舊約有三卷智慧書:箴言、約伯記、傳道書。一般人不曉得智慧書有一整體的信息,以致很容易誤用當中的片段。
舊約有三卷智慧書:箴言、約伯記、傳道書。一般人不曉得智慧書有一整體的信息,以致很容易誤用當中的片段。
箴言強調「正常」的運作。箴言的重點是:敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端。這不是在理論上的認識神,而是落實地將生命獻給神。當我們有正確的大方向,我們的生活便會有方向感。然而,人生卻是變幻莫測的。約伯記指明現實生活會出現「反常」的情形,例如義人受苦。很多事情是我 們不能以正常的原則來解釋的,故此不可隨便以箴言為應許,而應堅定敬畏耶和華。傳道書則描寫人生的「無常」。就如我們一生勞苦,卻不曉得承受我們產業的兒孫是如何的人。
《聖經》裏的〈約伯記〉,把人生的苦難描繪得一矢中的:指明現實生活會出現「反常」的情形,賞善罰惡不會在現世執行,人生可能有苦難,也可能有喜樂。路加福音中,耶穌也直言那位天生瞎子的失明並非他父母或他本人的過錯,而是神要在他身上顯大能。香港基督徒社工程文輝女士8歲時不幸失明,但她努力不懈,畢生求學,克服身體的殘疾而取得博士學位,不正正是三位一體神施行神跡的結果嗎?
在世的日子中,信徒一定會碰到正常、反常、無常的事情。若以為靠聖經的應許生活,一切便會變得正常順遂,那不過是無知的夢想、幼稚的信心。神特意賜下這三卷智慧書,就是不願我們陷入盲目與迷信的境地,而希望我們無論在任何光景中,都可以經歷到祂的同在及信實。
應許須否配合神的時候?
耶穌曾在曠野禁食四十天,之後被魔鬼試探。魔鬼要祂叫石頭變為食 物,以滿足個人的需要。耶穌提醒魔鬼,神當日使以色列人在曠野捱餓,是要他們學習更倚靠神。物質引誘不了耶穌,魔鬼跟?利用虛榮(聖殿的最高處)及世上權 力(萬國的榮華)來試探祂(太四1-11)。魔鬼甚至引用聖經的應許來誘惑耶穌:「祂﹝耶和華﹞要為你吩咐祂的使者……用手托?你,免得你的腳碰在石頭 上。」(詩九一11-12)
為何耶穌當日沒有應用詩篇的應許?因為祂曉得救恩的中心是十字架,而不是奇蹟異能。耶穌認定自己是為世人代罪的羔羊,而不是眾望所歸的超人。我們應用聖經的應許時,必須認識聖經的大方向,洞察神的時候。
http://www.bible-magazine.net/tc/download/33/33-3.htm
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