亚伯死了,该隐被赶逐离开神的面。亚当又与妻子同房,生了一个儿子,就给他起名叫塞特。意思是说,神另给我立了一个儿子代替亚伯。塞特后来也生了一个儿子,起名叫以挪士。以挪士的意思是“脆弱、必死的人”,这表明塞特已经认识人的软弱和脆弱。以挪士是人类的第三代,他因着父亲给他取的名字,必定认识自己是非常脆弱、软弱、无力的,知道自己是无可信靠的。那时,神就进来感动他呼求神的名。
从那时起,人才呼求耶和华的名。和该隐的后代不同,亚当、塞特和以挪士后代的谱系记载在创世记第五章,那是得救者的谱系。那里的每一个人,都是得救的。他们呼求神的名,行在神的路上,并且生儿养女,他们的年日在神眼中都是算得数的。以挪士的后代中,有一位名叫以诺,他与神同行三百年,并且生儿养女。神将他取去,他就不在世了(创四25-五24)。
我们从就是该隐的故事,学习到一些功课。我们作任何事,包括敬拜神,都不该自作主张,如同该隐;却要照神的启示,按神的方法为神而活并敬拜祂,如同亚伯。此外,我们也必须认识人生的虚空和人的脆弱,如同塞特和以挪士。这样,我们就自然而然会呼求主名,并且与神同行。呼求主名是向主呼喊,并且经历属灵的呼吸。藉着呼求祂的名,一切的罪、邪恶和不洁之物,都要呼出去;而一切积极的事物─主的丰富─都要被我们吸入。每当我们操练我们的灵,并释放我们灵里和心里所有的,向祂大声呼求,主这生命之灵就要进入我们里面。
我们也要操练与主同行,就是以神为我们的中心和一切,在每一件事上求问祂,照着祂的启示和引导作事,并且与祂同作一切事。为着与神同行,我们必须信有神,并且信祂是赏赐者。我们也必须相信祂的话,寻求祂,照着祂的话生活,跟随祂,并凭信与祂同行。
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Calling on the Name of The Lord and Walking withGod – Gen. 4:25-26
After Abel died and Cain went out from the presence of God, Adam again had relations with his wife, and she bore a son and named him Seth. She said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel.” Later Seth also had a son, whom he named Enosh. Enosh means “frail, mortal man.” This shows that Seth had come to realize the weakness and fragility of man. Enosh, being the third generation of mankind, must have realized from his name that he was weak, frail, helpless and untrustworthy. At that time, God moved within him to call upon the name of the Lord.
From then on, men began to call upon the name of Jehovah. Unlike the descendants of Cain, the genealogy of Adam, Seth and Enosh is recorded in Genesis chapter 5. That is the genealogy of the saved. Everyone in that genealogy was saved. They called on the name of the Lord, walked in God’s way, bore children and their years were counted before God. Among the descendants of Enosh was Enoch, who walked with God three hundred years, and had other sones and daughters. God took him, and he was not (Gen. 4:25–5:24).
From the story of Cain, we learn several lessons. Whatever we do, including worshiping God, we should not act according to our own ideas like Cain; rather, we should live and worship God according to His revelation and His way, like Abel. Furthermore, we must recognize the vanity of life and the frailty of man, like Seth and Enosh. In this way, we will naturally call upon the name of the Lord and walk with God. To call upon the Lord’s name is to cry out to Him and to experience spiritual breathing. By calling on His name, all sins, evil things, and uncleanness are breathed out, while all positive things — the riches of the Lord — are breathed in. Whenever we exercise our spirit and release everything in our spirit and heart to Him by calling on His name aloud, the Lord as the Spirit of life enters into us.
We also need to practice walking with the Lord — taking God as our center and our everything, asking Him in all things, doing things according to His revelation and leading, and doing everything together with Him. To walk with God, we must believe that God exists and that He is a rewarder. We must also believe His word, seek Him, live according to His word, follow Him and walk with Him by faith.