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Book of Deuteronomy 25

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申命记 第二十五章|Book of Deuteronomy 25

【看重公正，看重传承】

主讲：区箴唤实习传道

15/11/2022

引言：

一个国家怎样能够安居乐业？新加坡抓住了最根本的，就是首先要看重公平公正。一个国家怎样能够站在前人的肩膀上继续发展？新加坡也抓住了，就是前人所作的，不要废除掉，而是要传承下来继续往前走。

一、责罚当公正（V1-3）

责打恶人，要按他罪的轻重，不能由于他已经被责打，就落井下石，对他施行更重的刑罚。这代表说责罚要公正。

二、工人得工价（V4）

牛在场上踹谷时不笼住它的嘴，就是说可以让它能够吃到粮食。新约圣经中，保罗更是引用这句话表达，全职服事主的工人得工价是应当的，因为这是神公平公正的法则！

三、生命要传承

1. 为兄得后裔（V5-10）

神看重生命能够传承，所以在当时的文化下设立弟弟要迎娶没有后裔却成为了寡妇的嫂嫂为妻子，为哥哥得后裔。若是弟弟不愿意，其实他是蒙羞的，所以要被脱鞋和吐唾沫。后来在圣经我们看见路得丈夫的近亲不愿为她的丈夫延续生命得后裔，结果这人不但被羞辱，也失去了名字被记进去耶稣家谱的行列。反过来，波阿斯明白神的心意，愿意把路得娶过来，最终不单娶得贤妻，也因着讨神的喜悦，而名字被记录进入了耶稣的家谱！

2. 不断人子孙（V11-12）

神看重生命能够传承，所以神不允许当时的女子哪怕是出于自卫还击而帮助丈夫的时候，去伤害别人的生殖器官。

四、待人当公正（V13-16）

在日常生活里，神的百姓在与人互动，甚至是进入到买卖关系的时候，都是持守公平公正，不可做不诚实的事去欺骗别人。如此，神的百姓才能持久地享福！

五、恶务要除尽（V17-19）

面对悖逆不悔改的亚玛力人，神要百姓将他们从天下除尽，为的是不要再去帮助魔鬼破坏神永恒的救恩计划。从出埃及一直到以斯帖记里提到哈曼做官的日子，亚玛力人都是这样的对付神，以神为敌，要消灭以色列民来中断神救赎的计划。所以看重生命延续和传承的神才会颁布这样的命令。

总结：

慈爱的父神盼望我们终久享福，所以祂吩咐我们要公平公正地去生活。这样我们才能够与人有好的关系，在神所赐给我们的地业里安居乐业。父神非常看重生命的传承，祝福的传承，所以祂吩咐我们不能去伤害别人生殖的器官，并且要去除掉一切拦阻生命延续的恶势力。

Deuteronomy 25: Valuing justice, valuing heritage GK611 Morning Devotion
15/11/2022
Speaker: IP Moses Ou

Introduction:

How can a country live and work in peace and prosperity? Singapore has captured the most fundamental, which is to first look at fairness and justice. How can a country stand on the shoulders of its predecessors and continue to develop? Singapore has also grasped the idea that what has been done before should not be abolished, but should be passed on to continue to move forward.

1. The chastisement should be just (V1-3)

The chastisement of the wicked should be according to the severity of his sin, and not because he has already been chastised, he should not be castigated and punished more severely. This means that the chastisement should be just.

2. workers get the price of work (V4)

The ox is not caged when it kicks the grain in the field, which means that it can be allowed to eat the grain. In the New Testament, Paul even quotes this phrase to express that it is right for workers who serve the Lord full-time to receive wages, because this is God's fair and just law!

3.Life to be passed on

(1) To gain descendants for the brother (V5-10)

God values life to be passed on, so in the culture of the time it was established that the younger brother was to marry his sister-in-law who had no descendants but had become a widow, in order to gain descendants for the older brother. If the brother did not want to, he was actually shamed and therefore had his shoes removed and spit on. Later in the Bible we see that the next of kin of Ruth's husband did not want to continue the life of her husband as a descendant, and as a result the man was not only shamed, but also lost his name to be written in the genealogy of Jesus. On the other hand, Boaz understood God's heart and was willing to marry Ruth, and ended up not only with a good wife, but also by pleasing God, his name was entered into the genealogy of Jesus!

(2) Not to break the breeding line（V11-12）

God values that life can be passed on, so God did not allow the women of that time to harm the reproductive organs of others even when they were helping their husbands out of self-defense to fight back.

4.Treat people fairly (V13-16)

In their daily lives, God's people are fair and just in their interactions with people, even when they enter into trading relationships, and they must not do dishonest things to deceive others. In this way, God's people can enjoy lasting blessings!

5.The evil must be eliminated (V17-19)

In the face of the rebellious and unrepentant Amalekites, God wanted the people to eliminate them from the world in order not to help the devil destroy God's eternal plan of salvation. From the time of the Exodus until the days of Haman's government in Esther, the Amalekites had acted in this way against God, making Him their enemy, and wanting to destroy the people of Israel to interrupt God's plan of salvation. That is why God, who values the continuity and inheritance of life, issued such a command.

Conclusion:

God, the loving Father, wants us to be blessed for a long time, so He commands us to live fairly and justly. This is how we can have good relationships with people and live in peace and happiness in the land God has given us. God the Father values the inheritance of life and blessings, so He commands us not to harm the reproductive organs of others, and to get rid of all the evil forces that prevent the continuation of life.