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约伯记［第8章］
Book of Job 8

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约伯记［第8章］|Book of Job 8

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主讲: 郑伟健同工

22/12/2023


引言：爱不需要公式

一、不需要觉得神一定是「这样」！（V1-7）

前两章我们读到约伯给以利法的回应，他依然坚信自己是清白的，并不是因为罪过才遭受如此沉重的惩罚。现在换他的第二位朋友-比勒达听不下去了，决定要好好的劝戒约伯，但是不像以利法一样委婉有礼貌。

比勒达性格更冷酷、直接的责备约伯。他不只认为约伯的遭遇是因为犯错，甚至认为约伯的儿女也是因为他们自身的罪而死亡，这完全是在约伯的伤口上洒盐。他就如“法学家”的角色，他对于神的公义有一套既定的“公式”，认为苦难必定就是惩罚，好人必定不会遭遇苦难。

求神帮助我们不要只是照着自己的心意去局限神的旨意，让我们可以全心相信神，并且透过祂的话语更多认识神的权柄。

二、不用经验认为神就是「这样」！（V8-10）

比勒达以为只是依靠长寿的古人经验，过去的错误累积多了，就可以变成真理。但是这行为只不过是以自己的观察与经验来衡量神做事而已。人的道理越不成熟，就越爱高举传统和古人，以为只要借助传统和故人经历，就能带上权威光环。

比勒达自己缺乏理论深度，就抬出古人的教训当作权威。求神帮助我们，让我们可以更多亲近神，更多经历祂真实的作为，更深明白神的旨意，而不是透过别人的经历来认为神是怎样的神。

三、不用分别善恶树来劝勉！（V11-22）

比勒达用了许多的修辞和论证来证明自己说的是真理，但是这种因果报应的简单模式，只能出现在诗歌之中，与复杂的人生现实并不相符。文采虽然斐然，看似一堆的真理，但却空洞无物。

求神帮助我们，成为一位可以谅解、同理、体恤和造就朋友的人。并不是一味用分别善恶树来指责对方。同样，或许我们的朋友不明白也不谅解，甚至指控我们，冤枉我们，但我们要知道，在地上未必能沉冤得雪，但是当见主面的时候就能揭晓，一切人所不知道的，神都知道，并且我们要原谅我们的朋友。

我们要将自己的隐情苦处都交给神，不需要为自己求什么，单单让神来处理就可以了。

总结：

神行事，不需要靠着复杂的公式。神拥有绝对的主权。祂的公义并不是奠基在一个公式之上，而是奠基在祂的权柄和智慧喔！我们可以单单相信祂的旨意。


Job Chapter 8: "Simply Believe"
GK611 Morning Devotion
22/12/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Co-worker Asher Chang

Introduction: Love doesn’t need a formula

1. There is no need to think that God must be “like this”! (V1-7)

In the first two chapters, we read Job’s response to Eliphaz. He still firmly believed he was innocent and did not suffer such a heavy punishment because of his sins. Now his second friend, Bildad, couldn't stand it anymore and decided to give Job a good warning, but not as tactfully and politely as Eliphaz.

Bildad's character was colder and more direct in rebuking Job. He believed that what happened to Job was due to his mistakes, and even that Job's children died because of their own sins. This was completely adding salt to Job's wounds. He is like the role of a "jurist". He has a set of established "formulas" for God's justice. He believes that suffering must be punishment, and good people will never encounter suffering.

Ask God to help us not to limit God’s will only according to our own will so that we can believe in God wholeheartedly and know more about God’s authority through His Words.

2. There is no need for experience to believe that God is “like this”! (V8-10)

Bildad thought that he could just rely on the long-lived experience of the ancients and that the mistakes he had made in the past, to be the truth. But this behaviour is nothing more than measuring God’s work based on one’s observations and experiences. The more immature people's principles are, the more they like to hold up traditions and the ancients, thinking that as long as they rely on traditions and the experiences of old people, they can bring about an aura of authority.

Bildad himself lacked theoretical depth, so he looked up to the teachings of the ancients as authoritative. Ask God to help us, so that we can get closer to God, experience more of His true deeds, and understand God’s will more deeply, instead of judging what God is like through other people’s experiences.

3. There is no need for the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to encourage you! (V11-22)

Bildad used a lot of rhetoric and arguments to prove that what he said was the truth, but this simple model of retribution can only appear in poetry and is not consistent with the complex reality of life. Although the literary talent is brilliant and seems to be a pile of truth, no content in the conversation.

Ask God to help us become understanding, empathetic, considerate, and edifying friends. It is not just about using the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to accuse the other party. Similarly, perhaps our friends do not understand or forgive us, and may even reproach and accuse us wrongly, but we must know that injustice may not be redressed on earth, but when we meet the Lord, it will reveal everything that no one knows. God knows it and we need to forgive our friends.

We need to hand over all our hidden secrets and pains to God. We don’t need to ask for anything for ourselves, we can just let God handle them.

Conclusion：

God does not need to rely on complicated formulas to work. God is sovereign. His righteousness is not based on a formula but on His authority and wisdom! We can simply trust in His will.