2018年10月1日 星期一

希伯來書8:7-13


8:7 那前約若沒有瑕疵,就無處尋求後約了。
8:8
所以主指責他的百姓說(或譯:所以主指前約的缺欠說):日子將到,我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約,
8:9
不像我拉著他們祖宗的手,領他們出埃及的時候,與他們所立的約。因為他們不恆心守我的約,我也不理他們。這是主說的。
8:10
主又說:那些日子以後,我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣:我要將我的律法放在他們裡面,寫在他們心上;我要作他們的上帝;他們要作我的子民。
8:11
他們不用各人教導自己的鄉鄰和自己的弟兄,說:你該認識主;因為他們從最小的到至大的,都必認識我。
8:12
我要寬恕他們的不義,不再記念他們的罪愆。
8:13
既說新約,就以前約為舊了;但那漸舊漸衰的,就必快歸無有了。

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said[b]:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant

    I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.”[c]
13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

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    在這裡作者引用了《耶利米書》3131-34節,讓我們感受到「新約」不是真的是「新的約」,是上帝早就預備的「約」,而且是完整美好的約!「舊約」是為「新約」預備的,而且根本是同一約!只是因為耶穌基督尚未降生,聖靈尚未賞賜下來在人心。而現今,基督已降生,也賜下聖靈保惠師,使這約完全了!

    然而現今既然是在耶穌基督和聖靈的工作下,救恩已經完成了,人就是透過接受耶穌基督為救主來領受聖靈。聖靈就在我們心中引導我們,就像先知說的,律法就寫在我們的心版上,讓我們與上帝是相屬的關係:「我要作他們的上帝;他們要作我的子民」「我要寬恕他們的不義,不再記念他們的罪愆」!

    感謝上帝,新約已經成就在主耶穌裡了,透過主耶穌,我們就成為上帝的子民,不只是子民,更是兒女!祂不僅拯救我們,還拯救到底,保守我們到永遠,使我們永遠不離開上帝的家!

希伯來書8:3-6


8:3 凡大祭司都是為獻禮物和祭物設立的,所以這位大祭司也必須有所獻的。
8:4
他若在地上,必不得為祭司,因為已經有照律法獻禮物的祭司。
8:5
他們供奉的事本是天上事的形狀和影像,正如摩西將要造帳幕的時候,蒙上帝警戒他,說:「你要謹慎,作各樣的物件都要照著在山上指示你的樣式。」
8:6
如今耶穌所得的職任是更美的,正如他作更美之約的中保;這約原是憑更美之應許立的。

Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a] But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

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    主耶穌是真實的大祭司,只有祂才是上帝和人之間的中保,聖徒是不夠資格的,聖徒再好也是人,不是上帝!惟有耶穌基督是完全的上帝,也是完全的人!也只有祂夠資格成為上帝和人之間的中保!馬利亞雖被稱為上帝之母,她也不夠資格,因為她也只不過是人,不是上帝!

    就像牧師再會講道也是人,也們什麼好誇自己會講道,因為我們都是上帝的器皿,是上帝在我們身上展現祂的榮耀,不是我們能做什麼,沒有什麼好誇耀自己會講道,會說到刺透人心的話,這都是聖靈的工作,沒什麼好沾沾自喜的,反到要敬畏上帝!

    同樣,我們要存著敬畏的心,來靠著耶穌基督做中保,與上帝建立正確合宜的關係,若不是上帝的恩典與慈愛,我們能做什麼?我們豈可以得著上帝兒子的名份呢!


希伯來書8章

     希 伯 來 書 8:1-13 ,

     希伯來書8:1-2  ,

     希伯來書8:3-6  ,

     希伯來書8:7-13   , 

    希伯來書8章10-12節  ,

希伯來書8:1-2


8:1 我們所講的事,其中第一要緊的,就是我們有這樣的大祭司,已經坐在天上至大者寶座的右邊,
8:2
在聖所,就是真帳幕裡,作執事;這帳幕是主所支的,不是人所支的。

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

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    希伯來書的作者,就是要表明耶穌基督是上帝所設立的大祭司,而且是真正的大祭司,是在上帝真的帳幕中做祭司,地上的祭司只不過是天上祭司的影子,是要人認識天上的祭司用的。然而人卻常常只注意到地上的祭司,沒有仰望天上的祭司!

    然而我們要仰望真的大祭司,讓我們與上帝之間恢復正常合宜的關係,這樣我們才可以享受到上帝真正的賜福,而不是虛假的興旺。這是人常常沒有分辨清楚的事情,也因為如此失去天上的福份!

    我們要為上帝在人和祂之間設立真正的大祭司來感謝,若不是這位大祭司的設立,我們就無法蒙上帝的拯救,我們的命運就是成為地獄之柴火,就會在烈火中受永遠的苦!感謝上帝的慈愛和憐憫!

2018年9月30日 星期日

馬太福音6:25-34


6:25 「所以我告訴你們,不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼,喝甚麼;為身體憂慮穿甚麼。生命不勝於飲食嗎?身體不勝於衣裳嗎?
6:26
你們看那天上的飛鳥,也不種,也不收,也不積蓄在倉裡,你們的天父尚且養活牠。你們不比飛鳥貴重得多嗎?
6:27
你們哪一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢(或譯:使身量多加一肘呢)?
6:28
何必為衣裳憂慮呢?你想野地裡的百合花怎麼長起來;它也不勞苦,也不紡線。
6:29
然而我告訴你們,就是所羅門極榮華的時候,他所穿戴的,還不如這花一朵呢!
6:30
你們這小信的人哪!野地裡的草今天還在,明天就丟在爐裡,上帝還給它這樣的妝飾,何況你們呢!
6:31
所以,不要憂慮說,吃甚麼?喝甚麼?穿甚麼?
6:32
這都是外邦人所求的,你們需用的這一切東西,你們的天父是知道的。
6:33
你們要先求他的國和他的義,這些東西都要加給你們了。
6:34
所以,不要為明天憂慮,因為明天自有明天的憂慮;一天的難處一天當就夠了。」

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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    主耶穌的登山寶訓是對猶太地區廣大的民眾宣講的,吃的和穿的是當時人努力工作的目地。所以,主耶穌真對這一群人的需求來講道,讓他們知道上帝的國和上帝的義,才是他們所要追求的,吃和穿的事情,不用擔心,這些上帝都會預備的,而且是豐豐富富的預備!

    思量自己的一生,因為收入不是很豐裕,常常為了生活所需而煩惱和擔憂!但是,這些擔憂大多是為保險費、信用卡帳單、通信費用、房貸、車貸、…,真正為吃、穿憂慮的反而少!雖然如此,這些也是為了生活所需,只是現代人的範圍擴大罷了!

    然而不管生活如何,我們必須將上帝的國和上帝的義,放在我們生命的第一位。然而上帝的國和上帝的義,都是透過耶穌基督從上帝那裡得著的。所以,我們要得上帝的國和義,就是接受耶穌基督的救恩,成為上帝的兒女,竟能得上帝的國和義了!