Monday, March 9, 2020

Who has a Claim. against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.

Job 41:1-34
Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope? Crocodile.
Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook?
Who has a Claim. against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
I will not fail to speak of his limbs, his strength and his graceful form.....
Look at just two of my creatures, says God Behemoth (the hippopotamus) and Leviathan (the crocodile), Look at their strength, their sheer untameability. People are utterly powerless to control them. What folly then to claim equality with God who made them!
Why?
Under God’s power and creation no one can say a word to the Lord. No matter what we have done for the Lord or for ourselves we are doing our responsibility and honor the name of the Lord.
God don’t need our honor or praise word, but like out heart come close to the Lord, and God loves us. He is my fortress, my Heavenly Father, my shepherd, and my way.
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神用鱷魚來描述
V1-11: 人無法馴服鱷魚,誰敢惹牠?誰敢在神面前對抗?神無須和人談條件,神卻早已和人立約,人常常是違約者應該要支付代價,且往往神自己來付違約的代價。
v12-21: 鱷魚皮堅固,無法摧毀,牙齒無人可以在牠口中存活。鱷魚不會向人作聲下氣,你怎麼敢在法庭上與神辯論
22-32:鱷魚咬鐵如吃草,看到鱷魚就令人懼怕,人怎麼能命令神? 要求神?掌管神,吩咐神。
鱷魚的堅不可摧,表示神的旨意不會改變。鱷魚的口呼出來的氣如火,何況神的話語更是有力。神沒有告訴約伯任何神學,只以自然界的所造之物來說明神的預備、安排,都是為了人,為一切受造之物生存,而且絕對不會出錯。
神用河馬、鱷魚看到神的權柄、神的旨意堅不可摧。一切由神安排,都是為了祝福這大地。一切權柄在神手中。若是如此約伯還擔心?我們還擔心什麼?讓我們將自己全然交託給主!
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How?
Praise the holy name of the Lord and do my best to honor the name of the Lord for his grace comes upon me.



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