19-09-2010

人子的好消息 (54)财富

The Good News of The Lord (54)Wealth

马可福音 Mark 10:23-27

「有钱财的人要进天国是何等的难哪！」How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

「依靠钱财的人进天国是何等的难哪！」It is hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of God.

「骆驼穿过针的眼，比财主进上帝的国还容易呢！」It is easier for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

a. 缝衣服的针The sewing needle

b. 城牆的小门The city wall small gate

c. 锚的索链The chain of the anchor

财主进天国好像用锚索穿过缝衣针那么的困难。For the rich to enter the kingdom of God was as hard as putting the anchor chain through the needle eye.

犹太人对财富的看法。The Jew’s view point of wealth.

a. 一个人有钱，因为他是一个好人；One is rich because he is a good man.

b. 他是好人，所以上帝祝福他；He is a good man and God bless him.

c. 上帝祝福他，所以他就有钱。God bless him and he has money.

犹太人怎样看贫穷与病痛呢？how the Jews looked at poverty and adversity?

a. 一个人贫穷与病痛，表示他犯罪；One is poor and suffering as he sins

b. 他犯罪，上帝就不会祝福他；He sins and God does not bless him.

c. 上帝不祝福，他就要承担犯罪的后果－－贫穷与病痛。God does not bless him and he has to bear the consequences of sin which are poverty and adversity.

富有表示上帝的祝福，贫穷表示上帝的咒诅。Rich shows God’s blessing and poor shows God’s curse.

A. 财富产生虚假的依靠Wealth creates false dependency

有钱能使鬼推磨Money can instruct ghost to push the grinder.

「贫贱夫妻百日哀。」Poor couple will often be sad.

「没有钱就不要生病。」No money don’t fall sick.

钱财所带来的危险，就是让人忘记了这一位赐下钱财给人使用的上帝。The danger that wealth brings is to lead man to forget about this God who provide the wealth for man to use.

「不可依靠无定的钱财，只要依靠那厚赐万物之主！」Do not put your hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put your hope in God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

B. 财富是捆绑人的枷锁Wealth is the chain that ties man down

马太福音 Matthew 6:21你的财富在那里，你的心也在那里。For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Where your money is, there your heart will be.

中国发生大水灾The flood that happened in China

「人最困难的事，就是与钱财分手。」The most difficult thing for man is to separate with wealth.

在每个人的内心里，都渴望拥有更多的金钱。In everyone’s mind, we wish to have more money.

「这就是使人难于死亡的东西。」These are what causes man to die hard.

一个人若对世上的事太兴趣，他可能会忘记了天上的事！If one is too interested in the earthly matters, he will forget about the things above.

地上能够看见和触摸的东西把人綑绑，使他看不见心灵和天上的东西，The things on earth which can be seen and touched tie people down and blinds him from the spiritual and heavenly matters.

这就是财富成为了捆绑我们的枷锁。This is when wealth becomes the chain that ties us down.

盐柱Pillar of salt

所罗玛和俄摩拉 Sodom and Gomorrah

C. 财富使人贪婪与自私Wealth leads man to be greedy and selfish.

a. 想要多一点：Just want a little bit more

b. 害怕失去：Fear to lose

c. 妒嫉和比较：The jealousy and comparison

首要的条件就是相信主耶稣为你个人的救主；First, the requirement to enter the Kingdom of God is to accept Lord Jesus as your personal savior.

其次是脱离世上一切捆绑人的东西，Secondly, it’s to leave the earthly things that tie you down.

第三就是懂得使用上帝所赐给的钱财去祝福那些有需要的人。Thirdly, it is to know how to use the wealth that God gives you to bless those who are in need.

如果你懂得使用，金钱就成为祝福；If you know how to use it, money will be a blessing.

若不会使用，金钱也就带来了咒诅与灾难。If it’s misused, it will bring curse and trouble.