新约 - 希伯来书(Hebrews)第3章

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
希伯来书第三章   来 3:1> 你说,谁是教会的最高权威? 

  3:1 这节经文对犹太基督徒来说是特别有意思的,就犹太人来说,人间最高的权威就是大祭司;而对基督徒来说,人间的最高权威便是神的使者。耶稣是神的使者,也是大祭司,自然是教会的最高权威。 

  来 3:1-6> 使者、大祭司、神家的治理者──其中表达耶稣与信徒的关系,你可明了? 

  3:1-6 作者用了不同的形像来解释耶稣与信徒的关系:( 1 )祂是神的使者,我们要听祂的话;( 2 )祂是大祭司,藉着祂我们得以来到父神面前;( 3 )祂是神家的治理者,我们要顺服祂。圣经内充满了耶稣基督的形像,每样都反映祂某方面的属性和工作。对于你与神的关系,这些形像教导了你什么功课呢? 

  来 3:2-3> 奇怪了,为什么作者要将耶稣与摩西比较,今天我们不都知道耶稣较谁都大吗? 

  3:2-3 对犹太人来说,摩西是神人。他把他们的列祖以色列人从埃及为奴之地带往应许之地,也是圣经首五卷书的作者,神藉着他颁布律法,因此摩西是圣经中最伟大的先知。但是耶稣比摩西更尊贵,因为摩西只是人,只是神的仆人,而耶稣是神本身( 1:3 )。正如摩西带领以色列人出埃及,将他们从捆绑中释放出来一样,基督也把我们从罪的辖制中释放出来。希伯来书作者问他的读者,既然可以得着差遣摩西的耶稣基督,为什么只满足于有摩西呢? 

  来 3:5> 旧约人物忠于神的呼召,诚是可贵,可是我常想,有了新约,对旧约少点了解也无妨吧…… 

  3:5 摩西忠于神的呼召,不但拯救以色列人,也为弥赛亚铺路,为要证明将来必传说的事。所有旧约的信徒也是如此。因此,认识旧约,是明白新约的重要基础。读旧约,我们可以知道( 1 )神怎样藉着人来完成祂的旨意。( 2 )祂怎样藉历史和人物来显明重要的真理。( 3 )祂怎样藉着先知来预言弥赛亚。( 4 )祂怎样藉着献祭敬拜,预备人去明白弥赛亚的工作。在你稳定的读经生活中,应该包括旧约,这样你才会更清楚、更明白新约的意义。 

  来 3:6> 如果我不坚持到底…… 

  3:6 由于基督住在信徒中间,我们便会得着鼓励,坚守到底。虽然我们不是凭着坚守的心而得救,但坚守的心足以反映我们真实的信心。没有坚定不移的信心,我们便会因错误的教导、各样的引诱或严重的逼迫而动摇( 3:14 )。 

  来 3:7-15> 有人听到神的话,有人知道神在等他,但总不回转;人说这是倔强,若是如此,要付代价啊…… 

  3:7-15 圣经多次警告我们不要硬着心肠故意敌挡神,以致不能回转,失去祂的拯救。以色列人违背神的命令,不肯去征服应许之地,心肠变得刚硬了(参民 13-14 , 20 章;诗 95 篇)。让我们谨慎遵从神的话,不要让内心变得刚硬。 

  来 3:11> 不得进入“我的安息”──这,是指什么? 

  3:11 “神的安息”在圣经里有几种意思:( 1 )创造的第七天,为记念这日而设的每周的安息日(参创 2:2 ;来 4:4-9 );( 2 )迦南应许之地(参申 12:8-12 ;诗 95 篇);( 3 )我们藉着信心与神建立的关系,现在与祂和好后的平安( 4:1 , 3 , 8-11 );( 4 )我们将来与基督同享的永生( 4:8-11 )。这些意思对阅读希伯来书的犹太基督徒来说可能都很熟悉。 

  来 3:12-14> 有时不是想硬心,就是渐渐淡了,淡了──你说其实可以不是这样的…… 

  3:12-14 顽固地拒绝相信神,我们的心便带领我们离开永活的神。若我们坚持不信,最后祂会舍弃我们。但神可以给我们新的心、新的愿望和新的灵(参结 36:22-27 )。预防自己的心变得刚硬,就要与其他信徒保持紧密的联系,分享我们的信心;不要让罪欺骗我们,留心自己的罪恶,以爱心和关怀来彼此鼓励。 

  来 3:15-19> 以色列因为不信的结果你都知道了?是的我们都知道要信,但有时就是…… 

  3:15-19 以色列不能进入应许地,是因为他们不信神的保护,他们不相信神能帮助他们征服当地的强大民族(参民 14-15 章)。由于缺乏信心,他们失败了,因此神要他们在旷野漂流四十年,相对于神为他们预备的美好福分来说,这真是令人伤心的代替品。对神缺乏信心,常令我们不能享受祂所赐的上好福分。 ──《灵修版圣经注释》