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创世记生命读经 · 第52篇

一个失败的义人

A Defeated Righteous Man
1圣经是一本奇妙的书。沿著亚伯拉罕的记载，圣经也告诉我们罗得反面的历史。有相当久的时间，我不懂得为甚么圣经包含这样一段消极的记载。创世记十九章有一些经文，按人来说我不喜欢谈论。但主神圣的启示是精简的，一个字也不浪费。因此，圣经中每个字都非常重要。那么创世记十九章的目的是甚么？那是给我们一个警戒的例子。我有很重的负担，在本篇信息中，我们许多人，尤其是青年人，需要看见这个警戒的例子。我们需要这样的例子，因为今天的光景并不比所多玛的光景好。我们感谢主，祂的话告诉我们亚伯拉罕正面的历史，也告诉我们罗得反面的历史。在整本圣经中，没有一段记载像亚伯拉罕生平的记载那样完全。这段记载给人看见亚伯拉罕如何蒙神呼召，如何答应神的呼召，如何为著他的生存，凭著相信神而活，如何受训练认识恩典以成就神的目的，如何藉受割礼受了对付，以及如何在与神亲密的交通里，与那在人水平上的神配合。我很珍赏这段记载，说到一个堕落的人得救，被变化，并且被带进与荣耀圣别之神在人水平上美妙的交通中。但沿著这段记载，还有罗得黑暗、反面的记载。在本篇信息中，我们必须详细的思考这段记载，以此作为我们自己并我们儿女及亲人的警戒。
1The Bible is a marvelous book. Alongside of the record of Abraham, it gives us the negative history of Lot. For quite a long time, I did not understand why the Bible included such a negative record. There are certain verses in Genesis 19 that, humanly speaking, I do not like to talk about. But the Lord’s divine revelation is economical; not one word is wasted. Hence, every word in the Holy Bible is very important. What then is the purpose of chapter nineteen of Genesis? It is to give us a warning example. I have the strong burden that in this message so many of us, especially the young people, need to see this warning example. We need such an example because today’s situation is no better than that of Sodom. We thank the Lord that His Word gives us both a positive history of Abraham and a negative one of Lot. There is no record in the entire Bible that is as complete as the account of Abraham’s life. This record shows how Abraham was called by God, how he answered God’scall ing, how he lived by faith in God for his existence, how he was trained to know grace for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, how he was dealt with by being circumcised, and how he was brought into intimate fellowship with God, cooperating with Him on the human level. I appreciate this record of a fallen man who was saved, transformed, and brought into wonderful fellowship on the human level with the glorious and holy God. Yet alongside of this record, we have a black, negative record of Lot. In this message we must consider this record in detail, taking it as a warning for ourselves and for our children and relatives
（3） 一个失败的义人
3) A Defeated Righteous Man
2我们若读彼后二章六至九节，就看见彼得对罗得很有好感。在八节，彼得说罗得是『义人，』他的『义魂』为9著所多玛人不法的行为伤痛。在九节，他描述罗得是敬虔的。因此，按照彼得的观念，罗得既公义又敬虔。我们对这点也许难以相信，因为在创世记中罗得的记载十分消极，但我们必须相信，因为圣经这样告诉我们。你若仍说罗得不是公义、敬虔，那么我要问问你自己，你比他公义、敬虔么？在某种意义上，罗得比我们许多人还公义、敬虔。然而，他虽然是得救的、公义的、敬虔的，他却是一个失败的义人。
2If we read 2 Peter 2:6-9, we see that Peter was much in favor of Lot. In verse 8 Peter referred to him as a “righteous man” whose “righteous soul” was vexed with the unlawful deeds of the people in Sodom. In verse he describes Lot as godly. Thus, according to Peter’s concept, Lot was both righteous and godly. Although we may find it difficult to believe this because Lot’s record in Genesis is so negative, we must believe it because the Bible tells us so. If you still say that Lot was not righteous and godly, then I would ask you about yourself. Are you more righteous and godly than he? In a sense, Lot was more righteous and godly than many of us. But although he was saved, righteous, and godly, he was a defeated righteous man.
（a）被动的由别人带到神的路上
a) Passively Brought into God’sWay by Others
3我们查考罗得的历史，就看见他是被动的由别人带到神的路上，（创十一31，十二5，）由他的祖父和叔父带到神的路上。他的祖父把他从迦勒底的吾珥带到哈兰，中途停下，因为他的祖父不愿往前。当神把他祖父取去，他叔父亚伯拉罕就把他从哈兰带到迦南。有祖父和叔父能把他们的孙儿和姪儿带到神的路上，在神眼中虽然是美好的，但被动的由别人带著，却不是最好的。罗得的起头非常软弱。他在属灵的事上没有主动积极的开始。青年人，关于神圣的事或者跟随主的事，你们被动不是最好的。罗得既公义又敬虔，但他失败了，因为他的起头非常软弱、被动。他被动的开始乃是他至终失败的原因。
3As we consider Lot’s history, we see that he was passively brought into God’sway by others (11:31; 12:5), having been brought into God’sway by his grandfather and his uncle. His grandfather brought him from Ur of Chaldea to Haran, stopping halfway because the grandfather would not go on. When God took the grandfather away, Abraham, Lot’s uncle, took him from Haran to Canaan. Although it is good in the eyes of God that there are grandfathers and uncles who can bring their grandchildren and nephews into God’sway, it is not the best to be passively brought on by others. Lot had a very weak start. He did not have an active, positive beginning in spiritual things. Young people, it is not the best to be passive concerning holy things or your following of the Lord. Lot was righteous and godly, but he was defeated because he had a very weak, passive start. His passive beginning was the cause of his eventual defeat
（b）从来没有神的显现
b) Never Having God’s Appearing
4罗得从来没有神的显现。我把关于罗得的经文读了再读，也找不出一点暗示，神曾向他显现。虽然神和两个天使访问亚伯拉罕，但只有两个天使去到罗得那里。这意思是神不公平，或是神偏待人么？当然不是。神是公平的，并且不偏待人。神没有向罗得显现，没有向罗得启示祂自己，是因为罗得被动，不主动寻求神，并且住在邪恶的城里。他不是直接跟从神，乃是间接跟从神，并且没有行在神的路上。罗得不像亚伯拉罕，与神没有直接的关系。神不看重外貌，但神看重行为，看重我们在寻求祂的事上，是主动的呢，还是被动的？你若寻求祂，祂必向你显现。你若不寻求祂，祂不会浪费时间。神没有向罗得显现，不是神的错，乃是罗得的错。神要向你显现，但你是在寻求祂，并且行在祂的路上么？你是有心、积极、主动的寻求神，并行在神的路上么？若是这样，神不会使你失望，祂必向你显现。
4Lot never had God’s appearing. As I read through the verses about Lot again and again, I could not find a hint that God ever appeared to him. Although God and the two angels visited Abraham, only the two angels came to Lot. Does this mean that God is unfair or a respecter of persons? Of course not. God is fair and is no respecter of persons. God did not appear to Lot or reveal Himself to Lot, because Lot was passive, not actively seeking God, and was living in a wicked city. He did not follow God in a direct way but in an indirect way and did not walk in the way of God. Unlike Abraham, Lot had no direct relationship with God. God does not respect persons, but He does respect behavior, respecting whether or not we are active or passive in seeking Him. If you seek Him, He will appear to you. But if you do not seek Him, He will not waste His time. That God did not appear to Lot was not God’s fault; it was Lot’s. God wants to appear to you, but are you seeking Him and walking in His way? Do you have a heart to seek God positively and actively and walk in the way of God? If you do, God will not fail you. He will certainly appear to you
（c）从来没有主动走神的路
c) Never Taking the Initiative in Taking God’sWay
5罗得从来没有主动走神的路。我找不到一节经文，指明罗得在这件事上采取过主动。圣经是说，罗得的祖父把他带到哈兰；圣经不是说，罗得跟从祖父。这两者有很大的区别。我对我们中间的青年人，多少有几分担心。许多人在召会生活中，是因为有人把他们带到这里。他们没有主动的进入召会生活。当我回顾已过的五十年，我能作见证，那些在召会的路上表现主动的，今天仍是刚强的。然而，那些不采取主动，而是被动的带进召会道路的，已经逐渐坠落了。我能给你一百个人的名字，他们曾和我很亲近，并且受过我职事的帮助，但他们因为起头不刚强，没有积极主动的跟从主，就逐渐坠落了。罗得该对亚伯拉罕说，『亚伯拉罕叔叔，无论你走不走神的路，我都要走。即使我比你年轻，但在跟从神的事上我要作领头的，并且要请你跟从我。』这样说不是骄傲，乃是主动。
5Lot never took the initiative in taking God’sway. I have been unable to find a verse which indicates that Lot ever took the initiative in this matter. The Bible says that Lot’s grandfather took him to Haran; it does not say that Lot followed him. There is a great difference between the two. I am somewhat concerned for the young people among us. Many of them are in the church life because someone brought them here. They did not take the initiative to come into the church life. As I look back upon the past fifty years, I can testify that those who showed initiative in taking the way of the church are still strong today. However, those who took no initiative but who were passively brought into the way of the church have gradually fallen away. I can give you a hundred names of those who were intimate with me and who were helped by my ministry who gradually fell away because they did not have a strong start by actively taking the initiative to follow the Lord. Lot should have said to Abraham, “Uncle Abraham, whether or not you take God’sway, I will take it. Even though I am younger than you, I would be the leader in following God and would ask you to follow me.” To say this is not to be proud; it is to be active.
（d）他与神的关系受别人的影响
d) His Relationship with God Being under the Influence of Others
6罗得与神的关系是受别人的影响。（创十三1。）别人上他就上，别人下他就下。罗得好像一块浮木。他属灵的首领漂流到埃及，他就跟他漂流到那里。他完全受别人的影响。当亚伯拉罕往南向埃及和世界漂流时，罗得应当阻挡他，说，『亚伯拉罕叔叔，你往下走，我要往上走。』但在罗得的一生中，我们看不见这样的动向。我担心在今天的召会生活中，有这样的浮木。你与神的关系是在神直接的显现下呢，还是受别人的影响？不要以为罗得是忽然漂进所多玛的。不是。那是始于非常软弱的起头而有的逐渐发展。倘若你在读本篇信息时，觉得你没有刚强的起头，请不要灰心；因为现在来立稳固的根基，为时还不太晚。
6Lot’s relationship with God was under the influence of others (13:1). When others were up, he was up. When they were down, he was down. Lot was like a piece of driftwood. When his spiritual leader drifted into Egypt, he drifted there after him. He was altogether under the influence of others. When Abraham was drifting southward toward Egypt and the world, Lot should have withstood him and said, “Abraham, if you go downward, I’ll go upward.” But we see no such tendency in Lot’s life. I am concerned that in the church life today there is this kind of driftwood. Is your relationship with God under His direct appearing or under others’ influence? Do not think that Lot suddenly drifted into Sodom. No, it was a gradual development starting from a very weak beginning. If as you read this message you feel that you have not had a strong beginning, be encouraged for it is still not too late to lay a solid foundation
（e）因著物质的财物离开别人属灵的影响
e) Leaving Others’ Spiritual Influence Because of Material Substance
7罗得因著物质的财物离开了别人属灵的影响。（创十三5～13。）当罗得只有属灵的影响时，他会保守自己在这影响之下；但他一旦面临属灵影响和物质财物两者之间的选择时，他选择了物质的财物。今天的原则也是一样。有些人只是跟从别人的属灵；对于他们，物质的财物，就是世俗，乃是一个试验。他们和罗得一样，虽然是义的，但仍选择了物质的财物。
7Lot left others’ spiritual influence because of material substance (13:5-13). When there was only the spiritual influence, Lot kept himself under it. But when Lot was faced with the choice between spiritual influence and material substance, he chose material substance. The principle is the same today. Material substance, that is, worldliness, is a test to those who follow the spirituality of others. Like Lot, they may be righteous but still choose material substance.
8在十三章罗得与亚伯拉罕的争执中，圣经没有指明亚伯拉罕是错的。然而我相信，就著深刻的意义来说，那件事叫罗得的感觉受了伤。在这里我要对领头的弟兄们说一句话。对付弟兄是非常困难的事。亚伯拉罕在对付罗得时并没有作错甚么，但是只因他对付了罗得，罗得就不愿再回到他那里。亚伯拉罕从来没有忘记罗得。当他听见罗得被基大老玛掳去了，就去与诸王争战，把罗得救回来。当他得知神要毁灭所多玛，就为罗得代祷。在十九章二十七和二十八节，亚伯拉罕清早起来，向所多玛和蛾摩拉观看，因为他十分挂念罗得。然而，罗得因著感觉受伤，却不愿回到亚伯拉罕那里；他也许说，『我与你无关，就是你把我从被掳中带回来，我也绝不回你那里去。』当罗得从所多玛城被救出来时，他没有考虑回到亚伯拉罕那里。他若回去，他的一生就不会有这样可怜的结局。我有很重的负担，要青年弟兄姊妹看见，与主里年长的一代有争执并且离开他们是危险的。我作小孩的时候受到母亲的责备，会好几天不理她。我错了，我也知道她是在爱里责备我，但是只因她责备我，我就不肯见她的面。在召会生活中的原则是一样的。虽然别人也许爱我们，但我们不喜欢受他们的责备。我知道责备别人会建立仇恨。我在爱里对一些弟兄说坦率的话，我的坦率就得罪了他们。这也许就是罗得不愿回到亚伯拉罕那里的原因。在圣经里没有指明罗得感谢亚伯拉罕将他从被掳中救回来。也许他不愿放下受伤的感觉，并且谦卑自己。我们不该坚持固守这种人的感觉。我们不该像罗得，却该谦卑自己，愿意丢脸，回到亚伯拉罕那里，留在他那里。我们越快这样作，越多这样作，就越好。
8The Bible does not indicate that in the strife between Lot and Abraham in chapter thirteen Abraham was wrong. However, I believe that in a very deep sense Lot’s feelings were hurt. Here I would say a word to the leading brothers. It is a very difficult matter to deal with the brothers. Abraham did nothing wrong in dealing with Lot, but simply because he dealt with him, Lot would never return to him. Abraham never forgot Lot. When he heard that Lot had been captured by Chedorlaomer, he led the fight against the kings and rescued Lot. When Abraham learned that God was about to destroy Sodom, he interceded for Lot. In 19:27 and 28, Abraham rose up early in the morning and looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah because he was so concerned for Lot. Nevertheless, because of his hurt feelings, Lot would not return to Abraham, but could say, “I have nothing to do with you. Even though you brought me back from captivity, I will never return to you.” When Lot was delivered from the city of Sodom, he did not consider returning to Abraham. If he had returned, his life would not have had such a pitiful ending. I am burdened that the young brothers and sisters will see that it is dangerous to dissent with and to leave the older generation in the Lord. When as a child I was rebuked by my mother, I would turn my face away from her for several days. I was wrong and I knew that she had rebuked me in love, but simply because she rebuked me, I refused to see her face. The principle is the same in the church life. Although others may love us, we do not like to be rebuked by them. I have learned that rebuking others builds up enmity. I spoke a frank word in love to certain brothers, and my frankness offended them. This might have been the reason why Lot would not return to Abraham. There is no indication in the Word that Lot thanked Abraham for delivering him from captivity. It might have been that he would not give up his hurt feelings and humble himself. We should not insist upon holding on to such human feelings. We, unlike Lot, should humble ourselves, lose our face, and return to Abraham and remain with him. The sooner we do this and the more we do it, the better
（f）漂流到在神面前邪恶且罪恶的光景中
f) Drifting into a Situation Which Was Wicked and Sinful before God
9罗得漂流到在神面前邪恶且罪恶的光景中。（创十三11～12。）一旦你离开属灵影响的源头，你会自动的走下坡。你绝不会走上坡。永远不要弃绝正确属灵的影响，因为那是你的保护。你若放弃了，就要失去保护，像罗得一样往下漂到所多玛。尽管罗得知道所多玛在神眼中是邪恶的，他最终还是进入那邪恶之地，并且住在那里。
9Lot drifted into a situation which was wicked and sinful before God (13:11-12). Once you leave the source of spiritual influence, you will automatically go downhill. You will never go upward. Never forsake the proper spiritual influence, for it is your protection. If you give it up, you will lose your protection, and, like Lot, will drift downward into Sodom. In spite of the fact that Lot knew Sodom was wicked in the eyes of God, he eventually entered into that evil place and lived there.
10迦勒底的吾珥是偶像之地，埃及是属世财富和享乐之地，而所多玛是罪恶之城。这三个地方形成围绕迦南地的三角界线。我们蒙神呼召的人住在这三角形里，必须谨慎，免得坠回偶像之城，下到属世享乐之地，或者漂到罪恶之城。罗得虽然离开了偶像之地和属世享乐之地，但他却像浮木一样漂到了罪恶之城。
10Ur of Chaldea was a place of idols, Egypt was a place of worldly riches and pleasures, and Sodom was a city of sin. These three places form a triangular boundary around the land of Canaan. We, God’scall ed ones, live within this triangle and must be careful lest we fall back to the city of idols, go down to the place of worldly pleasures, or drift into the city of sin. Although Lot stayed away from the land of idols and the place of worldly pleasures, he drifted, like a piece of driftwood, into the city of sin
（g）因著被掳受到神主宰的警告
g) Sovereignly Warned by Being Captured
11罗得因著被掳受到神主宰的警告。（创十四11～12。）神怜悯他，不容许他平平安安的住在所多玛。神使罗得被掳，乃是一次警告并管教。
11Lot was sovereignly warned by being captured (14:11- 12). God was merciful to him, not allowing him to live in Sodom peacefully. As a warning and a discipline, God caused Lot to be captured
（h）被主的得胜者从被掳中救回，但没有得帮助回到神的路上
h) Rescued from Captivity by the Lord’s Overcomer, but Not Helped to Come Back to the Way of God
12罗得虽然被主的得胜者从被掳中救回来，但他没有得帮助回到神的路上。（创十四12～16。）有很长一段时间，我对罗得不回到神的路上感到不解。也许他太顽固。不要以为被动的人是服从的。几乎所有被动的人都是背叛的。罗得没有学功课，没有回到神的路上。
12Although Lot was rescued from captivity by the Lord’s overcomer, he was not helped to come back to the way of God (14:12-16). For a long time I was troubled by Lot’s not returning to the way of God. He might have been stubborn. Do not think that passive people are submissive. Nearly all the passive ones are rebellious. Lot did not learn the lesson and he did not return to God’sway
（i）回去住在神所定罪并将被神的审判毁灭的邪恶之城
i) Going Back to Live in the Wicked City Which Was Condemned by God and Was to Be Destroyed by the Judgment of God
13罗得回去住在神所定罪并将被神的审判毁灭的邪恶之城。（创十九1～。）罗得不是去那里作客，乃是在那里居住。那两个天使去执行神对所多玛的审判时，罗得正坐在城门口，这与亚伯拉罕坐在帐棚门口成对比。照著古时的规矩，坐在城门口的人乃是作长老的，因为只有长老才有坐在那里的特权。罗得竟成了所多玛的首领！假定主或祂的天使来访问你，他们会在那里找到你？你是坐在你的帐棚门口呢，还是坐在邪恶世界的门口？你坐在那里，就断定主会不会来到你那里。
13Lot went back to live in the wicked city which was condemned by God and which was to be destroyed by the judgment of God (19:1-13). Lot did not go there to 13 visit; he went there to live. When the two angels came to execute God’s judgment over Sodom, Lot was sitting in the gate of the city, in contrast to Abraham who was sitting at his tent door. According to ancient custom, whoever sat at the gate of the city was one of the elders, for only they had the privilege of sitting there. Lot became a leader in Sodom! Suppose the Lord or His angels were to visit you. Where would they find you --sitting at your tent door, or at the gate of the wicked world? Where you are sitting determines whether or not the Lord will come to you.
14天使不肯进入罗得的家。（创十九2。）请比较这事与前章主和天使对亚伯拉罕的访问。当亚伯拉罕请他们留下，他们立刻同意。但两个天使不愿进入罗得的家，不愿留在那里，因为这家是在这样一个邪恶的城里。罗得切切的请他们之后，他们才进去与他同住。（创十九3。）当天使住在罗得家中的时候，所多玛人从城中各处而来，要放纵所多玛式的情欲。（创十九4～11。）所多玛人是同性恋者。保罗在罗马一章二十四节和二十七节说到他们。今天有许多所多玛人，表现出许多所多玛式的情欲。所多玛人似乎没有灵，他们好像粗暴的畜类。罗得甚至情愿牺牲他的两个女儿，来满足所多玛人的情欲。（创十九7～。）无论他是不是被迫，这样作绝对是不该的。这表明罗得的道德感已经被麻醉了。我们可以用大蒜的气味作个例证。我们若是整天吃大蒜，我们对大蒜的嗅觉就被麻醉了。若是有嗅觉清新的人来到吃大蒜的人中间，他立刻会注意到有大蒜味。罗得和他的儿女留在所多玛的大蒜房里多年，他们的道德感被麻醉了。罗得竟考虑牺牲他的童贞女儿，来拯救他的两个客人。他怎能考虑这样的事！虽然他是义人，但他已经丧失了对道德和羞耻的感觉。
14The angels refused to enter Lot’s house (1 9:2). Compare this with the visit the Lord and the angels paid Abraham in the previous chapter. When Abraham invited them to stay, they immediately agreed. But the two angels did not want to enter into Lot’sho use and stay there, because it was in such a wicked city. After Lot pressed upon them greatly, they went in and stayed with him (19:3). While the angels were staying in Lot’s house, the Sodomites came to indulge in their sodomitical lust, coming from every corner of the city (19:4-11). A Sodomite is a homosexual. Paul speaks of them in Romans 1:24 and 27. There are many Sodomites today and much sodomitical lust is expressed. Sodomites seem to have no spirit; they are like brutal animals. Lot was even willing to sacrifice his two daughters to satisfy the Sodomites’ lust (19:7-9). Whether he was forced to do this or not, he never should have done9 it. This shows that Lot’s sense of morality had been drugged. We may use the smell of garlic as an illustration of this. If we were to eat garlic all day long, our sense of smell would eventually be drugged. If someone having a fresh sense of smell would come into the midst of the garlic eaters, he would immediately notice the scent of garlic. Lot and his children remained in the garlic room of Sodom for years, and their sense of morality was drugged. Lot would consider sacrificing his virgin daughters to save his two guests. How could he consider such a thing! Although he was a righteous man, he had lost his sense of morality and shame.
15为了应付这样邪恶的光景，天使击打所多玛人，使他们眼睛昏迷。（创十九11。）这指明所有在所多玛的人都是眼睛昏迷的，都在黑暗里。所有的所多玛人都是眼睛昏迷的。人若不是眼睛昏迷的，怎会成了所多玛人？表明罪恶使人瞎眼。
15In order to meet such a wicked situation, the angels smote the Sodomites with blindness (19:11), indicating that all the men in Sodom were blind and in darkness. All Sodomites are blind. If a man were not blind, how could he be a Sodomite? This shows that sinfulness blinds people
（j）他的儿女受了败坏
j) His Children Being Corrupted
16罗得的儿女因著住在邪恶之城，就受了败坏。在十九章十二节，天使的话指明罗得有女儿，也有儿子。在十八章，亚伯拉罕也许认为罗得家至少有十个人。天使对罗得说，『你这里还有甚么人吗？无论是女婿，是儿女，和这城中一切属你的人，你都要将他们从这地方带出去。我们要毁灭这地方，因为城内罪恶的声音，在耶和华面前甚大，耶和华差我们来，要毁灭这地方。』（创十九12～13。）罗得必须去告诉他的女婿、儿女，神就要毁灭那城。但是当罗得向他们传福音时，有些人不相信从主来的话，以为他在开玩笑。十四节说，『罗得就出去，告诉娶了他女儿的女婿们，说，你们起来离开这地方；因为耶和华要毁灭这城；他女婿们却以为他说的是戏言。』
16Lot’s children were corrupted by living in the wicked city. The word of the angels in 19:12 indicates that Lot might have had sons as well as daughters. In chapter eighteen Abraham might have considered that there were at least ten people in Lot’s family. The angels said to Lot, “Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to destroy it” (19:12-13). Lot had to tell his sons-in- law and his children that God was about to judge that city. But when Lot preached the gospel to them, some would not believe the word from the Lord, thinking that he was joking. Verse 14 says, “Lot went out, and spake unto his sons - in - law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that jested unto his sons-in-law” (Heb.).
17罗得其他的儿女也没有道德感。（创十九31～35。）看看他的女儿从那城逃出以后所作的事！罗得和他的女儿从所多玛逃出以后还有酒。（创十九。）他们若没有带酒，在他们所住的山洞里怎会有酒？他们真是被所多玛罪恶的光景麻醉了！一九六三年，我去拉斯维加斯访问一些圣徒，他们为著住在那城里表白，说，『我们住在这个赌城并没有错，因为我们在这里为主作见证。』我没有和他们争辩，但我在自己里面深处说，『你们若在这里住上几年，你们的儿女对赌博的邪恶就没有感觉了。』今天许多青年人已经被麻醉了。看看他们穿著的方式：没有道德感或羞耻感。许多时候我在街上，必须闭上眼睛。青年女子没有羞耻感，就是没有保护。整个世界对羞耻和道德的感觉，都已经被麻醉了。因为青年人多半生长在罪恶的气氛中，他们的感觉已经被麻醉了。但他们若是进入召会生活，留在召会生活纯洁的气氛中几个月，他们就不愿意回罪恶的世界去，他们会无法忍受牠的臭味。我们生活在邪恶的世代，我们需要保护。我们的家庭和儿女必须蒙保护。我们都必须逃出所多玛，把那邪恶的气氛关在门外。若不是这样，我们的后裔就会被麻醉。在所多玛被毁灭以后，罗得和他的女儿怎么会那样作？就是因为他们的道德感已经坠落得极低了。我们若留在新鲜的空气中，会立刻觉得不道德的污浊气味。但我们若分辨不出污浊的气味，那就是说我们的道德感已经被麻醉了。
17Others of Lot’s children had no sense of morality (19:30-35). Look at what his daughters did after they escaped from the city! After escaping from Sodom, Lot and his daughters still had wine with them (19:32). If they had not brought the wine with them, how else could they 32 have had it in the cave where they were dwelling? How drugged they were by the sinful situation in Sodom! When I was visiting some saints in Las Vegas in 1963, they vindicated their living in that city, saying, “It is not wrong for us to stay in this gambling city, because we are here as a testimony for the Lord.” I did not argue with them, but deep within myself I said, “If you stay here for some years, your children will have no sense about the wickedness of gambling.” Many of the young people today have been drugged. Look at the way they dress: there is no sense of morality or feeling of shame. Many times when I am on the street I have to shut my eyes. For young ladies to be without a sense of shame is to be without protection. Throughout the whole world the sense of shame and morality has been drugged. Because most of the young people were raised in a sinful atmosphere, their senses have been drugged. But if they would come in to the church life and remain in its pure atmosphere for a few months, they would never return to the sinful world. They would be unable to stand its smell. We live in an evil age and need protection from it. Our family and our children must be protected. We all must escape Sodom and shut our doors to its evil atmosphere. If we do not, our descendants will be drugged. How could Lot and his children have conducted themselves in the way they did after Sodom was destroyed? Because their sense of morality had fallen so low. If we remain in the fresh air, we shall immediately sense the bad smell of immorality. But if we do not discern any bad smell, it means that our sense of morality has been drugged.
（k）他自己藉得胜者的代祷仅仅得救
k) He Himself Barely Saved through the Overcomer’s Intercession
18藉著得胜者的代祷，罗得自己仅仅得救。（创十九15～25，29。）甚至在天使告诉罗得所多玛要遭毁灭以后，他还在那里迟延不走。他不甘愿逃离那城，但天使拉著他的手，把他拖出来。十六节说，『但罗得迟延不走；二人因为耶和华怜恤罗得，就拉著他的手，和他妻子的手，并他两个女儿的手，把他们领出来，安置在城外。』罗得不忠信，但主是有怜悯的，把他拉出所多玛，好像把木柴从火中抽出来一样。
18Lot himself was barely saved through the overcomer’s intercession (19:15-25, 29). Even after the angels told Lot that Sodom was to be destroyed, he still lingered there. He had no willingness to escape from the city, but the angels held his hand and pulled him out. Verse 16 says, “And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.” Lot was not faithful, but the Lord was merciful, pulling him out of Sodom as wood plucked out of a fire.
（l）他的妻子从毁灭中得救，却变成了盐柱
l) His Wife Being Saved from Destruction but Becoming a Pillar of Salt
19罗得的妻子从毁灭中得救，但她变成了一根盐柱。（创十九15～17，26，路十七32。）粉状的盐很有用处，但成了块就没有用处了。罗得的妻子成了盐柱，就是说她在神手中失去了用处，变成了羞辱的记号。今天基督教只帮助人顾到得救或沉沦，但圣经启示除了得救或沉沦以外，还有荣耀或羞辱的问题。罗得的妻子没有失丧，她从毁灭中得救了。然而，最终她变成了羞辱的记号。所以，主在路加十七章三十二节说，『要回想罗得的妻子。』这是警告我们，虽然我们已经得救了，但在主回来时，可能会像罗得的妻子一样蒙羞。虽然我们是得救的人，但我们在主回来时可能是个蒙羞的人。（约壹二28。）在路加十七章二十八至三十三节，主警告我们不要回头看。罗得的妻子为甚么回头看？因为她的一些孩子，尤其是她的一些女儿，还在所多玛；也因为她的房子和衣物还在那里。你若仔细读创世记十九章，会读出来她是在罗得的后面。他们是夫妇，应当走在一起；她不该在丈夫的后面。但她在罗得后面，回头一看，就变成了一根盐柱。她向她喜爱住的地方回头一看，就变成了羞辱的记号，作我们的警戒。这不仅仅是一个故事或道理。我们从这看见，除了得救的问题以外，还有羞辱的问题。当审判的日子来时，你是要有分于荣耀呢，还是要有分于羞辱？我们不会沉沦，因为我们的救恩是确定的。然而，正如这警戒的例子所指明的，我们可能会蒙羞。
19Lot’s wife was saved from destruction, but she became a pillar of salt (19:15-17, 26; Luke 17:32). In the form of powder, salt is useful. But when salt becomes a block, it is useless. That Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt meant that she had lost her usefulness in the hand of God and had become a sign of shame. Today Christianity helps people only to take care of the matter of salvation or perdition. But the Bible reveals that besides the matter of salvation or perdition, there is the matter of glory or shame. Lot’s wife was not lost; she was saved from destruction. Eventually, however, she became a shame. Hence, the Lord said in Luke 17:32, “Remember Lot’s wife,” warning us that, though we are saved, at the Lord’s coming back we might possibly suffer shame like Lot’s wife. Although we are saved, we may become ashamed at the Lord’s coming back (1 John 2:28). In Luke 17:28-33 the Lord warns us not to look back. Why did Lot’s wife look back? Because some of her children, especially her daughters, were still in Sodom and because her house and her clothing also were there. If you read Genesis 19 carefully, you will see that she was behind Lot. As a couple, they should have gone together; she should not have been behind her husband. But, being behind him, she looked back and became a pillar of salt. She looked back to the place where she loved to live and became a sign of shame for our warning. This is not merely a story or doctrine. We see from it that in addition to the matter of salvation, there is the matter of shame. When the day of judgment arrives, will you share in the glory or in the shame? We shall not suffer perdition, for our salvation is assured. However, as this warning example indicates, we may be put to shame
（m）他一生的结果生出摩押人和亚扪人
m) His Life Issuing in Bringing Forth Moabites and Ammonites
20罗得一生的结果生出了摩押人和亚扪人（便亚米人），这两族人甚至到第十代都为神所弃绝。（创十九36～38，申三二3。）罗得一生的结局是何等可怜！他不是生出以撒，而是生出神所弃绝的摩押人和亚扪人。在罗得的故事这里，我们看见一个失败义人的记载。沿著得胜的亚伯拉罕白色的记载，还有失败的罗得黑色的记载。罗得一生的记载，对我们众人该是有力的警戒。
20Lot’s life issued in bringing forth Moabites and Ammonites (children of Ben-ammi), who were rejected by God even to their tenth generation (19:36-38; Deut. 23:3). What a pitiful ending to Lot’s life! He did not bring forth an Isaac but Moabites and Ammonites who were rejected by God. Here in the story of Lot we see the record of a defeated righteous man. Alongside of the white record of the victorious Abraham, we have the black record of the defeated Lot. The record of Lot’s life should be a strong warning to us all.