10出埃及三十二章四节说,亚伦拿金子“铸了一只牛犊,是用雕刻的工具作成的”。……偶像的基本原则是自我妆饰。如果偶像不是妆饰过的,谁会拜它?这里的点是,把金子铸成牛犊是需要技术的。有些人也许有金子,但没有技术把金子铸成牛犊。然而每一个制造偶像的人都和亚伦一样,有技术、有能力、有恩赐、有才干。谁知道今天在基督徒中间有技术制造偶像的人有多少?这些巧匠有知识、有教养、有能力、有技巧。其他人无法制造偶像,因为他们没有技巧,但这些人有能力把金子铸成偶像。……有时候我问自己:“你在这里作什么?你在制造偶像么?你在妆饰自己的工作来给人敬拜么?”我唯恐自己造出了某种偶像(出埃及记生命读经,二一一四至二一一五页)。
10Exodus 32:4 says that Aaron took the gold and “fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a molten calf.”…The basic principle of an idol is self-beautification. If an idol is not beautified, who would worship it? The point here is that it takes skill to fashion gold into a calf. Some may have the gold, but not have the skill to fashion it into a calf. But every maker of idols, like Aaron, is skillful, capable, gifted, and talented. Who knows how many skillful idol-makers there are among Christians today? These craftsmen are knowledgeable, cultured, capable, and skillful. Whereas others are not able to make idols because they do not have the skill, these ones have the ability to fashion gold into idols…Sometimes I ask myself, “What are you doing here? Are you making an idol? Are you beautifying your own work for others to worship?” I am fearful lest I make some kind of idol. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 1842)