奋斗与勇敢-第151章
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奋斗与勇敢-第151章
Not to Be Trusted, May 30
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
(撒上15:)
“扫罗和百姓却怜惜亚甲,也爱惜上好的牛羊、牛犊、羊羔,并一切美物,不肯灭绝”(撒上15:9)。{CC 156.1}[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
1 Samuel 15[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
自从在密抹杀败非利士人以来,扫罗曾与摩押人,亚们人,和以东人作战,也曾与亚玛力人和非利士人作战;兵戈所指,战无不胜。这次他既领受了攻击亚玛力人的使命,就立时宣布战争。在他自己的权威之外,又加上先知的权威,于是以色列人响应了号召,云集在他的旗帜之下。他们参加这一次的战役不可有自高自大的目的;以色列人不可得到胜利的光荣,也不可从敌人夺取掠物。他们的出征乃是专为顺从上帝,在亚玛力人身上执行祂的审判。上帝的旨意是要列国都看到那反抗上帝主权之民族的厄运,并看明那毁灭他们的正是他们所轻视的民族。……{CC 156.2}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. 1 Samuel 15:9. {CC 156.1}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
这一次讨伐亚玛力人的胜利乃是扫罗从来没有得过的至辉煌的胜利。这就重新激动了他骄傲的心。这种傲心正是他最大的危险。上帝注定他仇敌全然被毁灭的命令,扫罗并没有完全执行。扫罗想藉俘虏一个国王来增加胜利的光荣;他竟胆敢仿效四围列国的风俗,饶了凶猛好战的亚玛力王亚甲。百姓还为自己保留了上好的牛羊和荷重的牲畜,并推诿自己的罪,藉口说保留这些牲畜,乃是为要献给耶和华为祭。其实他们的目的不过是要用这些牲畜来代替自己应献的牛羊。{CC 156.3}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
Since the defeat of the Philistines at Michmash, Saul had made war against Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and against the Amalekites and the Philistines; and wherever he turned his arms, he gained fresh victories. On receiving the commission against the Amalekites, he at once proclaimed war. To his own authority was added that of the prophet, and at the call to battle the men of Israel flocked to his standard. The expedition was not to be entered upon for the purpose of self-aggrandizement; the Israelites were not to receive either the honor of the conquest or the spoils of their enemies. They were to engage in the war solely as an act of obedience to God, for the purpose of executing His judgment upon the Amalekites. God intended that all nations should behold the doom of that people that had defied His sovereignty, and should mark that they were destroyed by the very people whom they had despised.... {CC 156.2}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
这样,扫罗就遇到他最后的试验了。他擅敢僭越不顾上帝的旨意,显明他决意要作一个独裁者,并证明他不配接受王权的委托,作耶和华的代理人。(PP629){CC 156.4}[4]
奋斗与勇敢-第151章
This victory over the Amalekites was the most brilliant victory that Saul had ever gained, and it served to rekindle the pride of heart that was his greatest peril. The divine edict devoting the enemies of God to utter destruction was but partially fulfilled. Ambitious to heighten the honor of his triumphal return by the presence of a royal captive, Saul ventured to imitate the customs of the nations around him and spared Agag, the fierce and warlike king of the Amalekites. The people reserved for themselves the finest of the flocks, herds, and beasts of burden, excusing their sin on the ground that the cattle were reserved to be offered as sacrifices to the Lord. It was their purpose, however, to use these merely as a substitute, to save their own cattle. {CC 156.3}[4]
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