2020年10月1日 星期四

約翰福音10:7-9

 


10:7 所以,耶穌又對他們說:「我實實在在地告訴你們,我就是羊的門。

10:8 凡在我以先來的都是賊,是強盜;羊卻不聽他們。

10:9 我就是門;凡從我進來的,必然得救,並且出入得草吃。

 

⁷ Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All that ever came before me are thieves & robbers... ⁹ I am the door:by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, & find pasture.

 

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    主耶穌這段話是要告訴我們,我們要進入基督信仰的門,就是主耶穌!而主耶穌就是上帝所差遣的基督,之前來的都是假基督,都不是上帝所差遣的,正如主耶穌所說:「凡在我以先來的都是賊,是強盜;羊卻不聽他們。」

 

    主耶穌在這裡更保證的說:「我就是門;凡從我進來的,必然得救,並且出入得草吃。」

 

    這也是為甚麼我們信主的時候必須做一個決定就是邀接受耶穌基督為救主一生一世跟隨祂更重要的是我們接受耶穌基督為救主之後耶穌基督所有的一切都是屬於我們的

 

    因為我們信耶穌基督以後就得著權柄成為上帝的兒女而聖經更應許既是兒女就是後嗣就是有繼承權的也就是說我們成為上帝的兒女就是要承受上帝的國與基督永遠做王

 

 

 

撒母耳記上22章

        撒母耳記上22:1-10  ,

        撒母耳記上22:11-23  ,

撒母耳記上22:1-10

 


22:1 大衛就離開那裡,逃到亞杜蘭洞。他的弟兄和他父親的全家聽見了,就都下到他那裡。
22:2
凡受窘迫的、欠債的、心裡苦惱的都聚集到大衛那裡;大衛就作他們的頭目,跟隨他的約有四百人。
22:3
大衛從那裡往摩押的米斯巴去,對摩押王說:「求你容我父母搬來,住在你們這裡,等我知道上帝要為我怎樣行。」
22:4
大衛領他父母到摩押王面前。大衛住山寨多少日子,他父母也住摩押王那裡多少日子。
22:5
先知迦得對大衛說:「你不要住在山寨,要往猶大地去。」大衛就離開那裡,進入哈列的樹林。
22:6
掃羅在基比亞的拉瑪,坐在垂絲柳樹下,手裡拿著槍,眾臣僕侍立在左右。掃羅聽見大衛和跟隨他的人在何處,
22:7
就對左右侍立的臣僕說:「便雅憫人哪,你們要聽我的話!耶西的兒子能將田地和葡萄園賜給你們各人嗎?能立你們各人作千夫長百夫長嗎?
22:8
你們竟都結黨害我!我的兒子與耶西的兒子結盟的時候,無人告訴我;我的兒子挑唆我的臣子謀害我,就如今日的光景,也無人告訴我,為我憂慮。」
22:9
那時以東人多益站在掃羅的臣僕中,對他說:「我曾看見耶西的兒子到了挪伯,亞希突的兒子亞希米勒那裡。
22:10
亞希米勒為他求問耶和華,又給他食物,並給他殺非利士人歌利亞的刀。」

 

 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there. All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.

From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?” So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

But the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side. He said to them, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.”

But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob. 10 Ahimelek inquired of the Lord for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

 

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    大衛逃到亞杜蘭洞不僅收留自己的家人還有一群「凡受窘迫的、欠債的、心裡苦惱的」都聚集到大衛那裡;大衛就作了他們的首領,跟隨他的約有四百人。

 

    他們本來是在摩押的米斯巴,後來先知迦得對大衛說:「你不要住在山寨,要往猶大地去。」大衛就離開那裡,進入哈列的樹林。

 

    上帝就是要他們與以色列人沒有脫節,畢竟大衛是要成為以色列王!也因為這樣他們和掃羅又有所接觸,掃羅又可以趁機「作文章」來蠱惑自己的本家便雅憫支派:「便雅憫人哪,你們要聽我的話!耶西的兒子能將田地和葡萄園賜給你們各人嗎?能立你們各人作千夫長百夫長嗎?你們竟都結黨害我!我的兒子與耶西的兒子結盟的時候,無人告訴我;我的兒子挑唆我的臣子謀害我,就如今日的光景,也無人告訴我,為我憂慮。」

 

    而這一番話竟然讓以東人多益向掃羅打報告:「我曾看見耶西的兒子到了挪伯,亞希突的兒子亞希米勒那裡。亞希米勒為他求問耶和華,又給他食物,並給他殺非利士人歌利亞的刀。」

 

    這是引發了後來掃羅竟然殺耶和華的祭司,還是以東人多益執行!讓我們看見掃羅越來越無法無天,竟然敢殺耶和華的祭司,忘記自己是耶和華所立的王,任意而為!

 

    看到掃羅的行徑,也讓我們感受到權力真的腐化人,正如從歷史當中看見教宗有權把人從教會除名,導致百姓害怕不能上天堂,甚至可以逼國王下台,因為讓百姓不能上天堂,百姓會造反推翻王位的!想想,對真理的誤解所造成的問題有多麼大!

 

約伯記4章

            約伯記4:1-21   ,

約伯記4:1-21

 


4:1 提幔人以利法回答說:
4:2
人若想與你說話,你就厭煩嗎?但誰能忍住不說呢?
4:3
你素來教導許多的人,又堅固軟弱的手。
4:4
你的言語曾扶助那將要跌倒的人;你又使軟弱的膝穩固。
4:5
但現在禍患臨到你,你就昏迷,挨近你,你便驚惶。
4:6
你的倚靠不是在你敬畏上帝嗎?你的盼望不是在你行事純正嗎?
4:7
請你追想:無辜的人有誰滅亡?正直的人在何處剪除?
4:8
按我所見,耕罪孽、種毒害的人都照樣收割。
4:9
上帝一出氣,他們就滅亡;上帝一發怒,他們就消沒。
4:10
獅子的吼叫和猛獅的聲音盡都止息;少壯獅子的牙齒也都敲掉。
4:11
老獅子因絕食而死;母獅之子也都離散。
4:12
我暗暗地得了默示;我耳朵也聽其細微的聲音。
4:13
在思念夜中、異象之間,世人沉睡的時候,
4:14
恐懼、戰兢臨到我身,使我百骨打戰。
4:15
有靈從我面前經過,我身上的毫毛直立。
4:16
那靈停住,我卻不能辨其形狀;有影像在我眼前。我在靜默中聽見有聲音說:
4:17
必死的人豈能比上帝公義嗎?人豈能比造他的主潔淨嗎?
4:18
主不信靠他的臣僕,並且指他的使者為愚昧;
4:19
何況那住在土房、根基在塵土裡、被蠹蟲所毀壞的人呢?
4:20
早晚之間,就被毀滅,永歸無有,無人理會。
4:21
他帳棚的繩索豈不從中抽出來呢?他死,且是無智慧而死。

 

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
    But who can keep from speaking?
Think how you have instructed many,
    how you have strengthened feeble hands.
Your words have supported those who stumbled;
    you have strengthened faltering knees.
But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
    it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Should not your piety be your confidence
    and your blameless ways your hope?

“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
    Where were the upright ever destroyed?
As I have observed, those who plow evil
    and those who sow trouble reap it.
At the breath of God they perish;
    at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10 The lions may roar and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

12 “A word was secretly brought to me,
    my ears caught a whisper of it.
13 Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
    when deep sleep falls on people,
14 fear and trembling seized me
    and made all my bones shake.
15 A spirit glided past my face,
    and the hair on my body stood on end.
16 It stopped,
    but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
    and I heard a hushed voice:
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
18 If God places no trust in his servants,
    if he charges his angels with error,
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,
    whose foundations are in the dust,
    who are crushed more readily than a moth!
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,
    so that they die without wisdom?’

 

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    從提幔人以利法回應約伯的話會感覺他是第一個在約伯之後發言的人實在不會很奇怪因為他是一個心直口快沒有什麼思考的人就是將心中的感覺直接說出的人沒有甚麼深思熟慮正如一開頭所說的:「人若想與你說話,你就厭煩嗎?但誰能忍住不說呢?」

 

    他忍不住說出來,就是要告訴約伯,他今天落到這種境地,是因為自己的惡行所造成的,是上帝的報應!因為他的觀念是:「惡有惡報,善有善報,因為上帝是公平正義的!」

 

    他的想法是:平常約伯的表現只是外表的而已,內在和每個人依樣都是罪惡的,所以今天不是上帝不公平,是因為約伯本身就是不義的人,毫無聖潔可言!也因此,面對今日的景況約伯要好好認罪並悔改!

 

    所以,在提幔人以利法的觀念中,沒有義人受苦,而約伯根本不是義人!只是他把詞句說得漂亮而已,不會像一般「「惡有惡報,善有善報」說得太直接罷了!其實在教會中,這類人還佔大多數呢!不僅如此,這樣的人還有幾分的自義呢!