395 中翻英 (115) Knowing God is the beginning of wsdom. 認識上帝是智慧的開端. 5/23/2023

395  中翻英  (115) Knowing God is the beginning of wsdom.   認識上帝是智慧的開端.    5/23/2023

五月二十三日

「深哉！神丰富的智慧和知識，祂的判斷，何其難測！祂的蹤跡，何其難尋！」（羅11:33）

我們不時會看見，神的仆人們正在講解神話語的教訓時，突然從他們的衷心涌上贊美和敬拜。使徒保羅在這事上，更是駕輕就熟。在羅馬書第一章，正當他將一連串人類的敗坏罪行嚴酷的暴露出來時，突然轉筆向著造物的主，發出贊美的歡呼：「主乃是可稱頌的，直到永遠！」（25節）然后再加上他自己個人的「阿們」。另一次，在羅馬書第九章，當他描述以色列民在歷史上的优越地位時，到了第五節，他又轉筆向基督發出了類似上述贊美的話：「祂是在万有之上，永遠可稱頌的神！阿們。」現在，到了羅馬書第十一章的末了，我們又發現那同樣自發性的歡呼。當他講到神對外邦人所施的怜憫，以及他們的反應該如何時，他便如此下結語：「因為神將眾人都圈在不順服之中，特意要怜恤眾人。」（11:32）按理這結語應該緊接著第十二章第一節說：「所以弟兄們，我以神的慈悲勸你們，將身體獻上」但保羅又再一次的，在這話語之后，打斷了自己的敘述，而插進十一章卅三節的歡呼与敬拜。他是無法抑制自己的感覺而繼續的說：「因為万有都是本于祂，倚靠祂，歸于祂。愿榮耀歸給祂，直到永遠！阿們。」（   羅    11:36）這种轉筆插入的贊美，并沒有給神造成任何的難處。

May 23

"How deep are the riches of God's wisdom and knowledge, how unsearchable are His judgments! how unsearchable are His tracks!" (Romans 11:33)

From time to time, we can see that when God's servants are explaining the teachings of God's word, praise and worship suddenly spring from their hearts. The apostle Paul was even more familiar with this matter. In the first chapter of Romans, just as he severely exposed a series of corrupt sins of human beings, he suddenly turned his pen to the Creator and uttered a shout of praise: "Blessed be the Lord forever!" (v. 25 ) and then added his own personal "Amen." On another occasion, in Romans 9, when he describes the historical preeminence of Israel, in verse 5 he turns to Christ with a similar praise to the one above: "He is over all, Blessed be God forever! Amen." Now, at the end of the eleventh chapter of Romans, we find that same spontaneous cry of joy. When he spoke of God's mercy to the Gentiles and how they would respond, he concluded by saying, "For God, having shut all in disobedience, intended to be merciful to all" ( Romans 11:32. ) Logically, this epilogue should immediately follow the first verse of   Romans   Chapter 12: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies." But Paul once again interrupted himself after these words. narration, and inserted into    Romans   Chapter 11   verse    33 of the cheers and worship. He couldn't restrain his feelings and continued to say: "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever! Amen." (Romans     11:36) This kind of twist. The inserted praise did not cause any trouble to God.