希伯来书［第11章］
Book of Hebrews 11
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希伯来书［第11章|Book of Hebrews 11【信心】
20/01/2022
引言：你有信心吗？
生活在现实的社会里，我们每时每刻都需要用到【信心】。生活在现实的社会里，我们每时每刻都需要用到【信心】。出门时对车辆、交通、司机都要有信心，因为路上有一定的风险。吃饭时也要有信心，因为你要相信你所买来的食物是安全的、预备过程是卫生的。每一天都有许多事情是你不知道、看不到，而需要凭信心面对的。而我们的信仰更是如此。
一、因着信（11:1-5）
我们的神、对将来的生命、对永恒的世界都是看不到还不知道的；但是我们需要相信圣经、相信圣经所说的神，相信我们所经历的主。
1.实体确据（v1）
当人相信一样事情的时候，往往需要经过观察、了解、体验、和长时间的分析。但是，在信仰上如何确实的经历神，真正的体验神的真实呢？不是经过上述所说的科学论证，而是刚好相反的方法论：就是信！不是证明了才信，而是真信了才慢慢去经历。
2.古人实例（v2-5）
上古人类怎信万物是神口中的话所造的呢？ 亚伯是听爸爸亚当说的，因为亚当是宇宙万物的第一个见证人，甚至还为动物取名字。但是，亚当是在万有出现之后才被造，严格来说他也没有亲眼目睹万物是怎么被造，他只信神怎么说他就怎么信。他手中有羊，为了对表达对神的感恩与敬拜，于是他把为数不多的羊杀掉了一只献给神，这就是他对神的信心。
以诺信神是万有的主宰，人生的终极目标是回到神那里。以诺因信与神同行三百年，与神建立了十分亲密的关系，所以最终不必尝死味就被神接去了。在信心中与神同行就是活出有力量的人生，神喜乐自己更神喜乐。
二、蒙神悦（11:6-12）
神若喜悦你你接有福了，神若怨弃你你接有祸了。但要如何蒙神喜悦呢？
1.单纯信神（v6）
不信就不蒙悦纳，但是什么是【信】呢？ 【信有神】是第一步。你相信有神吗？当然，否则就不会在这里，就不会成为基督徒不是吗？但是你可知道魔鬼也信有神吗？（雅各书 2:19 ）但是关系不对，信有神还不够。
第二是信神赏赐那寻求祂的人。【赏赐】在原文的意思是指奖赏、酬劳、工资。原来当人单纯相信的时候，你就得到神所给予的酬劳奖赏之工资。这是什么意思呢？在基督里的平安、盼望、得胜、力量、喜乐等，这些都是“信心的工资”。远超越人生物质上所拥有的东西。
2.先祖之信（v7-12）
这里提到两位蒙神悦纳的始祖所经历的祝福： 挪亚的信让他一家因为建造方舟而避过洪水灭世之灾。当代所有不信的都被毁灭了，唯独信者蒙了拯救，进入一个全新的世界。
再来是亚伯拉罕的信，成为以色列的先祖，成为多国之父。因为亚伯拉罕不只是以色列的父，如今也是我们这些外邦人教会的父不是吗？《加拉太书 3:29 》“你们既属乎基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许承受产业的了。”列国中的基督徒与教会都是亚伯拉罕的后裔，所以亚伯拉罕的信心，让他成为如此蒙福的属灵先祖不是吗？
他们都是因信而蒙福，我们如今已经信主的人，也都列在这个蒙福的行列里。得将来的城现在尚未看到，但是得神迹的经历倒是常有的事不是吗？
三、望天城（11:13-40）
在下面（v13-16）这段经文的字里行间中提到从远处望见天上的一座城！
1.存信离世（v13-15）
世界是个旅行的地方，我们无论在那里都是住个几十年就结束了。如果没有一个可以相信而领受的永恒去处，人生的结局其实都是悲歌。试想想，人生的成功都是需要经过许多的努力。许多人工作了大半辈子，成功的话就是经济稳定了，而且成才成家了，后来儿女也长大成才独立了。这时两老若能双双健康旅行休闲度假过活就是幸福。可是人生到这阶段往往体力不佳了，胃口不好了，行动不便了。再加上全世界疫情因素，有钱都出不了国。你想这样的日子就算有能力享受也没机会享受，人生就快结束了。这是什么人生呢？如果不信有永恒，人生就太可悲了！因此，人若得着永恒可信的救恩，这信才有离世后的盼望。
2.更美家乡（v16）
信心给我们一个永恒的盼望，信心让我们望见天上的一座美丽无比的圣城。那是新天新地，新耶路撒冷，将来我们要与神同住的地方。何等美好！何等盼望！告老还乡的时候不是年老享清福，而是以荣耀完美的新身体享受永远快乐的永恒居所。有了这样的盼望，你想你的人生还要单单为世界而努力吗？
3.先贤之信（v17-32）
希伯来书的作者把旧约历代祖先的信心做了一个简单的列表，从亚伯拉罕的儿子以撒一直到列王大卫等年代，都是因着信。信有神，信神赏赐永恒的故乡，所以地上的冤屈、苦楚都只是过眼云烟了。
我们如今也是因着信而继续行走天路，而且我们如今的世代就比当年列祖更靠近那永恒天城的临到，是不是很兴奋很期待呢？
4.信至完全（v33-40）
因为对神的信心可以制服众仇敌，可以生过人生的种种考验、试炼、灾难。我们也是因为信所以得着美好的证据，成为我们的盼望与力量继续未来的人生路。
总结：信而要行！
我们如今都是因为【相信】而走到今天的地步，我们要不断感恩、感恩、再感恩。感恩的最大行动是报恩，报恩的最大作为就是自己坚信，帮助信心软弱的人得以坚固。再帮助还没有这种信心的人得到这样的信心。
Hebrews 11: Faith
GK611 Morning Devotion
20/01/2022
Speaker: Rev David Tan
Introduction: Do you have faith?
Living in the real world, we need to use faith every moment.
1. By Faith (v1-5)
Our God, our future life, and the eternal world are unseen and unknown; but we need to believe in the Bible, in the God it speaks of, and in the Lord we have experienced.
(1) Physical Evidence (v1)
When one believes the same thing, it often takes observation, understanding, experience, and long analysis. But how does one actually experience God in faith, and truly experience the reality of God? Not through the scientific argumentation described above, but through the opposite methodology: faith! It is not to believe only after proving it, but to experience it slowly after really believing.
(2) Examples of ancient people (v2-5)
How did ancient man believe that all things were made by the word of God's mouth?
Abel heard it from his father, Adam, because Adam was the first witness of all things in the universe, and even named the animals. However, Adam was not created until after the appearance of all things, and strictly speaking he did not witness how all things were created, but he believed only what God said. He had sheep in his hands, and in order to express his gratitude and worship to God, he killed one of the few sheep and offered it to God, and this was his faith in God.
Enoch believed that God is the Lord of all, and the ultimate goal of life is to return to God. Enoch walked with God for 300 years by faith and built a very intimate relationship with God, so he was eventually picked up by God without having to taste death. To walk with God in faith is to live a life of power, where God is pleased with himself and God is pleased with him.
2. Pleased by God (v6-12)
Blessed are you if God is pleased with you, and woe to you if God despises you. But how to be pleasing to God?
(1) Simple faith in God (v6)
Unbelief is not pleasing, but what is [faith]?
Believing that there is a God is the first step. Do you believe that there is a God? Of course, otherwise you wouldn't be here, you wouldn't be a Christian, would you? But do you know that the devil also believes in God? (James 2:19) But the relationship is not right, believing in God is not enough.
The second thing is to believe that God rewards those who seek Him. The word "reward" in the original language means a reward and a wage. It turns out that when one simply believes, you receive the wages of the reward that God gives. What does this mean? Peace, hope, victory, strength, joy, etc. in Christ are the "wages of faith". They go far beyond the material things of life. (2) Faith of the ancestors (v7-12)
The blessings experienced by the two God-pleasing patriarchs are mentioned here.
The faith of Noah saved his family from the flood of destruction by building the ark. All the unbelievers of the day were destroyed, but only those who believed were saved and entered a new world.
Then came the faith of Abraham, who became the forefather of Israel and the father of many nations. For Abraham is not only the father of Israel, but now he is also the father of us, the church of the Gentiles, is he not? Galatians 3:29 "And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise." The Christians and churches in the nations are all descendants of Abraham, so Abraham's faith made him such a blessed spiritual forefather, didn't it?
They were all blessed by faith, and we who have been converted today are all listed in this blessed group. The city of the future is yet to be seen, but miraculous experiences are a common occurrence, aren't they?
3. City of Hope (v13-40) In the following (v13-16) passage between the lines there is a reference to a city in heaven seen from afar!
(1) Depart from this world filling with hope (v13-15)
The world is a traveling place, and whatever we live there is over after a few decades. Without an eternal place to go that we can believe in and receive, life actually ends in a lament. Just think, success in life is all about a lot of hard work. Many people have worked for most of their lives, and if they are successful, they are financially stable, and they have become a family, and then their children have grown up and become independent. At this time, if the two old people can both healthy travel leisure vacation life is happiness. However, at this stage of life, they often have poor physical strength, poor appetite and limited mobility. In addition to the worldwide epidemic factors, money can not leave the country. You think such a day even if you have the ability to enjoy, but also have no opportunity to enjoy, life will soon be over. What kind of life is this? If you don't believe in eternity, life is too sad! Therefore, if one receives eternal and trustworthy salvation, this faith will have hope after leaving the world.
(2) A better home
Faith gives us an eternal hope, and faith allows us to look into a holy city in heaven that is beautiful beyond measure. It is the new heaven and the new earth, the new Jerusalem, the place where we will live with God in the future. What beauty! What a hope! The time to return home is not a time to grow old and enjoy the blessings of old age, but an eternal dwelling place of eternal joy in a glorious and perfect new body. With such a hope, do you think you will have to work for the world alone in your life?
(3) Faith of the sages
The writer of Hebrews made a simple list of the faith of the Old Testament fathers through the ages, from Isaac, the son of Abraham, all the way to David, the king of kings, and so on, by faith. Faith that there is a God, and faith that God rewards the eternal homeland, so that all the grievances and sufferings on earth are just passing clouds.
It is by faith that we continue to walk in heaven, and we are now closer to the coming of the eternal city of heaven than our ancestors were back then, aren't we excited and looking forward to it?
(4) Faith to perfection
Because faith in God can subdue the enemies and survive all the trials, tribulations, and disasters of life. It is also through faith that we receive good evidence, which becomes our hope and strength to continue our future life path.
Conclusion: Believe and Act!
We have all come to where we are today because we [believe], and we need to keep being thankful, thankful, and thankful again. The greatest action of gratitude is to repay gratitude, and the greatest act of repaying gratitude is to believe firmly in ourselves and to help those who have weak faith to be strengthened. And then help those who don't have such faith to get such faith.
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