Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure

Jobs 12:1-25
Then Job replied:
Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
But I have a mind as well as youI am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?

The tents of marauders are undisturbed,  and those who provoke God are secure—   those God has in his hand.
Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
To God belong wisdom and powercounsel and understanding are his. What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them. He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste. They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
Job is stung to sarcasm. His friends are not the only ones who can work things out. God is all-wise, all-powerful. If he turns the norms of wisdom and justice upside-down, what can anyone do about it?
Why?
God has the power to turn the norms of wisdom and justice upside-down. 
Doubtless, all his friends said are well known to Jon and others.
To God belong wisdom and power, no one can challenge Him.
Trust in the Lord for God's love endure forever! God's way beyond our way and mind.
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約伯對於他這三個朋友非常反感。你們所知道的誰不知道呢?
v1-3 你們有智慧,我也不輸你們。好像別人都是笨蛋,
v4-6 他的經歷與他朋友相反,約伯本來就求告神。安逸的人邈視受災禍的人。年紀大的人智慧就比較多嗎?特別教會中的老年人不要以為年紀大,智慧就比別人高,年紀大就懂得多嗎?其實和神相比差遠了。
v7-12 你們所看到,知道的運動物都知道。這些都是耶和華手作成的。
v11-13   上膛:嘴巴,約伯用反諷的方式說,受苦難的就是有罪,想法太簡單了
v14-25 神在做拆毀、破壞的工作。神好像一直在破壞人的工作。即使如此神仍然有其謀略,知識。你們看事情太單純了。
不要看見一兩件事情就是下評論,聽了幾篇道就以為自己很明白。畢竟知識不是很全面。容易誤會人的意思。切勿信主一段時間,讀了些聖經,就想來指導人,不知不覺中犯了驕傲的罪。
武漢肺炎,我們以為吃蝙蝠的罪,問題是聖經也說不能吃豬肉,凡潔淨的都可以吃,不要隨便指責人,定別人的罪。不要看到災難發生就去指責別人,我們基督徒要先反省,審判是由神的家開始。
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How?
God is my savior and my hope, through Jesus Christ I may stand before the Lord and obey God's word.


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