约伯记［第31-32章］
Book of Job 31-32
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约伯记［第31-32章］|Book of Job 31-32【义气还是血气？】
31/01/2024
引言：
见义勇为，打抱不平都是江湖侠客的英勇表现。但是，对于血气冲动的反应又是如何呢？
一、义人约伯真自义吗？（约伯 31）
1.发誓表明自己心无欲念（31:1-12）
男人难免有对异性的眼目情欲，但是约伯曾严肃的为自己的眼目立志，绝不以情欲的眼睛看女子。因为全能者在看，作孽的岂能逃罪呢？但是我敢起誓保证，我绝不是作恶事的人。第6节的意思是‘愿神把我放在公平的天平上，祂会显明我无罪。’义人约伯甚至发誓表明自己的为人，若有对妇人的淫乱意念、若有私心或偏差，他愿意承担一切都亏损；甚至妻子被别人占有、自己承受所有亏损，以至于死都是应该的。
约伯这样形容自己只有两个可能：他是彻彻底底的无知说谎者？否则就是完全正直的义人？ 我们能够像约伯那样形容自己吗？求主赦罪我们的过犯，如果我们不敢像约伯这样坦然面对神，就是说我们确实有当悔改之处不是吗？
2.凛然表白待人一视同仁（31:13-22）
面对我们的佣人下属对自己有不满时，我们如果轻视他们、不理会他们，神会怎么看我们？我们怎么向神交账呢？彼此都是神所造的人。我若不怜悯寡妇、孤儿或贫寒的，不与他们分享食物、不和有需要的人分享我有的资源，愿我的手臂折断，肩膀脱落。那是生不如死的痛苦不是吗？
如果约伯的为人真是如此，他就真是一位具备荣神益人的大慈善家。约伯真是这样的人吗？神确实是以这样的形容来描述他（伯2:8）。我们是这样的人吗？求圣灵光照我们···。
3.知神法则自认清白敬虔（31:23-28）
有谁不怕神降灾祸呢？作恶的难免受罚。通常人会仗着自己有钱就骄傲自大，约伯表明他并不是这样的人。有人敬拜日月，崇拜天象而不是对准真神，这都是背弃神的罪，都是该受审判的。这话足以表明约伯的敬虔与为人的清白。
富裕的弟兄姐妹们啊！我们要加倍的留心自己的处事待人，特别是内里的心态。要持守谦卑，常常感恩，因为知道一切都是出自神的恩典与怜悯。
4.坦然对主何罪之有（31:29-40）
约伯不曾对恶人遭报就幸灾乐祸，也不让自己的口说咒诅的话。和他工作过的人都会知道他如何接待客旅，善待他人。如果有人可以列出他的罪状，他愿意把这些罪状穿在身上让神来秉公审判。我若占过他人的便宜，愿自己的一切都遭咒诅。试想想约伯如果不是义人，他怎么敢如此咒诅自己呢？
你是完全人吗？如果不是，我们就在自己所不足之处悔改吧！
二、血气青年更有义吗？（约伯 32）
1.晚辈不服约伯是义人（32:1-5）
很显然约伯的三位朋友不信约伯所说的，而且断定约伯真是非常的自义，就干脆闭口不言了。可是这时另一个年轻的晚辈以利户，已经按耐不住内心的怒火。他不止恼怒约伯，也气三个朋友的词穷，怎么没话可以应对约伯了呢？但是，以利户心中断定约伯是犯罪的。
以利户表面上看是通情达理的人，但是年轻气盛的他就是不服于说不过约伯，这其实已经显示了他的生命的问题。
2.意气用事只因不服输（32:6-15）
年轻的以利户似乎很有礼貌，懂得敬老尊贤。但是灵里面却是另有一种截然不同的观点，若是单从下面几章经文所记载的言语，说来头头是道，确实有理。然而人的毛病常常就是以自己所知道的，去判断自己所不知道的。人不明白神有更高的智慧是人所不知道的。然而以利户的意气用事却显示他年轻气盛的不服输！
3.灵被激动则不吐不快（32:16-22）
以利户表示他已经忍耐了很久，内心已经快要爆炸，因为他完全否定眼前四位老人的长篇大论，因此预备要高谈阔论一番。并且说了很多好听的前言，心里所预备要开炮反攻，按自己的理解，要用言语制服众人。这是能言善道的年轻人可能会范的毛病喔！年轻人可要留心，谦卑才是神的法则。
总结：要心存谦卑聆听
有见识的人、会说话的人、属血气的人总喜欢参与发言。甚至为对抗而对抗，要留心，到底神更喜悦我们什么？如何待人？尤其是面对受苦难的人！
Job 31-32 Showing Loyalty or out of flesh
GK611 Morning Devotion
31 Jan 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Rev David Tan
Introduction:
Seeing justice and fighting for it are all signs of valor for a jungle warrior. But what is the response to the impulse out of flesh?
1. Was the righteous man Job truly self-righteous? (Job 31)
(1) Swear to show that his heart is free from lust (31:1-12)
It is inevitable for a man to have lustful eyes for the opposite sex, but Job had made a solemn vow for his eyes that he would never look at a woman with lustful eyes. For the Almighty is watching; shall he who sins escape his sin? But I swear and promise that I will never be a doer of evil. Verse 6 means 'Let me be weighed on honest scales,That God may know my integrity.' Righteous Job even swore that he would be willing to bear all the loss if he had any lustful thoughts about a woman, if he had any selfishness or deviation; even if his wife was possessed by someone else and he himself suffered all the loss to the point of death as he deserved.
There are only two possibilities for Job to describe himself in this way: Was he a complete ignorant liar? Or else a perfectly righteous man? Can we describe ourselves as Job did? Forgive us for our trespasses. If we are afraid to face God as Job did, then we do have something to repent of, don't we?
(2) Sternly confess that you treat everyone equally (31:13-22)
When we face our servants and subordinates who have grievances against us, if we despise them and ignore them, what will God think of us? How are we going to settle our accounts with God? We are all God's creations. May my arm be broken and my shoulder fall off if I do not have compassion on the widow, the orphan or the poor and share my food with them and the resources I have with the needy. That's pain worse than death isn't it?
If this was true of Job's character, he was truly a great philanthropist with the ability to glorify God and benefit others. Was Job really such a person? God did describe him in this way (Psalm 2:8). Are we such people? Ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten us---.
(3) Know God's law and recognise yourself as innocent and godly (31:23-28)
Who is not afraid of God's plagues? Those who do evil are inevitably punished. Often people are proud and arrogant because they are rich, but Job showed that he was not one of those people. Anyone who worships the sun and the moon, and worships the heavens instead of the true God, is guilty of apostasy and deserves judgment. These words were enough to show Job's godliness and innocence as a man.
O rich brothers and sisters! Let us be doubly careful how we conduct ourselves, especially in our hearts. Be humble, and always thankful, knowing that everything comes from God's grace and mercy.
(4) What is the issue of being open to the Lord (31:29-40)
Job did not gloat over the retribution of the wicked, nor did he allow his mouth to speak curses. Anyone who worked with him would know how he received travellers and treated others well. If anyone could list his sins, he was willing to wear them on his body for God's impartial judgment. If I have taken advantage of another, may I be cursed in all my ways. Imagine how Job would have dared to curse himself so much if he had not been righteous.
Are you a perfect man? If not, let us repent of our shortcomings!
2. Are the fleshly young men more righteous? (Job 32)
(1) The junior was not convinced that Job was righteous (32:1-5)
Apparently Job's three friends did not believe what Job said, and concluded that Job was really very self-righteous, so they simply kept their mouths shut. But by this time Elihu, another young man, could no longer hold back his inner rage. He was not only angry with Job, but he was also angry with his three friends for their lack of words, so he had nothing to say to Job. However, Elihu concluded in his heart that Job had sinned.
Elihu appeared to be a reasonable man, but his youthful exuberance just wasn't convinced that he couldn't beat Job, which actually showed the problem in his life.
(2) Impulsiveness just because reluctant to admit defeat (32:6-15)
The young Elihu seems to have been very polite, and knew how to honour the old and the wise. But his spirit had a different viewpoint, and the words recorded in the following chapters, if taken alone, make perfect sense and are indeed reasonable. However, it is often the fault of man to judge what he does not know by what he does know. Man does not realise that God has a higher wisdom that man does not know. Yet Elihu's spiritedness showed his youthful vigor and reluctant to admit defeat!
(3) If the spirit is agitated then he will pour out his mind (32:16-22)
Elihu showed that he had been patient for a long time, and that his heart was about to explode, for he had completely rejected the long speeches of the four old men before him, and was therefore ready to speak at length. And he spoke many good preliminaries, and prepared in his heart to fire a counterattack, and to subdue the multitude with words, according to his own understanding. This is a problem that young people who are eloquent in their speech may have! Young people should take note that humility is God's law.
Conclusion: Listen with humility!
The insightful, the talkative, and the natural man always like to get involved in the conversation. Even attacking for the sake of attacking. Be careful, what is God more pleased with us? How to treat others? Especially to those who are suffering!
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