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申命记生命读经 · 第9篇

律法的重申（四）

The Rehearsal of the Law (4)
1读经：申命记十一章八至三十二节。在本篇信息中，我们要来看十一章八至三十二节里一般劝戒和警告的两方面。
1Scripture Reading: Deut. 11:8-32 In this message we will consider the two aspects of the general advices and warnings found in 11:8-32
十五 以色列人若情愿遵守摩西劝戒和警告的话就蒙福
O. The Children of Israel to Receive Blessings by Being Willing to Keep Moses’ Words of Advice and Warning
2在十一章八至二十五节，我们看见以色列人若情愿遵守摩西劝戒和警告的话，就会得著祝福。今天，我们若持守基督，就会从神领受祝福。
2In 11:8-25 we see that if the children of Israel were willing to keep Moses’ words of advice and warning, they would receive certain blessings. Today, if we keep Christ, we will receive blessings from God
１ 他们必刚强，可以进去得应许之地
1. Being Strong and Going In to Possess the Promised Land
3『所以你们要守我今日所吩咐的一切诫命，使你们刚强，可以进去得你们所要过去得的那地。』（申十一８。）以色列人若遵守诫命，就会蒙福成为刚强的，可以进去得应许之地。今天我们若持守基督，紧紧的抓住祂，就会得著加强并鼓励，往前去得著基督。用保罗的话，我们会得著加强以『赢得基督。』（腓三８。）要得著基督就是要赢得基督。我们越接触主并享受祂，就越得著加强和鼓励要竭力赢得祂。
3Therefore you shall keep the whole commandment which I am commanding you today so that you may be strong and that you may go in and possess the land into which you are crossing over to possess it” (v. 8). If the children of Israel would keep the commandment, they would receive the blessing of being strong and of going in to possess the promised land. If we today keep Christ and hold fast to Christ, we will be strengthened and encouraged to go on to possess Christ. In Paul’swords, we will be strengthened to “gain Christ” (Phil. 3:8). To possess Christ is to gain Him. The more we contact the Lord and enjoy Him, the more we are strengthened and encouraged to press on to gain Him
２ 他们在应许之地上的日子必长久
2. Extending Their Days upon the Promised Land
4以色列人若情愿遵守摩西的话，他们在应许之地上的日子必长久，那地是流奶与蜜之地，是神所眷顾的，从岁首到年终，神的眼目常看顾那地。（申十一９～12。）对我们今天来说，应许之地就是基督，我们在基督里面并同著基督（不是在基督上）的日子必长久。申命记十一章十二节说，『那地是耶和华你神所眷顾的，从岁首到年终，耶和华你神的眼目常看顾那地。』眷顾，直译，寻求，即带著兴趣和关切的寻求。这一节不仅说到神的情爱，更说到祂的眷顾。神的眼目在我们身上，意思就是我们是祂眷顾的对象。神将眼目放在我们身上，是要我们紧紧的抓住基督，享受基督。
4If the children of Israel were willing to keep Moses’ words, they would extend their days upon the promised land, a land flowing with milk and honey, a land which God cares for and upon which His eyes are from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year (Deut. 11:9-12). For us today, the promised land is Christ, and our days may be extended not upon Christ but in Christ and with Christ. Deuteronomy 11:12 says, “It is a land which Jehovah your God cares for; always the eyes of Jehovah your God are upon it, from the beginning of the year unto the end of the year.” Literally, the Hebrew word translated “cares for” means “seeks after” (i.e., with interest and care). This verse speaks not merely of God’s affection but of His care. For God’se yes to be upon us means that we are the object of His care. The reason that God puts His eyes upon us is so that we will hold fast to Christ and enjoy Christ.
5首先，神将祂的情爱放在我们身上，（申七７，）然后祂将眼目放在我们身上。因著从岁首到年终，祂的眼目常看顾我们，我们就能看见祂的眼，因而享受祂的同在。这项祝福是何等的亲切、宝贝！
5First, God sets His affection upon us (7:7), and then He puts His eyes upon us. Since His eyes are upon us all the time, from the beginning of the year unto the end of the year, we can see His eyes and thereby enjoy His presence. How dear and precious is this blessing
３ 神必按时降秋雨春雨
3. God Giving Them Rain for Their Land
6在他们的地上第三项祝福是降雨，就是对一切在属天范围内之物属天的浇灌。十一章十四、十五节论到这事说，『祂必按时降秋雨春雨在你们的地上，使你们可以收藏五榖、新酒、和新油。祂必使田野为你的牲口长草；你也必吃得饱足。』因著有雨水，他们就有五榖、新酒、和新油的收成。对我们今天在基督里的信徒来说，雨就是那灵。我们在那灵属天的浇灌之下，就不会枯干。十六、十七节乃是警告。『你们要谨慎，免得你们的心受迷惑，就偏离正路，转去事奉跪拜别神；耶和华的怒气就向你们发作，使天闭塞不下雨，地也不出产，使你们在耶和华所赐给你们的美地上，速速灭亡。』以色列人若转向别神，就不会再在神的眷顾之下；祂的怒气要向他们发作，天也要闭塞不下雨。今天我们需要将这警告应用自己在身上。我们要谨慎，免得我们的心受迷惑，转向别的事物，如教育、事业成就或自己的偏爱。我们若偏离神，转去事奉别的事物，就不会再享受属天的浇灌。
6in Its Season, the Early Rain and the Late Rain The third blessing is the blessing of rain, the blessing of the heavenly watering of everything in their realm. Concerning this, verses 14 and 15 say, “I will give rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the late rain, so that you may gather your grain and your new wine and your fresh oil. And I will put grass in your field for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.” Because of the rain, they would have a harvest of grain, new wine, and fresh oil. For us as believers in Christ today, the rain is the Spirit. Under the heavenly watering of the Spirit, we are not dry. In verses 16 and 17 there is a warning. “Be careful lest your heart is deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them. And the anger of Jehovah burns against you and He shuts up heaven, so that there is no rain and the earth does not yield its produce and you perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.” If the children of Israel turned away to other gods, they would no longer be under God’s care. Instead, His anger would burn against them, heaven would be closed to them, and there would be no rain. We need to apply this warning to ourselves today. We should be careful lest our hearts are deceived, and we turn aside to other gods, such as education, success in business, or having our own preferences. If we turn aside from God and serve other gods, we will no longer enjoy the heavenly watering
４ 他们要将摩西的话存在心上，留在意中
4. Laying the Words of Moses on Their Heart and on Their Soul
7以色列人要将摩西的话存在心上，留在意中，系在手上为记号，戴在额上为饰带，教训他们的儿女，无论坐在家里、行在路上，或躺下、起来，都要谈论，又要写在房屋的门柱上，并城门上。（申十一18～20。）他们要作这些事，使他们和他们的子孙在应许之地的日子得以繁增，如天覆地的日子那样多。（申十一。）今天我们该将基督存在心上，留在意中。我们该将基督系在手上为记号，就是将基督系在与我们有关的一切事上，系在一切彰显我们的事上。我们也该将基督戴在额上为饰带，将基督教训别人，无论在何处都讲说基督。这就是说，我们该随时随在都被基督占有。
7The children of Israel were to lay the words of Moses on their heart and on their soul, bind them on their hand as a sign, wear them as frontlets between their eyes, teach them to their children, speaking about them when they sat in their house, when they journeyed on the way, when they lay down, and when they rose up, and write them on the doorposts of their house and on their gates (vv. 18-20). They were to do these things that their days, as well as the days of their children, might be multiplied upon the promised land, as long as the days of heaven are above the earth (v. 21 21). We today should lay Christ on our heart and on our soul. We should bind Christ on our hand as a sign or symbol; that is, we should bind Christ to everything related to us and to everything that is an expression of us. We should also wear Christ as a frontlet between our eyes and teach Christ to others, speaking of Christ wherever we may be. This means that all the time and everywhere we should be occupied with Christ.
8这些经节里的祝福乃是爱之神的祝福。十四至十七节的祝福是雨的祝福，那是从神临到我们这里的。十八至二十一节的祝福，是从我们这里回到神那里之爱的祝福。我们该爱祂，如同女子爱她所许配的男子一样。在申命记，神实际上是在『追求』祂的子民，爱他们，将祂的情爱放在他们身上。祂的子民该以爱回报祂。今天我们需要爱主，将那是话的基督存在心里，留在意中，并系在与我们有关的一切事上。
8The blessing in these verses is the blessing of loving God. The blessing in verses 14 through 17 is the blessing of rain, which comes to us from God. The blessing in verses 18 through 21 is the blessing of the love which returns to God from us. We should love Him just as a woman loves the man to whom she is engaged to be married. In Deuteronomy, God was actually “courting” His people, loving them and setting His affection upon them. His people should then love Him in return. Today we need to love the Lord by laying Christ as the word on our heart and on our soul and by binding this word to everything related to us
５ 耶和华必从他们面前赶出这一切的国民，他们要得著这些国民的地
5. Jehovah Dispossessing All Those Nations from before Them, and They Possessing the Land of the Nations
9在二十二节，摩西说到四件事：遵行摩西所吩咐的诫命，爱耶和华，行祂一切的道路，专靠（紧紧的抓住）祂。今天，我们该持守基督，爱神，行祂一切的道路，并紧紧的抓住祂。我们需要爱主耶稣到一个地步，紧紧的抓住祂。摩西接著说到百姓若遵守诫命，爱神，行祂的道路并专靠祂，『耶和华就必从你们面前赶出这一切国民，你们就要赶出比你们更大更强的国民。凡你们脚掌所踏之地，都必归你们，从旷野和利巴嫩并伯拉大河，直到西海，都要作你们的境界。』（申十一23～24。）伯拉大河就是希腊文的幼发拉底河。西海，直译，最远处的海，即地中海。按照二十四节，美地该从地中海延伸到今天的伊拉克。
9In verse 22 Moses spoke of four things: keeping the commandments which Moses commanded, loving Jehovah, walking in all His ways, and holding fast to Him. Today we should keep Christ, love God, walk in His ways, and hold fast to Him. We need to love the Lord Jesus to such an extent that we will hold fast to Him. Moses went on to say that if the people keep the commandments, love God, walk in His ways, and hold fast to Him, “Jehovah will dispossess all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. Every place on which the sole of your foot treads will be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even unto the farmost sea will be your border” (vv. 23-24). The Hebrew name for the Euphrates is Parath. The “farmost sea” is the Mediterranean Sea. According to verse 24, the good land should extend from the Mediterranean Sea to today’s Iraq.
10现在让我们重温十一章八至二十五节里的祝福。这些祝福包括：得著加强并鼓励去取得应许之地；在神的眷顾下并祂的同在里，在那地的日子得以长久；领受属天的浇灌；爱主而紧紧的抓住主。紧紧的抓住主并行祂的道路，的确是祝福。这些祝福中，最大的一项乃是神的同在。
10Let us now review the blessings in 11:8-25. These blessings include being strengthened and encouraged to possess the promised land, extending our days in the land under God’s care and in His presence, receiving the heavenly watering, loving the Lord, and holding fast to Him. It is surely a blessing to hold fast to the Lord and to walk in His ways. The greatest of these blessings is the blessing of God’s presence.
十六 摩西将祝福与咒诅，都摆在以色列人面前，并嘱咐他们将祝福的话摆在基利心山上，
P. Moses Setting a Blessing and a Curse before the Children of Israel and Charging Them to Put the Blessing
11将咒诅的话摆在以巴路山上
11upon Mount Gerizim and the Curse upon Mount Ebal
12摩西在二十六至二十八节说，『看哪，我今日将祝福与咒诅，都摆在你们面前。你们若听从耶和华你们神的诫命，就是我今日所吩咐你们的，就蒙祝福。你们若不听从耶和华你们神的诫命，偏离我今日所吩咐你们的道路，去事奉你们素来所不认识的别神，就遭咒诅。』我们或是蒙祝福，或是遭咒诅，乃在于我们有否接受基督。我们若接受基督，就蒙祝福；我们若不接受基督，就遭咒诅。
12In verses 26 through 28 Moses said, “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you today; and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God and you turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, to go after other gods whom you have not known.” Whether we have the blessing or the curse depends on whether or not we take Christ. If we take Christ, we have the blessing. If we do not take Christ, we have the curse
13摩西在二十九节继续说，『耶和华你神领你进去要得那地时，你要将祝福的话摆在基利心山上，将咒诅的话摆在以巴路山上。』我们蒙祝福还是遭咒诅，乃在于我们向著主如何行事为人。我们若有基督，就蒙祝福而在基利心山上；我们若没有基督，就遭咒诅而在以巴路山上。
13In verse 29 Moses continued, “When Jehovah your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, you shall put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Ebal.” Whether we receive the blessing or the curse depends on how we behave ourselves toward the Lord. If we have Christ, we will receive the blessing and be on Mount Gerizim. If we do not have Christ, we will receive the curse and be on Mount Ebal