2019年6月19日 星期三

箴言26:23-28




26:23 火熱的嘴,奸惡的心,好像銀渣包的瓦器。
26:24
怨恨人的,用嘴粉飾,心裡卻藏著詭詐;
26:25
他用甜言蜜語,你不可信他,因為他心中有七樣可憎惡的。
26:26
他雖用詭詐遮掩自己的怨恨,他的邪惡必在會中顯露。
26:27
挖陷坑的,自己必掉在其中;滾石頭的,石頭必反滾在他身上。
26:28
虛謊的舌恨他所壓傷的人;諂媚的口敗壞人的事。

23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
    are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.
24 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips,
    but in their hearts they harbor deceit.
25 Though their speech is charming, do not believe them,
    for seven abominations fill their hearts.
26 Their malice may be concealed by deception,
    but their wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.


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    基督徒除了自己不要說詭詐的話,也要小心說話詭詐的人,他們喜歡甜言蜜語,讓人覺得很好相處,其實內心正在謀劃怎樣害人,怎樣獲得更多的利益,好是自己過得更好!

    而這樣的人之所以會如此,是因為他們不敬畏耶和華,不以討上帝喜悅為人生的目標之所以如此,是他們沒有認識人生的目地是什麼只知汲汲營營為著財富而努力,就像雅各尚未在毗努依勒遇見上帝一樣!


    感謝主,人若與上帝相遇,就會離開過去自我中心的生命,謙卑讓上帝在心中做主,如此雖然好像沒有以前風光,卻反而活出「榮耀上帝、以上帝為樂」真正的人該有的生命模式!

2019年6月18日 星期二

出埃及記4:18-31


4:18 於是,摩西回到他岳父葉忒羅那裡,對他說:「求你容我回去見我在埃及的弟兄,看他們還在不在。」葉忒羅對摩西說:「你可以平平安安地去吧!」
4:19
耶和華在米甸對摩西說:「你要回埃及去,因為尋索你命的人都死了。」
4:20
摩西就帶著妻子和兩個兒子,叫他們騎上驢,回埃及地去。摩西手裡拿著上帝的杖。
4:21
耶和華對摩西說:「你回到埃及的時候,要留意將我指示你的一切奇事行在法老面前。但我要使(或譯:任憑;下同)他的心剛硬,他必不容百姓去。
4:22
你要對法老說:『耶和華這樣說:以色列是我的兒子,我的長子。
4:23
我對你說過:容我的兒子去,好事奉我。你還是不肯容他去。看哪,我要殺你的長子。』」
4:24
摩西在路上住宿的地方,耶和華遇見他,想要殺他。
4:25
西坡拉就拿一塊火石,割下他兒子的陽皮,丟在摩西腳前,說:「你真是我的血郎了。」
4:26
這樣,耶和華才放了他。西坡拉說:「你因割禮就是血郎了。」
4:27
耶和華對亞倫說:「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去,在上帝的山遇見摩西,和他親嘴。
4:28
摩西將耶和華打發他所說的言語和囑咐他所行的神蹟都告訴了亞倫。
4:29
摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老。
4:30
亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍,又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟,
4:31
百姓就信了。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們,鑒察他們的困苦,就低頭下拜。

18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.”
Jethro said, “Go, and I wish you well.”
19 Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” 20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
21 The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. 22 Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”
24 At a lodging place on the way, the Lord met Moses[b] and was about to kill him. 25 But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.[c] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. 26 So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)
27 The Lord said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. 28 Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.
29 Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, 30 and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, 31 and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

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    摩西告別了岳父葉忒羅回去埃及雖然在路上遇見了兒子受割禮的事件,但是仍然平安度過,並且遇見了亞倫!而亞倫會來見摩西,也是因為耶和華上帝的緣故。正如經文的描述:耶和華對亞倫說:「你往曠野去迎接摩西。」他就去,在上帝的山遇見摩西,和他親嘴。

     因著有亞倫的幫助,摩西、亞倫就去招聚以色列的眾長老亞倫將耶和華對摩西所說的一切話述說了一遍,又在百姓眼前行了那些神蹟,百姓就信了。以色列人聽見耶和華眷顧他們,鑒察他們的困苦,就低頭下拜。

    可見摩西這一次靠著上帝的安排,完成了上帝要他完成的任務,相信不僅百姓感謝上帝的拯救計畫,摩西也感謝上帝,讓他可以將上帝的信息帶到以色列百姓的面前!

    從摩西這樣的經歷,我們知道上帝一直與祂的僕人同在,要讓祂拯救的旨意可以成就!



詩篇68篇

       詩篇68:1-35 ,

       詩篇68:4-5  ,

       詩篇68:6

       詩篇68:19   ,

詩篇68:4-5

 4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.

5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. Psalm 68:4-5


68:4 你們當向上帝唱詩,歌頌他的名;為那坐車行過曠野的修平大路。他的名是耶和華,要在他面前歡樂!
68:5 上帝在他的聖所作孤兒的父,作寡婦的伸冤者。

4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. 5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

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    在這個世代太強調人的能力以至於人沒有有想到人當初受造時上帝有一個重要的法則在人的身上就是人要倚靠上帝而活這不是教人懶惰不做事而是要學會支取上帝的力量,努力完成上帝所託付的使命,然後歸榮耀給上帝

    然而有人會問上帝在哪裡我們可以怎樣倚靠他呢﹖詩人告訴我們,祂是「坐車行過曠野的修平大路」,其實原文的意義是說「坐著雲彩」的那一位。也就是說,無論在哪裡,我們望著雲彩就知道上帝的同在!祂是眷顧人的上帝,就連無依無靠的孤兒寡婦,上帝都保守!

    所以,無論怎樣的狀況,我們只要望見空中的雲彩,我們就知道上帝是與我們同在的,祂的眼目遍察全地的,更相信祂是幫助我們的!也因為這樣,力量由心中油然而生,相信上帝必保守到永遠!