士师记［第十四章］
Book of Judges 14
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士师记第十四章|Book of Judges 14【戴上“属灵的眼镜”】
18/01/2023
引言：操练透视眼
过去刚和母亲去菜市买菜的时候，她选菜的时候不会只看菜的表面，还会留意菜的芯，出产地，价格，卖家等因素才做决定。我同样也是有眼睛，但是当时候有很多东西我都分辨不出。为什么假的钞票还是会有人分辨不出？因为我们都少了操练，看不出，摸不透，到最后损失的是自己。
今天叁孙的故事告诉我们，要留心我们的眼睛。要带上戴上属灵的眼镜，不然会被世界和血气蒙蔽了我们的双眼。
一.肉体的眼使我们瞎眼V1-4
1.只看见肉体的需要 V1-3
叁孙居住在琐拉，在梭烈溪的上游，亭拿在梭烈溪的下游。梭烈谷是以色列人和非利士人的边界。他每一次到亭拿都需要像海边往下走，他的生命也一直向下。
叁孙被神拣选为士师，神恩膏他。他是拿细耳人，本该分别为圣被神使用，应该要拯救以色列人脱离非利士人，但是却被眼目的情欲蒙了双眼。眼中只想要自己要的，无视了神的诫命和父母的劝勉。
2.失去了与神同工的快乐 V4
叁孙的眼睛被非利士女子吸引，这成为了他生命的软弱。这是叁孙的选择，神就借着他的软弱来对付仇敌。就像神当初也任凭约瑟的哥哥们把他卖到埃及。叁孙随心所欲活在自己中，却不知道神对自己的计划。虽然他仍然在被神使用，但是却不能明白神的心意，失去了与神同工的喜乐。
二.好奇的眼使我们忘我 V 5-9
1.忘我踏入了试探V5
亭拿这个地区很适合种葡萄，在士师时代是以色列人与非利士人的分界线。 叁孙主动靠近了试探，去了不应该去的地方，因为神已经吩咐，拿细耳人应该要远离一切葡萄制品。
2.忘记了神的提醒 V6
当叁孙遇到危险的时候，神出手拯救他，使他将狮子撕裂。神的灵降在他身上，他却没有告诉父母，可见他已经把神忘了一干二净。神或许透过这一次的充满要他回转，但是参孙却无法抵挡美色的诱惑，继续前进。
3.忘记自己的身份 V7-9
叁孙又再一次回到葡萄园，而且这一次到了忘我的地步。因为好奇和好吃，毫无顾忌地违反了拿细耳人不可挨近死尸的条例，拿了死狮子之内取出来的蜂蜜。还给他父母吃，让他父母也违反了食物洁净的条例。
三.瞎眼限制了神的作为 V10-20
1.瞎了眼的生命V10-17
叁孙的父亲下去见那女子，叁孙就在那里摆设宴席，经文“因为向来少年都有这个规矩”，可能指叁孙已经在随众饮酒了。整个婚宴也以外邦人的形式进行。非利士人因为害怕叁孙，就请了三十个人来参与宴席。
叁孙可能看出他们的敌意就出了一个谜语挑战他们。但是最后因为抵挡不住女人的眼泪，把答案泄漏出去给对方了。叁孙的婚礼上没有一幕是有拿细耳人的圣洁。但是神却允许这些事发生，使叁孙与非利士人决裂，好让以色列人从昏睡中惊醒。
2.软弱无法成就大事 V18-20
耶和华的灵大大感动叁孙，就有巨大的力量临到叁孙。在他以先的士师最多只提到一次耶和华的灵降在他们身上，但是唯有叁孙是有四次被神的灵感动。
很可惜的是，他蒙了神那么特别的恩典，生活却只有自己，没能分别为圣。叁孙的生命满了破口，神只可以使用他做很小的事情，当下他只杀了30个人和一头狮子。
生命的破口使参孙的属灵眼睛瞎了，他随情欲而误打误撞去做事，神要用他，却用得很艰难。我们看见参孙好像一只蛮牛般乱冲乱撞，但神找不到别人，只能用他。
总结：不要成为属灵瞎眼的人
今天，我们要留心，不要根据自己想要的来决定我们的生活。虽然叁孙在痛苦和失败中仍然被神使用，但是神并不希望我们这样，而是盼望我们顺从圣灵，活在基督里，享受与神同工的快乐。 求神帮助我们，不要成为属灵瞎眼的人。要时时刻刻带上属灵的眼镜，使我们从近视和其他的眼疾中恢复过来。
Judges 14: Putting on "Spiritual Glasses"
GK611 Morning Devotion
18/1/2023
Speaker: Asher Chang + Rev Tan
Introduction: Practicing x- ray vision
In the past, when I went to the market with my mother to buy vegetables, she did not just look at the surface of the vegetables, but also pay attention to the core, origin, price, seller and other factors before making a decision. I also have eyes, but at that time there are many things I can not distinguish. Why are there still people who can't tell the difference between fake notes? Because we all have less practice, can not see, can not understand, in the end, the loss is their own.
The story of Samson today tells us to keep our eyes open. We need to put on our spiritual glasses, otherwise we will be blinded by the world and flesh.
1.The eyes of the flesh make us blind V1-4
(1)Seeing only the needs of the flesh V1-3 Samson lived in Zorah, upstream of the brook Sorek, and Timnah was downstream of the brook Sorek. The valley of Sorek was the border between the Israelites and the Philistines. Every time he went to Timnah, he needed to go down like the sea, and his life kept going down.
Samson was chosen by God to be the judge, and God anointed him. He was a Nazirite, who should have been sanctified and used by God to save Israel from the Philistines, but he was blinded by the lust of his eyes. He only wanted what he wanted, and ignored the commandments of God and the counsel of his parents.
(2)Losing the joy of working with God V4
Samson's eyes were attracted to the Philistine woman, and this became a weakness in his life. This was Samson's choice, and God used his weakness to deal with the enemy. Just as God had allowed Joseph's brothers to sell him into Egypt. Samson lived in himself as he pleased, unaware of God's plan for him. Although he was still being used by God, he was unable to understand God's heart and lost the joy of working with God.
2. The curious eye makes us forgetful V 5-9
(1) Forgetfulness Steps Into Temptation V5
The area of Timnah was well suited for growing grapes and was the dividing line between the Israelites and the Philistines in the days of the scribes. Samson took the initiative to approach the temptation and went where he should not go, for God had commanded that the Nazirites should keep away from all grape products.
(2) Forgetting God's Reminder V6
When Samson was in danger, God stepped in to save him and caused him to tear the lion apart. The Spirit of God came upon him, but he did not tell his parents, so he had forgotten all about God. God may have asked him to turn back through this filling, but Samson could not resist the temptation of beauty and continued on.
(3) Forgetting his identity V7-9
Samson returned to the vineyard once again, and this time to the point of forgetfulness. Out of curiosity and good food, he violated the Nazirite rule of not going near a dead body, and took the honey taken out of the dead lion. He also gave it to his parents, so that they also violated the rule of cleanliness of food.
3.Blindness limits the works of God V10-20
(1)The Blind Life V10-17
Samson's father went down to meet the woman, and Samson set up a banquet there. The verse "For this has always been the rule with young men" may mean that Samson was already drinking with the crowd. The whole wedding feast was conducted in the manner of the Gentiles. The Philistines were afraid of Samson, so they invited thirty people to the feast.
Samson probably saw their hostility and challenged them with a riddle. But in the end, he could not resist the tears of the women and gave away the answer to them. None of the scenes at Samson's wedding had the holiness of the Nazirites. But God allowed these things to happen to break up Samson with the Philistines so that the Israelites would be awakened from their slumber.
(2) Weakness cannot accomplish great things V18-20
The Spirit of the LORD moved Samson greatly, and great power came to Samson. Before him, the judge mentioned that the Spirit of the Lord came upon them at most once, but only Samson was touched by the Spirit of God four times.
It was a pity that he had received such special grace from God, but he lived only by himself and was not set apart for holiness. Samson's life was so full of gaps that God could only use him for very small things, and at that moment he only killed 30 people and a lion.
The gap in his life blinded Samson's spiritual eyes, and he went about his business by mistake, following his lusts, and God wanted to use him, but he used him with difficulty. We see Samson rushing around like a brute bull, but God could not find anyone else but him.
Conclusion: Don't become spiritually blind Today, we need to be careful not to decide our lives according to what we want. Although Samson was used by God despite his suffering and failures, God does not want this for us, but expects us to obey the Holy Spirit, live in Christ, and enjoy the joy of working together with God.
Ask God to help us not to become spiritually blind. Put on spiritual glasses at all times, so that we may recover from myopia and other eye diseases.
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