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肆 但以理和他的同伴胜过拜偶像的引诱—但三，参太四9~10： |
Ⅳ Daniel and his companions were victorious over the seduction of idol worship—Dan. 3; cf. Matt. 4:9-10: |
一 任何东西若不是在我们重生之灵里的真神，就是顶替神的偶像；任何不在灵里或不属于灵的，都是偶像—约壹五21。 |
A Whatever is not the true God in our regenerated spirit is an idol replacing God; whatever is not in the spirit or of the spirit is an idol—1 John 5:21. |
二 身体的仇敌乃是己，用自利、自高、自荣、己的美丽和己的力量顶替神；在身体里并为着身体，我们否认己，并且不是传自己，乃是传基督耶稣为主—太十六24，林后四5。 |
B The enemy of the Body is the self that replaces God with its self-interest, self-exaltation, self-glory, self-beauty, and self-strength; in and for the Body we deny the self and do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord—Matt. 16:24; 2 Cor. 4:5. |
三 但以理的同伴有真实殉道的灵；他们以性命为代价，为主这独一的神站住，抵挡偶像敬拜，被尼布甲尼撒下令扔在烈火的窑中—但三19~23。 |
C Daniel's companions had a true spirit of martyrdom; they stood for the Lord as the unique God and against idol worship at the cost of their lives, being thrown at the command of Nebuchadnezzar into a blazing furnace—Dan. 3:19-23. |
四 尼布甲尼撒查看窑时，见有四个人在火中行走（24~25）；这第四个乃是超越的基督作为人子，来与祂三个受苦、遭逼迫的得胜者同在，并使这火成为令人愉悦、可以在其中行走的地方。 |
D When Nebuchadnezzar looked into the furnace, he saw four men walking in the midst of the fire (vv. 24-25); the fourth one was the excellent Christ as the Son of Man, who had come to be with His three suffering, persecuted overcomers and to make the fire a pleasant place in which to walk about. |
五 这三位得胜者，不需要求神拯救他们脱离火窑（参17）；人子基督这位够资格并且能在凡事上同情神子民者（来四15~16），来作他们的同伴，在他们受苦时照顾他们；借着祂的同在，祂使他们受苦的地方成为愉快的处境。 |
E The three overcomers did not need to ask God to deliver them from the furnace (cf. v. 17); Christ as the Son of Man—the One who is qualified and capable of sympathizing with God's people in everything (Heb. 4:15-16)— came to be their Companion and take care of them in their suffering, by His presence making their place of suffering a pleasant situation. |
晨兴喂养
但三17~18 即便如此，我们所事奉的神，也能将我们从烈火的窑中救出来；王啊，祂必救我们脱离你的手。即或不然，王啊，你当知道，我们决不事奉你的神，也不敬拜你所立的金像。 23 ……这三个人，都被捆着落在烈火的窑中。 在但以理三章，撒但设计谋，要借尼布甲尼撒的盲目，引诱神失败选民中的年轻得胜者拜偶像（1~7）。尼布甲尼撒造了一个大金像，高六十肘（九十英尺），立在巴比伦省的杜拉平原（1）。……尼布甲尼撒将大臣和各等官员，并各省的官员，都招聚来，为他所立的像行开光之礼，且下令各族、各国、各方言的人，都要拜他的金像（2~5）。凡不俯伏敬拜的，必扔在烈火的窑中（6）。 但以理的三个同伴，就是被掳的犹太人中年轻的得胜者，抵挡鬼魔的敬拜，而遭迦勒底人控告（8~12）。迦勒底人妒忌但以理和他的同伴，就用他们拒绝拜金像为根据，在尼布甲尼撒面前控告他们（但以理书生命读经，三一至三二页）。 |
Dan. 3:17-18 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the blazing furnace of fire, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods nor worship the golden image that you have set up. 23 And these three men…fell into the midst of the blazing furnace of fire bound up. In Daniel 3 Satan’s strategy was to seduce the young overcomers among God’s defeated elect in the worship of idols through Nebuchadnezzar’s blindness (vv. 1-7). Nebuchadnezzar made a great image of gold, sixty cubits (ninety feet) in height, and set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon (v. 1)…Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the high officials and all kinds of officers and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that he had set up, and he commanded all the peoples, nations, and languages to worship his golden image (3:2-5). Whoever did not fall down and worship was to be thrown into the midst of a blazing furnace of fire (v. 6). Daniel’s three companions, the young overcomers among the Jewish captives, stood against the devilish worship and were accused by the Chaldeans (vv. 8-12). The Chaldeans were jealous of Daniel and his companions and took their refusal to worship the golden image as grounds to accuse them before Nebuchadnezzar. (Life-study of Daniel, pp. 27-28) |
信息选读
尼布甲尼撒大发烈怒，试诱年轻的得胜者，再给他们机会拜他的金像，并威胁要把他们扔在烈火的窑中（但三13~15）。 三个得胜者回答说，“即便如此，我们所事奉的神，也能将我们从烈火的窑中救出来；王啊，祂必救我们脱离你的手。”（17）他们对尼布甲尼撒的回答不但无礼，且非常大胆（16~18）。但他们的回答，仍然有天然的想法。他们说神能将他们从烈火 的窑中救出来。事实上，神不需要将他们从窑中救出来；祂将他们留在窑中，却使火失效（25）。 尼布甲尼撒怒气填胸，向年轻的得胜者变了脸色。他吩咐人把窑烧热，比平常更热七倍。又吩咐他军中的几个壮士，将得胜者捆起来，扔在烈火的窑中（19~21）。……壮士都被火焰烧死，年轻的得胜者被捆着落在烈火的窑中（22~23）。 那时尼布甲尼撒感到惊奇，对谋士说，“我们岂不是把三个人捆起来扔在火里么？……看哪，我见有四个人，并没有捆绑，在火中行走，也没有受伤；那第四个的相貌，好像神子。”（24~25）这第四个就是基督。基督来与祂三个受苦、遭逼迫的得胜者同在，并使这火成为令人愉悦、可以在其中行走的地方。 我们天然的想法是：我们需要离开我们环境的火。我们会以为，我们如果有一个麻烦的丈夫或烦人的妻子，就该祷告，求神拯救我们脱离这样的情形。但主会说，“我不喜欢救你脱离你婚姻生活的这个处境；我要把你留在那里，我要来使你的环境成为令人愉悦的地方。” 当仇敌把我们扔进火窑中时，我们应当知道，我们不需要求主来救我们脱离。祂会来与我们同在，在我们的受苦中照顾我们，使我们受苦的地方成为愉快的处境。……主如何与那些在巴比伦受苦的得胜者同在，今天也照样在我们的受苦里与我们同在（但以理书生命读经，三二至三五页）。 参读：但以理书生命读经，第三至五篇。 |
Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, tempted the young overcomers by giving them another chance to worship his golden image, with the threat of throwing them into a blazing furnace of fire (Dan. 3:13-15). The three overcomers answered, “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the blazing furnace of fire, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king” (v. 17). Their response to Nebuchadnezzar was impolite and very bold (vv. 16-18). Yet there was still something of the natural thought in their response. They said that God was able to deliver them from the blazing furnace. Actually, God did not need to deliver them from the furnace. He kept them in the furnace and made the fire of no effect (v. 25). Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the countenance of his face was changed toward the young overcomers. He commanded that the furnace be made seven times hotter than usual, and that certain mighty men in his army bind the overcomers and throw them into the blazing furnace of fire (vv. 19- 21). The mighty men were slain by the flame of the fire, and the three young overcomers fell into the blazing furnace of fire bound up (vv. 22-23). Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and said to his counselors, “Did we not throw three men into the midst of the fire bound up?…Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not harmed. And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods” (vv. 24-25). This fourth one was Christ. Christ had come to be with His three suffering, persecuted overcomers and to make the fire a pleasant place in which to walk about. Our natural thought is that we need to leave the fire of our circumstances. We may think that if we have a troublesome husband or a bothersome wife, we should pray and ask God to deliver us out of such a situation. But the Lord would say, “I do not like to deliver you from this situation in your married life. Instead, I will keep you there, and I will come and make your environment a pleasant place.” When the enemy throws us into the furnace, we should realize that we do not need to ask the Lord to deliver us. He will come to be with us and take care of us in our suffering, making our place of suffering a pleasant situation…As the Lord was with those suffering overcomers in Babylon, so He will be with us in our suffering today. (Life-study of Daniel, pp. 28-30) Further Reading: Life-study of Daniel, msgs. 3—5 |