创四16~17 于是该隐离开耶和华的面，去住在伊甸东边挪得之地。……该隐建造了一座城……。

　　20~21 ……雅八是居住帐棚、牧养牲畜之人的始祖。雅八的兄弟名叫犹八；他是一切弹琴吹箫之人的始祖。

　　该隐离开神的面，走他自己的路。他作的第一件事是建造一座城。他产生了无神的文化（创四16~24）。……我们必须认识人类文化的起源并其发展的原因。人类文化的发展乃是由于人类失去了神。原初那位创造人的神乃是人的一切。神是人的保护、维持、供应、喜乐、娱乐和防御。神就是一切。在园子里，人除了耕地与神合作外，什么事都不需要作。在园子里神是人的一切。然而，人失去了神，就失去了一切。他失去了保护、保障、维持、供应和娱乐。人失去了神，就不得不发明自己的文化。人因为失去了一切，就需要有所发明（创世记生命读经，三九六页）。

　　Gen. 4:16-17 And Cain went forth from the presence of Jehovah and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden. And…he built a city…

　　20-21 …Jabal…was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise cattle. And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.

　　Cain left the presence of God and went his own way. The first thing he did was to build a city. He produced a culture without God (Gen. 4:16-24). We must realize the source of human culture and the reason for its development. Human culture developed because humanity had lost God. Originally, God, the Creator of man, was everything to man. God was man’s protection, maintenance, supply, joy, amusement, and defense. God was everything. In the garden, man had no need to do anything except to till the ground to cooperate with God. God was everything to man in the garden. However, when man lost God, he lost everything. He lost protection, safeguard, maintenance, supply, and amusement. This loss of God forced him to invent human culture. Because man had lost everything, he had to invent something. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 323-324)

　　犹八发明了音乐（创四21）。他发明了琴和箫。事实上，犹八这名的意思是“欢腾”，“快乐之声”或“音乐”。什么是音乐？音乐是一种娱乐，叫人快乐。人为什么需要这样的娱乐呢？因为他失去了神作他的喜乐。神是人真正的享受。从前有多次我的朋友邀我去看电影，我对他们说，“我不需要这个，我有比你们的电影更好的东西。”我甚至不需要看电视，因为我有属天的电视。新耶路撒冷的每样东西，都播放给我了。我永远不会忘记，我访问休士顿时的一个经历。一个朋友要带我逛逛那城市，但是我告诉他：“我已经看过新耶路撒冷，我不需要看任何地上的城市了。”

　　一九三七年，一天我正在首都南京传福音。那时传福音的情形很好，那福音是得胜的。一次聚会之后，一位漂亮的青年女子，穿着非常世俗时髦，来见我说，“李先生，我被你所传的折服了，我甚至要决定相信你的耶稣。但这决定要根据一件事。我是个戏迷。请告诉我，成了基督徒以后，还可以去看戏么？”……我一面考虑如何回答她，一面仰望主给我智慧的答复，主就给我一个答复。我对这年轻女子说，“你的小孩和你在一起。假定有一天他在玩一把锐利的刀，你觉得他这样玩太危险了，你对他怎么办？你是强迫他丢了那刀呢，还是把刀从他手里夺过来？”她说，“不必，我只要掷一些糖果或苹果在地板上，他就会丢了刀子去拾取糖果或苹果。他手里满了更好的东西，就把刀放下了。”于是我说，“这与你去看戏的事刚好相同。如果你接受耶稣，祂会充满你，你就不能容纳别的了。”她说，“太好了，我愿意信。”于是我告诉她：“你必须现在就信。”她回答说，“好，我现在就信。我相信主耶稣。”她就得救了。

　　我不去看电影，不是因为召会有规定不准去看。召会并没有列出诫命，禁止这样的事。虽然没有这样的禁止，我不会去看电影，就是给我几千块美金也不去。我有比这更好的。我被基督充满，我就不能容纳别的事物了（创世记生命读经，三九九至四○○页）。

　　参读：创世记生命读经，第二十四篇。

　　Jubal invented music (Gen. 4:21). He invented harps and pipes. In fact, the very name Jubal means “jubilee” or “a joyful sound” or “music.” What is music? Music is a type of amusement which makes people joyful. Why does man need such amusement? Because he has lost God as his joy. God is man’s true enjoyment. A number of times in the past when my friends invited me to attend the movies with them, I said to them, “I don’t need that. I have something much better than your movie.” I do not even need to watch television, for I have a heavenly television. Everything in the New Jerusalem has been televised to me. I can never forget an experience I had when visiting the city of Houston. A friend was taking me on a tour of the city. However, I told him, “As long as I have seen the New Jerusalem, I don’t need to see any earthly city.”

　　One day, in the year 1937, I was preaching the gospel in the capital city of Nanking. It was a good time of preaching, and the gospel was prevailing. After one of the meetings, a smart young lady, dressed in a very worldly and fashionable way, came to me and said, “Mr. Lee, I have been convinced by your preaching. I would even decide to believe in your Jesus. But this decision depends upon one thing. I am a lover of the theater. Tell me, after becoming a Christian, will I still be allowed to attend the theater?”… As I was considering the way to answer her, I looked to the Lord for a wise reply, and He gave me one. I said to this young lady, “You have your young son with you. Suppose that one day he plays with a sharp knife, and you feel that it is dangerous for him to do this. How would you deal with him? Would you force him to drop the knife, or would you grab the knife out of his hand?” She said, “No, I would simply throw some candies or apples on the floor. I’m sure that he would drop the knife and pick up the candies and apples. The knife would be gone because his hands would be filled with better things.” Then I said, “It is exactly the same with you in attending the theater. If you will take Jesus, He will fill you up, and you will have no capacity for anything else.” She said, “Marvelous, I will believe.” Then I told her, “You must do it now.” She replied, “Yes, I will do it now. I believe in the Lord Jesus.” She was saved.

　　The reason I do not attend the movies is not because the church has a regulation against it. The church does not have a list of commandments against such things. However, although there is no such prohibition, I would not attend a movie even if you paid me thousands of dollars to do it. I have something better. I am filled with Christ and I have no capacity for anything else. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 325-327)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 24