Nov05【每日活水】敬畏神的君王

申命记17:14~20

有关立王的指示
14「到了耶和华-你 神所赐你的地,得了那地居住的时候,若说:『我要立王治理我,像四围的国一样。』
15你总要立耶和华-你 神所拣选的人为王。必从你弟兄中立一人;不可立你弟兄以外的人为王。
16只是王不可为自己加添马匹,也不可使百姓回埃及去,为要加添他的马匹,因耶和华曾吩咐你们说:『不可再回那条路去。』
17他也不可为自己多立妃嫔,恐怕他的心偏邪;也不可为自己多积金银。
18他登了国位,就要将祭司利未人面前的这律法书,为自己抄录一本,
19存在他那里,要平生诵读,好学习敬畏耶和华-他的 神,谨守遵行这律法书上的一切言语和这些律例,
20免得他向弟兄心高气傲,偏左偏右,离了这诫命。这样,他和他的子孙便可在以色列中,在国位上年长日久。」
The King
14When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
15be sure to appoint over you a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite.
16The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.”
17He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
18When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.
19It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees
20and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.
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内容观察

1.摩西教导以色列百姓,如果将来以色列立王,有哪些事情不能行?(16~17节)
2.摩西教导以色列百姓,王登基后,应该做些什么?(18~19节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.摩西为何吩咐以色列百姓,登基的王不可用外邦国家的治理方式?
 

个人感受

4.君王若不想偏离正轨,就需要学会敬畏神,你对此有何感受?
 

决心与应用

5.你认为自己的哪些行事为人其实是按世界的标准,而非神的心意?

6.为使自己的生活合乎神的心意,你有什么具体的改变计划?

王不可为自己加添马匹……不可为自己多积金银(16~17节):古代的王只专注在如何让军力与经济强盛,所以添加马匹、妃嫔与金银是最直接的方法,但神却要求以色列王不可为求个人私欲来加添这些反倒要在乎神的心意。
这律法书为自己抄写一份(18节):摩西嘱咐以色列王当抄录、诵读律法,以此明白与顺从神的旨意。

灵修指南

当时以色列周围的民族都是由君王统治,只有以色列民族是由神亲自引导统管然而,摩西彷若预知以色列人将来必会如同外邦国家要求设立君王,所以事先教导百姓要立什么样的君王。未来的以色列王不能像外邦君王一样,为了战争而加添马匹,为了增加自己的势力而政治联姻(16~17节)。摩西告诫以色列君王应当只选择倚靠神的话语来行,他们要追求的是认识且谨守遵行神所吩咐的一切话语,如此才能使他们不致心高气傲,他们的道路也不致偏离(20节)。如同神的话语才是这些君王当效法的惟一标准,我们在世的生活是否也让敬畏神的话成为我们惟一在乎的事。求神让你我放下心中的私欲和傲慢,选择单单倚靠神,成为祂忠心的仆人。
 

内室祷告

求神让我脱离世上的一切方式,单单倚靠称。

 

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