2019年11月3日 星期日

詩篇6:5


因為,在死地無人記念你,在陰間有誰稱謝你?

Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?

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    說到「陰間」是指死人之地,在猶太人的觀念,是與上帝隔絕的地方,完全沒有上帝的榮光之處,也因此詩人說:「因為,在死地無人記念你,在陰間有誰稱謝你?」

    陰間是每一個死人要去的地方,連耶穌基督也不例外!正如羅馬書107節所說:「誰要下到陰間去呢?(就是要領基督從死裡上來。)」

    彼得也引用詩篇16章說明耶穌基督的復活:「因為你必不將我的靈魂撇在陰間,也不叫你的聖者見朽壞。」(16:10

    陰間是死亡的代表,主耶穌下到陰間,表示主耶穌是完完全全的死!也因此,主耶穌才會有復活,沒有死亡就沒有復活!

    也因為耶穌基督復活,所以彼得說:「因基督也曾一次為罪受苦(有古卷:受死),就是義的代替不義的,為要引我們到上帝面前。按著肉體說,他被治死;按著靈性說,他復活了。他藉這靈曾去傳道給那些在監獄裡的靈聽,就是那從前在挪亞預備方舟、上帝容忍等待的時候,不信從的人。當時進入方舟,藉著水得救的不多,只有八個人。」(彼得前書3:18-20)

    所以,主耶穌的下到陰間,也是拯救人,並且使陰間被主耶穌所敗壞,正如啟示錄說:「死亡和陰間也被扔在火湖裡;這火湖就是第二次的死。」(20:14

   感謝主!祂勝過了陰間的權勢了!



詩篇6:1-2


6:1 (大衛的詩,交與伶長。用絲弦的樂器,調用第八。)耶和華啊,求你不要在怒中責備我,也不要在烈怒中懲罰我!
6:2
耶和華啊,求你可憐我,因為我軟弱。耶和華啊,求你醫治我,因為我的骨頭發戰。

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint;
    heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

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    人是很害怕被責備,不只是怕人的責備,更是怕上帝責備!之所以怕被責備就是怕被否定,還有怕要改變。因為人有虛榮、自尊、懶惰、的一些罪性,使人願意安逸在罪中之樂,這是我們常有的情形!

    所以詩人向上帝懇求:「耶和華啊,求你不要在怒中責備我,也不要在烈怒中懲罰我!耶和華啊,求你可憐我,因為我軟弱。耶和華啊,求你醫治我,因為我的骨頭發戰。」

    讓人聽起來好像恨可憐,其實是一種逃避,這是人犯罪之後的反應!正如亞當犯罪之後,聖經描述:「天起了涼風,耶和華上帝在園中行走。那人和他妻子聽見上帝的聲音,就藏在園裡的樹木中,躲避耶和華上帝的面。」(創世記3:8

    求主幫助我們,不要逃避我們的軟弱,要勇敢的接受,勇敢的面對,期待主耶穌的救贖大功來改變我們!使我們體會到保羅所說:「他對我說:『我的恩典夠你用的,因為我的能力是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。』所以,我更喜歡誇自己的軟弱,好叫基督的能力覆庇我。」(哥林多後書12:9)



2019年11月1日 星期五

利未記20:10-27


20:10 「與鄰舍之妻行淫的,姦夫淫婦都必治死。
20:11
與繼母行淫的,就是羞辱了他父親,總要把他們二人治死,罪要歸到他們身上。
20:12
與兒婦同房的,總要把他們二人治死;他們行了逆倫的事,罪要歸到他們身上。
20:13
人若與男人苟合,像與女人一樣,他們二人行了可憎的事,總要把他們治死,罪要歸到他們身上。
20:14
人若娶妻,並娶其母,便是大惡,要把這三人用火焚燒,使你們中間免去大惡。
20:15
人若與獸淫合,總要治死他,也要殺那獸。
20:16
女人若與獸親近,與牠淫合,你要殺那女人和那獸,總要把他們治死,罪要歸到他們身上。
20:17
「人若娶他的姊妹,無論是異母同父的,是異父同母的,彼此見了下體,這是可恥的事;他們必在本民的眼前被剪除。他露了姊妹的下體,必擔當自己的罪孽。
20:18
婦人有月經,若與她同房,露了她的下體,就是露了婦人的血源,婦人也露了自己的血源,二人必從民中剪除。
20:19
不可露姨母或是姑母的下體,這是露了骨肉之親的下體;二人必擔當自己的罪孽。
20:20
人若與伯叔之妻同房,就羞辱了他的伯叔;二人要擔當自己的罪,必無子女而死。
20:21
人若娶弟兄之妻,這本是污穢的事,羞辱了他的弟兄;二人必無子女。
20:22
「所以,你們要謹守遵行我一切的律例典章,免得我領你們去住的那地把你們吐出。
20:23
我在你們面前所逐出的國民,你們不可隨從他們的風俗;因為他們行了這一切的事,所以我厭惡他們。
20:24
但我對你們說過,你們要承受他們的地,就是我要賜給你們為業、流奶與蜜之地。我是耶和華你們的上帝,使你們與萬民有分別的。
20:25
所以,你們要把潔淨和不潔淨的禽獸分別出來;不可因我給你們分為不潔淨的禽獸,或是滋生在地上的活物,使自己成為可憎惡的。
20:26
你們要歸我為聖,因為我耶和華是聖的,並叫你們與萬民有分別,使你們作我的民。
20:27
「無論男女,是交鬼的或行巫術的,總要治死他們。人必用石頭把他們打死,罪要歸到他們身上。」

10 “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
11 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14 “‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
15 “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16 “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17 “‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
18 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.
19 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.
21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
25 “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. 26 You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
27 “‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’”

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    上帝看重「性關係」的聖潔,因為「性關係」是人與人的關係中最基礎的關係,家庭的關係是從這裡開始。也因為這樣的關係,家族和家族可以聯合再一起,最受構成廣大的親戚關係。這絕對不是兩情相悅,就可以隨心所欲去發生關係,造成許多的混亂,使社會結構動搖!

    上帝用聖潔來保守這些人與人之間的關係不混亂,使人的關係保持穩定與平安!也因為這樣,人對性忠誠、不混亂,如此人才會看重自己與上帝的關係,不隨從別的假神。

    所以,上帝在此宣告:「你們要歸我為聖,因為我─耶和華是聖的,並叫你們與萬民有分別,使你們作我的民。無論男女,是交鬼的或行巫術的,總要治死他們。人必用石頭把他們打死,罪要歸到他們身上。」

利未記20:1-9


20:1 耶和華對摩西說:
20:2
「你還要曉諭以色列人說:凡以色列人,或是在以色列中寄居的外人,把自己的兒女獻給摩洛的,總要治死他;本地人要用石頭把他打死。
20:3
我也要向那人變臉,把他從民中剪除;因為他把兒女獻給摩洛,玷污我的聖所,褻瀆我的聖名。
20:4
那人把兒女獻給摩洛,本地人若佯為不見,不把他治死,
20:5
我就要向這人和他的家變臉,把他和一切隨他與摩洛行邪淫的人都從民中剪除。
20:6
「人偏向交鬼的和行巫術的,隨他們行邪淫,我要向那人變臉,把他從民中剪除。
20:7
所以你們要自潔成聖,因為我是耶和華你們的上帝。
20:8
你們要謹守遵行我的律例;我是叫你們成聖的耶和華。
20:9
凡咒罵父母的,總要治死他;他咒罵了父母,他的罪(原文是血;本章同)要歸到他身上。

The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death, I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.
“‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
“‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
“‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.

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    上帝在這裡說明聖潔的來源:「所以你們要自潔成聖,因為我是耶和華─你們的上帝。你們要謹守遵行我的律例;我是叫你們成聖的耶和華。」

    者也就是說聖潔是來自與上帝的關係,因為耶和華是以色列人的上帝,是上帝讓以色列人成聖!不是人靠修行或做好事成聖,是因為被上帝揀選為子民,才成為聖潔!

    也因要逃避偶像,不要隨從周邊的人之惡習,尤其是崇拜偶像,不合理的獻祭,這都是上帝所憎惡,更是惹動上帝怒氣!

    我們既然蒙恩成為上帝的兒女,就要像以色列人一般,要和未信主的人有分別,因為我們是屬上帝的,是聖潔的!

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