奋斗与勇敢-第166章
6月14日 上帝却不回答
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
No Answer From God, June 14
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
(撒上28:3-25)
“耶和华却不藉梦,或乌陵,或先知回答他”(撒上28:6)。{CC 171.1}[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
1 Samuel 28:3-25[1]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
凡存着诚实和谦卑的心来到耶和华面前的人,祂从来没有丢弃他。祂为什么转离扫罗而不回答他呢?──因为王已经自愿地弃绝一切求问上帝的方法。他已经拒绝了先知撒母耳的劝告,他已经驱逐了上帝所拣选的大卫;他又杀害了耶和华的祭司。……他既使施恩的圣灵担忧而去;耶和华还能藉着梦兆和启示来回答他吗?况且扫罗并没有以谦卑和悔改的心转向上帝。他所要求的,并不是赦罪及与上帝和好的恩典,只是求上帝拯救他脱离他的仇敌而已。他自己的顽梗和悖逆已经使他与上帝隔绝。现在惟一的生路就是忏悔改过。但这个骄傲的君王在痛苦绝望之中,竟决意从其他方面求得帮助。……臣仆告诉王,在隐多珥地方有一个秘密交鬼的妇人。……扫罗夜间改了装,只带着两个仆人往那妇人的隐匿之处去。……{CC 171.2}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
The Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 1 Samuel 28:6. {CC 171.1}[2]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
还有什么捆绑能比那最凶恶之暴君,就是“自我”的捆绑更为可怕呢?依靠上帝和顺从祂的旨意,乃是扫罗作以色列王的必要条件。如果他作王的时候能符合这些条件,他的国位就必稳固,上帝必作他的响导,无所不能者必作他的保障。到这时为止,上帝已经容忍扫罗很久了;虽然他的悖逆和顽梗几乎已经使他心中听不到上帝的声音,但是他还有悔改的机会。可是当他在危险之中转离了上帝,而去向撒但的同盟者要求亮光之时,他就把自己与他创造主的最后一点联系割断了。……{CC 171.3}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
The Lord never turned away a soul that came to Him in sincerity and humility. Why did he turn Saul away unanswered? The king had by his own act forfeited the benefits of all the methods of inquiring of God. He had rejected the counsel of Samuel the prophet; he had exiled David, the chosen of God; he had slain the priests of the Lord.... He had sinned away the Spirit of grace, and could he be answered by dreams and revelations from the Lord? Saul did not turn to God with humility and repentance. It was not pardon for sin and reconciliation with God, that he sought, but deliverance from his foes. By his own stubbornness and rebellion he had cut himself off from God. There could be no return but by the way of penitence and contrition; but the proud monarch, in his anguish and despair, determined to seek help from another source.... It was told the king that a woman who had a familiar spirit was living in concealment at Endor.... Disguising himself, Saul went forth by night with but two attendants, to seek the retreat of the sorceress.... {CC 171.2}[3]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
扫罗因求问黑暗之灵,就已经毁灭了自己。他既被绝望的恐怖所压倒,就无力鼓舞部下的士气了。他既与那能力之源隔绝,就无法引领以色列人的心仰望上帝为他们的帮助。这样,凶恶的预言本身就此促成它的实现了。(PP680,681){CC 171.4}[4]
奋斗与勇敢-第166章
What bondage so terrible as that of him who is given over to the control of the worst of tyrants—himself! Trust in God and obedience to His will were the only conditions upon which Saul could be king of Israel. Had he complied with these conditions throughout his reign, his kingdom would have been secure; God would have been his guide, the Omnipotent his shield. God had borne long with Saul; and although his rebellion and obstinacy had well-nigh silenced the divine voice in the soul, there was still opportunity for repentance. But when in his peril he turned from God to obtain light from a confederate of Satan, he had cut the last tie that bound him to his Maker.... {CC 171.3}[4]
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