民数记［第三十六章］
Book of Numbers 36
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民数记 第三十六章|Book of Numbers 36【持守神所赐的产业】
16/05/2024
引言：狗和骨头
一、遗失产业的危机（v1-4）
今天的经文是接续27章西罗非哈的女儿继承父亲的产业后所引发的问题。就是有关得产业的女儿长大出嫁后，可能导致他们支派产业减少的问题。因此来到摩西和首领面前，询问解决方案。
1. 看重神所赐的产业
以色列人是根据祖宗各支派的名字承受产业。得产业不仅象征着这个家族和支派与神立约关系的延续，也意味着他们世世代代在神面前会继续蒙神记念。因此对百姓来说，他们非常看重神所赐的产业，而守住所得的产业更是至关重要的。
弟兄姐妹，神赐给你的产业是什么呢？你会珍惜吗？
2. 婚姻对产业的影响
西罗非哈的女儿们的产业是与他们的婚姻绑在一起的。所以她们嫁给谁，产业就会最终归到所嫁的支派那里。
要谨慎选择交往的婚姻对象。信与不信，不能同负一轭。不要让自己陷入失去产业，离弃神的危机中。
小结：
求神赐我们警醒自律的灵，持守与神的美好关系。不要婚姻、忙碌、世属、困境等，导致我们离开了神。神是我们的产业、至宝。祂是我们唯一活在这世上的原因和目标。
二、持守产业的指引（v5-6）
1. 神愿意与人互动（v5）
神是全知全能的神，早就知道西罗非哈的女儿会要求分产业为父亲留名。祂也知道后来会出现女儿出嫁，产业可能归到别支派那里。但祂并没有主动提出解决的方法。为什么呢？
神愿意与人互动的神。祂在等人将问题带到祂面前，寻求等候祂的指引。也唯有那渴慕求告神的人，必要蒙祂指引。
弟兄姐妹，你是否正在面对困境和挑战？神在等着你。
2. 神赐策略引导人（v6）
神透过摩西赐下策略来引导百姓如何持守产业不转移到别支派去。就是要嫁给同宗支派的人。这原则应用在今天的基督徒身上，就是‘可以随意嫁娶，只是要与同属基督信仰的人结婚’。
这是神给人在婚姻上非常重要的策略。因为不同的信仰，带来不同的价值观、处事方式和教育子女的理念。所以会导致婚姻出现许多问题。
三、持守产业的回应（v7-10）
1. 承担责任各守各业（v7, 9）
经文2次提醒以色列百姓，要承担责任各守各的产业。以致神所赐予的得蒙保守。作为神的儿女，在生活上，工作上，事奉上，我们也有要承担的责任。职场上的在工作上尽责不嫌懒。求学的要用功读书。父母要尽责教养孩子，不是把他们交给家中的女佣。
在属灵上，以圣洁尊贵守着自己的身体。在肉身方面，有健康的身体，才好好地来服事神。凡是神交托的，都要存敬畏神的心，谨慎持守。因为都要在主的面前交账。
2. 愿被约束顺服权柄（v8，10）
西罗非哈的女儿们甘心顺服权柄的吩咐，在感情上接受神所设定的条律来约束。只嫁给约瑟儿子、玛拿西子孙的族人。
正所谓国有国法、家有家规。要持守神所赐的产业，我们就必须要像，愿被约束遵守神所设定的条律。
四、被神纪念作榜样（v11-13）
西罗非哈的女儿玛拉、得撒、曷拉、密迦、挪阿的名字被神纪念，4次在圣经被记录下来。神将给她们的命令立为典章让所有的支派和他们的后裔遵照而行。使她们成为众人的榜样。这是何等荣耀的见证！
总结：得天上的基业
每个人只能活一次。让我们活出神给我们这一生的命定和呼召。得着那神已经为我们预备了的天上永恒基业。使祂得荣耀！
Numbers Chapter 36: Holding on to Your God-given Inheritance GK611 Morning Devotion
16/05/2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Deborah Tan
Introduction: The Dog and the Bone
1. The Crisis of the Lost inheritance (v1-4)
Today's passage picks up on the issue of the daughters of Zelophehad inheriting their father's inheritance in chapter 27. It is the issue concerning the potential reduction of their tribe's inheritance when the daughter who had gained the inheritance grew up and married. So they came to Moses and the leaders to ask for a solution.
(1) Valuing the inheritance given by God
The Israelites bore inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes. The inheritance not only symbolised the continuation of the family's and tribe's covenant relationship with God, but also meant that they would continue to be remembered by God for generations to come. Therefore, for the people, they valued the inheritance that God had given them, and it was of utmost importance that they kept their inheritance.
Brothers and sisters, what is the inheritance that God has given you? Will you cherish it?
(2) The effect of marriage on inheritance The inheritance of the daughters of Zelophehad was tied to their marriage. So whoever they married, their inheritance would eventually go to the tribe they married.
Be careful who you choose to associate with in marriage. Believer and unbeliever cannot share the same yoke. Do not allow yourself to be caught up in a crisis of losing your inheritance and forsaking God.
Summary: Ask God to give us a spirit of vigilance and self-discipline to hold on to a good relationship with Him. Don't let marriage, busyness, worldly possessions, hardship, etc., lead us away from God. God is our inheritance, our treasure. He is our only reason and purpose for living on this earth.
2. Guidance for holding the inheritance (v5-6)
(1) God's willingness to interact (v5) God, being an all-knowing God, had known that the daughters of Zelophehad would ask for a share of the inheritance to keep the name of their father. He also knew that later on there would be a marriage of the daughter and the inheritance might go to another tribe. But He did not initiate a solution. Why?
God is a willing God who interacts with people. He is waiting for man to bring the problem to Him and seek to wait for His guidance. Only the one who thirsts for God must be guided by Him.
Brothers and sisters, are you facing difficulties and challenges? God is waiting for you.
(2) God gives strategies to guide people (v6) Through Moses, God gave a strategy to guide the people on how to hold on to their inheritance and not to move to another tribe. This meant marrying into the same tribe. This principle, applied to Christians today, is 'Marry as you wish, but to a man of the same faith in Christ'.
This is a very important strategy that God has given to people in marriage. This is because different faiths bring different values, ways of doing things and concepts of raising children. So it can lead to many problems in marriage.
3. The response of holding to the inheritance (v7-10) (1) Taking responsibility for keeping your own inheritance (v7, 9) The Scriptures remind the people of Israel 2 times to take responsibility for keeping their own inheritance, so that what God had given them would be preserved. As God's children, we also have responsibilities in life, work, and ministry. Those who are in the workplace are not too lazy to fulfil their responsibilities at work. Those who are pursuing studies should study hard. Parents are responsible for raising their children, not leaving them in the hands of housemaids.
Spiritually, keep your bodies in holiness and honour. Physically, have a healthy body to serve God well. Whatever God has entrusted to you, hold it carefully in the fear of God. For all will be accounted for before the Lord.
(2) Be willing to be bound and to submit to authority (v8, 10) The daughters of Zelophehad were willing to submit to the commands of authority and to be emotionally bound by the laws set by God. Marrying only to the tribe of Joseph's sons, the sons of Manasseh.
As the saying goes, there are laws of the land and rules of the house. To hold on to our God-given inheritance, we must be like, willing to be bound to observe the laws set by God.
4. Remembered by God and was set as an example (v11-13) The names of the daughters of Zelophehad, Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, are memorialised by God and recorded in the Bible four times. God codified the commands given to them for all the tribes and their descendants to follow. So that they would be an example to all. What a glorious testimony!
Conclusion: Getting a heavenly inheritance
Each person can only live once. Let us live out the destiny and calling that God has given us in this life. Let's live out the destiny and calling that God has given us in this life, and gain the eternal inheritance in heaven that God has already prepared for us. So that He may be glorified!
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