2019年9月10日 星期二

箴言28:15



Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
    is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

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    最近觀察所謂增長很快的教會,發現他們使用的方式類似,就是用高壓統治的方法,以上帝的名義要求他們的信徒要做些什麼,以致於信徒循著這樣的程序和規條進行,教會就可以有明顯的增長!

    這就讓人想起「直銷」,也就是多層次傳銷,就是用這樣的方式來增大其組織,弄到人人皆兵,人人都有生產力,也都有一個明確的目標。然而這樣的方式動教會增長有沒有問題呢?

    當然是有問題,首先生命尚未成熟就被推出去爭戰,這就像恐怖組織用青少年為他們賣命一般,這樣的結局是這些青少年被惡者剝削到一無所有,那些惡者建立自己的勢力版圖!

    我們不希望教會只是在世界建立版圖,而是要讓每一個來到主面前的人,真正的豐盛生命,真正享安息,真正與上帝和好,成為上帝家中的一分子,享受永生無限,而不是為教會在地上擴建勢力範圍,這樣和十字軍東征有何兩樣?

2019年9月9日 星期一

出埃及記34:29-35


34:29 摩西手裡拿著兩塊法版下西奈山的時候,不知道自己的面皮因耶和華和他說話就發了光。
34:30
亞倫和以色列眾人看見摩西的面皮發光就怕挨近他。
34:31
摩西叫他們來;於是亞倫和會眾的官長都到他那裡去,摩西就與他們說話。
34:32
隨後以色列眾人都近前來,他就把耶和華在西奈山與他所說的一切話都吩咐他們。
34:33
摩西與他們說完了話就用帕子蒙上臉。
34:34
但摩西進到耶和華面前與他說話就揭去帕子,及至出來的時候便將耶和華所吩咐的告訴以色列人。
34:35
以色列人看見摩西的面皮發光。摩西又用帕子蒙上臉,等到他進去與耶和華說話就揭去帕子。

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

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    摩西和上帝在一起有四十晝夜的結果是:不知道自己的面皮因耶和華和他說話就發了光。亞倫和以色列眾人看見摩西的面皮發光就怕挨近他。

    也因為這樣,「摩西與他們說完了話就用帕子蒙上臉。但摩西進到耶和華面前與他說話就揭去帕子,及至出來的時候便將耶和華所吩咐的告訴以色列人。以色列人看見摩西的面皮發光。摩西又用帕子蒙上臉,等到他進去與耶和華說話就揭去帕子。

    這也告訴我們,我們若常常親近主,我們的臉上也會彰顯上帝的榮光!如此,我們就可以成為上帝真正的見證人,可以讓人由我們身上看見主的榮光,而接受耶穌基督成為救主!




出埃及記34:10-28


34:10 耶和華說:「我要立約,要在百姓面前行奇妙的事,是在遍地萬國中所未曾行的。在你四圍的外邦人就要看見耶和華的作為,因我向你所行的是可畏懼的事。
34:11
「我今天所吩咐你的,你要謹守。我要從你面前攆出亞摩利人、迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人。
34:12
你要謹慎,不可與你所去那地的居民立約,恐怕成為你們中間的網羅;
34:13
卻要拆毀他們的祭壇,打碎他們的柱像,砍下他們的木偶。
34:14
不可敬拜別神;因為耶和華是忌邪的上帝,名為忌邪者。
34:15
只怕你與那地的居民立約,百姓隨從他們的上帝,就行邪淫,祭祀他們的神,有人叫你,你便吃他的祭物,
34:16
又為你的兒子娶他們的女兒為妻,他們的女兒隨從他們的神,就行邪淫,使你的兒子也隨從她們的神行邪淫。
34:17
「不可為自己鑄造神像。
34:18
「你要守除酵節,照我所吩咐你的,在亞筆月內所定的日期吃無酵餅七天,因為你是這亞筆月內出了埃及。
34:19
凡頭生的都是我的;一切牲畜頭生的,無論是牛是羊,公的都是我的。
34:20
頭生的驢要用羊羔代贖,若不代贖就要打折牠的頸項。凡頭生的兒子都要贖出來。誰也不可空手朝見我。
34:21
「你六日要做工,第七日要安息,雖在耕種收割的時候也要安息。
34:22
在收割初熟麥子的時候要守七七節;又在年底要守收藏節。
34:23
你們一切男丁要一年三次朝見主耶和華以色列的上帝。
34:24
我要從你面前趕出外邦人,擴張你的境界。你一年三次上去朝見耶和華你上帝的時候,必沒有人貪慕你的地土。
34:25
「你不可將我祭物的血和有酵的餅一同獻上。逾越節的祭物也不可留到早晨。
34:26
地裡首先初熟之物要送到耶和華你上帝的殿。不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。」
34:27
耶和華吩咐摩西說:「你要將這些話寫上,因為我是按這話與你和以色列人立約。」
34:28
摩西在耶和華那裡四十晝夜,也不吃飯也不喝水。耶和華將這約的話,就是十條誡,寫在兩塊版上。

10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11 Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 12 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a] 14 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15 “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
17 “Do not make any idols.
18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.[b] 23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.
25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.
26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

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    摩西在山上與耶和華同在四十天不吃飯也不喝水,等候上帝將十誡寫在石版上。而上帝之所以頒布這十誡,是要讓以色列和附近的迦南人有分別,讓人一看就知道他們是屬呼耶和華,是分別為聖的一群!

    上帝向摩西嚴嚴的吩咐:「我今天所吩咐你的,你要謹守。我要從你面前攆出亞摩利人、迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人。你要謹慎,不可與你所去那地的居民立約,恐怕成為你們中間的網羅;卻要拆毀他們的祭壇,打碎他們的柱像,砍下他們的木偶。不可敬拜別神;因為耶和華是忌邪的上帝,名為忌邪者。

    既然如此,我們也要與世界有所分別,我們既然被耶穌基督從罪中拯救出來,就當倚靠聖靈而生活,不要再隨從情慾而活,因為我們要活出上帝兒女得樣式,正如以色列人要活出歸耶和華為聖的生活。而首先可以讓人看見的就是「遠避偶像」,不可以再像未信主以前一樣敬拜別神,只能敬拜耶和華上帝!

出埃及記35章

        出埃及記35:1-3  ,                    

        出埃及記35:4-29  , 

        出埃及記35:4-9   ,  出埃及記35:29 ,

        出埃及記35:30-35 ,

出埃及記34章

                     出埃及記34:1-9 , 出埃及記34:6-7   ,

                     出埃及記34:10-28  ,

                     出埃及記34:29-35

                    出 埃 及 記 34:29-34  ,

出埃及記34:1-9


34:1 耶和華吩咐摩西說:「你要鑿出兩塊石版,和先前你摔碎的那版一樣;其上的字我要寫在這版上。
34:2
明日早晨,你要預備好了,上西奈山,在山頂上站在我面前。
34:3
誰也不可和你一同上去,遍山都不可有人,在山根也不可叫羊群牛群吃草。」
34:4
摩西就鑿出兩塊石版,和先前的一樣。清晨起來,照耶和華所吩咐的上西奈山去,手裡拿著兩塊石版。
34:5
耶和華在雲中降臨,和摩西一同站在那裡,宣告耶和華的名。
34:6
耶和華在他面前宣告說:「耶和華,耶和華,是有憐憫有恩典的上帝,不輕易發怒,並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實,
34:7
為千萬人存留慈愛,赦免罪孽、過犯,和罪惡,萬不以有罪的為無罪,必追討他的罪,自父及子,直到三、四代。」
34:8
摩西急忙伏地下拜,
34:9
說:「主啊,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你在我們中間同行,因為這是硬著頸項的百姓。又求你赦免我們的罪孽和罪惡,以我們為你的產業。」

The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”

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    摩西為了那兩塊摔壞的石版再重新鑿了兩片,好讓上帝可以從新再將十誡寫在上面。不僅如此,他也希望上帝和以色列人的關係可以重新修好。所以向上帝禱告:「主啊,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你在我們中間同行,因為這是硬著頸項的百姓。又求你赦免我們的罪孽和罪惡,以我們為你的產業。

    然而在摩西尚未禱告以先,上帝已經先宣告:「耶和華,耶和華,是有憐憫有恩典的上帝,不輕易發怒,並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實,為千萬人存留慈愛,赦免罪孽、過犯,和罪惡,萬不以有罪的為無罪,必追討他的罪,自父及子,直到三、四代。

    可見是上帝存心要與人和好,所以人才可以與上帝和好!正如約翰福音316-17節所說:上帝愛世人,甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信他的,不致滅亡,反得永生。因為上帝差他的兒子降世,不是要定世人的罪(或譯:審判世人;下同),乃是要叫世人因他得救。

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