申命記4:32-49

4:32 「你且考察在你以前的世代，自上帝造人在世以來，從天這邊到天那邊，曾有何民聽見上帝在火中說話的聲音，像你聽見還能存活呢？這樣的大事何曾有、何曾聽見呢？
4:33 【併於上節】
4:34 上帝何曾從別的國中將一國的人民領出來，用試驗、神蹟、奇事、爭戰、大能的手，和伸出來的膀臂，並大可畏的事，像耶和華─你們的上帝在埃及，在你們眼前為你們所行的一切事呢？
4:35 這是顯給你看，要使你知道，惟有耶和華─他是上帝，除他以外，再無別神。
4:36 他從天上使你聽見他的聲音，為要教訓你，又在地上使你看見他的烈火，並且聽見他從火中所說的話。
4:37 因他愛你的列祖，所以揀選他們的後裔，用大能親自領你出了埃及，
4:38 要將比你強大的國民從你面前趕出，領你進去，將他們的地賜你為業，像今日一樣。
4:39 所以，今日你要知道，也要記在心上，天上地下惟有耶和華他是上帝，除他以外，再無別神。
4:40 我今日將他的律例誡命曉諭你，你要遵守，使你和你的子孫可以得福，並使你的日子在耶和華─你上帝所賜的地上得以長久。」
4:41 「那時，摩西在約旦河東，向日出之地，分定三座城，
4:42 使那素無仇恨、無心殺了人的，可以逃到這三城之中的一座城，就得存活：
4:43 為流便人分定曠野平原的比悉；為迦得人分定基列的拉末；為瑪拿西人分定巴珊的哥蘭。」
4:44 摩西在以色列人面前所陳明的律法─
4:45 就是摩西在以色列人出埃及後所傳給他們的法度、律例、典章；
4:46 在約旦河東伯‧毘珥對面的谷中，在住希實本、亞摩利王西宏之地；這西宏是摩西和以色列人出埃及後所擊殺的。
4:47 他們得了他的地，又得了巴珊王噩的地，就是兩個亞摩利王，在約旦河東向日出之地。
4:48 從亞嫩谷邊的亞羅珥，直到西雲山，就是黑門山。
4:49 還有約旦河東的全亞拉巴，直到亞拉巴海，靠近毘斯迦山根。

 ³² Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? ³³ Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived? ³⁴ Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

³⁵ You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other. ³⁶ From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. ³⁷ Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength, ³⁸ to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance, as it is today.

³⁹ Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other. ⁴⁰ Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

⁴¹ Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, ⁴² to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. ⁴³ The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

⁴⁴ This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. ⁴⁵ These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt ⁴⁶ and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. ⁴⁷ They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. ⁴⁸ This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion^[b] (that is, Hermon), ⁴⁹ and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,^[c] below the slopes of Pisgah.

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    摩西在此介紹上帝的作為的時候，兩次說到：「惟有耶和華─他是上帝，除他以外，再無別神。」

    你是否這樣肯定「惟有耶和華─他是上帝，除他以外，再無別神」？

    對我們是耶穌基督的門徒和上帝的兒女，也要像以色列人這樣認定：「惟有耶和華─他是上帝，除他以外，再無別神」！

    也就是說，我們只有認定上帝是獨一真神，雖然我們是處於多神的環境，在我們的心中，只有認定為我們預備救恩的三一上帝為獨一的上帝，除祂以外沒有別的神！

申命記4:15-31

4:15 「所以，你們要分外謹慎；因為耶和華在何烈山、從火中對你們說話的那日，你們沒有看見甚麼形像。
4:16 惟恐你們敗壞自己，雕刻偶像，彷彿甚麼男像女像，
4:17 或地上走獸的像，或空中飛鳥的像，
4:18 或地上爬物的像，或地底下水中魚的像。
4:19 又恐怕你向天舉目觀看，見耶和華─你的上帝為天下萬民所擺列的日月星，就是天上的萬象，自己便被勾引敬拜事奉它。
4:20 耶和華將你們從埃及領出來，脫離鐵爐，要特作自己產業的子民，像今日一樣。
4:21 耶和華又因你們的緣故向我發怒，起誓必不容我過約旦河，也不容我進入耶和華─你上帝所賜你為業的那美地。
4:22 我只得死在這地，不能過約旦河；但你們必過去得那美地。
4:23 你們要謹慎，免得忘記耶和華─你們上帝與你們所立的約，為自己雕刻偶像，就是耶和華─你上帝所禁止你做的偶像；
4:24 因為耶和華─你的上帝乃是烈火，是忌邪的上帝。
4:25 「你們在那地住久了，生子生孫，就雕刻偶像，彷彿甚麼形像，敗壞自己，行耶和華─你上帝眼中看為惡的事，惹他發怒。
4:26 我今日呼天喚地向你們作見證，你們必在過約旦河得為業的地上速速滅盡！你們不能在那地上長久，必盡行除滅。
4:27 耶和華必使你們分散在萬民中；在他所領你們到的萬國裡，你們剩下的人數稀少。
4:28 在那裡，你們必事奉人手所造的神，就是用木石造成、不能看、不能聽、不能吃、不能聞的神。
4:29 但你們在那裡必尋求耶和華─你的上帝。你盡心盡性尋求他的時候，就必尋見。
4:30 日後你遭遇一切患難的時候，你必歸回耶和華─你的上帝，聽從他的話。
4:31 耶和華─你上帝原是有憐憫的上帝；他總不撇下你，不滅絕你，也不忘記他起誓與你列祖所立的約。

 ¹⁵ You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, ¹⁶ so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, ¹⁷ or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, ¹⁸ or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. ¹⁹ And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. ²⁰ But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of his inheritance, as you now are.

²¹ The Lord was angry with me because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. ²² I will die in this land; I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land. ²³ Be careful not to forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. ²⁴ For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

²⁵ After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, ²⁶ I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. ²⁷ The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. ²⁸ There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. ²⁹ But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. ³⁰ When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹ For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

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    偶像或假神的產生是因為人沒有認識真神，或是沒有遇到真神。但是，人被造的時候，上帝為了讓人可以信靠祂，就將人設定為需要上帝成為倚靠，就像有一個說法所說，每個人心中都有一個空處，必需要上帝才能填滿，沒有上帝時就會用別的事物來填入，這些就成了人的假神或偶像！

    就像有人以為很多錢，心裡才會滿足，錢財就成了他們的偶像，相對他們也成了錢的奴才，做甚麼事情都是以錢為他們的目標，再大的苦也會忍受，這就是以錢為偶像的人的表現！

    當然也有更高級的，就是以成就為偶像，就走到自我中心，以表現自我的成就為目的為滿足！表面上這樣的很積極，但是在這背後也有許多辛酸，所謂的人比人氣人！或是所謂的「亮瑜情節」，造成為了自我成就而與人之間的關係破壞，得不償失。

    也因為這樣，上帝拯救人也是從人性中需要上帝為依靠開始，正如祂揀選以色列人，讓以色列人的心倚賴祂，以祂為主，才能真正讓上帝來眷顧！對我們成為基督徒的人，更是如此！也唯有這樣，才能享真正的自由與平安！

申命記4章

            申命記4:1-14  ,

            申命記4:15-31  ,

            申命記4:32-49  , 申命記4:39  ,  

申命記4:1-14

4:1 「以色列人哪，現在我所教訓你們的律例典章，你們要聽從遵行，好叫你們存活，得以進入耶和華─你們列祖之上帝所賜給你們的地，承受為業。
4:2 所吩咐你們的話，你們不可加添，也不可刪減，好叫你們遵守我所吩咐的，就是耶和華─你們上帝的命令。
4:3 耶和華因巴力‧毘珥的事所行的，你們親眼看見了。凡隨從巴力‧毘珥的人，耶和華─你們的上帝都從你們中間除滅了。
4:4 惟有你們專靠耶和華─你們上帝的人，今日全都存活。
4:5 我照著耶和華─我上帝所吩咐的將律例典章教訓你們，使你們在所要進去得為業的地上遵行。
4:6 所以你們要謹守遵行；這就是你們在萬民眼前的智慧、聰明。他們聽見這一切律例，必說：『這大國的人真是有智慧，有聰明！』
4:7 哪一大國的人有上帝與他們相近，像耶和華─我們的上帝、在我們求告他的時候與我們相近呢？
4:8 又哪一大國有這樣公義的律例典章、像我今日在你們面前所陳明的這一切律法呢？
4:9 「你只要謹慎，殷勤保守你的心靈，免得忘記你親眼所看見的事，又免得你一生、這事離開你的心；總要傳給你的子子孫孫。
4:10 你在何烈山站在耶和華─你上帝面前的那日，耶和華對我說：『你為我招聚百姓，我要叫他們聽見我的話，使他們存活在世的日子，可以學習敬畏我，又可以教訓兒女這樣行。』
4:11 那時你們近前來，站在山下；山上有火焰沖天，並有昏黑、密雲、幽暗。
4:12 耶和華從火焰中對你們說話，你們只聽見聲音，卻沒有看見形像。
4:13 他將所吩咐你們當守的約指示你們，就是十條誡，並將這誡寫在兩塊石版上。
4:14 那時耶和華又吩咐我將律例典章教訓你們，使你們在所要過去得為業的地上遵行。」

 Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. ² Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.

³ You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, ⁴ but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

⁵ See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. ⁶ Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” ⁷ What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? ⁸ And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

⁹ Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. ¹⁰ Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.” ¹¹ You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. ¹² Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice. ¹³ He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. ¹⁴ And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

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    遵行律法是上帝子民的記號，然而他們是蒙上帝的拯救，才能領受上帝的律法。當然上帝的律法有廣義和狹義的意義，但是無論是廣義和狹義，都是上帝的心意，要上帝選民遵行來顯明上帝的榮耀！

    然而上帝的律法就是上帝的話語，既然如此就必須完全遵守！所以摩西對他們說：「所吩咐你們的話，你們不可加添，也不可刪減，好叫你們遵守我所吩咐的，就是耶和華─你們上帝的命令。」

    這段話類似啟示錄22章18-19節：「我向一切聽見這書上預言的作見證，若有人在這預言上加添甚麼，上帝必將寫在這書上的災禍加在他身上；這書上的預言，若有人刪去甚麼，上帝必從這書上所寫的生命樹和聖城刪去他的分。」

    這也告訴我們，不可以按自己的心意來加減上帝的命令，要完完全全遵行！不過我們會說這怎麼可能呢？我們不能的，主耶穌已經完全都守了！所以，我們信靠主耶穌之後，是披戴基督而完全，非自己已經完全！這也是上帝救贖的奧秘！

詩篇52篇

     詩篇52:1-9   ,

詩篇52:1-9

52:1 （以東人多益來告訴掃羅說：大衛到了亞希米勒家。那時，大衛作這訓誨詩，交與伶長。）勇士啊，你為何以作惡自誇？上帝的慈愛是常存的。
52:2 你的舌頭邪惡詭詐，好像剃頭刀，快利傷人。
52:3 你愛惡勝似愛善，又愛說謊，不愛說公義。（細拉）
52:4 詭詐的舌頭啊，你愛說一切毀滅的話！
52:5 上帝也要毀滅你，直到永遠；他要把你拿去，從你的帳棚中抽出，從活人之地將你拔出。（細拉）
52:6 義人要看見而懼怕，並要笑他，
52:7 說：看哪，這就是那不以上帝為他力量的人，只倚仗他豐富的財物，在邪惡上堅立自己。
52:8 至於我，就像上帝殿中的青橄欖樹；我永永遠遠倚靠上帝的慈愛。
52:9 我要稱謝你，直到永遠，因為你行了這事。我也要在你聖民面前仰望你的名；這名本為美好。

For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

¹ Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
    Why do you boast all day long,
    you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
² You who practice deceit,
    your tongue plots destruction;
    it is like a sharpened razor.
³ You love evil rather than good,
    falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
⁴ You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!

⁵ Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from the land of the living.
⁶ The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh at you, saying,
⁷ “Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

⁸ But I am like an olive tree
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.
⁹ For what you have done I will always praise you
    in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
    for your name is good.

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    人看見惡人作惡而興旺時，會抱怨上帝沒有眼睛，認為世界黑暗！但是大衛卻不一樣，他反而認為這樣的惡這必遭上帝的審判，上帝必定會彰顯他的公義，使這樣的人敗亡！

    大衛在這裡宣告：「詭詐的舌頭啊，你愛說一切毀滅的話！上帝也要毀滅你，直到永遠；他要把你拿去，從你的帳棚中抽出，從活人之地將你拔出。」

    並且說到義人該有的態度：「看哪，這就是那不以上帝為他力量的人，只倚仗他豐富的財物，在邪惡上堅立自己。至於我，就像上帝殿中的青橄欖樹；我永永遠遠倚靠上帝的慈愛。我要稱謝你，直到永遠，因為你行了這事。我也要在你聖民面前仰望你的名；這名本為美好。」

    這也讓我們知道義人和惡人的差別，就是倚靠上帝還是以靠自己！尤其是現代人，受到啟蒙運動與現代化的影響，倚靠的是自己而不是上帝，甚至要用自己的方式來博取上帝的喜悅被上帝稱義！

    其實聖經很清楚告訴我們：「若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。一切都是出於上帝；他藉著基督使我們與他和好，又將勸人與他和好的職分賜給我們。」（哥林多後書5:17-18）

    所以，在今日成為義人就是要靠耶穌基督與上帝有和好的關係，進而與人有和睦關係，與大自然有和諧的關係，這就是所謂的「平安」了！

申命記3章

           申命記3:1-29  ,

            申命記3:22 , 申命記3:24  ,