奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  5月22日 百姓的选择

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  The People’s Choice, May 22

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  （撒上9:1,2,15-10:1）
“现在你们所求所选的王在这里”（撒上12:13）。{CC 148.1}[1]

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  1 Samuel 9:1-2; 1 Samuel 15:10-11[1]

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  扫罗乃是上帝照着以色列人的心愿所给他们的王。……他容貌俊美，体格魁悟，有君王的风度，他的外表正合乎他们理想中的王者的威仪；而且他个人的勇武和指挥作战的能力，乃是他们认为最足以博得列国敬重和尊荣的特点。他们一点也没有考虑到，他们的王所应有的那些更高尚的特质，才使他能按公理和正义治理国家。他们没有要求一个具有真正高尚品格，并且敬爱上帝的人。他们没有求问上帝指示他们，一个国王必须具什么条件，才能保持他们作祂选民的独特和圣洁的性质。他们没有求问上帝的道路，而只追求自己的道路。因此上帝就照他们的心愿给他们一个王，──他的品格正足以反映他们的品格。他们的心既没有归向上帝，他们的王也就没有被上帝的恩惠所驯服。在这个王的治理之下，他们必能得到他们所缺少的经验，为要使他们看出自己的错误，而再归向上帝。{CC 148.2}[2]

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  Behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired. 1 Samuel 12:13. {CC 148.1}[2]

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  然而耶和华既将国家的重任放在扫罗肩上，祂就没有让扫罗独自负担。祂降圣灵在扫罗身上，来显明他的软弱，和他对上帝恩惠的需要；如果扫罗能依赖上帝，上帝就必与他同在。只要他的意志能受上帝旨意的约束，只要他能顺服圣灵的管教，上帝就能使他的努力得到成功。但当扫罗决心不依靠上帝而独断独行的时候，耶和华就不能再作他的响导，而不得不撇弃他了。于是祂选召“一个合祂心意的人”登基作王(撒上13:14），──这一个人并不是在品格上没有过错的，可是他是一个不敢依靠自己，而要依靠上帝，并听从圣灵引导的人；在他犯罪之后，他是愿意接受责备，领受管教的。（PP636）{CC 148.}[3]

奋斗与勇敢-第143章

  In Saul, God had given to Israel a king after their own heart.... Comely in person, of noble stature and princely bearing, his appearance accorded with their conceptions of royal dignity; and his personal valor and his ability in the conduct of armies were the qualities which they regarded as best calculated to secure respect and honor from other nations. They felt little solicitude that their king should possess those higher qualities which alone could fit him to rule with justice and equity. They did not ask for one who had true nobility of character, who possessed the love and fear of God. They had not sought counsel from God as to the qualities a ruler should possess, in order to preserve their distinctive, holy character as His chosen people. They were not seeking God’s way, but their own way. Therefore God gave them such a king as they desired—one whose character was a reflection of their own. Their hearts were not in submission to God, and their king also was unsubdued by divine grace. Under the rule of this king they would obtain the experience necessary in order that they might see their error, and return to their allegiance to God. {CC 148.2}[3]

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