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成為偉大或是成為? (卓爾君牧師)

16 Jan

成為偉大或是成為? (卓爾君牧師)

在你出生之前可能就已經被許多人賦予了期待，他們期待著你有一天能夠光宗耀祖，在這樣的環境下，似乎只有金榜題名功成名就才能對得起父母及祖宗，We want to be great (我們希望成為偉大的人)。但是真正偉大的人寥寥可數，絕大多數的人只得到偉大的壓力、偉大的挫折及偉大的失敗感。神是不是希望我們成為「偉大」 (Being great) 呢？今天我們要從創世記中挪亞的故事來看看，如何在現今的世界當中，從「偉大」的迷惑中找到真理的道路。

挪亞的世代是個信仰世俗化的世代。信仰世俗化最大的危機就是加速世界價值觀的氾濫。即使好的事物也可能成為神厭惡的偶像，如果我們讚美神卻有口無心，就像是把宗教的儀式放在神的上面，當作一種慰藉自己心理不安的偶像而已。就如參加聚會要專心，不可遲到就是最簡單的例子。


當信仰與世界有別的時候，信仰是抗衡世界、提醒世界的警告燈，然而，當信仰世俗化後，就像是給世界開了綠燈，給敗壞價值觀神聖的背書。固然，神子民在眼前會取得世界巨大的認同與讚揚，似乎變為偉大，但在妥協信仰的同時神子民也是不斷矮化自己，變得與世界一樣，甚至低於世界。


創世記 6:1-10 (和合本)

  1. 當人在世上多起來，又生女兒的時候，
  2. 神的兒子們看見人的女子美貌，就隨意挑選，娶來為妻。
  3. 耶和華說：「人既屬乎血氣，我的靈就不永遠住在他裡面，然而他的日子還可到一百二十年。」
  4. 那時候有偉人在地上，後來神的兒子們和人的女子們交合生子，那就是上古英武有名的人。
  5. 耶和華見人在地上罪惡很大，終日所思想的盡都是惡。
  6. 耶和華就後悔造人在地上，心中憂傷。
  7. 耶和華說：「我要將所造的人和走獸並昆蟲，以及空中的飛鳥，都從地上除滅，因為我造他們後悔了。」
  8. 唯有挪亞在耶和華眼前蒙恩。
  9. 挪亞的後代記在下面。挪亞是個義人，在當時的世代是個完全人。挪亞與神同行。
  10. 挪亞生了三個兒子，就是閃、含、雅弗。
Genesis 6:1-10 (NIV)

  1. When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
  2. the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
  3. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal[b]; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
  4. The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
  5. The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
  6. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
  7. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”
  8. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
  9. This is the account of Noah and his family.
  10. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.