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旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第2章

On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.
And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it."
Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason."
"Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give all he has for his own life.
But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face."
The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life."
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"
He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
约伯记第二章   第 2 章 

  伯 2:3-6> 撒但能说服神改变祂的计划吗? 

  2:3-6 神起初曾吩咐撒但不可加害约伯的身体,后来祂却允许了撒但的请求。不过撒但并不能使神违反自己的本性,因神是完全、不变的。神后来允许撒但的计划,是因为神知道约伯的结局。神并不受撒但愚弄。约伯的受苦是对约伯、撒但和我们的考验,而不是对神。 

  伯 2:4-5> “以皮代皮”,什么意思? 

  2:4-5 “以皮代皮”是撒但对约伯失去家人后的反应作出的评论。撒但仍然坚持说约伯对神忠心只是因为神赐福给他。撒但认为,只要约伯自己的皮肉安全,他就情愿接受家庭和财富的损失。撒但下一步要攻击约伯的肉体,证实它原先的控告( 1:9 )。 

  伯 2:6> 撒但攻击人,神却…… 

  2:6 撒但再次寻求神的许可,给约伯施加痛苦。神限制了撒但,不允许撒但消灭约伯本人。 

  伯 2:9> 在遭遇患难时,你会不会像约伯的妻子那样向配偶发泄愤怒? 

  2:9 为什么约伯的其他家人都死了,惟独他妻子仍活着呢?可能是她的幸存会使约伯更加痛苦,因为她为失去的一切悲愤交加。 

  伯 2:10> 你准备自己不但要从神那里得福,也要受祸吗? 

  2:10 许多人认为信神能免受麻烦,所以当灾难一来,他们便质疑神的公义和正直。约伯记的信息却表明在经历苦难时,你不要放弃信神,因为是神让你经历这些的。信靠神并不担保个人的亨通,而缺乏信心也不见得生活中有麻烦。因为如果不是这样的话,人们便会为致富而信神。神能够将我们从痛苦中解救出来,但祂也会让痛苦进入我们的生活中,其中的原因是我们无法明白的。撒但的战略就是让我们在这个时刻怀疑神。约伯在这里显示了一个比寻求个人安逸更广阔的视野。如果我们总是知道为什么会受苦,那我们的信心便没有成长的余地了。 

  伯 2:11> 来安慰约伯的三个朋友是些什么人? 

  2:11 以利法、比勒达、琐法不仅是约伯的朋友,而且也是着名的智者。但他们的智慧终究是狭隘的和不完全的。 

  伯 2:11> 你肯不肯分出时间去探望、安慰有需要的人? 

  2:11 一听说约伯有困难,他的三个朋友就前来安慰他。虽然后来我们发现他们安慰的话对约伯毫无益处,但至少他们来了。神在责备他们时( 42:7 )也没有责备他们所做的事──尽力来到有需要的人身边。遗憾的是,他们未能安慰约伯。他们自恃于自己的见解,而忽略了约伯的需要。当别人有需要时,我们不但应到他身边去,还要懂得如何安慰他。 

  伯 2:13> 为什么约伯的朋友到后来只是静静地坐着呢? 

  2:13 犹太人有这样的传统,人若要安慰悲痛的人,便要等对方先张口才可以说话。面对别人的痛苦,最佳的反应便是沉默。约伯的朋友意识到,他的痛苦太重,不是三言两语可以消除的,所以他们什么也没有说(如果他们能保持沉默就好了!)。我们常以为对一个受伤害的朋友总要说些什么属灵和深奥的话,然而人为的回答和客套话,并不比同情的沉默和关爱的陪伴更有效果。──《灵修版圣经注释》