2021 夏季训练第八周　周六

第八篇　基甸作神大能勇士的内在意义

第八周　周六

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1叁我们必须看见基甸失败的关键内在的意义：

1Ⅲ We must see the intrinsic significance of the secret of Gideon’s failure:

2一第一，基甸不仁慈；他杀了那些不支持他的同胞（士八16~17），干犯了神的第六条诫命（出二十13）；基督是神的恩慈，领我们悔改（罗二4，多三4，弗二7）。

2A First, Gideon was not kind; he killed those countrymen who did not support him (Judg. 8:16-17), breaking the sixth commandment of God (Exo. 20:13); Christ as the kindness of God led us to repentance (Rom. 2:4; Titus 3:4; Eph. 2:7).

3二第二，他放纵肉体的情欲（参加五16，罗八4），对肉体的情欲毫不约束；这由士师记八章三十节所指明，那里告诉我们，基甸有七十个儿子，“因为他有许多妻子；”此外，他在示剑的妾，也给他生了一个儿子（31）；借此基甸干犯了第七条诫命（出二十14）。

3B Second, he indulged in the lust of the flesh (cf. Gal. 5:16; Rom. 8:4), not exercising any restriction over his fleshly lust; this is indicated by Judges 8:30, which tells us that Gideon had seventy sons, “for he had many wives”; in addition, his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son (v. 31); by this Gideon broke the seventh commandment (Exo. 20:14).

4三第三，虽然基甸在拒绝管理百姓的事上作得正确（士八22~23），却贪恋百姓所夺的掠物（他们所夺的耳环），因而干犯了第十条诫命，百姓就将掠物交给他；基甸用他从百姓取得的金子制造了一个以弗得，这以弗得成了以色列人的偶像（24~27，出三二1~4与2注1）；结果，基甸的家和整个以色列社会都败坏了。

4C Third, although Gideon did a good thing in refusing to rule over the people (Judg. 8:22-23), he coveted the spoil of his people (their golden earrings), thereby breaking the tenth commandment, and they surrendered it to him; Gideon made an ephod with the gold he had taken from the people, and this ephod became an idol to the children of Israel (vv. 24-27; Exo. 32:1-4 and footnote 1 on v. 2); as a result, Gideon’s family and the entire society of Israel were corrupted.

5四士师记是关于享受那预表基督的美地；基甸的成功指明得着绝佳的机会享受基督，而他的失败指明失去享受基督的机会。

5D Judges is a book concerning the enjoyment of the good land, which is a type of Christ; Gideon’s success indicates the gaining of an excellent opportunity to enjoy Christ, but his failure indicates the losing of the opportunity to enjoy Christ.

6肆基甸放纵性欲并贪恋金子，导致拜偶像；贪婪就是拜偶像（西三5），淫乱和贪婪都连于拜偶像（弗五5）；基甸的失败给我们看见，我们在对付性欲和钱财的事上，必须施行严格的管制：

6Ⅳ Gideon’s indulgence in sex and his greediness for gold led to idolatry; greediness is idolatry (Col. 3:5), and both fornication and greediness are linked to idol worship (Eph. 5:5); his failure shows us that we need to exercise strict control in dealing with the matters of sex and wealth:

7一甚至在以色列国和以色列国最高峰的威荣里得荣耀的所罗门王（王上四34，八10~11），起初是敬畏神、爱神的人，至终由于娶了许多外邦妻子，也成了拜偶像的人（十一1~13，见43注1）。

7A Even King Solomon, who was glorified in the kingdom of Israel with the splendor of that kingdom at its highest peak (1 Kings 4:34; 8:10-11) and began as a God-fearing and God-loving person, eventually became an idol worshipper through his many foreign wives (11:1-13; see footnote 1 on v. 43).

8二基甸死后，以色列人的堕落开始于离弃耶和华他们的神，并且敬拜迦南人的偶像；结果他们就放纵肉体的情欲；此外，基甸的妾的儿子亚比米勒，杀了基甸的其他七十个儿子，而另一个儿子约坦逃跑了—士八33~九57。

8B After Gideon died, Israel’s degradation was initiated in their forsaking of Jehovah their God and their worshipping the idols of the Canaanites, which issued in their indulgence in fleshly lust; also, the son of Gideon’s concubine, Abimelech, slew seventy of Gideon’s other sons, whereas Jotham, another son, escaped—Judg. 8:33—9:57.

9三约坦大胆宣告，将亚比米勒的掌权比喻为荆棘的掌权，与那些拒绝野心并成为神子民供应管道，象橄榄树、无花果树、和葡萄树的人相对（8~13）；神报应亚比米勒向他父亲所行的恶（14~55），就是杀了自己弟兄七十个人；神也将示剑人一切的恶报应在他们头上；耶路巴力（基甸—六32）的儿子约坦的咒诅都归到他们身上（九56~57）。

9C Jotham boldly declared a parable of Abimelech’s reign as the reign of the bramble versus those who are like olive trees, fig trees, and vine trees, who reject ambition and become a channel of supply to God’s people (vv. 8-13); God repaid the evil of Abimelech (vv. 14-55), which he had done to his father by slaying his seventy brothers; and God brought all the evil of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon—6:32) came upon them (9:56-57).

10四在基甸的成功里，他将自己联于神，但在他的失败里，他将自己联于撒但；离弃神而与撒但联结，就是进入这恶者里面内在的野心里—赛十四13~14。

10D In Gideon’s success he joined himself to God, but in his failure he joined himself to Satan; to forsake God and join with Satan is to enter into the intrinsic ambition within this evil one—Isa. 14:13-14.

11五我们没有权利与主离婚，没有理由离弃祂；我们必须接受祂，爱祂，尊重祂，尊敬祂，看重祂，高举祂，紧联于祂，并弃绝撒但到极点；这样我们就必蒙福；以耶和华为主、为头、为王、为丈夫的每一国家、每一社会、每一团体和每一个人，是有福的—诗三三12。

11E We have no right to divorce the Lord and no reason to forsake Him; we must take Him, love Him, honor Him, respect Him, regard Him, exalt Him, and cling to Him, rejecting Satan to the uttermost; then we will be blessed; blessed is everyone—nation, society, group, and individual—whose Lord, Head, King, and Husband is Jehovah—Psa. 33:12.

晨兴喂养

12罗二4 还是你藐视祂丰富的恩慈、宽容与恒忍，不晓得神的恩慈是领你悔改？

13加五16 我说，你们当凭着灵而行，就绝不会满足肉体的情欲了。

14士八23 基甸说，我不管理你们，…唯有耶和华管理你们。

15基甸在大大成功—士师记里所记载以色列历史一切循环中最大的成功—以后，有了可怕的失败。他失败的关键包含三个因素。第一，基甸不仁慈；他杀了那些不支持他的同胞（八16~17），干犯了神的第六条诫命（出二十13）。第二，他放纵肉体的情欲，对肉体的情欲毫不约束。这由士师记八章三十节所指明，那里告诉我们，基甸有七十个儿子，“因为他有许多妻子。”此外，他在示剑的妾，也给他生了一个儿子（31）。借此基甸干犯了第七条诫命（出二十14）。第三，他虽然在拒绝管理百姓的事上作得正确（士八22~23），却贪恋百姓所夺的掠物，百姓就将掠物交给他（24）（士师记生命读经，三○至三一页）。

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16基甸放纵性欲并贪恋金子，导致拜偶像。贪婪就是拜偶像（西三5），淫乱与贪婪都连于拜偶像（弗五5）。甚至所罗门王，起初是敬畏神、爱神的人，至终由于娶了许多外邦妻子，也成了拜偶像的人（王上十一4）。基甸用他从百姓取得的金子制造了一个以弗得，这以弗得成了以色列人的偶像（士八27）。结果，基甸的家和整个以色列社会都败坏了。基甸起初拆毁巴力的坛及其偶像，但在他成功以后，却建立另一个敬拜的东西。这失败抵销了他一切的成功。…他的失败给我们看见，我们在对付性欲和钱财的事上，必须施行严格的管制。…在这些事上任何的放纵，都会抹煞我们对基督的享受。

17以色列惨痛历史第五、第六次循环（八33~十5，十6~十二15）的内在意义，乃是以色列离弃神，将自己联于偶像。这就是说，以色列人与神，就是她合法的丈夫离婚，转去随从许多偶像。…人离弃神，开始于创世记三章。…接受知识树，实际上就是与撒但结婚，与神离婚。

18基甸的失败是由于他离弃神，以及将自己联于撒但。…他将自己联于撒但，结果就是谋杀；他也放纵肉体、贪婪、犯奸淫。这带进他的家和整个以色列社会的败坏。…随从撒但，就是进入撒但堕落时所呈现的野心里。他要升到宝座上；他要与至高者一样（赛十四13~14）。因此，离弃神而与撒但联结，就是进入这恶者里面内在的野心里。

19在家庭生活里，每当丈夫和妻子爱主，并弃绝祂以外的一切，他们的婚姻生活就很美妙。然而一旦丈夫或妻子开始爱别的东西，以之代替主，他们的婚姻生活和家庭生活就变得混乱。

20我们没有权利与主离婚；我们没有理由离弃祂。我们必须接受祂，爱祂，尊重祂，尊敬祂，看重祂，高举祂，紧联于祂，并弃绝撒但到极点。这样我们就必蒙福。…我们若爱主，恨撒但，就必蒙福。然而，每当我们改变，开始爱基督以外的东西，我们就必遇见难处。诗篇三十三篇十二节说，“以耶和华为神的，那国是有福的。”凡以耶和华为主、为头、为王、为丈夫的每一国家、社会、团体和个人，都是有福的（士师记生命读经，三一至三二、四一至四三页）。

21参读：士师记生命读经，第六至八篇。

21Further Reading: Life-study of Judges, msgs. 6-8