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专题信息｜第三场｜我们与钱财的关系

7月18日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 提前 6:3-10; 17-19

课题: 经济医治, 好管家, 教会, 伦理道德, 价值观,

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序论：其中一个非常关乎我们的圣洁的事就是我们与钱财的关系。主耶稣亲口说：“一个人不能侍奉两个主，不是恶这个爱那个，就是重这个轻那个。你们不能又侍奉神，又侍奉玛门《太6:24》”。很多信徒很轻易的认为说：“我是不贪钱的人”，但这些人想都不想自己在金钱上所受的诱惑。如果我们好好深思：我们的心是这么容易被钱财的因素来影响与左右。有些人不是没有钱，但储蓄一旦减少就感到平穷。有的人一旦做什么东西就是想到能不能多得钱为动机，一旦付出多一点点，就渴望能否得到钱财的利益。有的人结交关系，都是与那些能够带给他钱财利益的。他们无形中将富足当做是一种地位。因此，教会里常常出现的一种不健康的现象就是教会领袖与会友的误解都是来自钱财的因素。有时我们看见有些教会领袖对那些很厉害奉献的人非常友善。要不然就是有些会友对领袖层存有一种怀疑，就是认为教会无论做什么都是向钱看，只要是牵扯到钱的，教会就很看重。其实，这些都是源自人的心有所不纯正，且贪恋钱财的问题。爱钱的人都是这样彼此怀疑，带来给圣徒之间的关系很大的破口。确实，这都是我们人与生俱来的属灵问题。我们都生在对神无知的观念里，没有一个人认识那为我们创造宇宙万有的神。我们只有带着一个要生存的本能长大。因此，一旦我们理解了物质的价值（钱财能带给我们的利益与方便），我们的心是自然而然的被钱财左右。我们倾向要多得钱，甚至依靠钱，也为了钱财来做一切，心里也偷偷羡慕富足的人。钱财就这样掌控了我们的心。在旧约圣经里，其中神最恨恶的一件事就是以色列民不断的拜巴力神的恶行。试问为何以色列人一直不断的拜巴力呢？那是因为巴力是一个带来生育和雨水的神。特别，当以色列人的农作物需要雨水的致润，这样的神就带给他们非常大的诱惑力。因此，在《王上17:1》，当以色列民都拜巴力神的时候，神透过先知以利亚宣告以色列必有大饥荒，好叫祂的子民承受拜偶像的结果，以致能悔改。当我们主耶稣来到地上，祂在教导众人时也说道：“你们要谨慎自守，免去一切的贪心，因为人的生命不在乎家道丰富”《路12:15》。 有时，贪恋是不知不觉的捉住我们的心。有些人没有偷但贪小便宜，有的看见自己做了很多却没有得着物质的利益，不知不觉感到被亏待。有的是没有将别人应得的给他人。因此，神警戒那些富足人，说：“嗐，你们这些富足人哪，应当哭泣、号啕！因为将有苦难临到你们身上”。因为这些财主亏欠了工人当得的工价《雅5:1-4》。其实，保罗告诉我们说只要有衣有食，就当知足《提前6:8》。但说实在的，很多信徒始终没有明白这最基本的知足。我们继续花超出自己赚取的，或者就是一直担心明天不够而在今天没有做钱财的好管家。很多信徒在当纳给神的、供养父母的、用在祝福人的、或是偿还人的都带有亏欠。其实，在这些事上，若我们一直置之不理，我们的心无法靠近主。因为圣经在神与玛门的界限分明画得很清楚。可能我们不一定能马上摆脱钱财带给我们心里的诱惑，但我们在钱财的事上要不断的经过敬虔的操练，好取得在管理钱财的事上无可指摘。

Prelude: One of the things that is very relevant to our holiness is our relationship with money. The Lord Jesus Himself said, "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." <Mt 6:24> Many believers easily believe and say, "I am not greedy for money", but these people do not even think about the temptation they have received from money. If we think carefully: our hearts are so easily influenced and affected by financial factors. For some, it is not that they have no money, but once their savings are reduced, they feel poor. When some people do things, their motivation is whether they can get more money in doing so. Once they put in a bit more effort, they will yearn to get more money as a benefit. Some people befriend others because they can bring them money and benefits. They virtually regard wealth as a status. Therefore, an unhealthy phenomenon that often occurs in the church is the misunderstandings between church leaders and members over financial issues. Sometimes we see some church leaders being very kind to those who are very generous in their offering. In other cases, some members have a kind of suspicion toward the leadership, thinking that the church focuses on money in whatever it does. As long as money is involved, the church values it. In fact, these are all problems stemming from man's impure heart and greed for money. People who love money all doubt one another in this way, bringing about a big gap in the relationship between saints. Indeed, this is a spiritual problem that we are born with. We are all born with an ignorance toward God, no one knows the God who created the universe for us. We only grow up with an instinct to survive. Therefore, once we understand the value of material (the benefits and convenience that money can bring us), our hearts are naturally affected by money. We are inclined toward getting more money, even relying on money, and doing everything for money, and secretly envying wealthy people in our hearts. Money controls our hearts in this way. In the Old Testament, one of the things that God hated most was the evil deeds of the Israelites who continued to worship Baal. Think about it, why did the Israelites continue to worship Baal? It was because Baal was a god who brought fertility and rain. In particular, when the crops of the Israelites needed moisture from the rain, such a god is very tempting to them. Therefore, in <1 Ki 18:1-2>, when the Israelites all worshiped Baal, God declared through the prophet Elijah that there would be a great famine in Israel, so that His people would bear the consequence of idolatry and could then repent. When our Lord Jesus came to earth, He said this when he was teaching, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” <Lk 12:15> Sometimes, greed captivates our hearts unconsciously. Some people do not steal but are covetous of small gains, and some see themselves doing much but when they did not gain material benefits, they subconsciously feel mistreated. Some also do not give others what they deserve. Therefore, God warned those who are rich, saying, "Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you." This was because the rich men failed to pay wages to their workers <Jas 5:1-4>. Actually, Paul tells us that if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that <1 Ti 6:8>. But to be honest, many believers never understand this basic contentment. We continue to spend more than we earn, or we worry about not having enough for tomorrow and hence are not good stewards of money today. Many believers fall short in giving to God, providing for their parents, blessing or repaying others. In fact, if we keep ignoring these things, our hearts cannot be close to the Lord. Because the Bible clearly draws the line between God and money. Perhaps we may not be able to immediately get rid of the temptation that money brings to our hearts, but we must constantly go through godly discipline in matters of money, so as to be blameless in matters of managing money.

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