Tebchaws Txojlus Role Thiab Tswv Yim

Kev Qhia Txog Revelation thiab Nws Cov Txiaj Ntsim

Sau los ntawm Dr. Neil Neilson

Rau yuav luag 34 xyoo ntawm peb txoj kev sib yuav—and txawm rau ob peb xyoo ua ntej qhov no—I tau sau ib zaj paj huam Valentine's Day rau kuv tus poj niam.

Tsis txhob zoo siab heev.

Txhua zaj paj huam tau hais txog kuv txoj kev hlub rau nws, cim xyoo ntawm peb txoj kev sib yuav nrog ntau lub ntsiab lus, daim ntawv, thiab siab. Qee zaj paj huam yog qhov hnyav, qee yog funny. Tab sis ib yam uas yog qhov zoo tib yam rau lawv tag nrho: nws yog qhov phem heev paj huam.

Ndnd zoo ntawm no xyoo, uas nws yuav pom thawj zaug rau hnub Tuesday yav hmo. Koj tsis pom nws. Thiab thaum nws pom, nws yuav muab nws tus poetic kev ntxub ntxaug. Nws yog tus kws duab paj huam zoo heev—tus kws duab paj huam tiag tiag—and nws yuav txaus siab thiab zoo siab rau nws. Thiab nrog me ntsis ntawm lub suab ironic, nws yuav txawm tshuaj xyuas nws zoo li kuv qhov kev sau deserves Shakespearean kev saib.

Ndnd coj peb mus rau Psalms 19, uas C. S. Lewis sau,

“Kuv xav tias qhov no yog qhov paj huam zoo tshaj plaws hauv Psalter thiab ib zaj paj huam zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb.”

Hauv lwm lo lus, nws zoo dua li kuv.

Muaj ntau yam ntawm qhov zoo tiag tiag ntawm kev sau, tshwj xeeb yog cov ntsiab lus tshwj xeeb ntawm Hebrew paj huam: suab, cov qauv kab lus sib luag, thiab cov piv txwv thiab similes provocative. Raws li Lewis kuj sau, cov ntsiab lus tshwj xeeb no yog, nyob rau hauv Vajtswv txoj kev saib xyuas, muaj peev xwm ciaj sia nyob rau lwm cov lus—tsis zoo li rhyme, uas yog yuav luag tsis yooj yim rau kev txhais. Thiab yog li txawm nyob rau lus Askiv, peb tuaj yeem txaus siab rau grandeur thiab kev zoo nkauj ntawm zaj paj huam no.

Yog tias koj nyiam tshawb nrhiav cov khoom zoo nkauj thiab paj huam ntawm Psalms ntxiv, kuv pom zoo C. S. Lewis's Reflections on the Psalms, thiab Leland Ryken's Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible. Kuv yuav tsum ntxiv tias Dr. Ryken tau ua tus kws duab paj huam rau thoob plaws txoj kev txhais English Standard Version ntawm Phau Vaj Lug Kub, uas kuv ntseeg koj muaj nyob rau hauv koj txoj tes no sawv ntxov.

Lub Psalm 19 tsis yog tsuas yog ib daim paj huam zoo nkauj xwb. Nws yog ib lub Psalm uas nthuav qhia cov neeg ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev zoo nkauj thiab grandeur ntawm nws txoj kev qhia txog nws tus kheej - nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej thiab nyob rau hauv Phau Vajtswv - thiab tom qab ntawd qhia peb tias peb txoj kev teb zoo li cas rau qhov kev qhia zoo li no.

Qhov khoom muaj nqis no, raws li koj yuav pom nws zoo nkauj tau teeb tsa - thiab kuv zoo siab rau txoj kev nws tau teeb tsa hauv peb phau xov xwm no sawv ntxov - tuaj hauv ntu.

Verses 1–6 nthuav qhia qhov uas feem ntau hu ua Vajtswv txoj kev qhia dav dav.

Verses 7–11 nthuav qhia qhov uas feem ntau hu ua Vajtswv txoj kev qhia tshwj xeeb.

Verses 12–14 nthuav qhia txog Vajtswv txoj kev cawm, txoj kev dawb huv, thiab txoj kev hloov siab lees txim uas Vajtswv npaj rau peb raws li qhov tshwm sim ntawm qhov kev qhia no.

Ntawm no peb kawm txog Vajtswv txoj kev npaj rau nws lub ntiaj teb thiab nws Phau Vajtswv coj peb mus rau qhov kev cawm dim.

Ua ntej, tom qab ntawd, nyob rau verses 1–6, tus paj huam hais txog Vajtswv txoj kev tim khawv tsis hais lus nyob rau hauv thiab los ntawm nws txoj kev tsim. Qhov no feem ntau hu ua kev qhia dav dav - qee zaum hu ua "phau ntawm lub ntiaj teb". Thiab tus paj huam txoj kev hais lus tseem ceeb yog tias lub ntuj, thiab los ntawm kev hais lus txhua yam tsim, tim khawv rau lawv tus Tsim.

Raws li James Boice, tus thawv xeev ntawm Tenth Presbyterian hauv Philadelphia, hais: phau ntawm lub ntiaj teb muab kev qhia txog Vajtswv txoj kev muaj nyob thiab lub zog zoo heev uas nws yuav tsum coj txhua tus neeg nyob rau saum lub ntiaj teb nrhiav Vajtswv, ua tsaug rau nws coj lawv mus rau hauv lub neej, thiab pehawm nws.

Nws glory ntawm Vajtswv yog tsis yog dab tsi peb yuav hu ua moral glory. Koj yuav pom tias lub npe rau Vajtswv nyob rau hauv Hebrew yog El, ib tug heev general name meaning Vajtswv, Creator. Thiab glory nyob rau hauv yog tsis moral glory—Nws attributes xws li kev ncaj ncees, kev hlub, kev siab hlub, kev zoo, kev tshua. Nws hais txog Nws muaj, majesty, thiab hwj chim nyob rau hauv tsim tag nrho cov uas yog. Peb tau been singing txog nws no sawv ntxov zoo heev.

Hauv Romans 1, Paul hais tias glory ntawm Vajtswv creation tsis tsuas yog inspire kev peev cov Nws awesome majesty, tab sis yog muaj rau txhua tus neeg nyob rau saum npoo av. Nws eternal hwj chim thiab divine xwm tau pom meej, raug to taub los ntawm dab tsi tau tsim, kom cov txiv neej tsis muaj excuse. Qhov magnificent panorama ntawm Vajtswv glory nyob rau hauv creation rightly inspire kev peev thiab awe—and rightly coj condemnation rau cov uas tsis kam lees paub Creator.

Interestingly, rau cov uas peb koom nyob rau hauv kev qhia—particularly Christian kev qhia—verses 1–6 muaj marvelous implications rau dab tsi peb ua nyob rau hauv chav kawm across cov disciplines. Peb kawm nyob rau hauv no tias xwm yog worthy ntawm being studied; tias nws yog zoo nkauj, observable, understandable. Peb tsis yog trapped nyob rau hauv subjectivity ntawm peb tus kheej lub siab. Peb tuaj yeem soj ntsuam cov qauv, regularity, kev txiav txim. Peb tuaj yeem ntsuas lawv. Peb tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas causal interactions. Peb tuaj yeem draw conclusions txog yuav ua li cas peb efforts yuav cuam tshuam dab tsi muaj, rau zoo los yog rau phem.

Xwm hais lus tas mus li—hnub thiab hmo. Nws hais lus universally—mus rau cov kawg ntawm lub ntiaj teb. Tsis muaj ib tug neeg nyob rau hauv ib qhov chaw uas tsis muaj lo lus tim xaav rau Vajtswv nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lawv ob lub qhov muag.

Thaum kawg, zaj nkauj no txhawb tsis tsuas yog kev kawm ntawm astronomy, uas zoo li yog qhov tshwj xeeb ntawm no, tab sis txhua cov tshooj ntawm "phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb." Peb pom lej thiab physics—siv, xam, qauv, kev txiav txim. Thiab peb twb tau sau tseg txog daim ntawv ntawm zaj nkauj no: nws yog paj huam, zoo heev literary art nrog piv txwv, sib piv, lyrical zoo, thiab suab.

Nature hais lus. Kuv nyiam kab lus: lub hnub zoo li tus groom los ntawm nws chav.

Thiab yog tias koj pom nyob hauv koj phau Vaj Ntsig, kev qhia hais, "Rau tus thawj coj ntawm cov suab"—qhov no yog npaj ua zaj nkauj rau hu.

Nws muaj kev lees paub ntawm cov suab paj nruag arts ntawm no thiab. Hauv lwm lo lus, nyob rau hauv lub dav tshaj plaws, dab tsi peb muaj nyob rau hauv thawj rau verses yog tsis tsuas yog ib mandate rau peev cov grand Creator ntawm lub universe, tab sis ib qho kev lees paub—ib glorious lees paub, kuv ntseeg—ntawm tag nrho peb cov vocations, tag nrho peb cov callings, uas muaj raws li lawv raw cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Vajtswv tsim lub ntiaj teb. Thiab realization ntawm xws li ib qho khoom plig, xws li creation nyob rau hauv tag nrho nws kev txiav txim thiab usefulness thiab variety, yuav tsum prompt txhua leej txhua tus mus qhuas Creator.

Yog li thaum koj mus rau kev ua hauj lwm yav tag tus sawv ntxov—los yog txawm koj zaum ntawm no noj sawv ntxov—saib ib ncig. Txhua yam koj pom shout lub glory ntawm Vajtswv. Seb koj nyob rau hauv kev lag luam los yog tshuaj los yog txoj cai los yog manufacturing los yog txawm ministry, dab tsi cov ntaub ntawv thiab cov cuab yeej ntawm koj craft, dab tsi cov ntsiab cai uas tswj hwm lawv kom raug siv, dab tsi cov txiaj ntsig thiab txiv hmab ntawm koj vocation—tag nrho nws qhia lub glory ntawm Vajtswv. Thiab raws li Romans 1 hais dua, peb ignore lub glory ntawd rau peb peril. Dab tsi celebration qhov no yog ntawm grandeur thiab zoo nkauj ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab txhua yam nyob rau hauv nws.

Tiam li cov kauj ruam tsis nres nyob ntawd, vim cov duab ntawm Vajtswv txoj revelation tseem tsis tiav. Vajtswv qhia Nws tus kheej tsis tsuas yog nyob rau hauv cov lus tsis hais ntawm Nws creation, tab sis kuj—thiab ntau tshaj plaws tshwj xeeb thiab tob—nyob rau hauv Nws Lo Lus, Nws cov lus tim khawv tag nrho, Phau Vaj Lug Kub. Yog li thib ob, nyob rau hauv verses 7–11, cov kauj ruam hais txog Vajtswv cov lus tim khawv sau tseg nyob rau hauv Phau Vaj Lug Kub, feem ntau hu ua tshwj xeeb revelation, qee zaum hu ua “phau ntawm Lo Lus.”

Tam sim no, kev hloov pauv los ntawm verse 6 mus rau verse 7—koj pom tias kuv nres—zoo li qee tus neeg hais tias nws yog abruptly, lawv xaus tias cov no yuav tsum yog ob cov kauj ruam cais, somehow artificially joined ua ke. Tiag tiag, kuv xav tias nws yog pov thawj tias cov kauj ruam nkag siab tias cov no ob cov ntsiab lus—phau ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab phau ntawm Lo Lus—yog inevitably thiab intimately intertwined.

Mloog seb C. S. Lewis piav qhia txog kev sib txuas nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm cov paj huam ntawm cov kauj ruam. Nws yog fairly ntev quotation, tab sis tsim nyog mloog. Lewis sau:

Ua ntej nws xav txog lub ntuj, yuav ua li cas hnub tom qab hnub cov pageantry peb pom muaj qhia peb txog cov splendor ntawm nws Creator. Tom qab ntawd nws xav txog lub hnub—cov bridal joyousness ntawm nws rising, unimaginable ceev ntawm nws txhua hnub voyage los ntawm east mus rau west; thaum kawg, ntawm nws kub, tsis yog cov mild heats ntawm peb climate, tab sis cov cloudless, blinding, tyrannous rays hammering lub hills, searching every cranny. Cov key phrase uas tag nrho cov paj huam nyob ntawm yog “there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.” Nws pierces everywhere nrog nws strong, clean ardor. Tom qab ntawd tam sim ntawd, nyob rau verse xya, nws hais txog lwm yam, uas hardly seems rau nws lwm yam, vim nws yog li cov all-piercing, all-detecting sunshine. Cov lawv yog undefiled, clean thiab everlasting—luminous, severe, disinfectant, exultant. Raws li nws muaj felt lub hnub, tej zaum nyob rau hauv lub desert, searching nws tawm nyob rau hauv every nook ntawm shade qhov chaw nws sim hide los ntawm nws, yog li nws feels cov lawv, searching tawm tag nrho cov hiding places ntawm nws soul.

Ntawm chav, Lewis muaj zog heev nyob rau hauv biblical av. Koj nco qab cov lus los ntawm Hebrews 4: Vajtswv txojlus yog nyob thiab nquag, ntse dua ob-sided ntse… paub txog kev xav thiab lub siab. Thiab tsis muaj ib tug tsim tau zais los ntawm nws qhov muag. Lub hnub lub cev, nrog tag nrho nws lub teeb pom kev thiab kub hnyiab, muaj zog qhia peb txog qhov ntau dua - infinitely ntau dua - penetrating, dawb-hot, txiav txim siab thiab cawm dim ntawm Vajtswv txojlus sau.

Nws yog nthuav: Kuv tau sau ua ntej tias Vajtswv lub npe nyob rau hauv verses 1-6 yog El, lub npe feem ntau, txhais tau hais tias Creator. Tab sis nyob rau hauv verse 7, Vajtswv lub npe hloov. Nws yog tam sim no Yahweh - lub promise-ua, promise-tuav, hais lus Vajtswv ntawm Abraham thiab Isaac thiab Jacob thiab David. Thiab tus T主, Jehovah Vajtswv, tau hais lus. Nws tau hais lus nyob rau hauv cov lus uas tau sau rau peb nyob rau hauv Phau Vajtswv, sau cia kom tag nrho cov tiam thiab tag nrho cov neeg thiab tag nrho cov lus nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov sij hawm thiab qhov chaw yuav muaj cov lus timkhawv no tuav nyob rau hauv lawv txoj tes.

Koj yuav paub tias thawj zaug ib tug neeg sau Vajtswv cov lus - tsawg kawg kuv paub - yog nyob rau hauv Deuteronomy 31, qhov chaw Moses thiab cov neeg tab tom yuav hla mus rau hauv lub land of promise thiab Moses tab tom muab kev coj noj coj ua rau Joshua. Thiab peb nyeem nyob rau hauv Deuteronomy 31:9 cov lus no: Tom qab ntawd Moses sau txoj cai no. Cov lus no tuaj yeem plam dhau yooj yim, tab sis lawv yog cov lus loj, hloov pauv. Cov neeg uas tsuas tau hnov Vajtswv audible yuav tam sim no muaj peev txog hnov, rau cov tiam tom ntej, Vajtswv cov lus - txawm rau peb.

Ncoj siab rau tej Lo Lus no—tej lus hais los ntawm Vajtswv—uas tau piav qhia. Ua ntej, cov npe: txoj cai, tej cai, tej lus txib, cov lus hais, ntshai, tej cai tswv. Tag nrho cov no ua ke tsim ib qho kev nkag siab dav dav ntawm Vajtswv hais rau peb hauv Phau Vajtswv. Thaum paub txog phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb yuav tsum muaj kev hwm thiab ua tsaug rau nws lub greatness, phau ntawv ntawm Lo Lus—txoj cai, cov lus hais, ntshai—yuav tsum muaj kev coj ncaj thiab kev coj sab laug. Peb yuav tsum hwm nws. Peb yuav tsum ntshai nws. Peb yuav tsum mloog nws.

Ncoj siab rau cov adjectives: zoo meej, ruaj khov, ncaj ncees, dawb huv, muaj tseeb. Ua kom tiav zoo meej ntawm Vajtswv revelation. Ua kom tiav muaj tseeb. Tsis muaj ib qho xaws ntawm kev dag siab los yog kev yuam kev thoob plaws.

Thiab tom qab ntawd ncoj siab rau cov lus hais txog cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo ntawm Vajtswv Lo Lus uas tau txais: nws revive tus ntsuj plig. Nws ua kom ntseeg tus neeg yooj yim. Nws muab kev xyiv siab rau lub siab thiab teeb pom kev rau lub qhov muag. Nws kav mus txog saum toj. Nws ceeb toom peb thiab coj khoom plig zoo heev.

Phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb—nrog tag nrho nws grandeur thiab kev zoo nkauj thiab kev xav tau thiab richness thiab kev pab cuam—simply tsis muaj peev xwm muab cov satisfaction thiab xyiv siab thiab blessings zoo li cov no.

Tus kws sau paj lug yog ceeb toom peb kom pom tag nrho peb txoj kev koom tes hauv lub ntiaj teb—peb txoj kev kawm, peb txoj kev ua haujlwm, peb txoj kev hu, peb txoj kev xyiv siab—kom pom tag nrho nws nyob rau hauv cov ntsiab lus ntawm nws revelation Lo Lus, uas yog ntau dua qhov xav tau tshaj kub, zoo dua li cov zib ntab zoo tshaj plaws.

Zoo li cas peb txoj kev hu yog, zoo li cas thiab nthuav dav peb txoj kev ua haujlwm, lawv tsis tiav, tsis txo kev txo, thiab tsis zoo siab mus txog thaum peb tau txais cov revelation tshwj xeeb ntawm Phau Vajtswv. Qhov tseeb, tag nrho cov lus qhia ntawm Phau Vajtswv qhia peb kom meej tias peb tsis muaj peev xwm nkag siab lub ntiaj teb nyob ib ncig ntawm peb mus txog thaum Vajtswv Lo Lus sau, uas enables peb kom pom txhua yam nyob rau hauv lub teeb ntawm Vajtswv lub siab rau nws creation thiab nws lub hom phiaj kawg los txo thiab reconcile txhua yam rau nws tus kheej.

Thiab cia li kuv hais luv: qhov no yog ib tug ntawm cov kev qhia ntawm Phau Vaj Lug Kub uas tau ua rau kuv zoo siab thaum kuv xav txog dab tsi los tom ntej rau kuv. Vim hais tias nyob rau qhov chaw uas cov xov zoo nkauj muaj zog, qhov chaw uas lub Khaub Ncaj Nceg tau loj hlob, qhov chaw uas cov pejxeem thiab kev lag luam loj hlob tau tawg - nyob rau qhov chaw zoo li Indonesia thiab Isdias, thiab sai Cambodia thiab Laos - muaj ib tug kev txav mus los tshiab hauv kev qhia Christian. Cov thawj coj ntawm lub Khaub Ncaj Nceg nyob ntawd tab tom nrhiav kom tsav cov kev qhia ntawm cov xov zoo nkauj thiab cov qauv ntawm Phau Vaj Lug Kub mus rau txhua qhov chaw ntawm cov neeg xav txog txhua yam.

Qhov tseeb, lawv qhia kuv tias lawv nyiam keeb kwm ntawm lub teb chaws no, qhov chaw centuries dhau los cov tsev kawm ntawv siab thiab cov tsev kawm ntawv tau tsim thiab muaj zog nyob rau cov qauv ntawm Phau Vaj Lug Kub. Thiab kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem hais tau zoo tias kev kawm nyob rau cov ntsiab lus no tau muab ntau yam koob hmoov ntawm peb cov kab lis kev cai. Kuv kuj xav tias nws yog qhov tseeb hais tias peb nyob rau lub teb chaws no muaj kev phom sij ntawm kev tsis quav ntim lossis tsis nco keeb kwm no - lossis coj nws rau granted. Tsis yog li hauv Indonesia, qhov chaw muaj kev tshaib plab rau kev qhia Christian biblical tiav, sib koom nrog cov pejxeem loj hlob thiab kev lag luam loj hlob. Kuv yuav tham ntau dua txog qhov tom ntej.

Tiam sis qhov tseeb nyob no yog qhov no: yog phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb inspires kev qhuas ntawm Tsim Vaj Lug Kub vim hais tias ntawm dab tsi Nws tau tsim, pes tsawg tus yuav tsum phau ntawv ntawm Lo Lus inspires nyob rau peb cov kev xav thiab kev hwm thiab kev qhuas thiab kev mloog thiab kev dawb huv thiab kev xyiv. El yog Jehovah.

Thiab yog tias koj nyiam Tsim Vaj Lug Kub cov creation nyob rau txhua yam thiab cov qauv - yog tias koj nyiam xwm txheej thiab ua hauj lwm nyob rau koj lub vaj, yog tias koj nyiam koj lub tsev thiab koj txoj hauj lwm thiab koj tsev neeg thiab koj cov khoom - ces koj yuav tsum, zoo, khiav mus rau cov kev sib tham thiab cov ntsiab lus uas koj yuav mloog Tsim Vaj Lug Kub hais lus nyob rau cov lus peb tuaj yeem nkag siab.

Tus Vajtswv tau hais lus. Thiab tus Vajtswv hais lus. Thiab kuv tsuas xav hais: peb yuav ua li cas, raws li tus Vajtswv cov neeg, txaus siab nrog cov lus tim khawv ntawm creation—zoo kawg li nws yog—thaum peb muaj cov lus tim khawv no, uas, raws li James 1, tuaj yeem cawm peb cov ntsuj plig.

Tapi peb tseem tsis tau mus txog qhov kawg ntawm zaj dab neeg ntawm psalm. Vim tus Vajtswv npaj tag nrho nws cov revelation—ob peb general thiab special—coj peb mus rau qhov chaw. Thiab peb tig mus rau verses 12–14, qhov chaw psalmist hais txog lub hom phiaj kawg ntawm tag nrho cov no. Vim li cas phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb, kawg li? Vim li cas phau ntawv ntawm Lo Lus?

Vim hauv tus Vajtswv txoj kev npaj, general revelation tsis yog ib qho kawg rau nws tus kheej. Nws yog ib qho zoo kawg—zoo thiab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau coj txhua tus neeg uas tsis kam lees nws mus rau lees paub thiab pehawm tus Vajtswv raws li Creator. Tapi nws tsis txaus los ua kev zoo siab rau tus Vajtswv cov khoom plig creational thiab peb cov vocations.

Thiab hauv tus Vajtswv txoj kev npaj, special revelation kuj tsis yog ib qho kawg rau nws tus kheej. Phau Vajtswv—tus Vajtswv cov lus qhia, tshuab tawm Lo Lus—thaum tsim nyog thiab tseem ceeb rau kev ntseeg tiag tiag thiab ua tus thwjtim, kawg li npaj coj peb, raws li tus Vajtswv tus Ntsuj, mus rau kev hloov siab lees txim thiab ntseeg thiab dawb huv thiab ntseeg.

Peb tuaj yeem ua cov kws tshawb fawb Phau Vajtswv zoo heev. Peb tuaj yeem kawm nws, paub nws, txawm tias nyiam nws los ntawm nplooj ntawv mus rau nplooj ntawv—and tseem nco tus Vajtswv txoj kev npaj rau peb. Peb tuaj yeem ua zoo li cov neeg hauv John 5:39, uas Jesus hais, “Koj tshawb fawb cov Phau Vajtswv vim koj xav tias nyob hauv lawv koj muaj lub neej eternal; thiab lawv yog cov tim khawv txog kuv, tab sis koj tsis kam los rau kuv kom koj muaj lub neej.”

Thiab peb tuaj mus rau verses 12–14:

"Leej twg tuaj yeem paub nws cov yuam kev? Qhia kuv dawb huv ntawm cov kev txhaum zais. Tsis txhob cia koj tus servant kuj los ntawm kev txhaum presumptuous; cia lawv tsis muaj dominion rau kuv. Tom qab ntawd kuv yuav yog blameless thiab dawb huv ntawm kev txhaum zoo heev."

Ntawm no peb pom cov lus teb uas Vajtswv xav tau. Kuv tus phooj ywm zoo Don Carson hais nws zoo li no: ntawm no yog Vajtswv xav tau los ntawm kev qhia dav dav thiab kev qhia tshwj xeeb. Carson sau tias Vajtswv xav tau ntau dua li kev ntshai ntawm lub hwj chim dhia, ntau dua li kev zoo siab ntawm tus Vajtswv tus kheej, uas hais lus. Cov lus teb tsim nyog yog kev hloov siab lees txim thiab kev ntseeg thiab kev thov Vajtswv kom Vajtswv tus kheej ntxuav peb sab hauv thiab ua peb cov lus thiab kev xav zoo siab rau Nws.

Kev hloov siab lees txim ntawm cov kev txhaum zais—cov uas khov khoob tob heev uas peb yuav tsis paub lawv nyob.

Kev hloov siab lees txim ntawm cov kev txhaum uas tau ua raws li—cov uas yog cov kev ua siab tawv rau Vajtswv cov kev cia.

Tsis yog tsuas yog kev hloov siab lees txim xwb, tab sis kuj yog kev thov Vajtswv rau kev tiv thaiv: Tshem koj tus qhev ntawm cov kev txhaum uas tau ua raws li; cia lawv tsis muaj hwj chim rau kuv.

Tapi nws yog ntau dua li kev thov Vajtswv ntawm kev hloov siab lees txim, ntau dua li kev thov Vajtswv rau kev tiv thaiv nyob rau hauv lub ntsej muag ntawm kev sim siab. Kuv ntseeg tias qhov no yog tiag tiag kev thov Vajtswv ntawm kev ntseeg cawm, vim David thov Vajtswv ib cov lus nug heev: Qhia kuv tias kuv yog neeg dawb… ces kuv yuav yog neeg dawb thiab tsis txhaum ntawm kev txhaum loj.

Dab tsi tuaj yeem ua David dawb thiab tsis txhaum? Dab tsi tuaj yeem ua peb dawb thiab tsis txhaum? Tsis yog peb cov dawb tiag—peb tsis yog tiag dawb. David paub qhov no zoo heev. Nyeem Psalms 32. Nyeem Psalms 51. Nws tsis yog thov dawb raws li kev lees txim ntawm nws tus kheej ua ntej Vajtswv. Nws yog thov Vajtswv rau kev tshaj tawm.

Qhia kuv tias kuv yog neeg dawb, nws quaj—and tsuas yog ces kuv yuav dawb.

Dab tsi yog qhov no? Kuv ntseeg tias ntawm no, zais ntau caug xyoo ua ntej Yexus tuaj rau lub ntiaj teb, yog ib cov pointer zoo kawg rau qhov uas Vajtswv hu ua xov zoo—xov zoo ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev hlub thiab kev zam txim thiab kev cawm.

Los ntawm phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb, peb to taub tias Nws yog tus tsim sovereign.

Ntawm phau ntawv ntawm Lo Lus, peb to taub tias Nws yog dawb huv thiab ncaj ncees—thiab peb, zoo li David, yog cov neeg tawm tsam uas defy Vajtswv hauv peb lub siab. Peb yog cov neeg tsis muaj kev cia siab thiab tsis muaj kev pab, tsis muaj peev xwm caw peb tus kheej los ntawm peb qhov kev txiav txim siab.

Yog li David pov nws tus kheej rau Vajtswv txoj kev hlub—Vajtswv leej uas, hauv Nws txoj kev hlub, xaiv tsis rau txim David lossis peb raws li peb cov kev txhaum, tab sis zam txim, tshaj tawm David thiab tshaj tawm peb dawb huv. Tsis yog vim peb dawb huv, tab sis vim Vajtswv xaiv saib rau ntawm kev tuag ntawm Nws tus kheej Tub, Yexus—leej uas David pom tsuas yog nyob rau hauv duab ntxoov, thiab leej uas peb tam sim no pom meej—tus Nws tuag peb ua koob kev zoo siab thaum peb koom nrog hauv Vajtswv Txoj Kev Noj.

Yexus, tus ncaj ncees Tsuas, tus Tsuas yog leej uas puas tau dawb huv thiab tsis muaj kev txiav txim, tuag nyob rau hauv peb qhov chaw raws li peb tus hloov—tus dawb huv rau tus neeg txhaum, tus tsis muaj kev txiav txim rau tus neeg txiav txim—them tus nqi rau peb qhov kev tawm tsam Vajtswv dawb huv. Thiab Vajtswv lees txais tus nqi ntawd. Raws li Yexus txoj kev tuag, Nws tshaj tawm peb dawb huv thiab tsis muaj kev txiav txim nyob rau hauv Nws.

Puas koj paub Psalms 19 tshaj tawm txoj kev ncaj ncees los ntawm kev ntseeg ib leeg? Zoo li cas.

Tapi qhov ntawd tsis yog kawg. Tus nkauj kawm nrog tus kws qhia verse:

"Cia cov lus ntawm kuv lub qhov ncauj thiab kev xav ntawm kuv lub siab yog acceptable nyob rau hauv koj qhov pom, O Vajtswv, kuv pob zeb thiab kuv Tus Kiv.

David paub tias nws yog zam txim los ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev tshaj tawm. Tam sim no nws thov Vajtswv tias nws lub qhov ncauj thiab nws lub siab—txhua yam nws hais thiab txawm tias txhua yam nws xav thiab xav—yuav tsum tau acceptable thiab pleasing rau Vajtswv. Hauv lwm lo lus, nws thov Vajtswv uas ncaj ncees kuj yuav tsum ua rau dawb huv. Nws yog 1 John 1:9: Yog peb tshaj tawm peb cov kev txhaum, Vajtswv yog faithful thiab ncaj ncees zam txim peb cov kev txhaum thiab ntxuav peb los ntawm tag nrho kev tsis ncaj ncees.

Yuav peb ua li cas rau tus Vajtswv uas cawm peb los ntawm peb qhov tsis muaj kev cia thiab tsis muaj kev cia siab, tsuas yog peb lub neej yuav tsum tau tsav los ntawm cov xov zoo, tsav los ntawm Nws txoj kev hlub—lub neej ntawm kev mloog lus thiab nrhiav kev dawb huv hauv txhua qhov chaw ntawm peb lub neej?

Thiab yog li no peb muaj tag nrho cov lus ntawm zaj nkauj no:

Yog peb zoo siab rau Vajtswv cov lus tim qhia nyob rau hauv kev qhia dav dav, peb yuav tsum zoo siab npaum li cas rau Vajtswv cov lus tim qhia nyob rau hauv kev qhia tshwj xeeb? Peb txoj kev koom tes nrog Vajtswv lub ntiaj teb yuav tsum ceeb zoo peb khiav mus rau Vajtswv Lo Lus, qhov chaw peb mloog Vajtswv hais.

Tiam sis, yog peb zoo siab rau Vajtswv cov lus tim qhia nyob rau hauv kev qhia tshwj xeeb, peb yuav tsum npaum li cas—txawm nyob rau niaj hnub no—muab peb tus kheej qhib rau Nws txoj kev liam, zam txim, lees paub, thiab dawb huv? Peb yuav tsum khiav mus rau Nws zoo li David, yog li Nws yuav ua hauj lwm hauv peb—tsis ib zaug rau txhua, zoo li peb tau saib xyuas qhov ntawd ntev dhau, tab sis tas luaj rejoicing nyob rau hauv cov xov zoo ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev tshaj tawm ntawm peb txoj kev dawb huv, lees paub Jesus txoj kev tuag raws li lub hauv paus rau qhov tshaj tawm, thiab nrhiav cov xov zoo fueled dawb huv thiab mloog lus rau Tus uas yog peb pob zeb khov kho thiab tus Cawm Seej zoo.

Yog li, cov kwv tij thiab cov muam, zoo siab rau Vajtswv lub ntiaj teb thiab cov hu nws tau muab rau peb kom tiav hauv nws. Zoo dua, zoo siab rau Vajtswv Lo Lus thiab tag nrho nws qhia peb txog Nws tus kheej thiab Nws txoj kev cawm. Tab sis zoo tshaj plaws, ua raws li txoj kev ntawm Zaj Nkauj 19—ua raws phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb thiab phau ntawv ntawm Lo Lus mus rau txoj kev xov zoo: cov xov zoo tias Vajtswv zam txim rau cov neeg phem vim Jesus tuag rau ntawm tus ntoo kha, thiab cov xov zoo tias los ntawm cov xov zoo no peb tuaj yeem hais thiab xav thiab nyob rau hauv Nws txoj kev saib.

Qhov trajectory—qhov logic ntawm phau ntawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb, phau ntawv ntawm Lo Lus, justification thiab sanctification—tej zaum yog qhov kawg ntawm zaj nkauj melodic ntawm Zaj Nkauj 19, tab sis nws tsis yog qhov kawg ntawm zaj nkauj melodic ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev cawm rau Nws txoj kev creation thiab rau koj.

Thiab peb yuav kaw los ntawm kev hu nkauj uas piav qhia txog qhov kawg ntawm lub hom phiaj zoo no ntawm Vajtswv - kom qhia Vajtswv tus kheej kom peb paub Vajtswv, zam txim, thiab taug kev hauv kev dawb huv ua ntej Vajtswv. Koj yuav hnov nws zoo nkauj heev hauv nqe verse kawg:

"Finish, then, Thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be. Let us see Thy great salvation perfectly restored in Thee; changed from glory into glory…. To Jesus Christ alone be the glory and praise."

Niel Nielson yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Covenant College hauv Lookout Mountain, GA.

Tsab xov no yog raws li cov ntawv sau ntawm tus pov thawj Nielson. Nws tau raug kho me ntsis los ntawm Copilot thiab cov neeg ua hauj lwm ntawm Third Millennium Ministries.