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主的美德-平安(即和平或秩序)                   徐天傳道

3/31/2019

 
​神“不是叫人混亂,乃是叫人安靜”(林前14:33)。 保羅在這裡指出了神的另一項美德,“平安”(有秩序)。神是“賜平安的神”(羅15:33;16:20;腓4:9;帖前5:23;來13:20,等)。但是那些行走在罪惡中的人生混亂不安的:“惡人必不得平安。”(賽48:22;57:21;59:8) 然而,當神以憐憫之心看顧祂所愛的人時,祂看見他們“受困苦,被風飄蕩(舊約希臘譯本此字之意為‘沒有秩序,在紛亂中’),不得安慰”(賽54:11),便應許要以寶石來建造他們的根基(賽53:11-12),“平平安安”地引導他們(賽55:12)。神的救贖計劃中,也包含了給神百姓平安的應許。事實上,保羅所列出之聖靈果子的第三項就是“和平”(即平安)(加5:22)。

    雖然神是一位平安的神,但祂也是一位“也不打盹,也不睡覺”的神(詩121:4);祂乃是一位不停止工作的神(約5:17)。雖然天堂是一處平安的所在,但也是持續向神讚美並事奉祂的地方。所以,我們可以將神的平安定義如下:神的平安是指,在神的實存和祂的作為裡,沒有混亂和失序,然而祂仍持續活躍地進行極多有秩序,全然受掌控,並同時發生的事。

    這裡我們看到了神平安的實質就是“有序”。其實,聖經的內容之一就是告訴我們神為我們安排了一切事物的次序。祂在自然裡安放的自然規律就是自然遵從的次序;祂讓摩西傳下的律法就是人類社會應遵從的次序;神在聖經裡給了我們各種關係的次序。如果我們按照神給我們的次序,一切就都和平。但今天世上到處都有混亂,其原因就是失去了神給我們的次序。人類歷史上第一次混亂就是因為亞當夏娃將“神”,“男人”,“女人”的次序搞亂了。亞當應當聽神的話的,他卻聽了夏娃的話,夏娃應當聽亞當的話的,她卻聽了蛇的話,從那時起天下就大亂,就失去平安。我們有很多家庭很混亂,沒有平安,其原因就是在家裡看不到神在聖經裡給我們設立的那種“神”“丈夫”“妻子”應有的關係。如果丈夫願意聽神的話,妻子願意聽丈夫的話,小孩願意聽父母的話,這個家庭怎麼會沒有平安呢!

    弟兄姐妹們,我們都希望自己有平安,家庭有平安。那我們就要從自己做起,按照神給我們的各種優先次序來行事為人。即使遇到患難,我們心中也會有平安,因為神會將賜平安給愛祂並遵行他話語的人。

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