【双语灵修】拯救婚姻SAVING MARRIAGE

出埃及记 20:14;创世记 2:4-25

“不可奸淫。 创造天地的来历,在耶和华神造天地的日子,乃是这样: 野地还没有草木,田间的菜蔬还没有长起来,因为耶和华神还没有降雨在地上,也没有人耕地。 但有雾气从地上腾,滋润遍地。 耶和华神用地上的尘土造人,将生气吹在他鼻孔里,他就成了有灵的活人,名叫亚当。 耶和华神在东方的伊甸立了一个园子,把所造的人安置在那里。 耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来,可以悦人的眼目,其上的果子好做食物。园子当中又有生命树和分别善恶的树。有河从伊甸流出来,滋润那园子,从那里分为四道。第一道名叫比逊,就是环绕哈腓拉全地的。在那里有金子,并且那地的金子是好的,在那里又有珍珠和红玛瑙。第二道河名叫基训,就是环绕古实全地的。第三道河名叫底格里斯,流在亚述的东边。第四道河就是幼发拉底河。耶和华神将那人安置在伊甸园,使他修理看守。耶和华神吩咐他说:“园中各样树上的果子,你可以随意吃;只是分别善恶树上的果子,你不可吃,因为你吃的日子必定死。”耶和华神说:“那人独居不好,我要为他造一个配偶帮助他。”耶和华神用土所造成的野地各样走兽和空中各样飞鸟都带到那人面前,看他叫什么。那人怎样叫各样的活物,那就是它的名字。那人便给一切牲畜和空中飞鸟、野地走兽都起了名,只是那人没有遇见配偶帮助他。耶和华神使他沉睡,他就睡了。于是取下他的一条肋骨,又把肉合起来。耶和华神就用那人身上所取的肋骨造成一个女人,领她到那人跟前。那人说:“这是我骨中的骨、肉中的肉!可以称她为女人,因为她是从男人身上取出来的。”因此,人要离开父母,与妻子联合,二人成为一体。当时夫妻二人赤身露体,并不羞耻。

8月18日

拯救婚姻

“因此,人要离开父母,与妻子连合,二人成为一体。” - 创世记 2:24

如果说原子是所谓的物质“基石”,那么原子又是由什么组成的呢?科学家已经确认质子、中子和电子是构成原子的微粒,而更基础的微粒则是夸克和轻子。

如果说家庭是所谓的社会“基石”,而在某些方面与此类同的说法,家庭是由什么构成的呢?家庭里不仅有父母和儿女,还环绕着祖父母、叔伯姑姨等至亲,而婚姻则是家庭单位的根基。

《创世记》第2章叙述了创造的故事,告诉我们神创造了人类,而男、女是为彼此而造的。在第24节,我们也看到神设立了婚姻。虽然没有一段婚姻是完美的,但从普遍意义和理想状态而言,婚姻是一种肉体与属灵的关系,丈夫与妻子承诺一生彼此相爱、尊重并珍爱。对于家庭和社会而言,婚姻是来自神的一份珍贵且持久的礼物。

神应许赐福婚姻,祂也严厉警告不可违背夫妻之间神圣的联合。第七条诫命宣告:“不可奸淫”—这指的是所有会贬损或毁坏婚姻这份礼物的事物。基督徒应当竭尽所能,为了家庭和社会的缘故,去维护并捍卫婚姻的美好与圣洁。

祷告

我主我神,感谢你赐下婚姻。求你帮助我们竭尽所能,保守并护卫这份脆弱的礼物,免受一切企图破坏它的势力所侵害。奉耶稣的名求,阿们。

Exodus 20:14; Genesis 2:4-25

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18

SAVING MARRIAGE

A man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. —Genesis 2:24

If atoms are the so-called “building blocks” of matter, what are atoms made of? Scientists have identified protons, neutrons, and electrons as particles that make up atoms, and even more fundamental particles are quarks and leptons.

In some ways similarly, if families are the so-called “building blocks” of society, what is the family made of? Well, there are parents, children, aunts, uncles, and grandparents—and marriage is the foundation of the family unit.

Genesis 2 recounts the creation story, informing us that God made us human beings and that male and female are made for each other. In verse 24 we see also that God established marriage. While no marriage is perfect, marriage in general, and at its best, is a physical and spiritual relationship in which a husband and wife promise to love, honor, and cherish one another throughout their lives. For the family and for society, marriage is a precious, lasting gift from God.

God promises to bless marriages, and he strictly warns against violating the sacred union between husband and wife. The seventh commandment states: “You shall not commit adultery”—and this refers to all things that would demean or disfigure the gift of marriage. Christians should do all they can to preserve and protect the beauty and holiness of marriage for the sake of families and societies.

Lord God, thank you for marriage. Help us to do all we can to preserve and protect this fragile gift from everything that seeks to destroy it. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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