八福
看见神

经文
诗篇二十四1-10
1(大卫的诗。)地和其中所充满的,世界和住在其间的,都属耶和华。
2他把地建立在海上,安定在大水之上。
3谁能登耶和华的山?谁能站在他的圣所?
4就是手洁心清、不向虚妄、起誓不怀诡诈的人。
5他必蒙耶和华赐福,又蒙救他的神使他成义。
6这是寻求耶和华的族类,是寻求你面的雅各。(细拉)
7众城门哪,你们要擡起头来!永久的门户,你们要被举起!那荣耀的王将要进来!
8荣耀的王是谁呢?就是有力有能的耶和华,在战场上有能的耶和华!
9众城门哪,你们要擡起头来!永久的门户,你们要把头擡起!那荣耀的王将要进来!
10荣耀的王是谁呢?万军之耶和华,他是荣耀的王!(细拉)
信息分享
我们一直在谈论八福中的第六福「清心的人有福了!因为他们必得见神。」我们今天得多花一天的时间来思想这节经文。这福的最后一句往往被人误解。很多人相信这句话指圣徒在天上那永恒的赏赐。丁尼生(Tennyson)在他著名的诗句中表达了这种思想:「我经过那审判台后,希望可以面对面看见我的领航员。」
不过,这句话包含的思想不只是在天堂见到神,而是在地上也见到神。看见神是表示在一切事情里都看见神。让我用另一种方式来表达这个意思:看不见神是找不到生命的意义,是在任何事情中都看不见目的;这种情况会给人带来感情上的重担和绝望,什至会令人走上自杀之路。正如有人指出:「那些看不见『为什么』的人,没有多大能量应付那些『什么』。」
看见神就是认识他,感受他的接纳,明白得到赦免和更新是什么意思。克拉默(Raymond Cramer)表达得很美丽,他说:「清心、看见神,就是从里面,而不是从外面来看一个染色玻璃窗。清心的人察觉到大部分人忽略的现实。他们对神是肯定的。」要看见神,便必须要清心,因为我们必须先在我们的内里看见神、感受神,然后才能在其他地方看见他和感受到他。你倘若在内心看见了神,你在外面就不会看不见他。
「肯定神的人就能看见神」
进深研究
赛六1-8;诗九十九9;来十二14;启十五4
1.以赛亚的经验是什么?
2.看见主的先决条件是什么?
祈祷
慈爱的天父,我明白一颗不洁净的心,比一切都更容易引起不健康和恶劣的情绪。求您帮助我以感恩的心来接受您给我的处方。阿们。
The Beatitudes
Seeing God

Bible reading:
Psalm 24:1-10
1 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters.
3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.[a]
5 They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob.[b][c]
7 Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty—he is the King of glory.
Message
We spend one more day meditating on the words: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." The concluding words of this Beatitude are often misunderstood. Many believe them to have reference to the saints' eternal reward in heaven. Tennyson expressed this thought in his famous lines: "I hope to see my Pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar."
The thought contained in this phrase, however, is not so much related to seeing God in heaven, but to seeing God now. Seeing God means seeing God in everything. Let me put it another way: not to see God is to fail to find the meaning of life and to see no purpose in anything. Such a condition, one must admit, produces an emotional overload on the personality that leads inevitably to despair. Some who fall prey to this mood can end up committing suicide. As one person commented: "Those who can't see the why have little energy to cope with the what."
Seeing God is being acquainted with Him, sensing His acceptance, comprehending what it means to be forgiven and made anew Raymond Cramer puts it beautifully when he says: "To the pure in heart, seeing God is viewing a stained glass window from the inside rather than the outside. The pure in heart are aware of a reality which most people miss. They are sure of God." Seeing God must be connected with purity of heart, for we must see and sense God first in our own inner being before we can see Him and sense Him elsewhere. See Him within and you will not fail to see Him without.
"Those who are sure of God see God"
Prayer
Gracious and loving Father, I recognise that an uncleansed heart causes more ill health and more unhappiness than anything else. Help me take the prescription You have given me with a thankful heart. Amen.
Further study
Isaiah 6:1-8
Psalm 99:9
Hebrews 12:14
Revelation 15:4
1. What was Isaiah's experience?
2. What is a prerequisite for seeing the Lord?
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