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基督教要义每日灵修/2017年5月19日
“基督教要义”每日灵修版 - Book I 对创造主上帝的认识
5月19日 [1.16.2] 万事在神的护理中,所以没有任何偶然的事
神的护理,根据圣经的教导,完全与世人所说的命运或因缘相反。从古至今,几乎所有世人都认为万事的发生都是经由机运。这种根据机率机会的邪恶观念,不仅是混淆了护理的真理,更是使得此真理在人心中荡然无存。举例来说,有人为强盗劫持或被野兽吞吃,或在海上遭遇暴风船难,或遭房屋树木倒榻而死;而另有一人迷途沙漠绝处逢生,或从海难中获救,或死里逃生。不论是凶是吉、或顺或逆,世人都归之于命运。
我们属主基督的人,都深知我们的头发也都被数过了(太10:30),所以不会如此肤浅的相信命运。我们知道万事都互相效力,是因为上帝的隐密的旨意计画在掌管(罗8:28;弗1:11)。即使是无生命气息之物,各有其特性,也都是在上帝无所不在的大能膀臂统治之下。所以万事万物都是神旨意的运行工具,都是他掌管赋予效能,成就他所预定的美意。
太阳是受造物中最奇特显著的,阳光普照大地,散发热能滋生万物,使种子发芽生长,使植物开花结果,使大地丰收五谷。然而,上帝在创造太阳之前,先造了光,先造了植物,使地上充满结种子菜蔬与结果子的树木(创1:3,11,14)。这彰显了创造主的荣耀,敬虔的人绝不会认为太阳是万物生长的主要或必要原因。因为太阳被造以先,这些都已经存在了。太阳不过是上帝按照他旨意所使用的工具,他可以不使用或废弃太阳,而亲自照亮大地。
圣经教导我们: 神垂听约书亚的祷告,叫日头在空中停住约有一日之久,共两日不落(书10:13);又垂听希西家的祷告,叫日晷倒退十度(王下20:11;赛38:8)。这些神迹奇事为要证明: 日出日落并非由盲目的机运,乃是他丰富奇妙的恩典,他叫日头照好人也照歹人(太5:45),显明他是我们的天父,每日提醒我们是他所爱的儿女。所以他亲自掌管日头的升落、冬去春来、春归夏至、夏完秋临,一年四季的运转,各按其时成为美好(传3:11)。然而在周而复始的循环中,仍有很大的多样变化,每年、每月、每日、每早晨都是新的,因为都是上帝的特别护理(哀3:23)。
太 10:30 就是你们的头发,也都被数过了。 (CUVS)
Matt 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. (KJV)
罗 8:28 我们晓得万事都互相效力,叫爱 神的人得益处,就是按他旨意被召的人。 弗 1:11 我们也在他里面得了基业(“得”或作“成”),这原是那位随己意行作万事的,照着他旨意所预定的, (和合本 CUV)
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, (King James Version KJV)
创 1:3 神说:“要有光。”就有了光。 创 1:11 神说:“地要发生青草和结种子的菜蔬,并结果子的树木,各从其类,果子都包着核。”事就这样成了。 创 1:14 神说:“天上要有光体,可以分昼夜、作记号、定节令、日子、年岁; (和合本 CUV)
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. Gen 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth, and it was so. Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years, (King James Version KJV)
书 10:13 于是日头停留,月亮止住,直等国民向敌人报仇。这事岂不是写在雅煞珥书上吗?日头在天当中停住,不急速下落,约有一日之久。 (CUVS)
Josh 10:13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. (KJV)
王下 20:11 先知以赛亚求告耶和华,耶和华就使亚哈斯的日晷向前进的日影,往后退了十度。 赛 38:8 就是叫亚哈斯的日晷,向前进的日影往后退十度。”于是前进的日影,果然在日晷上往后退了十度。 (和合本 CUV)
2Kgs 20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD, and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. Isa 38:8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. (King James Version KJV)
太 5:45 这样,就可以作你们天父的儿子;因为他叫日头照好人,也照歹人;降雨给义人,也给不义的人。 (CUVS)
Matt 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. (KJV)
哀 3:23 每早晨这都是新的;你的诚实,极其广大! (CUVS)
Lam 3:23 They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness. (KJV)
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