士师记［第十九章］
Book of Judges 19
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士师记第十九章|Book of Judges 19【无神之人肆意妄为】
31/01/2023
引言:
神造人时本来是照祂的形象和样式造的，是完美的。但是当人离开了神，不但失去美好的灵性，而且肆意妄为，得罪神和人。
一、丑恶残忍的利未人
1.不合神意的娶妾（V1）
利未人是神分别出来侍奉神的。这个利未人娶妾的行为，是完全不合神心意的，因为神设立的婚姻是一夫一妻。作为利未人竟然在婚姻上违反神的旨意，可见当时道德是如何的墮落。
2.只顾自身的安危（V25）
在基必亚遇到匪徒，为了自身安全，利未人就把他的妾拉出去交给他们，利未人暴露了自己的丑恶。只顾自身的安危，就不理妾的死活把她交给匪徒，这是极端自私的作法！这利未人的恶与匪徒的恶，一点分别也没有！
3.残忍的报复方式（V27-30）
这个利未人的丑恶，更见于他竟然可以动手把妾的尸体肢解，切成十二块分送到十二个支派作为投诉的证物，要激起全民采取报复的行动。他的整个安排，完全是因为不甘受辱的仇恨思想。
一个没有神的利未人，竟然可变成如此丑恶残忍的人；我们更要时刻警醒，切不可偏离神！
二、行淫的利未人之妾（V2）
首先，这个犹大族的女子，嫁给利未人为妾，她的道德操守就有问题了。后来又和人行淫，说明她是放纵情慾的女子。可是经文中对这事没有什么反应，似乎是若无其事。莫非这种事当时很普遍，人已见怪不怪？
今天，女权高涨性观念开放，毫不以为耻。所以我们在男女关系上要保守自己，切勿婚前同居，婚后出轨。
三、冷漠的基比亚人（V11-15）
利未人不愿在外邦人的城住宿，赶到以色列人便雅悯境内的基比亚。但是基比亚人并未按律法的要求接待利未人。今天我们如果对弟兄姐妹的需要、世人的灵魂，也是冷漠无视的，其实就和基比亚人没有什么两样。
四、丧尽天良的匪徒（V22-25）
这些放纵情慾的匪徒，公然上门先是要求与利未人进行同性交合，后又将利未人的妾强暴致死，这群匪徒可说是罪大恶极、丧尽天良！
由此可见，人若不控制性，它就如洪水猛兽害人害己！性是可以控制的！人如果敬畏神，就会有节制；若背离神，就必肆意妄为出乱子。
总结：
利未人、利未人的妾、基比亚人和匪徒，都是神的选民。但是因为他们没有神，因此就肆意妄为满身罪恶。
让我们以没有神的色列人为借鉴，不要沦落为肆意妄为的无神基督徒！
Judges 19: A person without God acts recklessly
GK611 Morning Devotion
31/01/2023
Speaker: Ps Daniel Kew
Introduction:
God created man in His image and likeness, the man is perfect. But when people leave God, they not only lose their good spirituality but also act recklessly, offending God and man.
I. The ugly and cruel Levite
1. Taking a concubine against God's will (V1)
The Levites were set apart by God to serve God. This Levite’s act of taking a concubine was completely against God’s will because the marriage established by God is monogamy. As a Levite, he violated God's will in marriage, which shows how morally degraded it was at that time.
2. Only care about own safety (V25)
When Gibeah met certain bandits and for his own safety, the Levite took his concubine out and handed it over to them. The Levite exposed his ugliness,only caring about his own safety, disregarding his concubine's life and death and handing her over to the bandits, this is an extremely selfish approach! There is no difference between the wickedness of the Levites and the wickedness of the bandits!
3. Cruel way of revenge (V27-30)
The ugliness of this Levite is even more evident in the fact that he can dismember the body of his concubine, cut it into twelve pieces and distribute them to the twelve tribes as evidence of grievances, in order to arouse the whole nation to take revenge.His entire arrangement was due to the thought of hatred that was unwilling to be humiliated.
A Levite without God can turn into such an ugly and cruel person; we must always be vigilant and never deviate from God!
II. The adulterous Levite concubine (V2)
First of all, this Judah woman married a Levite as a concubine, so her moral integrity was questionable. Later, she committed adultery with others, which shows that she is a woman who indulges in lust. However, there is no reaction to this matter in the scriptures, as if nothing happened. Could it be that this kind of thing was so common at that time that people were already familiar with it?
Today, women have more rights, and they have a more open attitude toward sex, without feeling embarrassed. Therefore, we must keep ourselves in the relationship between men and women, and never cohabit before marriage and commit adultery after marriage.
III. The indifferent Gibeah (V11-15)
The Levite did not want to stay in a foreign city, so they went to Gibeah, where the Israelites were and in the province of Benjamin. But the Gibeah did not receive the Levite as required by the law. Today, if we are indifferent to the needs of our brothers and sisters and the souls of the world, we are no different from the people of Gibeah.
IV. The Conscientious Bandit (V22-25)
These bandits who indulged in lust openly came to the door and first demanded same-sex intercourse with the Levite, and then raped the Levite' concubine to death. They can be said to be atrocious and devoid of conscience!
It can be seen from this that if people do not control their sexual act, it will harm others and themselves like a scourge! Sex can be controlled! If a person fears God, he will have self-control; if he turns his back on God, he will act recklessly and cause trouble.
Conclusion：
The Levite, the Levite’s concubine, the Gibeah, and the bandits are God's chosen people. But because they have no God, they act recklessly and are full of sin.
Let us take the example of these Israelites who have no God and don't become a person without God and act recklessly.
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