上帝給人類的第05個命令:禁戒貪心you must not eat你不可吃
you must not eat你不可吃
這是上帝給人類的第05個命令:you must not eat你不可吃:禁戒貪心
經文:創世紀第2章
2: 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, <>
只是分別善惡樹上的果子,你不可喫,因為你喫的日子必定死!
「你不可吃」是指「禁戒貪婪」來說。
上帝將亞當安置在「伊甸園」,是先給人恩惠「你可以隨意吃」(free to eat),再說「你一定不能吃」(you must not eat),上帝的命令(command),只有兩個,一個是可以,一個是不可以。「吃」是一種亨受,過渡的享受,只會讓人「貪得無厭、向下沈淪」。第一個亞當選擇「不可不吃」背逆了神的話,第二個亞當(耶穌)選擇「不吃」,並說「人活著不單靠食物,仍是靠上帝口裡所出的話」,可見「吃與不吃」是很重要的,決定了一個人一生的命運與結局。上帝要人「不可吃」,不是在「苦待人」,而是「要人在享受一切當下的同時,也要禁戒無窮貪婪的心」,一個有好品格的人,是要有原則的,知道什麼是可以做?什麼是不可以做?最大關鍵點不是在「分別善惡果」的成份是什麼?也不是要問為什麼「分別善惡果」不能吃?而最大關鍵點是因為這是「上帝的命令,我們順服就會蒙福」,不是因為我們懂才順服,而是我們相信就順服,為什麼「吃了就會知道呢」?因為已經「犯罪之後知道犯罪的結果」,我們不需要透過犯罪知道「分別善惡」,而是透過「相信順服」就知道「分別善惡」。
這個命令對我們來說,上帝希望我們每個人能「禁戒貪婪的心」,並且在生活中,享受聖潔,上帝同在的祝福。
默想的問題:
1. 你覺得生活中,有哪一些是上帝說「不可吃、不可作、不應該行」的事呢?有哪一些是上帝說「可以吃、不可作、應該作」的事呢?
2. 你認為一個要如何作,才能「相信順服」上帝的話呢?
3. 你願意聽從上帝的話,用禁戒貪婪的心向罪惡說「不」,向上帝說「是」,遵行上帝的話嗎?
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