【双语灵修】圣化的情欲SANCTIFIED SEXUALITY

【双语灵修】圣化的情欲SANCTIFIED SEXUALITY

利未记 18:1-6;希伯来书 13:4-6

耶和华对摩西说: “你晓谕以色列人说:我是耶和华你们的神。 你们从前住的埃及地,那里人的行为,你们不可效法;我要领你们到的迦南地,那里人的行为也不可效

法,也不可照他们的恶俗行。 你们要遵我的典章,守我的律例,按此而行。我是耶和华你们的神。 所以,你们要守我的律例、典章;人若遵行,就必因此活着。我是耶和华。

“你们都不可露骨肉之亲的下体,亲近她们。我是耶和华。

婚姻人人都当尊重,床也不可污秽,因为苟合行淫的人,神必要审判。 你们存心不可贪爱钱财,要以自己所有的为足;因为主曾说:“我总不撇下你,也不丢弃你。” 所以我们可以放胆说:“主是帮助我的,我必不惧怕,人能把我怎么样呢?”

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十一月十六日

圣化的情欲

“‘你们从前住的埃及地,那里人的行为,你们不可效法;我要领你们到的迦南地,那里人的行为,也不可效法。’” - 利 18:3

现今我们的文化正深陷在情欲中。很多广告都使用性暗示的信息来推广快餐、衣物、电子游戏等等。串流设备让观众随时可以收看煽动性的画面。情欲被展示为能够带来最终的快乐和满足的途径。

利未记教导我们,耶和华的同在如何改变我们生活的每一个层面。神的同在塑造会议室、起居室、课室,而当然也包括睡房。

我们文化的道德观固然是由个人的欲望决定的,然而,神却呼召祂的子民要依靠祂和祂的话语。神既然已把我们从罪的奴役中释放出来,我们一定不应该再被邪恶欲念所捆绑了。任何曾在情欲的试探或罪恶中挣扎的人,都可以见证他们怎样被困。在性欲的事上,不可沉溺在“凡事皆可”的态度,反而应该尊崇神设计性爱的原意,性爱是在婚姻关系中的丈夫和妻子所享受的。

这个信息或许似乎已过时或有诸多限制,然而神的话语能带领我们得到真正的享受,茁壮成长。淫行也许带来兴奋,但到头来却令人感到空虚和羞愧。耶稣已经仁慈地为我们偿还了所有的罪债,并除去我们的羞愧,好让我们能够全然享受神为我们预备的生活。但愿我们不再受罪的奴役,在生活上的每一个层面,都能欢喜快乐地享受有神同在的生活!

祷告

神啊,求祢帮助我们,在祢藉着耶稣为我们赢取的自由中过生活。阿们。

Leviticus 18:1-6; Hebrews 13:4-6

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16

SANCTIFIED SEXUALITY

“You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you.” —Leviticus 18:3

Our culture today is immersed in sex. Many advertisements use suggestive messaging to promote fast food, clothing, video games, and more. Streaming services allow viewers to watch provocative scenes on demand. Sex is presented as bringing ultimate joy and fulfillment.

Leviticus teaches us how the Lord’s presence transforms every part of our lives. God’s presence shapes the boardroom, the family room, the classroom, and, yes, the bedroom.

While our culture’s moral compass is set by individual desire, God calls his people to look to him and his Word. Since God liberated us from slavery to sin, we must not become enslaved again by sinful desires. Anyone who has struggled with sexual temptation or sin can testify to the way it can imprison us. Instead of indulging in an “anything-goes” approach to sex, we are to honor God’s design for sexuality by enjoying it in the context of marriage between a husband and wife.

While this message may seem outdated or restrictive, God’s Word leads us to true enjoyment and flourishing. Sexual sin promises excitement but leaves us feeling empty and ashamed. Jesus has graciously paid the penalty for our sin and removed our shame so that we can live into the full enjoyment of all that God intends for us. May we live free from the slavery of sin and instead delight in living out all parts of our life in the joyful presence of God!

God, help us to live in the freedom you have won for us in Jesus. Amen.

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