MHCC:創世記 19

Chapter 19第十九章

The destruction of Sodom, and the deliverance of Lot. (1-29) The sin and disgrace of Lot. (30-38)所多瑪的毀滅和羅得的獲救。（1-29）羅得的罪與不光彩的行為。（30-38）

Verses 1-29 Lot was good, but there was not one more of the same character in the city. All the people of Sodom were very wicked and vile. Care was therefore taken for saving Lot and his family. Lot lingered; he trifled. Thus many who are under convictions about their spiritual state, and the necessity of a change, defer that needful work. The salvation of the most righteous men is of God's mercy, not by their own merit. We are saved by grace. God's power also must be acknowledged in bringing souls out of a sinful state If God had not been merciful to us, our lingering had been our ruin. Lot must flee for his life. He must not hanker after Sodom. Such commands as these are given to those who, through grace, are delivered out of a sinful state and condition. Return not to sin and Satan. Rest not in self and the world. Reach toward Christ and heaven, for that is escaping to the mountain, short of which we must not stop. Concerning this destruction, observe that it is a revelation of the wrath of God against sin and sinners of all ages. Let us learn from hence the evil of sin, and its hurtful nature; it leads to ruin.

1-29羅得還是善良的，但是，在這個城裏已經再也找不到第二個像他這樣的善人了。所多瑪所有的人都是如此的罪惡而不道德。上帝還是眷顧羅得和他的家人，要救他們。但羅得卻耽延浪費時間。同樣，許多屬靈狀況有問題的信徒，他們需要改變，但是他們往往耽延那必須的改變。再好的義人的得救，也是因為上帝的恩典，而不是因為他們自己的功勞。我們的獲得拯救是因為上帝的恩典。我們必須承認，將一個人的靈魂從有罪的狀態中救拔出來，乃是出於上帝的能力。如果不是上帝憐憫我們，我們早就因為我們的耽延而滅亡了。羅得必須逃命，決不能回頭看所多瑪。這樣的命令給予了那些因着恩典而在罪惡的狀態與環境中獲得拯救的人。不要再轉回到罪中，不要再轉回到撒旦的權下。不要在自我和在這個世界中停留。應該一直跑到基督和天國里，那才是「往山上跑」，在沒有到達那裏之前，我們絕不能停留。從這一場毀滅中，我們可以得到一個啟示：上帝對罪惡以及一切世代的罪人充滿憤怒。讓我們從這裏認識到罪的邪惡，認識它有害的本質，它導向的只有滅亡。

Verses 30-38 See the peril of security. Lot, who kept chaste in Sodom, and was a mourner for the wickedness of the place, and a witness against it, when in the mountain, alone, and, as he thought, out of the way of temptation, is shamefully overtaken. Let him that thinks he stands high, and stands firm, take heed lest he fall. See the peril of drunkenness; it is not only a great sin itself, but lets in many sins, which bring a lasting wound and dishonour. Many a man does that, when he is drunk, which, when he is sober, he could not think of without horror. See also the peril of temptation, even from relations and friends, whom we love and esteem, and expect kindness from. We must dread a snare, wherever we are, and be always upon our guard. No excuse can be made for the daughters, nor for Lot. Scarcely any account can be given of the affair but this, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? From the silence of the Scripture concerning Lot henceforward, learn that drunkenness, as it makes men forgetful, so it makes them to be forgotten.

30-38要看到平安穩妥中的危險。在所多瑪，羅得是一個道德平行良好的人，並且他為那地的惡行感到悲傷，他是所多瑪罪惡的見證人。當他獨自在山裏的時候，他以為自己已經擺脫了被試探的可能，但是，就在此時，他非常羞恥地跌倒了。當一個人自以為站得高，站得穩的時候，他應該謹慎，以免跌倒。我們要看到醉酒的危險；不僅醉酒本身就是大罪，而且，它會帶來別的罪，那些罪會帶來持久的傷害與羞辱。當一個人喝醉酒的時候，他往往會幹出一些他自己在清醒時會覺得厭惡或害怕的事情。這裏還讓我們看到，試探的危險甚至有可能來自我們心愛或尊敬的親朋好友，而且我們本以為從他們那裏來的應該都是好意。無論我們在哪裏，我們都應該警惕試探的陷阱，應該堅定地站在自己的地位上。沒有任何藉口可以為羅得或者他的女兒們開脫。這樣的事件，我們大約只能找到一個解釋：「人心比萬物都詭詐，壞到極處，誰能識透呢？」羅得以後怎樣，聖經沒有再提到，從中我們可以學習到：醉酒使人健忘，醉酒也使他們自己被遺忘。--【譯】趙威&【搬】何葉^-^~2012年3月26日(一)09:20 (CST)