〈利未记〉 18:4 你们要遵守我的典章，守我的律例，按此而行。我是耶和华你们的神。
读〈利未记〉 18章时，我恍惚有种错觉，这不是时空转移，而是神透过时空，向人类发出的宣告。现代人以为他们要求的性自由是新运动，但是好像在远古就有人在这样做了，日光之下没有新鲜的事。
我们总以为神的诫命是制止人的自由，更正确的说法，应该是神在教导人怎样尊重自己，彼此尊重，也尊重动物和动物的生命。要做回一个神所造的人，就要先找回对自己的尊重，尊重神赐给自己的生命，性别，性情和天份，等等。
性是神赐给人在婚姻里的美好礼物，当人把它用在不当的关系里，就会产生许多问题。它最先会影响健康，有许多疾病都因为滥性而引起；它影响到家庭的和谐，破坏信任，甚至使孩子们成长后对婚姻产生惧怕。它甚至会召来神的审判而至灭亡，像所多玛和蛾摩拉一样；有许多个人的生命或社区都受到相当大的影响。
People longed for the compassionate touch of Jesus. Each one who came was touched, and each one touched was changed.But none was touched or changed more than the unnamed leper described in the first four verses of Matthew chapter 8. “He bowed before Jesus and said, ‘Lord, you can heal me if you will.’ And Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man and said, ‘I will. Be healed!’ And immediately the man was healed from his disease.”
In New Testament times, leprosy was the most dreaded disease. In Scripture, the leper is symbolic of the ultimate outcast. A person doesn’t have to have leprosy to feel quarantined. The divorced, handicapped, unemployed, depressed, and terminally ill know this feeling. Jesus touched the untouchables of the world. Will you do the same?
利未记 17:14 论到一切活物的生命，就在血中。所以我对以色列人说，无论什么活物的血，你们都不可吃，因为一切活物的血就是牠的生命。凡吃了血的，必被剪除。
我可以吃血吗？冬天来临时，火锅的季节也上巿了，巿面上流行一样好吃的产品，就是鸭血。听说拿鸭血下火锅，非常好吃。猪血鸡血都有人在吃，而且特别宣传其美味，令人食指大动。令我惊讶的是，有许多牧者都觉得吃血没问题。因为耶稣都说了：「入口的不能污秽人，出口的乃能污秽人。(太15:11) 」
保罗也说过，「凡神所造的物都是好的，若感谢著领受，就没有一样可弃的。(提前4:4) 」神也曾经在异象中，三次叫彼得吃不洁之物和俗物，因为神所洁净的，不可当作俗物 (使10:9-16)。这些都是《圣经》的教导，难道是新约和旧约的不同吗？
那么在〈使徒行传〉的耶路撒冷会议中，耶稣的弟弟雅各为何做了一个总结：「所以据我的意见，不可难为那归服神的外邦人；只要写信，吩咐他们禁戒偶像的污秽和奸淫，并勒死的牲畜和血。」(使15:19-20)
Ephesians 4:32 says, “Be kind and loving to each other, and forgive each other just as God forgave you in Christ.”
Because Jesus has forgiven us, we can forgive others. Because he lives in us, you and I can do the same. Oh, I could never do that, you object. The hurt is so deep. Just seeing the person makes me cringe. Perhaps that’s the problem: you’re seeing too much of the wrong person. Try shifting your glance away from the one who hurt you and setting your eyes on the One who has saved you.
Please understand. Relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful. Are there any relationships in your world thirsty for mercy? Is there anyone who needs to be assured of your grace? Jesus made sure his disciples had no reason to doubt his love. Why don’t you do the same?
Few situations stir panic like being trapped in a relationship. Some opt to flee, to get out of the relationship. Others fight, and tension becomes a way of life. A few, however, discover another treatment: forgiveness.
In Jesus’ day the task of washing feet was reserved for the lowest of the servants. But in the thirteenth chapter of John, the one with the basin and towel is the king of the universe. What a passionate moment when Jesus silently washes the feet of all the disciples…even Judas. Jesus knows that, by morning, these men will bury their heads in shame. Remarkable. He forgave their sin before they even committed it. He offered mercy before they even sought it.
利未记 16:6-10亚伦要把赎罪祭的公牛奉上，为自己和本家赎罪；也要把两只公山羊安置在会幕门口、耶和华面前，为那两只羊拈阄，一阄归与耶和华，一阄归与阿撒泻勒。亚伦要把那拈阄归与耶和华的羊献为赎罪祭，但那拈阄归与阿撒泻勒的羊要活着安置在耶和华面前，用以赎罪，打发人送到旷野去，归与阿撒泻勒。
根据犹太传统：起初，上帝创造天地 (创1:1) 。创造的第一天是在希伯来提叙黎月（犹太历七月）的第一天。犹太新年(Rosh Hashanah) 字面上的意思是「年头」，今年(2020年)落在阳历9月18日。当天黄昏，便进入了犹太历5781年。犹太历不是从亚伯拉罕被拣选、摩西被呼召或大卫王朝的时候开始，而是在宇宙被造时开始的，因为《圣经》是万物的历史。
对于犹太人，神在《圣经》里有很明确的指示，新年代表审判，因此要自我内省、祷告和悔改。新年也是庄严的节期，用来进行个人灵命反省和思考人类未来的方向，这节日是「敬畏的日子」(Days of Awe)，用来检视自己的生活并重新将自己归向神，与神和好。
利未记15章11节 患漏症的人没有用水涮手，无论摸了谁，谁必不洁净到晚上，并要洗衣服，用水洗澡。
可能有的人看到这章经文的主题会觉得很不自在，怎么在这样神圣的一本书里，会出现这样的主题呢？这种事情不是都隐秘不宣的吗？但是当我们再读下去时，就会发现原来只有造人的神才知道人的每一层需要；也相对地发现，耶稣所讲的：「从人里面出来的，那才能污秽人。」这句话何等真实。原来人的里面是那样地藏污纳垢，从亚伦的两个儿子取凡火献祭，到人长大痲疯，以及屋子长大痲疯如何洁净，让我们充份体会到人的本质是何等地肮脏悖逆。也让我们明白，原来罪的本质，非用血不能得以洁净。
英文比较能表达这一章所要说的，有关人身体产生的分泌物discharge，一旦到了体外便是不洁，需要注意如何去洁净，以免细菌到处感染，使人生病。因为分泌物包括的不只是男女性器官流出的东西，分泌物也包括口里吐出的痰，鼻子出来的鼻涕，等等。只要我们思想一下，便会承认凡是从肉体里出来的东西，都是不洁的。以前有些老祖母把食物在嘴里嚼烂了，再放到婴儿或小孩嘴里，虽是一番好意，但是给现代母亲看到，一定会大叫，「不要这样，太脏了。」为什么口水在自己嘴里不觉得脏，一旦到了嘴巴外面就变脏了？
Jesus is pure; we are greedy. He is peaceful; we are hassled. He is spiritual; we are earthbound. The distance between our hearts and his seems so immense. How could we ever hope to have the heart of Jesus?
Ready for a surprise? You already do. If you have given your life to Jesus, Jesus has given himself to you. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:16 (TLB), “Strange as it seems, we Christians actually do have within us a portion of the very thoughts and mind of Christ.”
God has ambitious plans for us. The same one who saved your soul longs to remake your heart. Let’s imagine what it means to be just like Jesus. Let’s look long into the heart of Christ. Perhaps in seeing him, we will see what we can become.
利未记 14: 34 -36 你们到了我赐给你们为业的迦南地，我若使你们所得为业之地的房屋中有大痲疯的灾病，房主就要去告诉祭司说：『据我看，房屋中似乎有灾病。』祭司还没有进去察看灾病以前，就要吩咐人把房子腾空，免得房子里所有的都成了不洁净；然后祭司要进去察看房子。
这一段经文是神给以色列人的预备，让他们知道进了迦南地之后，若是碰到屋子有问题时，应该如何处理。因为以色列人在旷野住帐蓬，到迦南地居住的情况就会不一样。因为在旷野里经常有太阳在晒，帐蓬里十分干燥，而且经常移动，比较不会有发霉的问题；但是屋子不一样，屋子住久了就会有问题，因为屋子是不移动的，例如浴室或卫生间若是一直很潮湿，墙壁和天花板缝隙便会逐渐产生霉菌，影响到居住者的健康。有人说，霉菌和潮湿的墙壁是孪生兄弟，因此神把处理房子的一些问题事先教导他们，免得他们的健康受影响。
但是神既然带领以色列人进迦南，又应允他们所得为业之地房屋，为何会领他们到发霉的屋子里去住呢？在〈申命记〉六章10-11节，摩西说：「耶和华你的神领你进祂向你列祖亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许给你的地，那里有城邑，又大又美，非你所建造的；有房屋，装满各样美物，非你所装满的；有凿成的水井，非你所凿成的；还有葡萄园、橄榄园，非你所栽种的，你吃了，而且饱足。」就像以色列人出埃及时，神让埃及人因为惧怕，而把所有的美物都给了以色列人；神也应许，不仅把迦南地赐给以色列人，就连迦南人的房屋和美物也都要赐给以色列人。
The heart of Jesus was pure. Peter traveled with Jesus for three and a half years, and he described Jesus as a “lamb, unblemished and spotless” (1 Peter 1:19). The heart of Jesus was peaceful. The disciples shouted for fear in the storm, but Jesus slept through it. Peter drew his sword to fight the soldiers, but Jesus lifted his hand to heal.
The heart of Jesus was purposeful. He aimed at one goal—to save humanity from its sin. “The Son of man came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10). His heart was spiritual. He took his instructions from God. It was his habit to go to worship. He memorized scripture. His times of prayer guided him. John 5:19 says, “The Son does whatever the Father does.” The heart of Jesus was spiritual. Let ours be the same.
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