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.
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