2019年7月26日 星期五

箴言27:17


鐵磨鐵,磨出刃來;朋友相感(原文是磨朋友的臉)也是如此。

As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.

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    以色列人的打招呼是臉頰碰臉頰,所以箴言的作者會寫出這一段話,讓人覺得很傳傳神

    的確,人必須要與別人互動,如此才可以是信仰實踐出來!不僅以色列人的團體是如此,基督徒更是如此!人要到教會,參與教會的生活,才能被造就成為為上帝家中的一分子!

    親愛的弟兄姐妹,每個禮拜天一定要去教會,這不是形式或習慣而已,更是使聲明得成長與造就所必須的!在家裡看電視或網路做禮拜是不夠的,一定要與弟兄姊妹在上帝面前共同禮拜喔!



2019年7月25日 星期四

出埃及記15:22-27


15:22 摩西領以色列人從紅海往前行,到了書珥的曠野,在曠野走了三天,找不著水。
15:23
到了瑪拉,不能喝那裡的水;因為水苦,所以那地名叫瑪拉。
15:24
百姓就向摩西發怨言,說:「我們喝甚麼呢?」
15:25
摩西呼求耶和華,耶和華指示他一棵樹。他把樹丟在水裡,水就變甜了。耶和華在那裡為他們定了律例、典章,在那裡試驗他們;
15:26
又說:「你若留意聽耶和華你上帝的話,又行我眼中看為正的事,留心聽我的誡命,守我一切的律例,我就不將所加與埃及人的疾病加在你身上,因為我耶和華是醫治你的。」
15:27
他們到了以琳,在那裡有十二股水泉,七十棵棕樹;他們就在那裡的水邊安營。

22 Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[f]) 24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”
25 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.
There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. 26 He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”
27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.

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    上帝讓以色列人經歷到三天沒有水好喝,好不容易有水了,竟然是苦水!於是這些以色列表現出本性來,像摩西抱怨:我們喝甚麼呢?

    這不僅是考驗以色列人,也考驗摩西。然而摩西遇見這些怨言時,不是去辯解,而是向上帝禱告!這是一個很好的榜樣,尤其是擔任屬靈領袖的人,更是要以此來勉勵自己,多禱告、少抱怨、少辯解!

    然而在禱告之後上帝有啟示,指引他找一棵樹丟在水裡,水的口味就變了,苦水變甜水呢!之後他們就到了更大的綠洲,就是以琳,在那裡有「有十二股水泉,七十棵棕樹」!




出埃及記15:19-21


15:19 法老的馬匹、車輛,和馬兵下到海中,耶和華使海水回流,淹沒他們;惟有以色列人在海中走乾地。
15:20
亞倫的姊姊,女先知米利暗,手裡拿著鼓;眾婦女也跟她出去拿鼓跳舞。
15:21
米利暗應聲說:你們要歌頌耶和華,因他大大戰勝,將馬和騎馬的投在海中。

19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[e] went into the sea, the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. 21 Miriam sang to them:
“Sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
    he has hurled into the sea.”

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    敬拜上帝不只是男人的事情,也是女人的事情!不只摩西是先知,姊姊米利暗也是先知,而且聖經還稱她為「女先知」!

    她帶領婦女唱的歌十分簡短:「你們要歌頌耶和華,因他大大戰勝,將馬和騎馬的投在海中。

    這樣的短歌卻宣告上帝的大作為,上帝真的得勝了!人再怎樣抵抗上帝,都無法勝過上帝的!

出埃及記15:1-18


15:1 那時,摩西和以色列人向耶和華唱歌說:我要向耶和華歌唱,因他大大戰勝,將馬和騎馬的投在海中。
15:2
耶和華是我的力量,我的詩歌,也成了我的拯救。這是我的上帝,我要讚美他,是我父親的上帝,我要尊崇他。
15:3
耶和華是戰士;他的名是耶和華。
15:4
法老的車輛、軍兵,耶和華已拋在海中;他特選的軍長都沉於紅海。
15:5
深水淹沒他們;他們如同石頭墜到深處。
15:6
耶和華啊,你的右手施展能力,顯出榮耀;耶和華啊,你的右手摔碎仇敵。
15:7
你大發威嚴,推翻那些起來攻擊你的;你發出烈怒如火,燒滅他們像燒碎秸一樣。
15:8
你發鼻中的氣,水便聚起成堆,大水直立如壘,海中的深水凝結。
15:9
仇敵說:我要追趕,我要追上;我要分擄物,我要在他們身上稱我的心願。我要拔出刀來,親手殺滅他們。
15:10
你叫風一吹,海就把他們淹沒;他們如鉛沉在大水之中。
15:11
耶和華啊,眾神之中,誰能像你?誰能像你至聖至榮,可頌可畏,施行奇事?
15:12
你伸出右手,地便吞滅他們。
15:13
你憑慈愛領了你所贖的百姓;你憑能力引他們到了你的聖所。
15:14
外邦人聽見就發顫;疼痛抓住非利士的居民。
15:15
那時,以東的族長驚惶,摩押的英雄被戰兢抓住,迦南的居民心都消化了。
15:16
驚駭恐懼臨到他們。耶和華啊,因你膀臂的大能,他們如石頭寂然不動,等候你的百姓過去,等候你所贖的百姓過去。
15:17
你要將他們領進去,栽於你產業的山上耶和華啊,就是你為自己所造的住處;主啊,就是你手所建立的聖所。
15:18
耶和華必作王,直到永永遠遠!
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
    he has hurled into the sea.
“The Lord is my strength and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a warrior;
    the Lord is his name.
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.[b]
The deep waters have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand, Lord,
    shattered the enemy.
“In the greatness of your majesty
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
    it consumed them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils
    the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.
11 Who among the gods
    is like you, Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
    working wonders?
12 “You stretch out your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.
13 In your unfailing love you will lead
    the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.
14 The nations will hear and tremble;
    anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,
the people[c] of Canaan will melt away;
16     terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone—
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought[d] pass by.
17 You will bring them in and plant them
    on the mountain of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,
    the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.
18 “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”

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    對以色列人而言,經歷了上帝這麼大的拯救,可以說是生命的另一個階段的開始。不只是脫離埃及人的奴役,並且有上帝的同在與保守。所以,他們為了記念上帝的拯救,就寫下一首詩歌,不僅他們要唱,更是希望他們的子孫一直唱下去到永遠!

    這也讓我們體認到,禮拜雖然是一時的,卻是融入到永恆之中,是上帝與人相遇的時空!雖然上帝不受時空的限制,卻為了與我們相遇,親自降臨在其中,聆聽我們唱詩讚美,也對我們說話,透過講到者的宣告!這是上帝藉由耶穌基督,與我們在基督裡相遇與同行!

    親愛的弟兄姊妹,我們雖然沒有過紅海出埃及的經驗;但是主耶穌的拯救大恩,是勝過以色列人出埃及千千萬萬倍,因為我們是出死亡進永生!這比進迦南美地更實在、更浩大!我們因當高聲呼喊:哈利路亞!