民数记生命读经 · 第42篇

争战（十一）

Fighting (11)

1读经：民数记三十章一至十六节。民数记二十八章一节至三十章十六节这一段论到律例，就是附加的律法。这些律例是关于两件事：供物（民二八1～二九40）与许愿。（民三十1～16。）

二关于许愿

2在关于供物作神食物的律例之后，接著有关于许愿的律例。向神献供物是我们的本份，我们的责任;向神许愿乃是我们自愿的。神要我们作的，比我们尽责履行祂的要求更多。祂想要我们作一件额外的事－向祂许愿。在民数记六章拿细耳人的愿，就是特别一种愿的例子。在今天的召会生活中，我们也有这两件事，就是履行神的要求，以及向神许愿。倘若我们只是履行神的要求，我们就还没有达到最高的标准。我们需要向神许愿，很明确并特定的，自动向神许愿。按照召会历史，所有为神使用来完成神新约职事的人，都是自动向神许愿的人。他们不仅履行神的要求，也自动向神许愿。达秘（J.N.Darby）就是其中一个例子。他履行了神的要求，也许了一个愿:为了召会生活的需要，自愿守童身。

3神使用我们到甚么程度，在于我们的许愿。当然，许愿不限于婚姻的事。我们可以在许多不同的事上向神许愿。我们所许的愿越高，主越能使用我们。我盼望在主的恢复中，有许多青年被摸著、受激励来向神许愿。主的恢复需要那些向神许愿的青年。一个自动许愿的年轻人可以说，『主，我藉著你的怜悯和恩典履行了你新约的要求，但我要作些额外的事。我要许愿绝对的为你而活。』我们都需要向主许某种愿。

１人向耶和华许愿或起誓，用誓言约束自己

4人若向耶和华许愿或起誓，用誓言约束自己，就不可食言，（民三十1～2上，）必要按口中所出的一切话而行。（民三十2下。）这指明我们向神许了愿，就必须遵守。我们若食言，就要受亏损。

２女子年幼还在父家的时候，向耶和华许了愿，

5用誓言约束自己民数记三十章三至五节说到女子年幼还在父家的时候，向耶和华许了愿，用誓言约束自己。在这样的事例中，最后定准的，乃在她的父亲。这里的女子表征信徒，父亲表征父神。在神的眼中，所有的信徒都是女子。我们所许一切的愿，最后定准的，乃在父神。

5Scripture Reading: Num. 30:1-16 Numbers 28:1—30:16 is a section dealing with statutes, which are additional laws. These statutes concern two matters: offerings (28:1—29:40) and vows (30:1-16

３已婚妇人所许的愿，由丈夫定准

B. Concerning Vows

6在六至八节，我们看到已婚妇人所许的愿，是由丈夫定准的。这里的丈夫表征主基督。我们这些信徒都有为父的神，与为主的基督。我们乃是在父家中，并有基督为丈夫的女子，我们对自己所许的愿没有权作最后的定准。最后定准的，乃在父神，或主基督。４寡妇或离婚妇人所许的愿寡妇或离婚妇人所许的愿，对她都要为定，她必须履行。（民三十9。）但她的愿或誓言若是在丈夫家立的，丈夫就是定准的人。民三十10~15)这指明信徒既已联于父神并主基督，就失去了自己的人权。我们在父神并主基督面前，没有任何权利。民数记三十章三至十五节启示，在权柄的事上，神是何等严格。年幼的女子住在父亲家中，就必须服从父亲。已婚妇人必须服从自己的丈夫。然而，寡妇或离婚妇人就随她自己。我不想作寡妇或离婚妇人。我宁愿有父亲－父神，和丈夫－主基督。有神作我们的父，有基督作我们的丈夫，那是多么好。因为我有神作我的父，有基督作我的丈夫，我就能安心。相反的，世人行事为人像寡妇和离婚的妇人，他们没有神作他们的父，也没有基督作他们的主，他们凭自己站立，承担自己的责任。我们与世人不同。对父和主来说，我们都是女子。我们当将一切都带到我们的父和我们的丈夫那里，由祂最后来定准。

见证

7弟兄：赞美主，这短短的一段竟这么美妙的向我们开启了！主的谕言仍在我们中间。祂在启示里的说话，确实与祂的恢复同在。羞辱归给仇敌！荣耀归给主！在本篇信息中，我们看见我们对主是否有用，在于我们向祂所许的愿。我们这些基督徒都要应付神基本的要求，但除了履行这些要求，我们也需要许愿，好为神所用。这些愿有许多种，也带著许多形式。我分享自己的见证，愿意向年轻人特别的说到自己。我头一次许愿要事奉主，在我高中的时候。这个愿在我大学的时候重新许过;当我结婚的时候，我又重新许了一次。最后主印证了这愿，我就开始全时间事奉祂。我们该在主面前严肃的，并经过熟思的来许愿。我们一旦许了愿，就不能食言，也不能收回。对所许的愿食言，使我们的基督生活受损害。虽然我们许愿应该相当谨慎，然而我们可以一无所惧。年轻人许愿一生事奉主，是完全正确的。你若在主面前严肃的想过这事，你若渴慕事奉主，你若有还愿的灵，许愿全时间事奉主是不会错的。你一旦许了愿就不能收回。然而，这愿还需要印证。全时间训练有奇妙的供备，使你所许的愿得印证。我们并不期望所有来参加全时间训练的人，都会一生事奉主。但藉著参加这训练，你就给主绝佳的机会，来印证你所许的愿。呼召年轻人来全时间，这事完全是出于主的。仇敌恨恶并想要破坏这事。但在这重新数点的时刻，我们要再次发出这呼召，不是兴奋的，乃是清明的。我鼓励年轻人不要怕许愿全时间事奉主。不要想你的过去，或别人在作甚么，也不要想你是否能作到。至终，这事不在于那定意的，也不在于那奔跑的，乃在于那施怜悯的神。只有凭著主的怜悯和恩典，才能叫人为祂所用。我们所需要的，乃是有一颗心，在我们基督徒生活的基本要求之外，往前向主许愿，特别是许愿事奉主。

7The statutes concerning vows follow the statutes concerning the offerings, which are God’s food. It is our duty, our responsibility, to present the offerings to God, whereas vows are voluntary. God wants us to do something more than carry out our duty and responsibility to fulfill His requirements. He would like us to do something additional—to make a vow to Him. An example of a particular vow is the vow of the Nazarite in Numbers 6. In the church life today, we also have the two matters of fulfilling God’s requirements and of making a vow to Him. If we simply fulfill God’s requirements, we have not yet come up to the highest standard. We need to make a vow to God, volunteering ourselves in a definite and particular way. According to church history, all those who were used by God to fulfill His New Testament ministry were volunteers. They not only fulfilled God’s requirements but also volunteered to make a vow to Him. John Nelson Darby is an example of such a person. He fulfilled God’s requirements, and he also made a vow, for the sake of the need in the church life, to remain unmarried

8一面，许愿是审慎、严肃的事，不该作得轻率或不妥当。另一面，我们的愿需要得印证，这印证完全是在主那一面。父神并主基督对我们所许之愿的印证，牵涉到神的权柄。权柄对神是重要的。赞美主，我们都在神的权柄之下！我们在这里不是寡妇或离婚妇人。我们在这里不是世人，我们乃是在神权柄之下的信徒。只有在神的权柄之下，我们的愿才得以印证并完成。在我们这面，我们需要向神许愿，或更新我们过去所许的愿。然后，我们这些在神权柄之下的人，需要仰望父并仰望主来印证这愿。

9弟兄：最近我读到一本小册名为『奉献』。对我来说，向主许愿似乎比将自己奉献给主更高。基督己经流血，付出代价来得著我们。我们属于祂，祂对我们有合法的权利。这是我们奉献的根基。在奉献中，我们也为主的爱所困迫，要把自己奉献给祂。但向主许愿有些不同。在许愿的时候，我们需要主动发起。我欣赏论到我们对主有用是在于我们许愿的这段话。主能用我们多少，在于我们的许愿。我们所许的愿越高，我们的用处会越大。我们青年人需要奉献自己给主，向祂许愿。我们需要将一生献给主，使我们全部的潜力都可以为祂所用。

9The extent to which the Lord will use us depends on our vow. Of course, a vow is not limited to the matter of marriage. We may make a vow to the Lord regarding many different things. The higher our vow is, the more the Lord will use us. I hope that many of the young people in the Lord’s recovery will be touched and inspired to make a vow to God. The Lord’s recovery needs young people who have made vows to God. A young person who volunteers to make a vow may say, ‘‘Lord, by Your mercy and grace I have fulfilled Your New Testament requirements. But I would like to do something additional. I would like to make a vow to live for You absolutely.’’ We all need to make some kind of vow to the Lord.

1. A Man Vowing a Vow to Jehovah or Swearing an Oath to Bind Himself by a Pledge

10弟兄：我对于向神许愿的严重性，印象非当深刻。我们许愿的时候，不该轻易的许，或轻率的说话。许愿是严肃且庄重的事。在我们主动许愿之后，最后必须由父神或基督来定准。我们需要在神与基督的权柄之下。我也对三十章的许愿与六章拿细耳人的愿之间的相互关联印象深刻。在论到拿细耳人之愿的信息中，我们看见拿细耳人必须胜过天然的感情、属地的娱乐、以及背叛，也必须避开死亡。这指明我们需要绝对为著神，并在祂的元首地位之下，以祂为我们的权柄。

10A man vowing a vow to Jehovah or swearing an oath to bind himself by a pledge was not to break his word (Num. 30:1-2a). Rather, he was to do according to all that proceeded out of his mouth (v. 2b). This indicates that when we make a vow to God, we must keep it. If we break our word, we will suffer loss

姊妹：民数记三十章三、四节说，『女子年幼还在父家的时候，若向耶和华许了愿，用誓言约束自己，她父亲也听见她所许的愿和约束自

2. A Woman Vowing a Vow to Jehovah and Binding Herself by a Pledge

11己的誓言，却向她默默不言；她所许的愿，和约束自己的誓言，就都要为定。』我很高兴我们不必等到年老或成熟才能向主许愿。不然，我们会害怕许愿。我们甚至在年幼的时候就能许愿，然后信靠我们的父来印证。当我只有十五岁的时候，我向神许了一个愿。主很特别的摸著了我，我就回应说，『我将我的

11While in Her Youth within Her Father’sHo use Numbers 30:3-5 speaks of a woman vowing a vow to Jehovah and binding herself by a pledge while in her youth within her father’sho use. In such a case, the final decision was to be made by her father. Here the woman signifies a believer, and the father signifies God the Father. In the sight of God, all believers are females. The final decision concerning any vow we make to God will be decided by the Father

12一生献给你。』即使我在危机过后已忘了这个愿，父却默默不言，这愿也定准了。过了一段日子之后，祂要我兑现这愿。这完全是出于祂的作为。神是我的父，我何等感谢！有一件事拦阻我们向主许愿，就是来自仇敌的惧怕。我们也许害怕自

123. The Vow of a Married Woman Being Decided by Her Husband

13In verses 6 through 8 we see that the vow of a married woman was to be decided by her husband. The husband here signifies Christ the Lord. As believers, we all have God as our Father and Christ as our Lord. As females who are in the house of our Father and who have Christ as our Husband, we do not have the right to make the final decision concerning our vows. The final decision should be made either by God the Father or by Christ the Lord. 4. The Vow of a Widow or of a Divorced Woman The vow of a widow or of a divorced woman was to stand against her, and she was required to fulfill it (v. 9). But if her vow or oath was made in her husband’sho use, her husband was to be the deciding one (vv. 1 0-1 5). This indicates that in relation to God the (Father and Christ the Lord, the believers have lost their human rights. Neither before God the Father nor before Christ the Lord do we have any rights. Numbers 30:3-15 reveals how strict God is in the matter of authority. A young woman living in her father’sho use had to submit to her father. A married woman had to submit to her husband. However, a widow or a divorced woman was on her own. I do not want to be like a widow or a divorced woman. I prefer to have a father—God the Father—and a husband— Christ the Lord. How good it is to have God as our Father and Christ as our Husband! Because I have God as my Father and Christ as my Husband, I can be at peace. The worldly people, on the contrary, behave like widows and divorced women. Instead of having God as their Father and Christ as their Lord, they stand by themselves, bearing their responsibility. We are different from the worldly people. We are females with the Father and the Lord. We should bring everything to and let the final decisions be made by our Father and our Husband.

14己不能履行，或害怕因著向主许愿，我们会有某种失败，或者会有甚么不好。这惧怕是从仇敌来的，完全的爱能把这惧怕除去。我们爱主。祂已拣选我们、救赎我们、拯救我们、并呼召我们进入祂的恢复，绝对为祂而活。我们盼望主恢复中所有的年轻人都向主许愿，要一生为基督与召会而活。