2019年8月19日 星期一

箴言28:2


邦國因有罪過,君王就多更換;因有聰明知識的人,國必長存。

When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
    but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.

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    國家的存在必須有基本的國策與立場不可以隨人高興如何就如何但是也不用怕別人的想法或說法,重要事領袖者要持守自己該持守的,要確定能將國家帶到既定完全的目標,正如摩西就是要帶領以色列人出埃及進入迦南美地;主耶穌就是為了救贖萬民,堅定的走向耶路撒冷!

    同樣,我們的人生雖然有時會受到一些事物的影響,無法照既定的目標完全配。但是心中仍然是有指標與盼望,希望能照著心中的感動去成就。這過程需要禱告、讀經和思考,一步一步去處理。這更是上帝對他的僕人之引導,正如摩西經過四十年的漫無目的牧羊生活,看見荊棘焚而不毀的景象,喚起他心中的感動和目標!

    求主幫助我們讓我們不要被世上的條件限制年歲不是我們拒絕上帝的理由機會和經濟也不是理由上帝要成就之時一定會有所突破

2019年8月18日 星期日

出埃及記23:20-33


23:20 「看哪,我差遣使者在你前面,在路上保護你,領你到我所預備的地方去。
23:21
他是奉我名來的;你們要在他面前謹慎,聽從他的話,不可惹(或譯:違背)他,因為他必不赦免你們的過犯。
23:22
「你若實在聽從他的話,照著我一切所說的去行,我就向你的仇敵作仇敵,向你的敵人作敵人。
23:23
「我的使者要在你前面行,領你到亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、迦南人、希未人、耶布斯人那裡去,我必將他們剪除。
23:24
你不可跪拜他們的神,不可事奉他,也不可效法他們的行為,卻要把神像盡行拆毀,打碎他們的柱像。
23:25
你們要事奉耶和華你們的上帝,他必賜福與你的糧與你的水,也必從你們中間除去疾病。
23:26
你境內必沒有墜胎的,不生產的。我要使你滿了你年日的數目。
23:27
凡你所到的地方,我要使那裡的眾民在你面前驚駭,擾亂,又要使你一切仇敵轉背逃跑。
23:28
我要打發黃蜂飛在你前面,把希未人、迦南人、赫人攆出去。
23:29
我不在一年之內將他們從你面前攆出去,恐怕地成為荒涼,野地的獸多起來害你。
23:30
我要漸漸地將他們從你面前攆出去,等到你的人數加多,承受那地為業。
23:31
我要定你的境界,從紅海直到非利士海,又從曠野直到大河。我要將那地的居民交在你手中,你要將他們從你面前攆出去。
23:32
不可和他們並他們的神立約。
23:33
他們不可住在你的地上,恐怕他們使你得罪我。你若事奉他們的神,這必成為你的網羅。」

20 “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 “I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.
31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

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     上帝在前領路,所以以色列人可以出埃及進入應許的迦南美地!這是何等美好的恩典,也讓以色列人可以確認上帝是信實的上帝!不管前面有多少困難與險阻,只要跟隨上帝的引導,必能進入迦南美地!

    對今日得基督徒而言,我們也相信上帝也在前面領導我們走人生的道路,使我們的人生道路就成了上帝所預備得天路!我們在上帝的引導與保守之下,必定回到上帝所為我們預備的「更美家鄉」!

    也因為相信有這「更美家鄉」,所以「又有人忍受戲弄、鞭打、捆鎖、監禁、各等的磨煉,被石頭打死,被鋸鋸死,受試探,被刀殺,披著綿羊、山羊的皮各處奔跑,受窮乏、患難、苦害,在曠野、山嶺、山洞、地穴,飄流無定,本是世界不配有的人。這些人都是因信得了美好的證據,卻仍未得著所應許的;因為上帝給我們預備了更美的事,叫他們若不與我們同得,就不能完全。」(希伯來書11:36-40

    所以真正的信心是來自上帝的應許與保證,是因為上帝是信實的上帝,所以我們可以透過堅信而產生堅忍,而這堅忍更是上帝的保守!

出埃及記23:14-19


23:14 「一年三次,你要向我守節。
23:15
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。誰也不可空手朝見我,因為你是這月出了埃及。
23:16
又要守收割節,所收的是你田間所種、勞碌得來初熟之物。並在年底收藏,要守收藏節。
23:17
一切的男丁要一年三次朝見主耶和華。
23:18
「不可將我祭牲的血和有酵的餅一同獻上;也不可將我節上祭牲的脂油留到早晨。
23:19
「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。」

14 “Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.
15 “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.
“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.
“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
17 “Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.
18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.
“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
19 “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.

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     上帝除了要以色列人守無酵節,也就是逾越節。因為他們要出埃及的時候,吃無酵餅七天。然而他們去守這節的時候,不可空手朝見上帝,要帶上禮物獻給上帝,記念上帝拯救脫離埃及人的手,使他們得著自由!

    除此之外還要過「收割節」和「收藏節」,為的是要記念上帝讓他們有土產的收獲。雖然耕種農作物是非常辛苦的事情,但是由於上帝的保守以致於辛苦有代價,可以豐收,當然要感謝上帝,將榮耀歸於上帝!然而榮耀上帝的方式是:「地裡首先初熟之物要送到耶和華你上帝的殿」!

    在這裡還說到「用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔」,這是迦南人的宗教儀式。上帝為了要他們和迦南人有所分別,所以特別吩咐:「不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。