民数记［第六章］
Book of Numbers 6
【作个分别为圣的人】
20/03/2024
引言：
主日分享十诫之二：钟爱主一生！正如今天要说的【拿细耳人】的真理，成为一个分别为圣的人。
一、从世俗的享乐中分别出来(V1-4)
拿细耳人的志愿是自由的，对于有心志要学习属灵操练，这是好的榜样。表明自己要从世俗的生活中分别出来，以至有更深的属灵体验。
远离酒，不吃葡萄类的食物——吃喝这类食品代表一种享乐，而作拿细耳人也就表示，愿意为主而不贪图肉体的享乐。这是属灵生命敬虔的一种表现；看到比肉身物质的享受还更高的渴望。
二、从自我的荣耀里分别出来(V5)
理发的目的是整修自己的形象，是一种荣美形象的外在表现；不剃头则会渐渐形成不修边幅、失去常的光鲜外观样子。相对而言，这就如同为主承担羞辱，放下面子，存心卑微。这就像是从自我的荣耀中被分别出来，单单在乎神而不是自己。说到为主或为己，你觉得自己的付出是多少呢？
三、从天然的情感里分别出来(V6-7)
分别为圣的拿细耳人不可以挨近死尸，因为神看没有生命和灵魂的尸体是不洁的。原来这观念对亲属家人而言也是一样；这就好比要过圣洁的生活，且胜过情感和关系的情结。既是能够专一以神的事为念吗？正如主耶稣所说的：“岂不知我当以父的事为念吗？”
四、从属灵的死亡中分别出来(V8-12)
若有人不经意遇见旁边忽然有人死了，污染了头，要在第七日剃头，不要在污秽上有份。意思说要在属灵的死亡中分别出来。毕竟我们是有圣灵的活人。我们本来就要过与众不同的生活。世上的一切都是“属死的”，但是在神里面的人却是有永恒生命的。对基督徒而言更加是有复活的应许，因此要从会死的世界分别出来。
五、从感恩的献祭中回归常态(V13-21)
拿细耳人心志是自发的、因此期限也是特定而不是永久的。主要是当与神约定的时间到了之后，还要献祭、感恩，以同样积极委身的方式回到过往的信仰生活常态里。先前作拿细耳人的属灵经历是宝贵的训练和体验。
总结：最终领受大祭司的祝福(V22-27)
我们要体验分别为圣的拿细耳人的生命，还要领受大祭司的祝福！
一个更完全和蒙福的生命：蒙神赐福、蒙保护、蒙光照、蒙赐恩、得着完全Shalom的平安之福！
Numbers Chapter 6: Be a person who is set apart
GK611 Morning Devotion
20/3/2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Rev David Tan
Introduction：
Sunday shared on second of the Ten Commandments: to love the Lord with all of one's life! As the truth of today's word [the Nazirite], become a person set apart and holy.
1. Set apart from worldly pleasures (V1-4)
The Nazirite's volunteerism was free, and it was a good example for those who had a heart to learn spiritual disciplines. Demonstrate that you want to separate yourself from the worldly life so that you can have a deeper spiritual experience.
Stay away from wine and do not eat grapes - Eating and drinking such foods represents a form of pleasure, and to be a Nazirite is to show a willingness to be for the Lord and not for the pleasures of the flesh. This is a manifestation of the godliness of the spiritual life; seeing a higher longing than the material pleasures of the flesh.
2. Set apart from self-glory (V5)
The purpose of a haircut is to refurbish one's image, an outward manifestation of a glorious image; without shaving one's head one gradually develops an unkempt, lost appearance of one's usual lustrous appearance. Comparatively speaking, it is like bearing humiliation for the Lord, putting down one's face, and stooping to humility. It is like being set apart from the glory of self and caring for God alone instead of yourself. When it is for the Lord, how much do you think you are giving?
3. Set apart from natural affections (V6-7)
The separated and holy Nazirite was not to be near a dead body, for God regards a corpse without life and soul as unclean. It turns out that this concept is the same for family members; it is like living a holy life and overcoming emotional and relational complexes. Is it possible to only concern of the things of God? As the Lord Jesus said, "Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?"
4. Set apart from Spiritual Death (V8-12)
If anyone meets unawares next to him and suddenly someone dies and pollutes his head, he is to shave his head on the seventh day, and not to have a part in the defilement. It means to be set apart in spiritual death. After all, we are living beings with the Holy Spirit. We are meant to live a different life. Everything in the world is “dead”, but those who are in God have eternal life. Even more so for Christians, there is the promise of resurrection, and therefore set apart from the world that will die.
5. Return to normality from the sacrifice of thanksgiving (V13-21)
The Nazirite mind is spontaneous and therefore the duration is specific rather than permanent. The main point is that when the appointed time with God had come, there was a sacrifice and thanksgiving to be offered, and a return to the normality of the past life of faith in the same active way of commitment. The earlier spiritual experience of being a Nazirite was valuable training and experience.
Conclusion: Finally receiving the high priest's blessing (V22-27)
We are to experience the life of a set apart and holy Nazirite and receive the blessing of the High Priest!
A more complete and blessed life: Blessed, protected, illuminated, and received grace, blessed with the peace of complete Shalom!