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利未記13章1-8節
神的小僕人
經文:
1 耶和華曉諭摩西亞倫說:
2 人的肉皮上若長了癤子,或長了癬,或長了火斑,
3 祭司要察看肉皮上的災病,若災病處的毛,已經變白,災病的現象,
4 若火斑在他肉皮上是白的,現象不深於皮,其上的毛也沒有變白,
5 第七天祭司要察看他,若看災病止住了,沒有在皮上發散,
6 第七天祭司要再察看他,若災病發暗,而且沒有在皮上發散,
7 但他為得潔淨,將身體給祭司察看以後,癬若在皮上發散開了,
8 祭司要察看,癬若在皮上發散,就要定他為不潔淨,是大痲瘋。
我想大部份的人看到這段經文都會把它略過,
我們大都很看重自己的健康,當身體出了任何毛病,
禱告:
天父,康健的人用不着醫生,有病的才需要。有病的要尋求醫治,
Leviticus 13:1-8
It is a passage that most people will just flip through or put aside. It depicts how at Moses time people should handle contagious disease. We may wonder why it is included in the bible. On one aspect, God is teaching the Israelites through Moses who has no medical training about handling contagious skin diseases, protecting their community life. On the other hand there is a spiritual meaning. God is holy and He wants us to be holy. Sin is contagious like skin disease and it can impact one person and the whole community.
We all care about our health, and we do check up periodically. Yet we tend to ignore the impact of sins in our lives. The bible used contagious disease to help us be aware of the importance of a holy and healthy life. Sins destroy our spiritual health and we can never disparage its impact.
Healthy people do not need a doctor, but the sick do. Sins destroy our spiritual health and must be dealt with.
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