2008年8月4日 星期一

三年讀經默想與題目 (草戊尚土) 080806

W3 2008-08-06 (士11:1-12:15)

經文: 士師記 11:3-31耶弗他就向耶和華許願,說:你若將亞捫人交在我手中,我從亞捫人那裡平平安安回來的時候,無論什麼人,先從我家門出來迎接我,就必歸你,我也必將他獻上為燔祭。

默想: 主啊!求你保守我,不在你的面前隨便許願。如果許願,也求主保守我,會遵照所許的願去行。

題目: 耶弗他可以說是以色列士師中的悲劇英雄,你對他的一生有何感想?

7 則留言:

  1. 如果我們由兒女的表現來看父母的信仰..

    耶弗他女兒的反應,"他女兒回答說:父啊,你既向耶和華開口,就當照你口中所說的向我行,因耶和華已經在仇敵亞捫人身上為你報仇.."11:36

    由受辱地被驅逐出父親的產業,到被敦請擔任基列人的領袖,耶弗他所表現的,是對神的順服與對人的不計較,這應該也是他的女兒從小所領受的"家庭教育"..

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  2. kathleen said

    從經文中學習到
    人對神和對人當有的信實態度 ...
    向神許願之前一定要慎思
    如同我們應當敬畏神
    並言語要寡少 不可心急發言
    若是我們的親友說出口或已經做出決定之後
    當他們遇見困難或後悔之時
    我們是否能如同耶弗的他的女兒一般信實
    勇敢的鼓勵他的父親要信守對神的承諾
    親愛的父阿 求你幫助我
    給我智慧選擇當說的話 遵行你旨意
    勇敢做當作的決定
    並能持守之 靠你力量得剛強

    ■ 士師記 第11章 : 第36節 【士11:36】
    他女兒回答說、父阿、你既向耶和華開口、就當照你口中所說的向我行、因耶和華已經在仇敵亞捫人身上為你報仇。

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  3. 歡迎新朋友kathleen加入喔!

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  4. 草戊尚土 牧師,平安:

    耶弗他因向神承諾而將獨女獻上燔祭,這裡沒有出現天使,故事變成了悲劇;同樣的場景在摩利亞,亞伯拉罕要將獨子以撒獻給耶和華作為燔祭,這裡出現了上帝使者的阻止,故事得到了祝福。

    我的感覺是我們無法了解 神的奧祕,卻只能學習順服 神。這樣的認知好像有點阿Q,但是就如世上的苦難,神給了不同的結局,有些在我們眼裡看來是好的,後來卻也未必是好的,有些會讓我們難過,但是卻又成了最好的見證。

    但願主憐憫我,在許多事情上能學會順服,也祈求主保守我的心思意念,不要因為自己而傷害到家人。


    卯同學 敬上

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  5. Dear Kathleen,
    Welcome to our club!
    Freshman Mao

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  6. 歡迎新同學kathleen!!
    只因母親是妓女,而被自己的兄弟趕逐---被看輕的身世。
    因為矯勇擅戰,而被長老們找回去解救同胞---英雄不怕出身低。
    繼承了好的信仰---所以,將自己所說得話陳明在耶和華面前。
    深知以色列的歷史,不被亞們人所欺哄---了解自己民族的歷史。
    雖然,有能有力,當初趕逐他的。如今有求於他,神也幫助他,以致他狂妄嗎?竟許下以人為祭的願!
    切記!切記!別讓上帝的祝福,因著我的緣故,變成網羅。

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  7. Dear Kathleen, Peng An,
    All of our club members open both of our hands to welcome you and to embrace you to join our discussion and sharing daily devotion club.

    Dear all, Peng An,
    Jephthah seemed to be a tragedy hero in the Bible. He was illegal child of his father with a prostitude. He was expelled by his half brothers to be a homeless fugutives. Then at the crisis of the Israelite, he responded to the summon to take risk in fighting against their enemies. He seemed not having been taught about how to swear to the Lord. Thus he made a very rash and harsh vow to Yahweh before going to the war. Then the greatest tragedy of his life befell upon him. After that tragedy, he even had to face the challenge of the tribe of Ephraimites with violent fighting.
    The Bible was also silent on the spiritual lessons for us to learn from this incidence. Was this just descriptional historical story, or what was the spiritual lessons for us to learn? When Abraham responded to Yahweh's challenge to offer up his only son Isaac, the angel from the Lord intervened at the last minute to spare Isaac from being burned up as human sacrifice. But for Jephthah, the Bible was silent. There were all kinds of speculations upon the actual fate of his daughter. Some scholars would speculate that Jephthah's daughter just keep her virginity all her life without being married. Some would say that she was actually burned up as a holocost burnt offering after spending two months to cry for her untimely and premature death...

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