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士师记［第十五章］
Book of Judges 15

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士师记第十五章|Book of Judges 15

【人虽软弱，神仍完全】

主讲：区箴唤实习传道+陈炎明牧师

19/01/2023

引言:

现实生活中我们看到许多人性的不完全。如果我们眼光一直看着不完全的人，就常会感到失望。然而如果我们的眼光一直看着信实良善的神，我们就能够从完全的神那里得着盼望，并经历生命的更新和改变！

一、任意妄为的参孙（1-8）
参孙带着羊羔想要跟妻子修复，却得知岳父已经把他的妻子给了他过去的伴郎。参孙认为这是岳父出于非利士人给他的压力才这么做的，所以参孙就透过狐狸去把非利士人的庄稼烧了。非利士人为了报仇，也用火烧了参孙的妻子和她的父亲，而充满血气的参孙又再去复仇，凶狠地杀了这些非利士人。整个过程我们看到，蒙召的参孙并非在神的带领和心意下去击杀神百姓的仇敌非利士人，而是因着私人的恩怨去报复非利士人。

二、自私的犹大百姓（9-13）
非利士人也再次复仇，想要找参孙算账。自私而不顾自己同胞参孙生命的犹大人，就去捆绑参孙，要把他交给非利士人，却完全没有想过跟参孙一起出战非利士人。这里除了让人反思犹大人的生命，其实也让人反思参孙的生命，因为参孙的生命也直接导致了犹大人不信任他，不认为他是一位能够带领他们一起出战并战胜非利士人的领袖。

三、仍然完全的父神（14-20）
参孙面对威胁着以色列民族的非利士人，神的灵大大感动他，他就杀败了一千个非利士人。当参孙回到祂要服侍以色列人的命定中，神就怜恤他，供应水给他喝。虽然参孙的生命和犹大人都是那么的不完全，但神仍在这混乱的局面中施行拯救，盼望参孙跟所有百姓的生命都能够回转归向祂。

总结 生命不完全的参孙能够被神使用，因为天父是以一个父亲的眼光去看他，盼望他能够在爱中悔改回转。自私的犹大人生命也是有问题，然而天父也是因着父亲的信实而拯救他们，盼望他们同样能够回应祂。

所以求天父赐给我们祂的眼光，能够以爱去看待身边的人，同时让我们也回应天父的心，好让我们的生命能够不断地更新变化，并持续地活在天父对我们生命的呼召和赐福中！

Judges 15: Man is weak but God is perfect
19.01.2023
Speaker: IP Moses + Rev David Tan

Introduction: In real life, we see many imperfections in human nature. If we keep our eyes on the imperfect, we are often disappointed. However, if we keep looking at the faithful and good God, we will be able to gain hope from the perfect God and experience the renewal and change of our lives!

1. The willful Samson (1-8)

Samson took the lamb and wanted to make amends with his wife, but learned that his father-in-law had given his wife to his former best man. Samson thought that his father-in-law was pressured by the Philistines to do this, so Samson used foxes to burn the Philistine crops. In revenge, the Philistines also burned Samson's wife and her father, and Samson, who was full of anger, went for revenge again and killed the Philistines viciously. Throughout the whole process, we can see that the called Samson did not kill the Philistines, the enemies of God’s people, under God’s leadership and intention, but took revenge on the Philistines because of personal grievances.

2. The selfish people of Judah (9-13)

The Philistines also took revenge again, trying to settle accounts with Samson. The Jewish people, who were selfish and disregarded the life of their own compatriot Samson, went to bind Samson and handed him over to the Philistines, but they never thought of fighting the Philistines with Samson. In addition to reflecting on the life of the Jews, it also makes people reflect on the life of Samson, because Samson’s life also directly caused the Jews to distrust him, and they did not think that he was the leader, who could lead them to fight together and defeat the Philistines.

3. God the Father who is still perfect (14-20)

When Samson faced the Philistines who were threatening the Israelites, the Spirit of God moved him so much that he killed a thousand Philistines. When Samson returned to his destiny to serve the Israelites, God took pity on him and provided him with water to drink. Although Samson’s life and the lives of the Jews were so incomplete, God still performed salvation in this chaotic situation and hoped that the lives of Samson and all the people could return to Him.

Conclusion
Samson, whose life was incomplete, could be used by God, because Heavenly Father saw him from the perspective of a father, and hoped that he would repent and return in love. The selfish Jews also had problems with their lives, but the Heavenly Father saved them because of His faithfulness and hoped that they would respond to Him as well.

Therefore, we ask Heavenly Father to give us His vision, to be able to look at those around us with love, and at the same time let us respond to Heavenly Father’s heart so that our lives can be constantly renewed and changed, and we can continue to live in the presence of Heavenly Father’s love for us, in the calling and blessing of life!