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士师记［第十八章］
Book of Judges 18

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士师记第十八章|Book of Judges 18

【不再‘以为’，回到正轨】

主讲：区箴唤实习传道

27/01/2023

引言:

有人曾经总结过，一个人的认知过程一般要经历这么四个阶段。第一阶段：不知道自己不知道，这也是一种以为自己什么都知道的状态；第二阶段：知道自己不知道；第三阶段：知道自己知道；第四阶段：不知道自己知道。

这一认知过程，简单来说就是：越是无知的人就越自信。当一个人知道得越多，自信心就会下降，但是突破临界点以后，自信心也会回升，但之后不论怎么回升，都不如一开始一无所知时那么自信，因为这样的人开始能够来明白自己的渺小。

在信仰历程的里面，我们对神的认知，不也跟这个描述很类似吗？而可悲的是，绝大部分的人其实都是活在了第一个阶段的里面。

一、以为合神心意的寻求（V1-13）

但人的五个勇士出外窥探是否适合夺取拉亿来生活，恰巧去到米迦家居住，并遇到米迦为自己家设立的祭司。透过祭司的确认后，他们自认为这是合神心意的带领。经过对拉亿的窥探后，他们也就回到琐拉和以实陶，告诉他们同支派的弟兄们。

二、以为合神心意的抢夺

1. 抢夺偶像和祭司（V11-26）

但人派出600人出发要去抢夺拉亿，他们再次途径米迦的家，并凭着比米迦拥有更大的势力就把偶像和祭司都抢夺了去，自以为有了这些偶像和祭司，就有神的同在，能帮助他们顺利地攻取拉亿。

2. 抢夺非应许地业（V27-29）

但人带着偶像和祭司，杀了拉亿安居无虑的民，抢夺了他们的地，但这其实并非神原来应许给他们的地业。

3. 抢夺对神的敬拜（V30-31）

但人最糟糕的是，抢夺人对神的敬拜。他们自己在拉亿为自己设立偶像和祭司，让但支派的人去到那里敬拜偶像，而不是去到当时神约柜所在的示罗去敬拜神。

总结：

让我们都要来除掉我们里面的‘以为’，回到有神话语作为根基的正轨中。唯有如此，我们才能够避免进入到任何非神心意的任意妄为，活出真正讨神喜悦、蒙神赐福的生活！

Judges 18: Stop 'thinking' and get back on track
GK611 Morning Devotion
27/1/2023
Speaker: IP Moses Ou

Introduction:

Someone once summarised that a person's cognitive process generally goes through such four stages. Stage 1: Not knowing that you don't know, which is also a state of thinking you know everything; Stage 2: Knowing that you don't know; Stage 3: Knowing that you know; Stage 4: Not knowing that you know.

This cognitive process is simply this: the more ignorant people are, the more confident they are. As one knows more, one's self-confidence decreases, but after the critical point is breached, self-confidence also rises, but then, no matter how it rises, it is not as confident as it was at the beginning when one knew nothing, because such a person begins to be able to come to understand his own insignificance.

Isn't our perception of God in the faith journey similar to this description? The sad thing is that the vast majority of people are actually living in the first stage.

1. Thought that it is pleasing to God (V1-13)

The five warriors of the Danites went out to see if it was suitable for them to take Laish to live, and happened to go to live in Micah's house, and met the priest whom Micah had set up for his house. After confirming through the priest, they considered themselves to be led in a way that was agreeable to God. After spying on Laish, they also returned to Zorah and Eshtaol and told their brothers of the same tribe.

2. Thought that the robbery is God's will

(1) Robbing idols and priest (V11-26)

There were 600 men was sent to rob Laish. They again passed through Micah's house, and with greater power than Micah they seized all the idols and priest, self-righteously thinking that with these idols and priest they had the presence of God to help them to take Laish successfully.

(2) The seizure of the unpromised land (V27-29)

But the men, with their idols and priest, killed the people of Laish who lived in peace, and seized their land, but it was not the land that God had promised them.

(3) Robbing the worship of God (V30-31)

The worst thing the Danites did was to rob people of the worship of God. They themselves set up idols and priests for themselves in Lazarus, and let the Danites go there to worship idols, instead of going to Shiloh, where the ark of the covenant of God was located at that time, to worship God.

Conclusion:

Let us all get rid of the 'thinking' in us and get back on track with the Word of God as our foundation. Only then can we avoid entering into any arbitrary actions that are not God's will, and live a life that is truly pleasing to God and blessed by Him!