约伯记［第14章］
Book of Job 14
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约伯记［第14章］|Book of Job 14【生命何价？】
03/01/2024
引言：苦难叫人反思人生！
一、人生苦短稍纵即逝（V1-3）
经历苦难中的约伯看事情是有偏差的，他感叹人生苦短，稍纵即逝，这岂不都是神的计划和安排，而神要审判这样的人吗？约伯身在苦难中，他不知道原来背后是魔鬼在试探和攻击他。
他不知道原来经过熬炼之后，将来他还有重新蒙福发旺的日子。他不知道神有绝对的公平和恩慈去对待每一个人，这是生命的价值啊！
二、岁数疆界都在于神（V4-6）
约伯理解人有年龄与疆界的局限、人在污秽的环境中就难免沾染污秽，这些理解其实也不完全。虽然神有命定，但是人有自由选择，并且在与神的互动中可以产生很大的变化。结局如何很在乎选择和积极回应的心态；愿意跟从神的人岂能不蒙福呢？这是生命有神的价值啊！
三、植物能够生生不息（V7-9）
约伯发现植物界的奥秘，只要有水份，一棵被砍掉的树、或者已经枯干多年的枝干，都有可能还可以重新发芽再长。植物的生生不息，代代相传真是很奇妙。人更是如此，只要不失去信心，基督徒的生命不但个人要有延续，群体更要不断繁衍。这正是神所期待的生命回馈的价值啊！
四、人的生命一去不返（V10-12）
约伯说了一个错误的观念，人死后就什么都没有了！就像海水消失、河水枯干，一切都消失了。死亡就像人永远都睡了，就不会再苏醒过来。 约伯的经历虽然成为圣经的一部分，但是我们所得的真理启示却比约伯所了解的更全面。关于永生、关于复活，这是我们所拥有的盼望，和完备信仰生命的价值啊！
五、人的生命在神手中（V13-14）
虽然约伯对神的认识不完整，但是他仍然捉住了一个信心的盼望。知道神的怒气和管教会有止息的时候；既是他不知道死后还可以复活，但是他却产生一个超越他理解的思想，就是自己有被释放的一天。换言之，自己的生命在神手中，在神岂有难成的事呢？这是长时间的苦难所带来的生命认知的价值啊！
六、当神呼唤罪得遮盖（V15-17）
约伯终于酝酿了对神的一种更深的认识，既是自己已经在阴间死亡之地，只要神会呼唤他，他就得以回应，这是神的作为啊！那时约伯的罪孽就被灰泥遮盖了。约伯虽然不像我们得知耶稣基督的救恩，但是也开始意识到神的拯救之恩！
七、人之有限转眼即逝（V18-22）
苦难中的人很容易在疼痛中失去盼望。想到坚固的磐石都遭山崩地裂而改变；水流也可以消磨石头，可见人也同样会遭灭没而无望。想到人的生命转眼即逝，消失无踪。以后儿女如何都无法再知道了。这是痛苦的侵蚀力，因为神允许约伯的三个朋友继续以不同的言语激发他转移焦点。以便不断的转移实际的痛苦。
总结：生命如果没有神的拯救？
人生就不再有生存的目的了！因为连好人也一样会受苦！但是生命的价值在于有神、有永恒啊！
Job Chapter 14: What is the price of life?
GK611 Morning Devotion
3/1/2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Rev David Tan
Introduction: Suffering calls for reflection on life!
1. Life is short and fleeting (14:1-3)
Job, who was in the midst of suffering, looked at things with a bias, lamenting that life is short and fleeting, and that this is not all God's plan and arrangement, and that God would judge such a person? Job was in the midst of suffering, but he did not know that it was the devil who was tempting and attacking him behind his back.
He did not know that he would be blessed and prosperous again in the future after his suffering. He did not know that God is absolutely fair and merciful to everyone, which is the value of life!
2. The boundaries of age lie with God (14:4-6)
Job's understanding of the limitations of man's age and boundaries, and the fact that man is inevitably defiled in a defiled environment, is actually incomplete. Although God has ordained it, man has free choice and can make a big difference in his interaction with God. The outcome is very much a matter of choice and a responsive heart; how can those who are willing to follow God not be blessed? This is the value of life to God!
3. Plants are constantly growing and reproducing (14:7-9)
Job discovers the mystery of the plant world. As long as there is water, a tree that has been cut down or a branch that has been dried up for many years may be able to sprout and grow again. It's amazing how plants live on and pass on from generation to generation. This is especially true of people. As long as we do not lose faith, Christian life should continue not only as individuals, but also as a group. This is exactly the value of life that God expects to give back!
4. Once a man's life is gone (14:10-12)
Job spoke of the false concept that when a person dies there is nothing left! It is like the sea disappearing or the river drying up; everything is gone. Death is like when a person goes to sleep forever and never wakes up again. Although Job's experience became part of the Bible, the revelation of truth we receive is more comprehensive than what Job knew. About eternal life, about the resurrection, this is the hope we have, and the value of a complete life of faith!
5. Human Life in God's Hands (14:13-14)
Though Job's knowledge of God was incomplete, he still caught hold of a hope of faith. Knowing that there would be a time when God's wrath and discipline would cease; even though he did not know that there could be a resurrection after death, he developed a thought that surpassed his understanding, namely, that there would be a day when he himself would be released. In other words, his own life was in God's hands, and is there anything difficult in God? What a value of the perception of life that comes from long suffering!
6. When God calls for sin to be covered (14:15-17)
Job finally conceived a deeper realisation of God, that since he was already in the land of the dead in Hades, as long as God would call him, he would be able to respond, and this was the work of God! It was then that Job's sins were covered with mortar. Job did not learn of the salvation of Jesus Christ as we do, but he began to realise the saving grace of God!
7. The finite nature of man turns away (14:18-22)
It is easy to lose hope in the pain of suffering. When we think that even a solid rock is changed by a landslide, and that water can wear away a stone, we can see that man is also perishable and hopeless. Think of the fleeting nature of human life, which vanishes without a trace. What happens to the children afterward can no longer be known. This is the erosive power of pain, for God allowed Job's three friends to continue to inspire him with different words to shift his focus. So as to continually divert the actual pain.
Conclusion: Life without God's salvation?
Life would no longer have a purpose for existence! For even good people suffer just as much! But the value of life is that there is God and eternity!
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