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人的辦法跟神的辦法的差別
在今天的經文中一覽無遺

亞伯蘭是聰明的人
所以他先想到了在前路可能要面對的問題
於是一個“賣某做大舅”的惡劣思維
就成了他逃避問題的方式

犧牲他的太太來保全自己的生命


很多時候人的劣根性總在這樣的情節中發生
忘記“犧牲”是一種高尚的情操
而犧牲別人就變成最好的生存之道

雖然神最後出手
但卻不是按著人的想法
至於亞伯蘭是否因此而得到教訓呢
在接續的經文裡我們依然可以看見亞伯蘭的執迷不悟


作為一個基督徒
若只想到自己的利益或是想法
一味的要求教會最好按自己的想法行事
而忘記神要教會在合一中行事
那麼“犧牲”就會變成是別人的事
一切都以：犧牲別人以成全自己為原則

在群體中自我的犧牲是合一的前奏
沒有自我犧牲很難談及教會的合一


你我可以選擇犧牲別人來成全眾人
但也可以選擇犧牲自我來成全眾人

信仰的寶貴與耶穌基督的道理
就在這選擇中看出實踐與否








創世記

12:10 那地遭遇饑荒。因饑荒甚大，亞伯蘭就下埃及去，要在那裡暫居。
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
12:11 將近埃及，就對他妻子撒萊說：「我知道你是容貌俊美的婦人。
When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sar'ai his wife, "I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold;
12:12 埃及人看見你必說：『這是他的妻子』，他們就要殺我，卻叫你存活。
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, `This is his wife'; then they will kill me, but they will let you live.
12:13 求你說，你是我的妹子，使我因你得平安，我的命也因你存活。」
Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account."
12:14 及至亞伯蘭到了埃及，埃及人看見那婦人極其美貌。
When Abram entered Egypt the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
12:15 法老的臣宰看見了她，就在法老面前誇獎她。那婦人就被帶進法老的宮去。
And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
12:16 法老因這婦人就厚待亞伯蘭，亞伯蘭得了許多牛、羊、駱駝、公驢、母驢、僕婢。
And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, he-asses, menservants, maidservants, she-asses, and camels.
12:17 耶和華因亞伯蘭妻子撒萊的緣故，降大災與法老和他的全家。
But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sar'ai, Abram's wife.
12:18 法老就召了亞伯蘭來，說：「你這向我做的是甚麼事呢？為甚麼沒有告訴我她是你的妻子？
So Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
12:19 為甚麼說她是你的妹子，以致我把她取來要作我的妻子？現在你的妻子在這裡，可以帶她走吧。」
Why did you say, `She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her, and be gone."
12:20 於是法老吩咐人將亞伯蘭和他妻子，並他所有的都送走了。
And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him; and they set him on the way, with his wife and all that he had.