13第二篇的人避难在子里面,并以嘴亲子,爱子。(12。)这人当然是在引到新耶路撒冷的生命线上。我们需要作在生命线上的人。十五篇的人在善恶线上。然而,十六篇启示基督是神人。祂一直是、仍然是、始终是在生命线上。我们在生命线上的人,至终要在新耶路撒冷这活水的城里。圣经告诉我们,亚当堕落以后生了两个儿子。事实上,我相信亚当还有儿子,但只有两个儿子记载在圣经里,因为这两个儿子代表两条路线。长子是该隐,次子是亚伯。该隐是善恶的代表,他起初是善的,他将自己手中劳苦的供物献给神。照著该隐的路这是善的,但他被神弃绝了。神弃绝人的恶,也弃绝人的善,如弃绝恶一样。及至该隐被神弃绝,他就立刻转而杀了他的兄弟,这就是恶。(创四1~8。)一面,他行善事;另一面,他行恶事。善恶都在同一条线上。该隐在善恶知识树的线上。然而,亚伯不在这条线上。他享受基督作他的燔祭,接触神并以神作他的分。亚伯是在生命线上。本篇信息的篇题是一个问句。这是大卫在诗篇十五篇所发的问题-『怎样的人能与神同住,成全祂的心愿和喜悦?』我们也许以为善人能与神同住,恶人却不能;善与恶是我们的两条线。哲学教师以及许多宗教人士都持守同样的观念,认为有一位神,只有善人能与祂同住,恶人不能。但感谢主,在圣经,就是祂神圣的启示里,有一组诗篇,就是十五、十六篇,给我们看见神所要的是怎样的人。神不要恶人或善人;神弃绝善人,如同弃绝恶人一样。他们属于同样的源头;在同样的性质、同样的实体里;也在同样的路线上达到同样的结局。惟有神人能满足神的愿望,并成全祂的喜悦。
13The person in Psalm 2 takes refuge in the Son and kisses the Son, loves the Son (v. 12). This one surely is on the line of life leading to the New Jerusalem. We need to be those who are on the line of life. The person in Psalm 15 is on the line of good and evil. Psalm 16, however, reveals Christ as the God-man. He has been, still is, and always will be on the line of life. Those of us on the line of life will eventually be in the New Jerusalem, the city of living water. After the fall of man, the Bible tells us that Adam had two sons. Actually, I believe Adam had more sons, but only two sons are recorded in the Bible because these two sons represent two lines. The first son was Cain, and the second son was Abel. Cain was a representative of good and evil. At first, he was good. He presented the offerings of the labor of his own hands to God. This was good according to Cain’sway, but he was rejected. God rejects man’s evil. God also rejects man’s good as evil. Then when Cain was rejected by God, he immediately turned to kill his brother. This was evil (Gen. 4:1-8). On the one hand, he did something good. On the other hand, he did something evil. Both good and evil are in the same line. Cain was in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Abel, however, was not in this line. He enjoyed Christ as his burnt offering to contact God and to take God as his portion. Abel was in the line of life. The title of this message is a question. This is the question David asks in Psalm 15—“What kind of man may dwell with God for His heart’s desire and good pleasure?” We may think that the man of good can dwell with God, but not the man of evil. Good and evil are our two lines. Teachers of philosophy and those of many religions would all say that if there is a God, only a good man, not an evil man, could dwell with Him. All of them would hold the same concept. But thank the Lord, in the Bible, which is His divine revelation, we have a pair of psalms, Psalms 15 and 16, to show us what kind of man God wants. God does not want an evil man or a good man. God rejects the good man as the evil man. They are of the same source, in the same nature, and in the same entity. They are in the same line and will arrive at the same end. Only a God- man can satisfy God’s desire and fulfill His good pleasure.