敬畏神的重要 5 c                                        05/06/07

 

7.安息日的遵從

•在安息日行善行惡

•安息日教訓眾人

•安息日不可作的事

•在安息日治病不治病

•在安息日不解開槽上的牛驢、牽去飲麼

•在安息日掉在井裏、不立時拉他上來

 

•所以你們要守安息日、以為聖日、凡干犯這日的、必要把他治死．凡在這日作工的、必從民中剪除。 (出 31:14)

•"`Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people. (Ex. 31:14)

 

•以色列人在曠野的時候、遇見一個人在安息日撿柴。遇見他撿柴的人、就把他帶到摩西、亞倫、並全會眾那裏、將他收在監內．因為當怎樣辦他、還沒有指明。耶和華吩咐摩西說、總要把那人治死、全會眾要在營外用石頭把他打死。 (民 15:32-35)

• While the Israelites were in the desert, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly, and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him. Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.” (Nu. 15:32-35)

 

•　神不是叫人混亂、乃是叫人安靜。  (林前 14:33)

•For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,   (I Co. 14:33)

•主說、因為這百姓親近我、用嘴唇尊敬我、心卻遠離我•他們敬畏我、不過是領受人的吩咐。 (賽 29:13)

•The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men. (Isa. 29:13)

•耶和華說、你們用話頂撞我•你們還說、我們用甚麼話頂撞了你呢。你們說、事奉　神是徒然的•遵守　神所吩咐的、在萬軍之耶和華面前苦苦齋戒、有甚麼益處呢。(瑪 3:13-14) "You have said harsh things against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, `What have we said against you? "'You have said, `It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD Almighty?(Mal.3:13-14)

 

8.奉獻上的敬畏

•人豈可奪取　神之物呢

•就是你們在當納的十分之一、和當獻的供物上

•都奪取我的供物、咒詛就臨到你們身上。

 

•人豈可奪取　神之物呢•你們竟奪取我的供物、你們卻說、我們在何事上奪取你的供物呢•就是你們在當納的十分之一、和當獻的供物上。因你們通國的人、都奪取我的供物、咒詛就臨到你們身上。

•"'Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, `How do we rob you? "'In tithes and offerings.You are under a curse--the whole nation of you--because you are robbing me.

 

•萬軍之耶和華說、你們要將當納的十分之一、全然送入倉庫、使我家有糧、以此試試我、是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶、傾福與你們、甚至無處可容。萬軍之耶和華說、我必為你們斥責蝗蟲、〔蝗蟲原文作吞噬者〕不容他毀壞你們的土產•你們田間的葡萄樹在未熟之先、也不掉果子。(瑪3:8-11)

•Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. (Mal.3:8-11)

 

做應做、神保守

•你們要將當納的十分之一、全然送入倉庫

•使我家有糧

•是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶、傾福與你們、甚至無處可容。

•我必為你們斥責蝗蟲

•不容他毀壞你們的土產•

•你們田間的葡萄樹在未熟之先、也不掉果子

 

基督徒與神恢復約的關係，必須轉向神。而怎樣才能轉向呢？神給我們十分具體的建議。十分之一的供物是當納的，這是最低的標準。至少我們這樣奉獻，送入神的殿，神才轉向我們，賜給我們物質的豐富，成為具體的祝福。