Oct 17【每日活水】神所喜悦的敬拜

申命记12:1~7

惟一的敬拜场所
1「你们存活于世的日子,在耶和华-你们列祖的 神所赐你们为业的地上,要谨守遵行的律例典章乃是这些:
2你们要将所赶出的国民事奉神的各地方,无论是在高山,在小山,在各青翠树下,都毁坏了;
3也要拆毁他们的祭坛,打碎他们的柱像,用火焚烧他们的木偶,砍下他们雕刻的神像,并将其名从那地方除灭。
4你们不可照他们那样事奉耶和华-你们的 神。
5但耶和华-你们的 神从你们各支派中选择何处为立他名的居所,你们就当往那里去求问,
6将你们的燔祭、平安祭、十分取一之物,和手中的举祭,并还愿祭、甘心祭,以及牛群羊群中头生的,都奉到那里。
7在那里,耶和华-你们 神的面前,你们和你们的家属都可以吃,并且因你手所办的一切事蒙耶和华-你的 神赐福,就都欢乐。
The One Place of Worship
1These are the decrees and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess—as long as you live in the land.
2Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.
3Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places.
4You must not worship the Lord your God in their way.
5But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go;
6there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
7There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.
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内容观察

1.摩西让以色列百姓拆毁什么?(2~4节)

2.摩西吩咐以色列百姓要怎样敬拜神?(5~7节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.为何摩西如此具体说明除去偶像的方式?
 

个人感受

4.看到摩西吩咐以色列人要向神献上完全的敬拜时,你有何想法?
 

决心与应用

5.现今有什么事妨碍你敬拜神呢?

6.若要向神献上完全的敬拜,你认为该怎么做呢?

无论是在高山……要彻底毁坏(2节):因当时迦南人习惯在高处与大树下敬拜巴力。
亚舍拉(3节):又称亚斯她录,被迦南人视为巴力神的妻子,掌管生育繁殖。以色列人后来也不敌诱惑开始崇拜它(出34:13;士3:7)。
选择何处作为立他名的居所(5节):指到神所指定的圣殿所在地献祭祀。

灵修指南

从第12章开始,进入摩西讲道的另一块核心部分。摩西提到以色列百姓进入迦南后,将会面临迦南异教文化的冲击,因此绝不能做的事就是随从当地风俗拜偶像,他们应当单单向神献上敬拜。对此,摩西反复用具体且清楚的行动,指示他们要彻底除去偶像,诸如拆毁祭坛、打碎柱像、焚烧亚舍拉、砍断雕刻的偶像,在那地完全除去他们的名(2~4节)。这些强烈的动词字眼,用以表明在敬拜神之事上,必须断然且不给偶像余地。并且,以色列人要在神指定的地方,按神的旨意来敬拜(5~7节)。如今,我们向神献上什么样的敬拜?是否以单纯的心向祂献上完全的敬拜,盼望我们都有在神面前欢呼快乐的信心。
 

内室祷告

让我除去不讨神喜悦的拦阻与偶像,单单向祢献上欢喜的敬拜。

 

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