2023 冬季训练特会 · 第二篇 · 第3天

借着留意基督劝戒和警告的话,并借着接受祂的重新训练,使我们里面的人日日得更新,而承受包罗万有的基督作美地

第二篇 借着留意基督劝戒和警告的话,并借着接受祂的重新训练,使我们里面的人日日得更新,而承受包罗万有的基督作美地

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第二周 周三
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1贰 我们若要完全据有基督作美地,使徒保罗指着以色列人拜金牛犊的事(出三二1~6)说,我们必须“逃避拜偶像的事”(林前十14):
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2一 金牛犊是神所救赎之人所制造的偶像;起来玩耍是放纵于嬉闹(或闹趣);我们心中的偶像就是我们里面所爱的任何事物,超过了对主的爱,并在我们的生活中顶替了主(结十四3);我们这些真神的真儿女应当儆醒、保守自己,远避偶像(约壹五21),远避生活中基督一切的代替品和顶替的事物。
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3二 我们必须因金牛犊偶像的原则受警告,这偶像乃是神所救赎之人作的,使他们成了拜偶像的营;拜偶像包括五个原则—林前十5~7
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41 自我妆饰导致拜偶像(出三二1~4三三5~6创三五1~4);神是我们的美丽,祂正在美化祂的召会,就是祂荣美的殿,好使祂得荣美(赛六十71921弗五26~27);在己的彰显里有分裂,但在神团体的彰显,就是神圣的荣耀里,有“一”(约十七22~24);我们的工作就是我们的生活,在地上荣耀(彰显)神(4,林前十31赛四三7);在我们的说话里,我们不该寻求自己的荣耀,不该传自己,乃该传基督耶稣为主,也传自己作奴仆服事信徒(约七17林后四5)。
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52 拜偶像乃是撒但篡夺了神所赐给我们的,以致将其糟蹋;这是我们滥用神所赐给我们的,而不为着神的定旨使用神在物质和属灵上的赐与;神在以色列人出埃及以前借着埃及人赐给以色列人的金子,是要用来建造帐幕的;但这金子在用来为着神的目的以前,就被撒但篡夺,被神的子民用来作成偶像—出十一2~3十二35~36二五2~8三五4~9
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63 拜偶像就是敬拜我们所享受的东西,就是敬拜娱乐和消遣;不错,我们有对主的享受,但这不是一种属世的娱乐和消遣—三二618~19,参诗三六8~9
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7a 保罗这样警告哥林多人:“也不要作拜偶像的人,像他们有些人那样;如经上所记:‘百姓坐下吃喝,起来玩耍’”(林前十7出三二6);寇特(C. A. Coates)说,他们在玩乐;许多人到了周末只关心吃喝玩乐。
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8b “玩耍”就是嬉闹、开玩笑、不那么严肃的行动、表演或说话;“玩耍”就是表现得有趣、不羁;就是搞热闹,也就是兴高采烈地玩乐。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
9林前十14 所以,我所亲爱的,你们要逃避拜偶像的事。
91 Cor. 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
10约壹五21 孩子们,你们要保守自己,远避偶像。
101 John 5:21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
11在出埃及三十二章,金环是从妻子、儿子、女儿的耳上摘下来,用来制造偶像,就是金牛犊。……人戴耳环是为了妆饰自己。今天的文化提倡自我妆饰,男男女女都花许多钱用于妆饰自己的东西上。……自我妆饰导致拜偶像。因这缘故,在三十三章五至六节,主赐给以色列人一条与妆饰有关的诫命:“耶和华对摩西说,……我只要片时在你们中间同你们上去,必会灭绝你们。现在你们要把身上的妆饰脱下来,我好知道怎样待你们。因此,以色列人从住何烈山以后,就把身上的妆饰摘除干净。”主颁布了关于妆饰的诫命,因为三十二章记载得很清楚,自我妆饰导致拜偶像。……偶像的原则就是自我妆饰(出埃及记生命读经,二一○八至二一○九页)。
11In Exodus 32 the gold rings were taken from the ears of the wives, the sons, and the daughters and used to make the idol, the golden calf. People put on earrings in order to beautify themselves. Today’s culture promotes selfbeautification. Men and women spend a great deal of money on items used to beautify themselves. Self-beautification leads to idolatry. This is the reason the Lord in 33:5 and 6 gave the children of Israel a commandment related to ornaments: “Now Jehovah had said to Moses, …If I were to go up in your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Now therefore put off your ornaments from you, and I will decide what to do to you. Thus the children of Israel were stripped of their ornaments from Mount Horeb onward.” The Lord issued this commandment concerning ornaments because, as the record of chapter 32 makes clear, self-beautification leads to idolatry…The principle of an idol is self-beautification. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1837-1838)
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Today’s Reading
12与拜偶像有关的另一个原则是:拜偶像乃是撒但篡夺了神所赐给我们的,以致将其糟蹋。……以色列人离开埃及以前,神使埃及人把金子和其他的宝物给他们。这金子是要用来建造帐幕的,帐幕需要大量的金子包裹竖板。……但这金子在用来建造神的居所以前,撒但就进来篡夺了金子,用来作成偶像。……以色列人若爱主到极点,他们就绝不会糟蹋金子,用来作成耳环;反之,他们会保存起来给主使用。
12Another principle related to idolatry is that idolatry is Satan’s usurping of what God has given us in order to make it a waste…Before the children of Israel left Egypt, God caused the Egyptians to give the children of Israel gold and other precious things. This gold was to be used for building up the tabernacle. The tabernacle required a large quantity of gold to overlay the standing boards…But before this gold was used for the building up of God’s dwelling place, Satan came in to usurp the gold and use it to make an idol…If the children of Israel had loved the Lord to the uttermost, they would never have wasted the gold by using it for earrings [or the idol]. Instead, they would have kept it for the Lord’s use.
13在出埃及三十五章,百姓受嘱咐要献上金子和其他材料,为着建造神的帐幕。为着神的居所献上的头一样物件就是金子;但在三十二章,有大量的金子却被用来铸造一只牛犊。……神赐给我们许多东西,不是为着我们妆饰自己,乃是要我们敬拜神并荣耀祂。但我们用这些东西来敬拜神并荣耀神以前,仇敌却设法进来篡夺神所赐给我们的,将其糟蹋。这是拜偶像的第二个原则,是得罪神的。
13In Exodus 35 the people were commanded to offer gold and other materials for the building up of God’s tabernacle. The first item of the offering for God’s dwelling place was gold. But in chapter 32 a large quantity of gold was used to make a calf. God has given us many things not for selfbeautification, but for us to worship God and glorify Him. But before we use these things to worship and glorify God, the enemy tries to come in to usurp what God has given us and to waste it. This is the second principle of idolatry, and it is an offense to God.
14他们造了一只金牛犊;〔这件事含示另一个原则。〕牛犊不是为着劳动,乃是为着享受,尤其是为着给人吃。在旧约和新约,牛犊都是用来款待客人的。……在出埃及三十二章,那些妆饰自己的人都喜欢享受,享受就是他们的偶像。照样,今天许多人也敬拜牛犊;那就是说,他们敬拜他们所享受的。……这样解释牛犊的意义,可由三十二章六节得着证实:“次日,百姓清早起来,献上燔祭,并带来平安祭,然后坐下吃喝,起来玩耍。”……寇特(C. A. Coates)说,他们在玩乐。许多美国人到了周末只关心吃喝玩乐。
14Another principle is implied by the fact that the people…made a golden calf. A calf is not for labor but for enjoyment, in particular, for eating. Both in the Old Testament and in the New, a calf was used to feed guests…The ones who beautified themselves in Exodus 32 liked enjoyment. Enjoyment was their idol. Likewise, many people today worship a calf; that is, they worship their enjoyment. This interpretation of the significance of the calf is confirmed by 32:6: “And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”…C. A. Coates says that they sported. On the weekends many people in this country care only for eating, drinking, and sporting.
15按照十八节,摩西听见歌唱的声音;按照十九节,他“看见那牛犊,又看见人跳舞”。……这都是在金牛犊面前进行的。这里的图画指明,牛犊表征享受,以色列人敬拜他们所享受的。
15According to verse 18, Moses heard the sound of singing, and according to verse 19, he “saw the calf and the dancing.”…All this took place in front of the golden calf. The picture here indicates that the calf signifies enjoyment and that the children of Israel were worshipping what they enjoyed.
16我要请你们想想今天基督徒中间渴望娱乐的光景。我们很难找到一处所谓“教会的崇拜”是没有一点娱乐的;他们用种种形式的娱乐吸引群众。一个地方若没有娱乐,人就不愿去那里,他们要去有娱乐的地方。今天许多人为着娱乐的缘故拜某种的金牛犊(出埃及记生命读经,二一一○至二一一二、二一二五页)。
16Consider the situation among Christians today regarding the desire for entertainment. It is difficult to find a so-called church service where there is not any entertainment. Various forms of entertainment are used to attract a crowd. If there is no entertainment in a certain place, people will not want to go there. They want to go where they will be entertained. Many today worship some kind of golden calf for the sake of their entertainment. (Lifestudy of Exodus, pp. 1839-1840, 1851)
17参读:出埃及记生命读经,第一百七十三至一百七十四、一百七十六至一百七十七篇。
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今日要点
18主题:借着逃避拜偶像的事,以据有基督作美地
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201.以色列人因着拜偶像,不得进入美地:
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21A.我们若要完全据有基督作美地,我们就需要看见,在林前十章这一段,使徒保罗举以色列人进美地之前的图画,指着以色列人拜金牛犊的事,对哥林多信徒说,我们必须逃避拜偶像的事(林前十14),在出埃及三十二章,摩西来在山上领受启示,百姓就在山下,亚伦就从百姓的妻子、儿子、女儿的耳上取了金环,造了金牛犊,并在其面前献祭、守节、歌唱跳舞,坐下吃喝,起来玩耍。
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22B.要晓得,他们乃是一般神所救赎的人,金牛犊竟然是从这班神所救赎之人所制造出来的偶像,我们心中的偶像就是我们里面所爱的任何事物,超过了对主的爱,并在我们的生活中顶替了主,因此,作为真神的真儿女应当儆醒,保守自己,就像约壹五21所说的,远避偶像,远离生活中基督一切的代替品和顶替的事物。
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232.我们需要看见拜偶像的原则:
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24a.而在出三二章的记载中,我们看见拜偶像的五个原则:一,百姓的金耳环最后拿去制造金牛犊,指出自我装饰导致拜偶像,二,更严重的是,这些埃及人所给的金子,不是给百姓装饰用的,乃是用来建造帐幕的,因此拜偶像乃是撒但篡夺了神所赐给我们的,以致将其糟蹋,滥用神所赐给我们的,而不为着神得定旨而使用神在物质和属灵上的赐与。
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25B.三,百姓坐下吃喝,起来玩耍,指明拜偶像就是敬拜我们所享受的东西,就是敬拜娱乐和消遣,不错,我们有对主的享受,但这不是一种属世的娱乐和消遣,许多人到周末只关心吃喝玩乐,却不关心神和神的地上的权益,这也是拜偶像,甚至在基督徒中间的聚会,也有许多属世的娱乐,偷偷进到聚会中,甚至利用这些声光音乐吸引群众,不然群众就没有兴趣去聚会,这也是拜某种的金牛犊。
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26应用:今天世界的文化视自我装饰为理所当然,为此我们需要求主怜悯并光照,看见这拜偶像的原则,而使我们蒙拯救脱离拜偶像,并拯救我们脱离我们的观念,不要为着吸引人群,而失去了主恢复的性质,甚至用娱乐顶替了对基督的享受。
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