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约伯记［第18章］
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约伯记［第18章］|Book of Job 18

【不认识神之人！】

主讲:陈炎明牧师

10/01/2024


引言：在神的律法中，世人可分成两类：义人认识神、恶人不认识神。

一、恶言咒骂人为恶（伯18:1-3）

何人为恶？彼此都在讲对方，这岂不是同等相向吗？正如箴言 15:1 柔和的回答使烈怒消退，暴戾的话激动怒气。还有箴言 15:18 脾气暴烈的人常引起纷争；不轻易动怒的可平息争执。例如当AB两人起争执而互相对讲时，自然的理解就是各持己见。若A是个性很强的人，就越认为自己绝对是站在对的一方，就觉得B很无知又固执，怎么就是不听呢？这现象有两种可能，一是A真的明白神的绝对真理，二是彼此是站在某事件的不同角度，大家都笃定的看到各自的角度观点，但是却不知自己的盲点。

二、灯火熄灭变黑暗（伯18:4-6）

现代译本把这话译成：‘你的愤怒伤害了自己，难道大地会因你的愤怒而荒凉吗？难道神要移动群山来满足你吗？’言下之意，约伯你是即将熄灭的灯，我还和你计较什么呢？这种看似大方让步的话正是更大的反击和讽刺。显然真认识神的人要避免如此‘被动攻击行’（Passive aggressive）的说话啊！

三、自陷网罗遭绊倒（伯18:7-10）

比勒达不了解神对约伯的计划，因此觉得约伯如果还要强辩，就等同被自己的无知所绊倒。这就是恶人必要遭殃？这是一般常理逻辑思维，自己陷入自己的网罗。以此提醒常人本来是对的，但是约伯不是‘常人’，他是神所特选的器皿，并允许撒旦施与最强烈的试探，这正是约伯的朋友所看不到的另一面啊！

四、死亡威胁必追赶（伯18:11-13）

朋友的言辞越来越严重，形同落井下石、在伤口撒盐。约伯真是面对四面楚歌，困苦已经危及性命。这真是恶人惨遭咒诅破坏的悲哀结局啊！然而约伯并非这样的人。罪会带来致死的疾病，而约伯面对要命的疾病，因此他是大大的犯罪得罪神？在此这是错误的推理。

五、死亡的咒诅临到（伯18:14-19）

恶人必要从世间被剪除消灭，甚至以后都没有人再记念他。然而再问约伯是这样的人吗？不要忘记神是怎么评价约伯？常人是如此，但是约伯超越常人。怎么证明约伯是敬畏神的完全人？除非他经过这些考验都没有否定神、离弃神；约伯确实没有否定神，这就是神对他的认定啊！

总结：不义之恶人难免恶果（伯18:20-21）

这真是必然的结果吗？如果是义人怎么会如此？显然这是恶人的结局。 事情往往不是大家表面所看到，或心里所理解的。事情还没有来带盖棺论定的时候，先不要太快下判。我们只要祷告！


Job 18 Those who do not know God!
GK611 Morning Devotion
10 Jan 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Rev David Tan

Introduction: In God's law, the world can be divided into two categories: the righteous know God, and the wicked do not know God.

1. Using cursing words is Evil (Job 18:1-3)

Who is evil? Is it not equal to each other to speak of the other? As Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. And Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention. For example, when two people, A and B, have a dispute and are speaking to each other, the natural understanding is that each has his own opinion. If A is a strong personality, the more he thinks that he is absolutely on the right side, and feels that B is very ignorant and stubborn, why not listen to it? There are two possibilities for this phenomenon. One is that A really understands God's absolute truth, and the other is that each other is standing on a different angle of an event, and everyone is sure of their own point of view, but they do not know their own blind spots.

2. The lamps go out and become darkness (Job 18:4-6)

Today's Chinese Version says this as, 'Has the earth been made desolate by your anger, which has hurt you? Shall God move the mountains to satisfy you? The implication is that you, Job, are a lamp about to go out, so what do I have to do with you? This seemingly generous concession is the very thing that is the greater counter-attack and irony. Obviously those who truly know God should avoid such 'passive aggressive' speech!

3. Stumbling over his own snares (Job 18:7-10)

Bildad did not understand God's plan for Job, and therefore felt that Job would be stumbling over his own ignorance if he tried to argue. Is this a necessary evil for the wicked? This is common sense logical thinking, caught in its own trap. It would have been right to remind the common man of this, but Job was not a 'ordinary man', he was God's chosen vessel, and allowed Satan to tempt him most vigorously, which was the other side of the coin that Job's friends could not see!

4. Death and threats Will Catch Up (Job 18:11-13)

The words of his friends were getting worse and worse, like rubbing salt in the wound. Job was faced with a situation that threatened his life. This is the sad end of the curse that destroys the wicked! Yet Job was not such a man. Sin brings a deadly disease, and Job was faced with a life-threatening disease, so he had sinned greatly against God? This is faulty inference here.

5. The Curse of death comes (Job 18:14-19)

It is necessary for the wicked to be cut off and destroyed from the world, so that he will not be remembered even afterward. Yet again, is Job such a man? Do not forget what God said about Job? This is true of ordinary men, but Job was above ordinary men. How does one prove that Job was a perfect man who feared God? Unless he went through all these trials without denying God and forsaking Him; indeed, Job did not deny God, and this is God's determination of him!

Conclusion: The unjust and wicked are inevitably evil (Job 18:20-21)

Is this really the inevitable outcome? How could it be if it is the righteous? Clearly this is the end of the wicked.

Things are often not what everyone sees on the surface, or understands in their hearts. Let's not be too quick to pass judgment before things come to a conclusion. We just need to pray!