民数记［第十一章］
Book of Numbers 11
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民数记 第十一章|Book of Numbers 11【杜绝抱怨】
28/03/2024
引言：防疫措施
一、抱怨是属灵传染病（v1-15）
抱怨是基督徒属灵生命的杀手之一。它不只不会解决任何问题，从今天v1-15的经文里，更让我们看到，抱怨甚至像传染病一样，会蔓延和引起更多的抱怨。最终将对自己和他人带来更大的破坏。
接着，我们看到抱怨的病毒又继续蔓延，传染给周遭的人。V4他们中间的闲杂人大起贪欲的心，结果以色列百姓就与这些闲杂人一起抱怨。他们完全忘了在埃及受苦为奴的日子。忘了神的恩典，甚至厌弃神所赐的吗哪，把它说得一文不值。
当百姓第2次发怨言，各在各家的帐棚门口哭号时，抱怨的灵也传染到摩西了。 他抱怨管理百姓的担子太重了，甚至求神将他杀了，不叫他看见自己的苦情。
抱怨的灵是会传染的。它带给人的都是负面的影响。轻则使人消沉，生出苦毒、重则惹神愤怒，带来祸患。求神帮助我们，谨守口舌。当我们抱怨时， 就是在埋怨神的带领。 所以它不只是拦阻神的祝福临到我们，还会惹动神的怒气。
二、导致人抱怨的原因（v1-15，32）
1.道路不平顺
以色列人从西奈山出发没有多久就开始抱怨，是因为旅程越来越艰难，道路很不平顺。抱怨让我们看不见神，只看到自己和困难。
其实神常会用困难、不平坦的道路来显露人的肉体，让我们有机会操练致死我们里面的老亚当。所以让我们抓住契机，突破转化生命。
2.贪欲不知足
v4贪欲不是指必需的要求，而是指因自己的贪心所提出的过度的要求。
贪欲通常源自对当前处境和生活步懂得感恩、不知足。他们忘记自己没有耕种也不会饥饿，全是因为神赐下吗哪养活他们。
贪欲的人会找出千万种理由来合理化自己的选择，有时还昧着良心说谎。明明在埃及的日子艰难困苦，每天做苦工，不得温饱。现在却觉得出埃及后的生活不如在埃及为奴的日子。
3.厌烦吃吗哪（v7-9）
从经文的形容，其实吗哪像珍珠，而且有许多烹饪方法。但是人的心很容易喜新厌旧。以色列百姓当时已经吃了将近一年的吗哪，所以厌倦了。当人厌弃神的话语时，生命就会出现问题。这也是为什么百姓的‘心血枯竭了’。不是因为肉体的缺乏，而是灵里的缺乏。
三、神对待抱怨的回应（v16-35）
1.以恩典怜恤摩西（v16-17，21-30）
摩西也抱怨神，甚至求神立即杀了他。神对摩西的回应不但没有责备惩罚他，反而以恩典怜恤他。为他招聚七十个人作百姓的长老和官长，一同分担管理百姓的重担。神为什么恩待摩西？
首先，神能体贴摩西的心情。神非常清楚百姓的悖逆硬颈。就连有丰盛慈爱不轻易发怒的神都能被他们搞到怒气发作，更何况是摩西？此外摩西忠心跟随神，他虽埋怨，不是为了自己的益处。他也没有因为困难就想离弃神，走回头路。
2.以公义管教百姓（v18-20）
神对以色列说会给他们吃肉，并且吃到肉从他们鼻孔里喷出来，并且吃到他们厌烦。是因为他们不但没有感恩神的救赎，还拿祂来与埃及相比，觉得埃及很好，厌弃神。
神把话说到这么白的目的就是希望祂所爱的以色列子民懂得及时认罪悔改。好叫神的审判不必临到他们身上。所以公义的管教背后藏着浓浓的爱与怜悯。
3.死不悔改终灭亡（v31-35）
尽管神显出了恩典，百姓不但没有对神不悦他们厌弃祂的提醒而深深悔改，反而当见到这么多鹌鹑被风刮来，他们竟然变本加厉的大显贪婪的两天就捕取了2200升（十贺梅珥），可以吃一个月分量的鹌鹑。
若人一再藐视神恩典，一再悖逆。公义的审判将会临到。
总结：杜绝抱怨、长大成熟
Numbers 11 Stop complaining and growing into maturity
GK611 Morning Devotion
28 March 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Deborah Tan
Introduction: Measure Protection against epidemic
1. Complaining is a Spiritual Contagion (v1-15)
Complaining is one of the killers of a Christian's spiritual life. Not only will it not solve any problems, but from today's verses in v1-15, it shows us that complaining is even like a contagious disease that spreads and causes more complaining. It will ultimately wreak even more havoc on ourselves and others.
Then we see that the virus of complaining goes on to spread and infect the people around them.v4 Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving and as a result the people of Israel joined in the complaining of these idle people. They had completely forgotten the days of suffering and slavery in Egypt. Forgetting God's grace, they even loathed the manna that God had given them, labeling it as worthless.
When the people complained for the second time, each at the door of his tent, the spirit of complaint reached Moses. He complained that the burden of governing the people was too heavy, and even asked God to kill him so that he would not see his bitterness.
The spirit of complaint is contagious. It brings negative effects on people. It can lead to depression and bitterness, or it can cause God's anger and bring trouble. Pray that God will help us to guard our mouths. When we complain, we are complaining against God's leading. So not only does it prevent God's blessings from coming to us, but it also provokes God's anger.
2. Causes of people complaining (v1-15, 32)
(1) The road was not smooth
The Israelites didn't take long to start complaining from Mount Sinai because the journey was getting harder and the road was rough. Complaining blinds us to God and we only see ourselves and our difficulties.
In fact, God often uses difficult and uneven roads to reveal the human flesh and give us the opportunity to exercise the old Adam in us to death. So let us seize the opportunity to break through and transform our lives.
(2) Covetousness and lack of contentment
v4 Covetousness is not the demand of necessity, but the excessive demands of one's own greed.
Covetousness usually stems from a lack of gratitude and contentment with one's current situation and life. They forget that they don't have to plow or starve because God gave them manna to feed them.
Covetous people will find a million reasons to rationalise their choices, sometimes lying to their conscience. Obviously, the days in Egypt were difficult and hard, with daily hard labour and no food or clothing. But now they feel that life after the Exodus is not as good as the days of slavery in Egypt.
(3) Tired of eating manna (v7-9)
From the description of the Scriptures, manna is actually like pearls, and there are many ways to cook it. But it is easy for the human heart to get tired of new things. The people of Israel had been eating manna for almost a year at that time, so they were tired of it. When people get tired of God's Word, problems arise in their lives. This is why the people's 'our whole being is dried up;'. Not because of a lack in the flesh, but a lack in the spirit.
3. God's Response to Complaints (v16-35)
(1) Mercy to Moses by grace (v16-17, 21-30)
Moses also complained against God and even asked God to kill him immediately. God responded to Moses not only by not rebuking and punishing him, but by being gracious and compassionate to him. He gathered seventy men for him to be elders and rulers of the people and to share the burden of governing the people. Why was God kind to Moses?
First, God was sensitive to Moses' feelings. God knew very well the disobedience and hardness of the people. Even God, who is rich in love and not easily angered, could be angered by them, let alone Moses. Moreover, Moses was a faithful follower of God, and though he grumbled, it was not for his own benefit. Nor did he want to forsake God and go back on his ways because of difficulties.
(2) Discipline the people with righteousness (v18-20)
God said to Israel that he would give them meat to eat, and that he would eat it until it came out of their nostrils, and until they were sick of it. It was because instead of being thankful for God's salvation, they compared Him to Egypt, thought Egypt was good, and were sick of God.
God's purpose in making His Words so plain is that His beloved children of Israel would confess their sins and repent in time. So that God's judgment would not have to come upon them. Therefore, behind the righteous discipline was a strong sense of love and mercy.
(3) Unrepentant Death (v31-35)
In spite of God's grace, the people not only did not deeply repent of God's displeasure with them and their rejection of His reminder, but when they saw so many quails being blown by the wind, they became more and more greedy and in two days they caught 2,200 litres (ten homers), which is a month's portion of quail to eat.
If a man repeatedly defies the grace of God, and is disobedient again and again, the judgment of righteousness will come.
Conclusion: Stop complaining and growing into maturity
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