2018年10月16日 星期二

希伯來書10:32-39


10:32 你們要追念往日,蒙了光照以後所忍受大爭戰的各樣苦難:
10:33
一面被毀謗,遭患難,成了戲景,叫眾人觀看;一面陪伴那些受這樣苦難的人。
10:34
因為你們體恤了那些被捆鎖的人,並且你們的家業被人搶去,也甘心忍受,知道自己有更美長存的家業。
10:35
所以,你們不可丟棄勇敢的心;存這樣的心必得大賞賜。
10:36
你們必須忍耐,使你們行完了上帝的旨意,就可以得著所應許的。
10:37
因為還有一點點時候,那要來的就來,並不遲延;
10:38
只是義人(有古卷:我的義人)必因信得生。他若退後,我心裡就不喜歡他。
10:39
我們卻不是退後入沉淪的那等人,乃是有信心以致靈魂得救的人。

32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37 For,
“In just a little while,
    he who is coming will come
    and will not delay.”
38 And,
“But my righteous one will live by faith.
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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     末世的迫切性,再次由自裡行間跳出來!尤其是為義受逼迫的時候,更是讓聖徒想到上帝國快快實現的迫切性!也因為對末世的救恩實現的肯定,就可以勇敢忍受眼前的苦楚,因為心中有盼望!

    正如這裡所說:「一面被毀謗,遭患難,成了戲景,叫眾人觀看;一面陪伴那些受這樣苦難的人。因為你們體恤了那些被捆鎖的人,並且你們的家業被人搶去,也甘心忍受,知道自己有更美長存的家業。

    當我們望見那美好的應許,就要勇敢忍受限在的景況,因為這一切都要過去,上帝的國必定真真實實的實現,正如作者在此殷殷的述說:「因為還有一點點時候,那要來的就來,並不遲延;只是義人(有古卷:我的義人)必因信得生。他若退後,我心裡就不喜歡他。我們卻不是退後入沉淪的那等人,乃是有信心以致靈魂得救的人。

    是的!上帝恆保守,聖徒的恆忍就有意義了!

希伯來書10:26-31


10:26 因為我們得知真道以後,若故意犯罪,贖罪的祭就再沒有了;
10:27
惟有戰懼等候審判和那燒滅眾敵人的烈火。
10:28
人干犯摩西的律法,憑兩三個見證人,尚且不得憐恤而死,
10:29
何況人踐踏上帝的兒子,將那使他成聖之約的血當作平常,又褻慢施恩的聖靈,你們想,他要受的刑罰該怎樣加重呢!
10:30
因為我們知道誰說:「伸冤在我,我必報應」;又說:「主要審判他的百姓。」
10:31
落在永生上帝的手裡,真是可怕的!

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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    我們明明知道耶穌基督的救恩,卻不願意信靠,還懷疑地說:「光靠著信心就可以稱為義嗎?還要加上好行為才會蒙上帝喜悅啊!」

    其實這是麼鬼要使人自以為義的謊言!一般所謂的好行為,就是遵行一些道德律,使人覺得你是好人,討人的喜歡!這背後的精神,還是想靠自己可以成為義人,博取別人的稱讚!這樣的狀況仍然是在犯罪,沒有靠上帝在耶穌基督裡所設的恩典,這就是『踐踏上帝的兒子,將那使他成聖之約的血當作平常,又褻慢施恩的聖靈』!因為,他捨棄這些上帝所預備的拯救,靠自己的努力得救,是上帝所恨惡的!

    我們要再一次反省,我們是不是還存絲毫的自義,想以自己的努力來取代上帝在耶穌基督裡所完成的呢?我們還自以為一切都要靠自己嗎?我們快快放下自以為的心,堅定的倚靠救主吧!惟有靠耶穌基督,才能蒙上帝的喜悅與稱義!

2018年10月15日 星期一

希伯來書10:19-25


10:19 弟兄們,我們既因耶穌的血得以坦然進入至聖所,
10:20
是藉著他給我們開了一條又新又活的路,從幔子經過,這幔子就是他的身體。
10:21
又有一位大祭司治理上帝的家,
10:22
並我們心中天良的虧欠已經灑去,身體用清水洗淨了,就當存著誠心和充足的信心來到上帝面前;
10:23
也要堅守我們所承認的指望,不至搖動,因為那應許我們的是信實的。
10:24
又要彼此相顧,激發愛心,勉勵行善。
10:25
你們不可停止聚會,好像那些停止慣了的人,倒要彼此勸勉,既知道(原文是看見)那日子臨近,就更當如此。

19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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    基督徒要有熱切的盼望在於「耶穌基督的再來」,正如在這裡的經文勉勵我們說:「你們不可停止聚會,好像那些停止慣了的人,倒要彼此勸勉,既知道(原文是看見)那日子臨近,就更當如此。」

    我們若沒有熱切盼望耶穌基督的再來,表是我們尚未明白基督耶穌的拯救!因為我們的信仰除了信心與愛心之外,就是盼望!而且這個盼望是我們努力實踐聖經教導的動力!我們盼望,我們可以和拯救我們的主耶穌見面!正如經文所說:「也要堅守我們所承認的指望,不至搖動,因為那應許我們的是信實的。

    在今日許多基督,只盼望自己在這一輩子賺大錢,享受物質上的豐富,而忘記我們有永生的盼望!忘記我們一切的努力,就是為了永生!我們相信我們的努力,不只是為了這輩子,更是希望能存到永遠!

希伯來書10:11-18


10:11 凡祭司天天站著事奉上帝,屢次獻上一樣的祭物,這祭物永不能除罪。
10:12
但基督獻了一次永遠的贖罪祭,就在上帝的右邊坐下了。
10:13
從此,等候他仇敵成了他的腳凳。
10:14
因為他一次獻祭,便叫那得以成聖的人永遠完全。
10:15
聖靈也對我們作見證;因為他既已說過:
10:16
主說:那些日子以後,我與他們所立的約乃是這樣:我要將我的律法寫在他們心上,又要放在他們的裡面。
10:17
以後就說:我不再記念他們的罪愆和他們的過犯。
10:18
這些罪過既已赦免,就不用再為罪獻祭了。

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. 14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
    I will remember no more.”
18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

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    耶穌基督的獻上自己為祭,是有永遠的功效的,正如經文所說:凡祭司天天站著事奉上帝,屢次獻上一樣的祭物,這祭物永不能除罪。但基督獻了一次永遠的贖罪祭,就在上帝的右邊坐下了。

    也因為這樣,基督徒的禮拜和其他宗教不同,不是一次再一次的獻祭,而是紀念耶穌基督所完成的贖罪祭,並且是靠著這贖罪祭與上帝建立和好的關係,享受上帝從天而來的福份!使人和上帝真正有關係,真正在禮拜中與上帝相遇,而不是人的活動而已!

    也因為如此,我們的敬拜不是人的宗教娛樂活動,不是可有可無的活動,更是真真實實的領受上帝的恩言,讓上帝的恩言成為我們與上帝相遇的事實,也讓我們靠上帝的恩言生活行事!

    所以,我們禮拜的時候,不僅唱詩、禱告,更是要用心的聽講道,然後靠聖靈努力的行道,活出基督徒的生命!因為基督的獻上自己為祭,已經除去上帝與人之間的隔閡了!

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