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士师记［第十七章］
Book of Judges 17

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士师记第十七章|Book of Judges 17

【任意而行遭致败坏】

主讲：林国晶传道

26/01/2023

引言:

按自己心意而行神眼中看为恶的事，终将使自己活在败坏的景况中。

一、任意带来咒诅（v1-6)

1. 雕刻偶像（v1-4)

神透过摩西所颁布的十诫当中，严禁雕刻、敬拜偶像，既不可以敬拜代表假神的偶像，也不可以用偶像来代表真神。然而米迦的母亲却把这偷来的银子雕刻一个像献给耶和华。她想用这偶像去抵消人的咒诅，却使自己落在神的咒诅里。

2.不顺服神（v5-6)

当每个人都不顺服神的权柄、都活在自己里面的时候，结果必然是离神越来越远，不断地掉到失败的循环里。

「家中的神像」原文是复数，即不只一个神像。米迦制造了这些神像，没有视耶和华神为独一的神。这也促使他凭自己的心意而行，而不再遵行神的律法。

二、任意带来无知（v7-13)

1.不知道神（v7-8)

以色列人显然不再以十一奉献来供给祭司和利未人，因为许多人不再敬拜神。所以，这利未少年离开伯利恒，到别地去寻求机会。

这都因为下一代的百姓已经不知道耶和华，也不知道耶和华为以色列人所行的事。所以，他们很快就离弃神、拜偶像，在恩典中失落了。

2.错误印证（v9-13)

米迦以为这少年利未人是神「赐福」的印证。实际上，这只是个自欺欺人的巧合。因此，我们不要错把自己的私欲当做蒙神赐福的印证。

总结：

愿我们不再任意而行，而是回到神的心意。

Judges 17: Willful Behaviour Leads to Destruction
GK611 Morning Devotion
26/01/2023
Speaker: Ps Stella

Introduction：

Doing what is evil in the eyes of God according to one's own will eventually make oneself live in a corrupted situation.

1. Willfulness brings curse (v1-6)

1. Carved Idols (v1-4)

In the Ten Commandments promulgated by God through Moses, it is strictly forbidden to carve and worship idols, neither can worship idols representing false gods, nor can idols be used to represent the true God. But Micah's mother dedicated the stolen silver to the Lord by carving an idol. She wanted to use this idol to revoke the curse of man, but she made herself under the curse of God.

2. Disobedience to God (v5-6)

When everyone disobeys God’s authority and lives within themselves, the result is bound to be farther and farther away from God, and they will continually fall into a cycle of failure.

The original text of "household idols" is plural, that is, there is more than one god. Micah made these idols and did not regard Jehovah God as the only God. This also prompted him to walk according to his own will instead of obeying God's law.

2. Willfulness brings ignorance (v7-13)

1. Not Knowing God (v7-8)

The Israelites apparently stopped tithing the priests and Levites because many no longer worshiped God. So the young Levite left Bethlehem to seek a living elsewhere. This is all because the people of the next generation no longer know about Jehovah, nor do they know what Jehovah has done for the Israelites. So, very soon they forsaken God, worship idols, and lose in grace.

2. Wrong confirmation (v9-13)

Micah thought the young Levite was a proof of God's "goodness". In fact, this is just a self-deceiving coincidence. Therefore, we should not mistake our selfish desires for the proof of God's goodness.

Conclusion:

May we no longer act willfully, but return to God's will.