2019年9月9日 星期一

出埃及記33:7-23


33:7 摩西素常將帳棚支搭在營外,離營卻遠,他稱這帳棚為會幕。凡求問耶和華的,就到營外的會幕那裡去。
33:8
當摩西出營到會幕去的時候,百姓就都起來,各人站在自己帳棚的門口,望著摩西,直等到他進了會幕。
33:9
摩西進會幕的時候,雲柱降下來,立在會幕的門前,耶和華便與摩西說話。
33:10
眾百姓看見雲柱立在會幕門前,就都起來,各人在自己帳棚的門口下拜。
33:11
耶和華與摩西面對面說話,好像人與朋友說話一般。摩西轉到營裡去,惟有他的幫手一個少年人嫩的兒子約書亞不離開會幕。
33:12
摩西對耶和華說:「你吩咐我說:『將這百姓領上去』,卻沒有叫我知道你要打發誰與我同去,只說:『我按你的名認識你,你在我眼前也蒙了恩。』
33:13
我如今若在你眼前蒙恩,求你將你的道指示我,使我可以認識你,好在你眼前蒙恩。求你想到這民是你的民。」
33:14
耶和華說:「我必親自和你同去,使你得安息。」
33:15
摩西說:「你若不親自和我同去,就不要把我們從這裡領上去。
33:16
人在何事上得以知道我和你的百姓在你眼前蒙恩呢?豈不是因你與我們同去、使我和你的百姓與地上的萬民有分別嗎?」
33:17
耶和華對摩西說:「你這所求的我也要行;因為你在我眼前蒙了恩,並且我按你的名認識你。」
33:18
摩西說:「求你顯出你的榮耀給我看。」
33:19
耶和華說:「我要顯我一切的恩慈,在你面前經過,宣告我的名。我要恩待誰就恩待誰;要憐憫誰就憐憫誰」;
33:20
又說:「你不能看見我的面,因為人見我的面不能存活。」
33:21
耶和華說:「看哪,在我這裡有地方,你要站在磐石上。
33:22
我的榮耀經過的時候,我必將你放在磐石穴中,用我的手遮掩你,等我過去,
33:23
然後我要將我的手收回,你就得見我的背,卻不得見我的面。」

Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent. 11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”
18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
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    摩西在上帝和以色列人中間扮演中保的角色十分成功,正如摩西在這裡的禱告:「你若不親自和我同去,就不要把我們從這裡領上去。人在何事上得以知道我和你的百姓在你眼前蒙恩呢?豈不是因你與我們同去、使我和你的百姓與地上的萬民有分別嗎?」

    的確,不在乎人有多少才能和做為,重要的事上帝的同在!不僅是個人,國家或民族也是如此,就像摩西這裡說到:「豈不是因你與我們同去、使我和你的百姓與地上的萬民有分別嗎?」

    我們的生命是不能離開上帝正如主耶穌所說:「你們要常在我裡面,我也常在你們裡面。枝子若不常在葡萄樹上,自己就不能結果子;你們若不常在我裡面,也是這樣。我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能做甚麼。人若不常在我裡面,就像枝子丟在外面枯乾,人拾起來,扔在火裡燒了。」(約翰福音15:4-6

    求主保守我們常與祂連結不論到哪裡都有主的同在



出埃及記33:1-6


33:1 耶和華吩咐摩西說:「我曾起誓應許亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各說:『要將迦南地賜給你的後裔。』現在你和你從埃及地所領出來的百姓,要從這裡往那地去。
33:2
我要差遣使者在你前面,攆出迦南人、亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人,
33:3
領你到那流奶與蜜之地。我自己不同你們上去;因為你們是硬著頸項的百姓,恐怕我在路上把你們滅絕。」
33:4
百姓聽見這凶信就悲哀,也沒有人佩戴妝飾。
33:5
耶和華對摩西說:「你告訴以色列人說:『耶和華說:你們是硬著頸項的百姓,我若一霎時臨到你們中間,必滅絕你們。現在你們要把身上的妝飾摘下來,使我可以知道怎樣待你們。』」
33:6
以色列人從住何烈山以後,就把身上的妝飾摘得乾淨。

 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”
When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’” So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.

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    許多人信靠主只想到「上天堂、得獎賞」,卻沒想到最重要的就是與主同在!以為只要能「上天堂、得獎賞」就是最美好的事情,就覺得心滿意足,沒想到這一切都是因為有主的同在,才能享受到!也因此主的同在,才是我們將來盼望的重點。沒有主的同在,一切都要落空,都沒有意義了!

    正如在這裡上帝宣告:「我要差遣使者在你前面,攆出迦南人、亞摩利人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人,領你到那流奶與蜜之地。我自己不同你們上去;因為你們是硬著頸項的百姓,恐怕我在路上把你們滅絕。」

    然而百姓聽到的反應是:「百姓聽見這凶信就悲哀,也沒有人佩戴妝飾」。可見百姓知道沒有上帝同在的危險,他們不以得地為業為目的!上帝的同在,是勝過一切的!

    正如有一首詩歌【耶穌同在就是天堂】,歌詞如下:

  1.自從耶穌使我釋放,在地如天無限歡暢;
    世上雖有困苦憂傷,耶穌同在就是天堂。

  2.從前天堂和我隔開,今主笑面顯出慈愛;
    如今天堂在我心懷,永永遠遠不會更改。

  3.不論住在任何地方,或在平原,或在山上,
    或住大廈,或住茅房,耶穌同在就是天堂。

副歌:哈利路亞,罪得赦免,耶穌同在就是天堂,
   不論住在任何地方,耶穌同在就是天堂。

   這首詩歌讓我們宣告耶穌同在就是天堂我們要努力追求的就是與主同在

2019年9月8日 星期日

箴言28:14



Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
    but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

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    所謂敬畏」是對上帝的態度十分謹慎與恭敬,深怕得罪上帝!所以,努力去清楚上帝的心意,以上帝所喜悅的方式來親近上帝,而不是用自己的想法來服是上帝。

    正如創世記43-5節:「有一日,該隱拿地裡的出產為供物獻給耶和華;亞伯也將他羊群中頭生的和羊的脂油獻上。耶和華看中了亞伯和他的供物,只是看不中該隱和他的供物。該隱就大大地發怒,變了臉色。

    也從這裡可以看出「常存敬畏」和「心存剛硬」之間的差異了!我們服事上帝和獻上供物不是照我們的喜歡,而是要上帝喜悅!更不可以像該隱,上帝不喜悅就變臉,對上帝生氣,這就是「心存剛硬」!

    求主幫助我們,不要用服事來像上帝討功勞或獎賞,更不要說沒有功勞也有苦勞,最重要的是「心被恩感」來服事上帝,討上帝的喜悅!然而「恩」從哪裡來呢?就是上帝的創造與救贖!在基督裡,上帝已經賜下一切的福份,我們要將榮耀歸給上帝!

箴言28:13



Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

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    約翰一書19節說:我們若認自己的罪,上帝是信實的,是公義的,必要赦免我們的罪,洗淨我們一切的不義。

    所以,認罪對我們的生命很重要!若沒有認罪,我們就無法從罪中出來,我們就一直被罪惡所綑所;不僅如此,主耶穌的寶血就不會在我們身上發生功效,我們才可以成為聖潔。

    然而這是因為耶穌基督所完成的救恩,祂十字架承擔我們一切的罪惡,而透過認罪我們才會感念耶穌基督所做的,才會記念上帝犧牲的愛,而這一切都是來自聖靈的啟示與引導!