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民数记 第三章|Book of Numbers 3

【按神心意的事奉】

主讲：陈惠菁传道

07/03/2024


引言：

一、承接圣职、不献凡火（v1-4）

亚伦4个儿子，拿答，亚比户、以利亚撒、以他玛，都是受膏作祭司。祭司是在会幕中代表百姓向神献祭赎罪，为百姓代求。所以是一份非常神圣的职分和服事。但是，v4拿答、亚比户在西乃的旷野向耶和华献凡火时，就当场被神用火烧死。

祭司的事奉是非常神圣的职分。不能凭自己的喜好或热心，甚至是为了贪图虚浮的掌声。事奉必须要按神的心意去服事神和服事人。事奉不能脱离工作，但工作不一定是事奉。凡火的‘凡’意思是‘疏离’。当我们的服事是与神疏离，所做的不但会带不出果效，更是带来属灵的灭亡。

同工、小组长们，在服事上，让我们不献凡火。而是按神心意，依靠圣灵去完成神交付的使命，并且将服事和使命传承给下一代。

二、按神拣选、圣别归主（v5-13）

在神所给我们的位份、职责上尽心事奉外，很重要的一点是不可越过神给我们的权限。按神的拣选，分别为圣归神。

V11-13神把以色列百姓带出了埃及，神便宣告以色列中凡头生的，无论是人是牲畜，都要分别为圣归祂” 作为蒙拯救的纪号。因此，以色列死里逃生的头生长子的生命都不再属于自己，全要分别为圣归给神，在会幕中事奉祂。

三、各尽其职、同心事主（v14-38）

1．生命的事奉（v14-20）

神要摩西按利未人的宗族、家室，凡一个月以外的男子，都要数点他们。并把他们分成团队，分配不同的工作让他们负责。

真正的事奉是不受年纪和经历的限制。在一般人的眼中，服事的条件是学历、经历、恩赐。但在神眼里事奉讲究的是生命。

2．团队的事奉（v21-38）

革顺、哥辖、米拉利是对着会幕来安营。革顺在帐幕的西边安营、哥辖在南边、米拉利在北边。东边则由摩西、亚伦与儿子看守。

虽然革顺、哥辖、米拉利被分配与不同的工作，但都围绕着会幕来事奉。教会也当建立团队，各尽其职，但事奉的中心和对象都是神。

四、人人有份、人人有责（v39-51） 神接着要摩西从以色列人中数点头生的男子，并重提他拣选利未人归自己，代替以色列人所有头生的来事奉他。

“代替”的原文就是“救赎”

数点结果是以色列头生的男丁人数比利未人多了273人。神要他们按人丁，照圣所的平，每人取五舍客勒当成赎银，把他们全都赎出来。

基督的救恩是给所有人的。每一个人的都可以来领受主的救赎。还有22,000个利未人，每一个都必须代替以色列人中的头生。所以，全体是没有一个闲懒的人。今天你和我都是神所拣选的利未人，我们都要竭力将主的福音传扬出去，使人得救赎是我们的责任。

总结：你是君尊的祭司

我们都是被主耶稣所数点的利未人。是君尊的祭司。不伦我们今天是全职、还是带职的事奉，让我们都按神心意来事奉祂。积极的继续为主作代赎的工作。


Numbers 3 Serving According to God's Will
GK611 Morning Devotion
07 March 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Deborah Tan

1. Taking up the Priesthood, not offering profane fire (v1-4)

The 4 sons of Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, were anointed as priests. The priests were the ones who offered sacrifices to God on behalf of the people in the tabernacle to make atonement for their sins and to make intercession for the people. So it was a very sacred office and ministry. However, v4 Nadab and Abihu were burned by God on the spot in the wilderness of Sinai when they offered the profane fire to the Lord.

The ministry of the priests was a very sacred office. It must not be done on the basis of one's own preferences or zeal, or even for the sake of vain applause. The ministry had to be about serving God and serving people according to God's heart. Service cannot be separated from work, but work is not necessarily serving. The 'profane' of where fire means 'detached'. When our ministry is detached from God, what we do will not only bring no fruitfulness, but also bring spiritual destruction.

Co-workers and cell group leaders, in our ministry, let's not offer the profane fire. Rather, let us fulfill the mission of God according to God's heart and rely on the Holy Spirit to accomplish the mission of God, and pass on the serving and mission to the next generation.

2. According to God's election, holy set apart to the Lord (v5-13)

In addition to serving with all our heart in the positions and duties given to us by God, it is very important that we do not exceed the authority given to us by God. Holy Separation to God according to God's election.

V11-13 When God brought the people of Israel out of Egypt, God proclaimed that all the firstborn in Israel, whether they were men or cattle, were to be set apart and belong to Him" as a sign of salvation. Therefore, the lives of the firstborn of Israel who had been raised from the dead were no longer their own, but were to be set apart and holy to God, to serve Him in the tabernacle.

3. Each one does his part and serves the Lord with one heart (v14-38)

(1) The Serving of Life (v14-20)

God told Moses to count all the men of the Levites by their clans and families, every man beyond one month. And to divide them into teams and assign different jobs for them to be responsible for.

True serving is not limited by age or experience. In the eyes of ordinary people, the conditions for serving are education, experience, and gifts. But in God’s eyes, serving is about life.

(2) Serving Team (v21-38)

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were camped against the tabernacle. Gershon camped on the west side of the tabernacle, Kohath on the south side, and Merari on the north side. The east side was guarded by Moses, Aaron and his sons.

Although Gershon, Kohath, and Merari were assigned different tasks, they all served around the tabernacle. Churches should also build up teams, each doing its own job, but the centre and subject of serving is God.

4. Everyone has a part and responsibility (v39-51)

God then asked Moses to count the firstborn men from among the Israelites and repeated that he had chosen the Levites for himself to serve him in place of all the firstborn of Israel.

The word “replace” is “redeem.”

The result of the count was that the number of firstborn males in Israel exceeded the number of Levites by 273. God asked them to redeem them all by taking five shekels for each of them, according to their number, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

Christ’s salvation is for all. Every human being’s can come and receive the Lord’s salvation. There were also 22,000 Levites, each of whom had to take the place of the firstborn of Israel. Therefore, there is not one idle person in the group. Today you and I are God’s chosen Levites, and we must do our best to spread the gospel of the Lord, so that it is our responsibility to bring salvation to people.

Conclusion: You are a royal priest

We are all Levites counted by the Lord Jesus. We are royal priests. Regardless of whether we are serving full-time or part-time today, let us all serve God as He desires. Let us actively continue the work of substitutionary atonement for the Lord.