於2022-08-07發佈

 

DAY 44
離開耶和華
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯:Kate
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該隱對耶和華說:我的刑罰太重,過於我所能當的。
你如今趕逐我離開這地,以致不見你面;我必流離飄蕩在地上,凡遇見我的必殺我。
耶和華對他說:凡殺該隱的,必遭報七倍。耶和華就給該隱立一個記號,免得人遇見他就殺他。
於是該隱離開耶和華的面,去住在伊甸東邊挪得之地。(創世記4:13-16)。

當主告訴該隱如何將他從憂鬱中解救出來時,他並沒有聽從。當我們不聽從主的話時,通常會導致我們進一步陷入罪惡,就像該隱那樣。該隱仍然可以求助於主,謙卑自己,悔改,他就會得到幫助。主警告他,他必須掌管罪,但他繼續走在讓罪掌管他的道路。

有趣的是,即使在那時,該隱也明白種和收的律,保羅在加拉太書6:7中解釋這點:"不要自欺,神是輕慢不得的。人種的是什麼,收的也是什麼。"該隱知道,由於謀殺了他的兄弟,他自己也有被謀殺的危險。這是一條與萬有引力定律一樣肯定的規律。因此,如果我們想得到恩典,就應該學會一有機會就播種恩典。如果我們想得到憐憫,我們就應該學會在每一次機會中播撒憐憫。如果我們行善,我們將收穫善。如果我們作惡,我們也會收穫同樣的結果。

當讀到該隱對被謀殺的恐懼時,人們可能會想:"誰會殺他?" 亞當和夏娃活了近一千年。他們確實開始履行他們的使命,生養眾多遍滿全地,擁有許多兒女。很明顯,在該隱殺死亞伯時,地上已經有了人口。他們顯然是該隱的近親,但該隱仍然害怕他們。該隱曾殺了自己的兄弟,所以知道兄弟可以殺他。這一點足夠準確,因為所有的人最終都來自同一家族,但這從未阻止他們互相攻擊。

即便如此,主還是憐憫了該隱。祂給了他一個記號,用來保護他。在神與人類打交道的歷史中,祂一直在迅速向我們展示無償的恩典和憐憫。祂的恩典和憐憫甚至足以讓祂否定種和收的律。在整個聖經中,我們有許多例子說明主因人播下的邪惡種子而導致莊稼欠收。然而,也有一些例子表明,對於那些心腸剛硬、妄想得到祂的恩典和憐憫的人,他們會受到迅速的審判。

該隱謀殺兄弟的罪行的最壞結果是"離開耶和華的面"。當教會中的弟兄之間,或教會之間發生爭鬥時,這往往是最終的結果。許多人最終會真正離開主。這就是為什麼從一開始,敵人的主要策略之一就是讓弟兄們互相爭吵。牠被稱為 "控告我們弟兄的人"(見啟示錄12:10),因為牠對付我們最有效的武器之一就是讓我們互相指責。

該隱不知為何認為亞伯是他被拒絕的原因。該隱的祭物被拒絕與亞伯的祭物毫無關係。該隱的問題的答案與亞伯無關,而是與他自己有關。然而,從一開始,把我們自己的問題歸咎於別人,就成了使人遠離神的恩典的主要欺騙之一。它也導致了歷史上最具破壞性的爭戰,它也導致了歷史上教會之間最具破壞性的爭戰。

首先,敵人會試圖讓我們嫉妒別人。然後牠會讓我們指責他們是我們自己問題的原因。這就是為什麼有嚴重困難的國家變得如此危險。指責別人並攻擊他們,而不是處理我們自己的問題,似乎要容易得多。如果我們能描繪出一個造成我們問題的共同敵人,人們就會傾向於團結在我們周圍。當教會和人們開始出現嚴重問題時,他們會變得很危險。如果你看到他們開始攻擊和指責別人,那就是離開的時候了。我們決不能繼續陷入敵人的這個陷阱,這是對處理我們自己的缺點的看似廉價的逃避。它將導致我們無謂地傷害他人。比這更糟糕的是,它還會導致我們 "離開耶和華的面"。 


DAY 44
Departing from the Lord
Rick Joyner

And Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear!
"Behold, Thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Thy face I shall be hidden, and I shall be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will come about that whoever finds me will kill me."
So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should slay him.
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden (Genesis 4:13-16).

When the Lord told Cain how he could be delivered from depression he did not listen. When we do not heed the Lord, it will usually result in our falling even further into sin, just as it did with Cain. Cain still could have turned to the Lord, humbled himself, and repented, and he would have received help. The Lord warned him that he had to master the sin, but he continued down the path of letting his sin master him.

It is interesting that, even then, Cain understood the law of sowing and reaping, which Paul explained in Galatians 6:7: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap." He knew that because he had murdered his brother, he was in danger of being murdered himself. This is a law that is as sure as the law of gravity. Therefore, if we want to receive grace, we should learn to sow grace every chance that we get. If we want to receive mercy, we should learn to sow mercy every chance we get. If we do good, we will reap good. If we do evil, we will reap the same.

When reading about Cain's fear of being murdered, one might think, "Who is going to murder him?" Adam and Eve lived nearly one thousand years. They did begin to fulfill their commission to multiply and fill the earth, having many other sons and daughters. Obviously, there was already a population on the earth by the time Cain slew Abel. They were obviously close relatives to Cain, but he was still afraid of them. He had slain his own brother, so he knew that a brother could slay him. This was accurate enough, because all men ultimately derive their name from the same family, but that has never kept them from attacking one another.

Even so, the Lord had mercy on Cain. He gave him a mark that would serve to protect him. Throughout the history of God's dealings with mankind, He has been quick to show unmerited grace and mercy to us. His grace and mercy is even enough for Him to negate the law of sowing and reaping. Throughout the Scriptures, we have many examples of the Lord causing crop failures from the evil seeds men have sown. However, we also have examples of swift judgment for those who have hardened their hearts and presumed upon His grace and mercy.

The worst result of Cain's sin of murdering his brother was that he "went out from the presence of the Lord." When fighting occurs between brethren in churches, or between churches, this is often the ultimate result. Many will end up actually departing from the Lord. That is why from the very beginning, one of the enemy's primary strategies has been to get brothers to fight with each other. He is called "the accuser of our brethren" (see Revelation 12:10), because one of his most effective weapons against us is to get us accusing one another.

Cain somehow thought that Abel was the reason for his rejection. The rejection of Cain's offering had nothing to do with Abel's offering. The answer to Cain's problem had nothing to do with Abel, but with himself. However, from the beginning, blaming someone else for our own problems has been one of the primary deceptions that has kept men from the grace of God. It has also led to the most destructive wars in history, and it has led to the most destructive wars between churches in history.

First, the enemy will try to get us to be jealous of others. Then he will get us to accuse them of being the reason for our own problems. That is why nations that are having serious difficulties become so dangerous. It often seems much easier to blame someone else and attack them instead of dealing with our own problems. People will tend to rally around us if we can portray a common enemy that is causing our problems. Churches and people can become dangerous when they start having serious problems. If you see them starting to attack and blame others, it is time to depart. We must not continue to get caught in this trap of the enemy, which is the seemingly cheap escape from dealing with our own shortcomings. It will lead us to needlessly wounding others. Even worse than that, it will also lead us to "departing from the presence of the Lord."