2019年9月16日 星期一

箴言28:20



A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

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    許多人都想致富,認為有錢以後,身分和地位都不一樣了!所以,夢想要一夜致富的還蠻多人的。但是,要一夜致富怎麼可能?於是有許多人想到用不正當的方法,不惜犯罪來達成,怪不得保羅說:「但那些想要發財的人,就陷在迷惑、落在網羅和許多無知有害的私慾裡,叫人沉在敗壞和滅亡中。貪財是萬惡之根。有人貪戀錢財,就被引誘離了真道,用許多愁苦把自己刺透了。」(提摩太前書6:9-10

    要成為有錢的人,倒不如成為有福的人!正如保羅在這一節的前面也說:「然而,敬虔加上知足的心便是大利了;因為我們沒有帶甚麼到世上來,也不能帶甚麼去。只要有衣有食,就當知足。」(提摩太前書6:6-8

    主耶穌更是提醒我們:「你們要先求他的國和他的義,這些東西都要加給你們了。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。(馬太福音6:33-34)

    因此,我們要忠誠來信靠主耶穌,使自己成為有福的人,勝過千千萬萬的財富!

箴言28:19


耕種自己田地的,必得飽食;追隨虛浮的,足受窮乏。

Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.

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    「耕種自己田地的」當然是指盡本分的人,這是做人的基本原則。也就是說,要先將自己的基礎建立好,才能成就大事!不要基礎沒有做好,就想東想西,異想天開!

    人有夢想是沒有問題,但是要踏踏實實,不然就成了「追隨虛浮的」,是不切實際的!若是離了本分,將所有時間都投入虛浮不實在的夢想,讓自己的田地荒廢,就會失去生活的收入,那是很可憐的事情!

    因此,我們在做任何的規劃時,要先弄清楚自己該耕種的田地是否有照顧到﹖然後再以此為基礎發展別的方向,不要一股腦兒投入,沒有任何的成果,就後悔莫及了!



2019年9月15日 星期日

出埃及記36:8-38


36:8 他們中間,凡心裡有智慧做工的,用十幅幔子做帳幕。這幔子是比撒列用撚的細麻和藍色、紫色、朱紅色線製造的,並用巧匠的手工繡上基路伯。
36:9
每幅幔子長二十八肘,寬四肘,都是一樣的尺寸。
36:10
他使這五幅幔子幅幅相連,又使那五幅幔子幅幅相連;
36:11
在這相連的幔子末幅邊上做藍色的鈕扣,在那相連的幔子末幅邊上也照樣做;
36:12
在這相連的幔子上做五十個鈕扣,在那相連的幔子上也做五十個鈕扣,都是兩兩相對;
36:13
又做五十個金鉤,使幔子相連。這才成了一個帳幕。
36:14
他用山羊毛織十一幅幔子,作為帳幕以上的罩棚。
36:15
每幅幔子長三十肘,寬四肘;十一幅幔子都是一樣的尺寸。
36:16
他把五幅幔子連成一幅,又把六幅幔子連成一幅;
36:17
在這相連的幔子末幅邊上做五十個鈕扣,在那相連的幔子末幅邊上也做五十個鈕扣;
36:18
又做五十個銅鉤,使罩棚連成一個;
36:19
並用染紅的公羊皮做罩棚的蓋,再用海狗皮做一層罩棚上的頂蓋。
36:20
他用皂莢木做帳幕的豎板。
36:21
每塊長十肘,寬一肘半;
36:22
每塊有兩榫相對。帳幕一切的板都是這樣做。
36:23
帳幕的南面做板二十塊。
36:24
在這二十塊板底下又做四十個帶卯的銀座:兩卯接這塊板上的兩榫,兩卯接那塊板上的兩榫。
36:25
帳幕的第二面,就是北面,也做板二十塊
36:26
和帶卯的銀座四十個:這板底下有兩卯,那板底下也有兩卯。
36:27
帳幕的後面,就是西面,做板六塊。
36:28
帳幕後面的拐角做板兩塊。
36:29
板的下半截是雙的,上半截是整的,直到第一個環子;在帳幕的兩個拐角上都是這樣做。
36:30
有八塊板和十六個帶卯的銀座,每塊板底下有兩卯。
36:31
他用皂莢木做閂:為帳幕這面的板做五閂,
36:32
為帳幕那面的板做五閂,又為帳幕後面的板做五閂,
36:33
使板腰間的中閂從這一頭通到那一頭。
36:34
用金子將板包裹,又做板上的金環套閂;閂也用金子包裹。
36:35
他用藍色、紫色、朱紅色線,和撚的細麻織幔子,以巧匠的手工繡上基路伯。
36:36
為幔子做四根皂莢木柱子,用金包裹,柱子上有金鉤,又為柱子鑄了四個帶卯的銀座。
36:37
拿藍色、紫色、朱紅色線,和撚的細麻,用繡花的手工織帳幕的門簾;
36:38
又為簾子做五根柱子和柱子上的鉤子,用金子把柱頂和柱子上的杆子包裹。柱子有五個帶卯的座,是銅的。

All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands. All the curtains were the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] 10 They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five. 11 Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set. 12 They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13 Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14 They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether. 15 All eleven curtains were the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[b] 16 They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17 Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 18 They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit. 19 Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
20 They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, 22 with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 23 They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle 24 and made forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. 25 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames 26 and forty silver bases—two under each frame. 27 They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, 28 and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end. 29 At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike. 30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
31 They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32 five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. 33 They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34 They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35 They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases. 37 For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer; 38 and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

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    上帝如何啟示摩西,這一群有手藝的人,有上帝所賜的智慧和才能,就照樣完成了!可見上帝將各樣的恩賜給人,每個人發揮自己的恩賜,就可以完成上帝所託付的使命了!

    教會的領袖有一個重要的任務,就是要去發現弟兄姊妹的恩賜,使弟兄姊妹各按期恩賜來服事上帝和教會,使教會的弟兄姊妹同得長進與成全,使教會在世上可以榮耀主的名!

    當然我們把恩賜看成是永恆的,或是一心一意只追求恩賜,不追求主耶穌,不以基督為至寶!那樣,即使有再多的恩賜也沒有意義!就像上帝的僕人宣信博士說到:「前所要是恩賜,今要賜恩主;前我尋求醫治,今要主自己。

    讓我們也這樣向主求吧!

出埃及記36章

            出埃及記36:1-6  ,

            出埃及記36:8-38 ,

出埃及記36:1-6


36:1 「比撒列和亞何利亞伯,並一切心裡有智慧的,就是蒙耶和華賜智慧聰明、叫他知道做聖所各樣使用之工的,都要照耶和華所吩咐的做工。」
36:2
凡耶和華賜他心裡有智慧、而且受感前來做這工的,摩西把他們和比撒列並亞何利亞伯一同召來。
36:3
這些人就從摩西收了以色列人為做聖所並聖所使用之工所拿來的禮物。百姓每早晨還把甘心獻的禮物拿來。
36:4
凡做聖所一切工的智慧人各都離開他所做的工,
36:5
來對摩西說:「百姓為耶和華吩咐使用之工所拿來的,富富有餘。」
36:6
摩西傳命,他們就在全營中宣告說:「無論男女,不必再為聖所拿甚麼禮物來。」這樣才攔住百姓不再拿禮物來。
36:7
因為他們所有的材料夠做一切當做的物,而且有餘。

So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.”
Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work. They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the Lord commanded to be done.”
Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

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    一般的基督徒的敬虔程度,反而比有受過造救得更深、更真誠!就像這一群以色列民,他們愛主的程度,是不會輸給祭司或利未人!

    就像這裡所說,他們為了準備給耶和華的禮物,是不斷的供應,直到摩西傳命,他們就在全營中宣告說:「無論男女,不必再為聖所拿甚麼禮物來。」這樣才攔住百姓不再拿禮物來。也因為這樣,因為他們所有的材料夠做一切當做的物,而且有餘。

    求主保守,讓我們的教會弟兄姊妹,都像當時的以色列人一般,心被恩感的將自己的「禮物」奉獻給上帝,使上帝的家中永不缺乏!