诗篇51篇
1 神啊，求祢按祢的慈爱怜恤我，按祢丰盛的慈悲涂抹我的过犯！
2 求祢将我的罪孽洗除净尽，并洁除我的罪！
3 因为我知道我的过犯，我的罪常在我面前。
4 我向祢犯罪，唯独得罪了祢，在祢眼前行了这恶，以致祢责备我的时候显为公义，判断我的时候显为清正。
5 我是在罪孽里生的，在我母亲怀胎的时候就有了罪。
耶稣勉励祂的门徒说：「我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做甚么。（约15:5）」离了神，神的灵不在我们里面，我们就不能做甚么，扫罗王给了我们深刻的学习。
神膏抹扫罗为王，赐给他一个新心，变为新人；但是，扫罗面对压力（多如海沙般的非利士人）就自行献祭（撒上13:1-14），为了利益（上好的牛羊和一切美物）竟推托献给神（撒上15:1-21）。神厌弃扫罗作王，差遣撒母耳膏抹大卫为王，从此，耶和华的灵离开扫罗，有恶魔从耶和华那里来扰乱他（撒上16:13-14）。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 3:1-21. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 3:1 (NIV)
1 The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions.
On verse 1: Why was God so rarely heard (or seen) during this time? Is it because God was not speaking or because the people were not listening? I believe it was the latter. This was a time when hardly anyone truly feared God. As Judges 21:25 tells us, instead of listening to God, “everyone did as he saw fit.” Moreover, the first chapters of 1 Samuel show us that the spiritual leaders of the nation were so set in their ways and so engrossed in their sinful practices that they did not hear God’s voice or have any perspective or insight into what God wanted to do. There was no room for God in them. But God was still speaking and waiting for someone to tune in. The question is not so much: “Is God speaking?” The question is “Are we listening?”
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 2:27-36. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 2:27-29 (NIV)
27 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?
28 I chose your father out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your father’s house all the offerings made with fire by the Israelites.
29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’
On verses 27-29: Eli had warned and rebuked his sons for their wicked behaviour, including how they kept taking for themselves the fat parts of the offerings that were meant for the Lord (v. 16-17). Yet beyond giving them a warning and a rebuke (v 22-25), Eli did nothing to stop his sons. Given his sons’ corrupt and unrepentant behaviour (sleeping with the servant girls, stealing offerings, and as verse 28 says taking for granted the honour and benefits of being priests in God’s house), Eli should have removed his sons from office.
撒母耳记上 27:1-12
1大卫心里说：「必有一日我死在扫罗手里，不如逃奔非利士地去。扫罗见我不在以色列的境内，就必绝望，不再寻索我。这样我可以脱离他的手。」 2 于是大卫起身，和跟随他的六百人投奔迦特王玛俄的儿子亚吉去了。 3 大卫和他的两个妻，就是耶斯列人亚希暖和做过拿八妻的迦密人亚比该，并跟随他的人，连各人的眷属，都住在迦特亚吉那里。 4 有人告诉扫罗说，大卫逃到迦特，扫罗就不再寻索他了。
大卫躲避扫罗的追杀，四处逃亡，最后他选择了逃奔非利士地去，投靠迦特王亚吉，在洗革拉住了一年零四个月。扫罗知道大卫逃到非利士人那里，就不再寻索他了（撒上27:1-12）。
这是一个聪明，也是困难的决定。大卫杀死的歌利亚是迦特人，他应该是迦特王亚吉和他的臣仆的死敌，大卫躲避扫罗，初次逃至迦特时，他借着假装疯癫，被逐出亚吉家而免遭杀害（撒上21:10-15）。再次投靠迦特王亚吉，大卫需要向亚吉显示效忠，他攻击基述人、基色人、亚玛力人之地，且不留活口，让亚吉相信自己抢掠了犹大人，取得亚吉王的信赖（撒上27:1-12），甚至被立为亚吉的护卫长（撒上28:1-2）。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 2:12-26. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
In 1 Samuel 2:12-26 we see the stark contrast between Samuel and the sons of Eli. All of them were priests serving in the same place of worship, but they were worlds apart in terms of character. As a result, though you could find them in the same place, they were moving in opposite directions. It’s your character, not your surroundings, that matters most. Let’s take a look in more detail.
1 Samuel 2:12-17 (NIV)
12 Eli’s sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD.
13 Now it was the practice of the priests with the people that whenever anyone offered a sacrifice and while the meat was being boiled, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.
14 He would plunge it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot, and the priest would take for himself whatever the fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
撒母耳记上 24:8-15
8 随后大卫也起来，从洞里出去，呼叫扫罗说：「我主！我王！」扫罗回头观看，大卫就屈身，脸伏于地下拜。 9 大卫对扫罗说：「你为何听信人的谗言，说大卫想要害你呢？ 10 今日你亲眼看见在洞中，耶和华将你交在我手里。有人叫我杀你，我却爱惜你，说：『我不敢伸手害我的主，因为他是耶和华的受膏者。』
丹佐华盛顿2004年在他主演的「火线救援」影片中，对绑匪和从中得利、或姑息纵容绑票案发生的人，展开一连串的报复行动；他在片中的一段对白，令我印象深刻，他说：「上帝审判恶人，我负责带恶人到上帝那里。」影片中，他杀了所有的恶人。但是，大卫有不一样的想法…
扫罗挑选三千精兵，率领他们往隐基底的旷野，寻索大卫和跟随他的人。扫罗在路旁羊圈的洞大解，藏在洞里深处的大卫并未杀害扫罗，仅悄悄地割下扫罗外袍的衣襟。大卫对跟随他的人说：「我的主乃是耶和华的受膏者，我在耶和华面前万不敢伸手害他，因他是耶和华的受膏者。」，不容他们起来害扫罗（撒上24:1-7）。甚至，大卫还为割下扫罗的衣襟而自责（撒上24:5）。大卫对扫罗说：「…愿耶和华在你我中间判断是非，在你身上为我伸冤，我却不亲手加害于你。…愿耶和华在你我中间施行审判，断定是非，并且鉴察，为我伸冤，救我脱离你的手。」（撒上24:8-15）
在神里面经历淬炼和更新
扫罗惧怕大卫，寻索杀害他，大卫就开始流离失所的四处逃难：
大卫首先逃到撒母耳那里，和撒母耳往拿约去居住（撒上19:18）。
冒险逃回向约拿单求救，两人在田野间痛哭而别（撒上20:1-42）。
大卫奔逃到挪伯大祭司亚希米勒那里，因为饥饿吃了圣饼，带走先前杀歌利亚时使用的刀（撒上21:1-9）。
逃到迦特王亚吉那里（歌利亚是迦特人），假装疯癫（撒上21:10-15）。
大卫走投无路，只好逃进亚杜兰洞栖身，聚集他的家人，跟随他的约有四百人（撒上22:1-2）。亚杜兰洞正是当初他击杀歌利亚时两军对敌的地方，靠近大卫少年时代放羊的故乡伯利恒。
大卫奔逃转到了摩押的米斯巴山寨（撒上22:3-4）。
大卫逃迁犹大地，住进了哈列的树林（撒上22:5）。
大卫击败非利士人，救了基伊拉的居民（撒上23:1-5）。
大卫躲避扫罗攻打基伊拉城，潜逃到西弗旷野的山地（撒上23:10-14）；约拿单去见大卫，安慰鼓励他（撒上23:15-18），此后，两位挚友再也未能相聚。
西弗人向扫罗告密，大卫转逃到玛云旷野南边的亚拉巴（撒上23:19-29）。
大卫躲到隐基底的山寨藏身，在这个地方，大卫以德报怨，并未伤害大解中的扫罗（撒上24:1-22）。
大卫南下到荒凉的巴兰高原（撒上25:1），经历拿八事件，娶了亚比该为妻（撒上25:2-42）。
返回到西弗和隐基底附近的哈基拉山（撒上26:1），扫罗继续追杀大卫，但是大卫再次放过沉睡中的扫罗，扫罗受到感动，带领他的军兵离开（撒上26:1-25）。
大卫恐怕扫罗再来追逼，又去投奔非利士人迦特王亚吉，在洗革拉住了一年零四个月。扫罗知道大卫逃到非利士人那里，就不再寻索他了（撒上27:1-7）。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 2:1-11. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 2:1-2 (NIV)
1 Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
2 “There is no one holy like the LORD; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
On verses 1-2: As Hannah surrenders her son Samuel to the Lord, it must have been a difficult and complicated moment for her. Yet instead of worrying, she worships. She says, “My heart rejoices in the Lord…There is no rock like our God”. And while she worships, Hannah prays a prayer that contains so much insight into who God is and what He does.
Praise God that in our most difficult and complicated moments, we have the Lord — His presence, His promises and His faithfulness — to rejoice in and worship. Hannah’s example shows us that when we choose to worship instead of worry, God gives us a peace that sustains us, a joy that will overflow, and deeper insight into who He is.
Hi GAMErs,
I’ve got some powerful lessons to share with you from 1 Samuel 1:19-28.
1 Samuel 1:19-20 (NIV)
19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.
20 So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the LORD for him.”
On verses 19-20: The Lord honours Hannah’s prayer for a son. Hannah names him “Samuel”, which means “the name [of God] is El”, a name which speaks to God’s power. Hannah picked a name for her son that would remind herself and others that Samuel was the result of God’s power at work.
撒母耳记上 16:15-23
扫罗的臣仆对他说：「现在有恶魔从神那里来扰乱你。 16 我们的主可以吩咐面前的臣仆，找一个善于弹琴的来，等神那里来的恶魔临到你身上的时候，使他用手弹琴，你就好了。」 17 扫罗对臣仆说：「你们可以为我找一个善于弹琴的，带到我这里来。」 18 其中有一个少年人说：「我曾见伯利恒城耶西的一个儿子善于弹琴，是大有勇敢的战士，说话合宜，容貌俊美，耶和华也与他同在。」 19 于是扫罗差遣使者去见耶西，说：「请你打发你放羊的儿子大卫到我这里来。」
与神同行，远离惧怕
被恶魔搅扰的扫罗找著善于弹琴的大卫，侍立在他面前，大卫作了扫罗拿兵器的人，且用手弹琴，让恶魔离开扫罗（撒上16:15-23）。
大卫杀死歌利亚，以色列人大大战胜非利士人，不仅扫罗的儿子约拿单与大卫惺惺相惜，互相结盟（撒上18:1-4），众人欢迎扫罗得胜归来时，众妇女舞蹈唱和说：「扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀死万万。」从这日起，扫罗就怒视大卫（撒上18:6-9）。
恶魔降在扫罗身上，他在家中胡言乱语，也试图抡枪刺杀正在为他弹琴的大卫（撒上18:10-11）。扫罗惧怕大卫，立他为千夫长，出外作战，毁约不将大女儿米拉给大卫为妻；又以杀非利士人为聘礼，答应大卫娶次女米甲，想藉非利士人的手害他（撒上18:17-27）。扫罗见耶和华与大卫同在，又知道女儿米甲爱大卫，就更怕大卫，常作大卫的仇敌（撒上18:28-29）。
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