全新四年樂活讀經
W5 2011-11-18 (申8)
經文: 申命記 8:3-5 他苦煉你，任你飢餓，將你和你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，使你知道，人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話。這四十年，你的衣服沒有穿破，你的腳也沒有腫。你當心裡思想，耶和華你神管教你，好像人管教兒子一樣。
默想: 耶和華在曠野苦煉以色列人四十年之久，任他們饑餓，然後才賞賜給他們沒有太多滋味的嗎哪。如此的經歷，如何能讓以色列人學會人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。因為，上帝用口中的氣吹入用土所造的人的身體，人才能成為有靈的活魂。人的身體是必須要靠食物才能生存，但是人的靈魂則必須要靠上帝的話語來餵養。所有一切的食物，是在上帝創造天地萬物時，在第三天所造的菜蔬水果，以及在第五天與第六天所創造的飛鳥、魚蝦、以及走獸動物，這些也都是從上帝的口中所說出的話而造成的。上帝的話語是大有能力的。能夠滿足我們身體的需要，也能夠滿足我們靈魂的需要。先知耶利米說：耶和華萬軍之神啊，我得著你的言語就當食物吃了；你的言語是我心中的歡喜快樂，因我是稱為你名下的人。(耶15:16) 詩人說：你的言語在我上膛何等甘美，在我口中比蜜更甜！(詩109:103) 求主讓我這一生，能夠常常把你的話語當作食物吃進我的生命裡面，更能夠常常享受你話語中的甘甜。
題目: 1-20節，上帝苦煉人的目的是什麼？你曾否有這樣的體驗？你有看法與學習？
8:1 「我今日所吩咐的一切誡命，你們要謹守遵行，好叫你們存活，人數增多，且進去得耶和華向你們列祖起誓應許的那地。
"All the commandment which I command you this day you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers.
8:2 你也要記念耶和華─你的 神在曠野引導你這四十年，是要苦煉你，試驗你，要知道你心內如何，肯守他的誡命不肯。
And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
8:3 他苦煉你，任你飢餓，將你和你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，使你知道，人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話。
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
8:4 這四十年，你的衣服沒有穿破，你的腳也沒有腫。
Your clothing did not wear out upon you, and your foot did not swell, these forty years.
8:5 你當心裡思想，耶和華─你 神管教你，好像人管教兒子一樣。
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.
8:6 你要謹守耶和華─你 神的誡命，遵行他的道，敬畏他。
So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him.
8:7 因為耶和華─你 神領你進入美地，那地有河，有泉，有源，從山谷中流出水來。
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills,
8:8 那地有小麥、大麥、葡萄樹、無花果樹、石榴樹、橄欖樹，和蜜。
a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
8:9 你在那地不缺食物，一無所缺。那地的石頭是鐵，山內可以挖銅。
a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
8:10 你吃得飽足，就要稱頌耶和華─你的 神，因他將那美地賜給你了。」
And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
8:11 「你要謹慎，免得忘記耶和華─你的 神，不守他的誡命、典章、律例，就是我今日所吩咐你的；
"Take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes, which I command you this day:
8:12 恐怕你吃得飽足，建造美好的房屋居住，
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them,
8:13 你的牛羊加多，你的金銀增添，並你所有的全都加增，
and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied,
8:14 你就心高氣傲，忘記耶和華─你的 神，就是將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來的，
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,
8:15 引你經過那大而可怕的曠野，那裡有火蛇、蠍子、乾旱無水之地。他曾為你使水從堅硬的磐石中流出來，
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,
8:16 又在曠野將你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，是要苦煉你，試驗你，叫你終久享福；
who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.
8:17 恐怕你心裡說：『這貨財是我力量、我能力得來的。』
Beware lest you say in your heart, `My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.'
8:18 你要記念耶和華─你的 神，因為得貨財的力量是他給你的，為要堅定他向你列祖起誓所立的約，像今日一樣。
You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
8:19 你若忘記耶和華─你的 神，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，你們必定滅亡；這是我今日警戒你們的。
And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you this day that you shall surely perish.
8:20 耶和華在你們面前怎樣使列國的民滅亡，你們也必照樣滅亡，因為你們不聽從耶和華─你們 神的話。」
Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
"All the commandment which I command you this day you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers.
8:2 你也要記念耶和華─你的 神在曠野引導你這四十年，是要苦煉你，試驗你，要知道你心內如何，肯守他的誡命不肯。
And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
8:3 他苦煉你，任你飢餓，將你和你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，使你知道，人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話。
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
8:4 這四十年，你的衣服沒有穿破，你的腳也沒有腫。
Your clothing did not wear out upon you, and your foot did not swell, these forty years.
8:5 你當心裡思想，耶和華─你 神管教你，好像人管教兒子一樣。
Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you.
8:6 你要謹守耶和華─你 神的誡命，遵行他的道，敬畏他。
So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing him.
8:7 因為耶和華─你 神領你進入美地，那地有河，有泉，有源，從山谷中流出水來。
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills,
8:8 那地有小麥、大麥、葡萄樹、無花果樹、石榴樹、橄欖樹，和蜜。
a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
8:9 你在那地不缺食物，一無所缺。那地的石頭是鐵，山內可以挖銅。
a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
8:10 你吃得飽足，就要稱頌耶和華─你的 神，因他將那美地賜給你了。」
And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
8:11 「你要謹慎，免得忘記耶和華─你的 神，不守他的誡命、典章、律例，就是我今日所吩咐你的；
"Take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances and his statutes, which I command you this day:
8:12 恐怕你吃得飽足，建造美好的房屋居住，
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them,
8:13 你的牛羊加多，你的金銀增添，並你所有的全都加增，
and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied,
8:14 你就心高氣傲，忘記耶和華─你的 神，就是將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來的，
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,
8:15 引你經過那大而可怕的曠野，那裡有火蛇、蠍子、乾旱無水之地。他曾為你使水從堅硬的磐石中流出來，
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,
8:16 又在曠野將你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，是要苦煉你，試驗你，叫你終久享福；
who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.
8:17 恐怕你心裡說：『這貨財是我力量、我能力得來的。』
Beware lest you say in your heart, `My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.'
8:18 你要記念耶和華─你的 神，因為得貨財的力量是他給你的，為要堅定他向你列祖起誓所立的約，像今日一樣。
You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may confirm his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
8:19 你若忘記耶和華─你的 神，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，你們必定滅亡；這是我今日警戒你們的。
And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you this day that you shall surely perish.
8:20 耶和華在你們面前怎樣使列國的民滅亡，你們也必照樣滅亡，因為你們不聽從耶和華─你們 神的話。」
Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
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上帝用「苦煉」（affliction），苦難來叫人知過悔改。在申命記 8章，我們看到有三處經文提到「苦煉」這個字（申命記 8:2節； 8：3節； 8：16節）。「苦煉」在這三處的經文，原文（עָנָה [`anah /aw•naw/ ；to be bowed down, afflicted, or humbled] 。NAS and NET 都翻譯成主動的動詞「謙卑」（humble ）。 上帝揀選以色列人，定意專愛他們。上帝是信實的，是守約的神，祂也要祂的子女守約，遵行祂的誡命，律例，典章，遵行祂的道，敬畏祂（申命記 8:6節）。很可惜祂的子女失落了，不再守約，因此，上帝要管教祂的子女(申命記 8:5節) 。上帝用各種苦難來叫祂的子女，在不同的困境中，接受試煉，要知道祂的子女的心內如何，肯守祂的誡命不肯（申命記 8:2節）？
回覆刪除上帝苦煉人的目的:
從字意上來說，是要祂的子女「謙卑」下來，不再心高氣傲（申命記 8:14節），不再依靠自己，不再自認所得的貨財是靠自己的力量和能力（申命記 8:17節），上帝要祂的子女「謙卑」下來，順服上帝，要謹慎，免得忘記耶和華你的上帝（申命記 8:11節）；務要記念耶和華你的上帝，因為得貨財的力量是祂給的，為要堅定祂向你列祖起誓所立的約（申命記 8:18節）。
對我的提醒：我很喜歡「煉我愈精」這首詩歌。『祢若不壓橄欖成渣，它就不能成油；
祢若不投葡萄入醡，它就不能變成酒；祢若不煉哪噠成膏，它就不流芬芳；
主，我這人是否也要受祢許可的創傷？副 歌 每次的打擊，都是真利益，
如果祢收去的東西，祢以自己來代替。』
http://www.mbcsfv.org/chinese/library/hymncampanions/024.html
正如耶利米書 1:10所說的：『看哪，我今日立你在列邦列國之上，為要施行拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆，又要建立、栽植』。上帝安排各樣環境來拆毀原來的老我，讓我學習「謙卑」下來，不再依靠自己，然後祂才重新建立栽植。「苦煉」不是壞事，它幫助我們回到上帝面前，悔改，再此站立起來，做上帝的光明的子女，討祂喜悅。