是自以為可以和上帝同等,要像上帝一般受到尊崇!若是,我們的人生也是以此為目標,也就要小心,因為我們正在建立偶像,正在崇拜偶像了!
基督徒一生最大的爭戰就是:要以自己的義來討上帝喜悅,和得人的尊崇!只要有一點點小小的功勞,非得放大到全世界都要注意到,非得得到大家得稱讚,不然就覺得不舒服!這一切都是建立偶像行為,都是希望別人來尊崇我們一般!
其實上帝是樂意來尊崇我們,祂願意賜給我們榮耀的冠冕,祂願意用自己的榮光來圍繞我們,只要我們謙卑順服在祂的面前,凡事尊榮上帝,歸榮耀給上帝!所以,我們來敬拜上帝,上帝的榮光也要透過我們彰顯,使人看見祂的榮耀,使人來尊崇祂,敬拜祂!你願意放下自己,給上帝用,彰顯上帝的榮光嗎?