约伯记［第27章］
Book of Job 27
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约伯记［第27章］|Book of Job 27【坚守公义 不断神恩】
25/01/2024
引言：自食其果
一、坚守公义永不松懈（V1-6）
约伯说，神纵使没有以公道公平对待他，使他心中愁苦， 他仍要指着神的名向神起誓：“只要我还活着，鼻孔内还有神赐给我的一口气，就算不能理解神为什么这样对我，我的嘴也绝不说得罪神的话，我的舌头不讲诡诈的言语。”意思就是他依然相信神，不放弃与神的关系
1.约伯不像撒旦所说的与神交换恩典，因为神赐他物质上的丰盛，所以才敬畏神。
2.他也不接纳朋友所建议，为了得回祝福而认罪，以虚假的悔改来欺哄神。
如果今天我们知道神不会改变我们的困境，我们还会坚守对神的正直公义，坚守与神的关系，不妥协于世界的标准？或为了想要得着好处而与神交换恩典？
此外，约伯纵使觉得神夺去我的理，全能者使我心中愁苦，却没有与神断绝关系。今天接着这经文，神也要我们不放弃去修复与人之间任何破损的关系。
二、不做恶人自断神恩（V7-23）
约伯提醒朋友们，如果自己是正义的，他们恶意攻击、冤枉和伤害他，正好证明他们才是恶人。因此就会自造咒诅，断绝了神的恩典。
1.神使恶人失去指望（V8-10）
不敬虔的恶人就算暂得好处，当神来要取命时，什么盼望都没了。不但不会求告神，就是祷告也不蒙垂听。
2.神为恶人所定的份（V11-23）
a）子孙虽多迅速灭绝（V14-15）
儿孙满堂是人福气的象征。但恶人就算儿女很多，还是被杀，有剩下遗留的，也得挨饿。他们要接二连三的被杀。速度极快到连寡妇也来不及举哀。
b）资财为义人所分取（V16-17）
恶人积蓄钱财多如尘沙，衣服多到成堆，但无论预备得再妥当，都要为义人所分取。
今生的富足不要成为我们首要追求的目标。我们要坚定持守神的道，先神后人再大地。并要忠心管理神所赐给我们的产业，作祂金钱的好管家。
c）遭难成众人的笑柄（V20-23）
无论一个人变得多么富有，多么有影响力，多么受人尊敬，如果他作恶藐视神或拒绝神，死亡会像洪水、暴风雨和东风那样来袭，把他卷走。对不敬虔的人来说，死亡只有恐惧。当恶人遭此审判时，人要拍手叫好，他也要成为众人的笑柄。
总结：神是我们的公义
灾难、被逼迫中，无论人如何毁谤，甚至神都不出声，我们依然要相信神是我们的公义。我们需要小心自己的评论。避免像约伯的3位朋友，所批评论断终成为牢笼，使自己失去被宽待的机会，掉入恶人的队伍，失去神的恩典。（太7:1-2）
Job 27 Hold fast to righteousness and keep on God’s grace
GK611 Morning Devotion
25 Jan 2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps. Deborah Tan
Introduction: Reap the consequences
1. Holding fast to righteousness and never relenting (v1-6)
Job said that even though God had not dealt with him justly and fairly, and had caused him sorrow in his heart, he still had to swear by God's name, "As long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God in my nostrils,Even if I can't understand why God has dealt with me in this way, my mouth will never speak a word that offends God, and my tongue will not speak deceitful words." It means that he still believed in God and did not give up his relationship with God.
(1) Job did not exchange grace with God as Satan claimed, and feared God because of the material abundance God gave him.
(2) He also did not accept the suggestion of his friends to confess his sins in order to gain back his blessings and deceive God with false repentance.
If we knew today that God would not change our difficulties, would we still hold fast to our integrity and righteousness toward God, to our relationship with Him, and not compromise with the world’s standards? Or would we exchange grace with God for the sake of wanting to gain favour?
Furthermore, Job did not sever his relationship with God even though he felt that God had taken away my reasoning and that the Almighty had grieved my heart. Continuing with this passage today, God also wants us to not give up on repairing any broken relationships with people.
2. Do not be wicked and cut yourself off from God’s favour (v7-23)
Job reminds his friends that if he is righteous, the fact that they malign, wrong and hurt him just proves that they are the wicked ones. Thus one would be creating his own curse and cutting off God's grace.
(1) God deprives the wicked of hope (v8-10)
The ungodly, even if they are temporarily benefited, have no hope when God comes to take their lives. Not only will he not ask God, but his prayers will not be heard.
(2) God’s portion for the wicked (v11-23)
(a) Though they have many descendants, they will quickly perish (v14-15)
The abundance of children and grandchildren is a symbol of man’s blessing. But the wicked, even though they have many children, are still killed, and those who have any left over to remain will have to starve. They are to be killed one after another. So fast that even the widows will not have time to lift up their mourning.
b) Assets are divided among the righteous (v16-17)
The wicked accumulate money like dust and sand, and clothes like piles, but no matter how well prepared they are, they are to be partaken of by the righteous.
The riches of this life are not to be our primary pursuit. We are to hold firmly to the Word of God, putting God before man and the earth. We are to be faithful stewards of what God has given us, and good stewards of His money.
c) Being afflicted and becoming the laughing stock of all (v20-23)
No matter how rich, influential or respected a person becomes, if he does evil and defies God or rejects Him, death will come as a flood, storm and east wind and sweep him away. To the ungodly, death is nothing but fear. When the wicked is judged in this way, men will clap their hands and he will be the laughing stock of all.
Conclusion: God is our righteousness
In the midst of disaster and persecution, no matter how much man slanders, even if God is silent, we still need to believe that God is our righteousness. We need to be careful about our comments. Avoid being like Job's 3 friends, who criticised assertions that eventually became a prison, causing themselves to lose the opportunity to be forgiven, to fall into the ranks of the wicked, and to lose God's grace. (Matt. 7:1-2)
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