〈申命记〉 22:4 你若看见弟兄的牛或驴跌倒在路上，不可佯为不见，总要帮助他拉起来。
在〈申命记〉22 章1-12节里，神教导我们一些做人的原则。
在第1-4节里，神用了三次「不可佯为不见」，也就是说不可以假装看不到。
在什么情况下不可假装看不到呢？1. 你若看见弟兄的牛或羊失迷了路，不可佯为不见，总要把牠牵回来交给你的弟兄。2. 你的弟兄无论失落甚么，或是驴，或是衣服，你若遇见，都要这样行，不可佯为不见。3. 你若看见弟兄的牛或驴跌倒在路上，不可佯为不见，总要帮助他拉起来。
在今天，牛羊或驴都可以改成别的东西，例如：衣服，手机，儿女，脚踏车，雨伞，等等。只要你看到是弟兄姐妹的东西，就不要假装没看见，在他人的疏忽上，付出你的关心，使他人不遭损失。
In one of Henri Nouwen’s books, he tells about the lesson of trust he learned from a great trapeze artist. The acrobat said, “The flyer does nothing and the catcher does everything. I have simply to reach out my arms and hands and wait for him to catch me and pull me safely over the apron.” The flyer must trust, with outstretched arms, that his catcher will be there for him.
In the great trapeze act of salvation, God is the catcher, and we are the flyers. We trust. Period. We rely solely upon God’s ability to catch us. As we do trust him, a wonderful thing happens—we fly!
Your Father has never dropped anyone. He will not drop you. His grip is sturdy and his hands are open. Place yourself entirely in his care. As you do, you will find it is possible—yes, possible—to be anxious for nothing.
〈申命记〉21章 15-17节 人若有二妻，一为所爱，一为所恶，所爱的、所恶的都给他生了儿子，但长子是所恶之妻生的。到了把产业分给儿子承受的时候，不可将所爱之妻生的儿子立为长子，在所恶之妻生的儿子以上，却要认所恶之妻生的儿子为长子，将产业多加一分给他；因这儿子是他力量强壮的时候生的，长子的名分本当归他。
你可能没想到，在《圣经》里居然会谈到一个人同时有两个妻子的事情。可见在神的眼里心中，祂非常清楚人的情欲所带来的罪恶及后果。神也明白人的有限，若碰到无法解决的谋杀案，以色列人应当怎样行。神没有说，祂会帮我们查清命案，但是神要人在神面前自表清白。
你会觉得很可笑，现在的人特爱说谎，上至美国总统下至平民小贩，有谁不说谎？尤其是广告，更是吹牛撒谎无所不用其极。你觉得神的方法管用吗？
There’s a reason the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror: your future matters more than your past. God’s grace is greater than your sin. You thought the problem was your calendar, your marriage, your job. In reality, it’s this unresolved guilt. Don’t indulge it. Don’t drown in the bilge of your own condemnation. What you did was not good, but your God is good, and he will forgive you. He is ready to write a new chapter in your life.
Say with Paul, “Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us” (Phil 3:13-14 TLB). Your salvation has nothing to do with your work and everything to do with the finished work of Christ on the cross. Rejoice in the Lord’s mercy.
〈申命记〉 20:19你若许久围困，攻打所要取的一座城，就不可举斧子砍坏树木。
在〈申命记〉20章里讲到以色列人作战的条例，神先宣告祂的同在，但是也宣告若有人没有准备好，就不要去参战。这是一般人想像不到的。我们以为只要人多就有气势，但是神知道得胜乃在乎耶和华，不在乎人力或军备，因此祂不要心怀二意的人加入祂的军队。
在以色列遭受周围国家的虎视眈眈和不时的挑衅时，以色列人人皆兵。我们实在很难想像，他们能够为了结婚或种葡萄园等等原因而拒绝去作战。但这确实是神的本意，倘若心里没有准备好，就不要去作战；倘若心里有所挂念，也不要去作战。因为不能专心去打战很容易受伤，也会影响到整个团队。因此，曾经有个人想要跟随 耶稣，想先去跟家人告别时；耶稣说：「手扶著犁向后看的，不配进神的国。（路9:62） 」手扶著犁向后看的人，就像心存挂虑的人，别说打仗，连进神国的路也有可能看不清楚而走到歪路上。
Denalyn and I had enjoyed a nice dinner at a local restaurant. As we received our bill, a church member spotted us and came over. After we chatted a few moments, he took our bill. “I’ll take this,” he said. Guess what? I let him do what he wanted to do. I let him take it away.
Someday we will stand before God. All of us will be present. All of us will have to give an account for our lives. Every thought, every deed, every action. Were it not for the grace of Christ, I would find this to be a very terrifying thought.
Yet, according to Scripture, Jesus came to “take away the sins of the world” (John 1:29 Phillips). On that day, I will point to Christ. When my list of sins is produced, I will gesture toward him and say, “He took it.” Let him take yours.
〈申命记〉 19:2-3 要在耶和华─你 神所赐你为业的地上分定三座城。要将耶和华─你 神使你承受为业的地分为三段；又要预备道路，使误杀人的，都可以逃到那里去。
从该隐杀亚伯开始，人类就不断地自相残杀。在挪亚生了三个儿子之后，神看到世界败坏，地上满了强暴。就像该隐的子孙拉麦，对他妻子说：「壮年人伤我，我把他杀了；少年人损我，我把他害了。」因为人属乎血气，终日思想的尽都是恶，因此神说：「我的灵就不永远住在他里面，然而他的日子还可到一百二十年。（创6:3）」从那时开始，人类的寿命就越来越短了。神的灵虽然不要永远住在人的里面，但是神的灵依然要住在人的里面一百廿年。假如你讨厌一个人时，就会想尽办法不要和他在一起；但是即始年日缩短，神的灵依然要和祂所赐予生命气息的人在一起一百廿年。当然，为了某些原因，我们不能活到一百廿岁，那也没有办法。
〈申命记〉 18:15 耶和华你的神要从你们弟兄中间给你兴起一位先知像我，你们要听从他。
在《圣经》里，这是一句很重要的预言。因为这句预言，伊斯兰教(回教)认定穆罕默德就是摩西预言的那位先知，但事实上是否如此？
在以色列人要进迦南之前，摩西有太多话要交待。他带领以色列人四十年，有时生气，有时愤怒，有时委屈，有时焦急。但是他最害怕的还是以色列人进迦南后忘记神的话，得罪神。因为他明白神的心意，也明白百姓的反复无常。人对神的信心不足，往往是因为自己的短视，以及不相信神对他们的爱。其实从神的教导里，就可以明白耶和华是一位怎样的神，从而产生信心。在这章里摩西讲到三方面的事，第一方面是照顾利未人。
I can bear witness to the power of God’s grace! I could take you to the church, to the section of seats in the church. I might even be able to find the very seat in which I was sitting when this grace found me.
I was a twenty-year-old college sophomore, living with a concrete block of guilt that had made a mess of my life. But then I heard a preacher describe the divine grace that is greater than sin. At the end of the message he asked if anyone would like to come forward and receive this grace. Iron chains couldn’t have held me back. Truth be told, chains had held me back. But mercy snapped the guilt chains and set me free.
I know this truth firsthand: Guilt frenzies the soul; grace calms it! The benefit of being a great sinner is dependence upon a great grace!
What kind of person does unresolved guilt create? An anxious one, forever hiding, running, denying, pretending. As one man admitted: “I was always living a lie for fear someone might see me for who I really was and think less of me. I hid behind my super spirituality but this lie was exhausting and anxiety producing.”
Unresolved guilt will turn you into a miserable, weary, angry, fretful mess. In a psalm David wrote after his affair with Bathsheba, the king said, “When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat” (Psalm 32:3-4 NLT).
As Paul told Titus, “God’s grace is the fertile soul out of which courage sprouts! God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone!” (Titus 2:11, 15 MSG).
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