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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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祂未曾應許天常蔚藍,祂未曾應允花兒常開,

祂卻恩許祂的慈愛常在。

是的,仁慈的主,懷念你的恩德,就是絕妙的禱詞。

讓我們於悠悠的歲月中,引吭詠唱。


 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Ps.91:1-2

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ mightily bless each one of you and give you peace.   II Corinthians 1:2

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. 1 John 4:16

For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6

 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5

If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world. C. S. Lewis

"Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun." Psalm 37:5-6

I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isaiah 46:4

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

God, help us to enter into the troubles of others, know them as if they were our own, and act accordingly. Avery Brooke

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

 

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