Where Are You Hiding Your Idol? – 你把你的偶像藏在哪里？

Deuteronomy 27

15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

申命记27:15“‘有人制造耶和华所憎恶的偶像，或雕刻，或铸造，就是工匠手所做的，在暗中设立，那人必受咒诅！’百姓都要答应说：‘阿们！’

Where Are You Hiding Your Idol?

你把你的偶像藏在哪里？

Here the Israelites are about to enter the promised land and the Lord repeats the instructions of Exodus 20 which includes the prohibition against making any graven image.

在这里，以色列民将要进入应许之地，耶和华重申了出埃及第20章的指示，其中包括不可为自己雕刻偶像。

Why did the Lord have to repeat Himself?

为什么耶和华要重复自己的话？

Why does the Lord have to continually repeat Himself to us?

为什么耶和华一再地对我们重复？

Maybe it’s because we don’t get it!

也许因为我们还是不明白！

Although we don’t have images of silver and gold in our homes, we do have images that we set up in our hearts.  And these images are just as real as the graven images that existed among the people of Israel.

虽然我们家里没有金银雕刻的偶像，但我们在心里确实树立了一些偶像。这些偶像正如在以色列民中间存在的雕刻偶像一样真实。

Maybe you think that the computer or tv set isn’t a graven image or idol, but it is!  After all, someone had to put it together! Have you hidden your little idol away so that no one knows about it? Well, God knows exactly where you have placed the idols of your heart.

或许你认为电脑或电视机不是雕刻的形象或偶像，但实际上它们是！毕竟，有人把他们组装起来。你是否在心里也隐藏了小偶像，不让别人发现？然而神清楚地知道你把心中的偶像放在了哪里。

Matthew Henry makes these comments:

马太在这里做了如下的评论：

Sins against the second commandment. This flaming sword is set to keep that commandment first, Deuteronomy 27:15. Those are here cursed, not only that worship images, but that make them or keep them, if they be such (or like such) as idolaters used in the service of their gods. Whether it be a graven image or a molten image, it comes all to one, it is an abomination to the Lord, even though it be not set up in public, but in a secret place,–though it be not actually worshipped, nor is it said to be designed for worship, but reserved there with respect and a constant temptation. He that does this may perhaps escape punishment from men, but he cannot escape the curse of God.

违背第二条诫命的罪。这把燃烧之剑设立先是为了遵守诫命，如申命记27:15所记载的。这里被咒诅的不仅有拜偶像的，也有制造或保存偶像的，只要它们是（或类似）那些拜偶像者用于敬奉他们的神的物件。无论是雕刻的像还是铸造的像，归根结底都是一样的，它在上帝眼中都是可憎的。哪怕它不是公然摆在众人面前，而是秘密地放置在某处——哪怕它并没有实际受到敬拜，或者说它被设计并非并非受敬拜，而只是以尊重的态度被保留在那里，都会一直成为一种诱惑。这么做的人或许可以逃避人的惩罚，但无法逃脱上帝的咒诅。

Time to get rid of the idol or graven image in your life, before it takes over your life.

是时候清除你生命中的偶像了，以免它管控你的生活。

Remember, an idol may be anything that takes the place of God in your life. Keep God first.  In your home.  On your job.  In every area of your life.

请记住，偶像可以是任何在你生命中取代了神的地位的东西。要让神在你生活中居首位，不论是在你的家中、工作上、还是在生活的各个方面。

God bless you

上帝祝福你