Mar 28【每日活水】最好的敬/拜是听命顺从

撒母耳记上15:16~23

16 撒母耳对扫罗说：「你住口吧！等我将耶/和/华昨夜向我所说的话告诉你。」扫罗说：「请讲。」

17 撒母耳对扫罗说：「从前你虽然以自己为小，岂不是被立为以色列支派的元首吗？耶/和/华膏你作以色列的王。

18 耶/和/华差遣你，吩咐你说，你去击打那些犯罪的亚玛力人，将他们灭绝净尽。

19 你为何没有听从耶/和/华的命令，急忙掳掠财物，行耶/和/华眼中看为恶的事呢？」

20 扫罗对撒母耳说：「我实在听从了耶/和/华的命令，行了耶/和/华所差遣我行的路，擒了亚玛力王亚甲来，灭尽了亚玛力人。

21 百姓却在所当灭的物中，取了最好的牛羊，要在吉甲献与耶/和/华－你的 SHEN 。」

22 撒母耳说：耶/和/华喜悦燔祭和平安祭，岂如喜悦人听从他的话呢？听命胜于献/祭；顺从胜于公羊的脂油。

23 悖逆的罪与行邪术的罪相等；顽梗的罪与拜虚 SHEN 和偶像的罪相同。你既厌弃耶/和/华的命令，耶/和/华也厌弃你作王。

16 “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.

18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’

19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”

20 “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king.

21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

22 But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

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内容观察

1.撒母耳指出扫罗犯了什么错？（19节）

2.撒母耳如何回应扫罗的辩解？（22~23节）

思考与默想

3.撒母耳为什么说“听命胜于献/祭，顺从胜于公羊的脂肪”？

个人感受

4.看到撒母耳说“听命胜于献/祭”，我有什么感想？

决心与应用

5.我何时曾乐于参与礼拜和各样聚会，却没有确实遵行主的教导？

6.为了借着遵行主的教导，向 SHEN 献上最好的敬/拜，我决定要怎么做？

你虽然看自己为小（17节）：指扫罗过去自认出身卑微（参指上921）。

听命胜于献/祭（22节）：意指遵行主的吩咐比献上仪式性的敬/拜更重要。敬/拜者面对 SHEN 的心态若不正确，有再多，再好的敬/拜仪式也是徒然。

灵/修指南

撒母耳说，扫罗先前虽然自视卑微，但 SHEN 拣选他作以色列众支派的领袖；然而，扫罗登上王位之后，却没有谦卑顺从 SHEN ，甚至在战胜亚玛力人后，因着私欲而受诱惑，毫不犹豫地将战利品据为己有，没有按 SHEN 的命令销毁一切。对此，扫罗仍嘴硬坚称自己没有犯错，狡辩说人们存留上好的牲畜，是为了向 SHEN 献/祭。扫罗以为只要有好好献/祭敬/拜 SHEN 就完事大吉，但这样的想法却是以自我为中心的判断，完全无视 SHEN 的心意。撒母耳当场指出扫罗心态上的错误，强调遵守 SHEN 的吩咐，比透过完美的仪式敬/拜 SHEN 更重要。撒母耳宣告，因扫罗背弃 SHEN 的命令， SHEN 便不再原意让他作以色列人的王了（23节）。不要因为自己有好好参与礼拜、聚会就自我感觉良好，如果我们没有在生活中实践 SHEN 的吩咐，再完美的敬/拜仪式也是枉然。愿我们明白，对 SHEN 最好的敬/拜，就是顺从主的教导、按着 TA 的吩咐来生活。

内室dao告

愿我懂得谦卑顺从主的吩咐，在生活中实践主的教导，以此作为最好的敬/拜献给 SHEN 。

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