胜过地上财物的试诱
亚伯拉罕的得胜，规律并恢复了整个局面，将不公平的环境转变成公平的，并使全境太平。结果就有了公义王与平安王。亚伯拉罕的得胜止息了一切的争斗和分争，带进真正的平安。
所多玛王能谦卑、诚实的对亚伯拉罕说，“你得了胜利，你所夺回的一切必定归你。请你拿去。我只要我的人民。”你我若是亚伯拉罕，也许会说，“那是正确且公平的。人民归你，其余的一切归我。”但亚伯拉罕得胜所重整的环境完全不是这样。那是纯洁的。亚伯拉罕说，“凡是你的东西，就是一根线，一根鞋带，我都不拿，免得你说，我使亚伯兰富足。”亚伯拉罕似乎说，“我要向全宇宙作完全的见证，我的富足不是从你来的，我的富足是从天地的主，至高的神来的。”这是何等的纯洁！
亚伯拉罕将一切夺回来，五王出来迎接他。至高神的祭司麦基洗德，在那里给亚伯拉罕祝福，并从他领受十分之一的奉献。一切的人都观看，不知道那些东西要归谁。甚至那些被掳又被亚伯拉罕夺回的人也不知道他们今后要属谁。然后亚伯拉罕说，“我已经向天地的主，至高的神耶和华起誓。”亚伯拉罕说，任何东西他都不拿。所有的人都得到充分的安顿。就某种意义说，这就像千年国，满了公义与平安。
亚伯拉罕很公平，他对所多玛王说，他甚么都不拿。亚伯拉罕说，他的战士和盟友应得他们的分，但他把自己的分给了所多玛王。他是怎样的一个人！他杀败了四王，现在他所多玛王交涉。他在他们众人之上。今天我们基督徒需要作这样的人。我们必须高过地上的君王和总统。在我们之上只有一位－我们的麦基洗德。
在创世记十四章，我们看见亚伯拉罕非常崇高。你能相信这样高的人，会低到一个地步，为着生存打算牺牲他的妻子么？你能相信在埃及要出卖妻子的人，会高到一个地步，在诸王之上么？当亚伯拉罕甘愿出卖妻子的时候，他是在最低的地方；但他对付诸王的时候，是在至高的天上。我们可能在两方面都像亚伯拉罕。我们可能很卑贱，打算出卖妻子；也可能靠着主的恩典，高过诸王。
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The Overcome of the Called (6) – Gen. 14:21-23
Overcoming the Temptation of Earthly Wealth
Abraham’s victory regulated and restored the entire situation, turning an unfair environment into a fair one and bringing peace to the whole region. As a result, there was a King of Righteousness and a King of Peace. Abraham’s overcome ceased all strife and division and brought in true peace.
The king of Sodom was able to humbly and sincerely say to Abraham, “The victory is yours, and everything you have recovered should belong to you. Please take it. I only want my people”. If you or I were Abraham, we might have said, “That is right and fair. The people go to you, and everything else goes to me”. But the environment reconstructed by Abraham’s overcome was completely different. It was pure. Abraham said, “I will take nothing that is yours, not even a thread or a sandal thong, for feat you would say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’” Abraham seemed to say, “I want to bear a complete testimony to the whole universe that my wealth does not come from you; my wealth comes from the Possessor of heaven and earth, the Most High God”. What purity this is!
Abraham brought everything back, and the five kings came out to meet him. Melchizedek, the priest of the Most High God, blessed Abraham there and received a tithe of everything from him. Everyone was watching, not knowing who those things would belong to. Even those who were captured and then rescued by Abraham did not know who they would belong to from then on. Then Abraham said, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.” Abraham said he would take nothing. Everyone was fully settled. In a sense, this was like the millennial kingdom, full of righteousness and peace.
Abraham was very fair; he told the king of Sodom he would take nothing. Abraham said his soldiers and allies deserved their portion, but he gave his own portion to the king of Sodom. What kind of person was he! He defeated the four kings and was now dealing with the king of Sodom. He was above them all. Today, we Christians need to be such people. We have to be higher than earthly kings and presidents. Above us, there is only one — our Melchizedek.
In Genesis chapter 14, we see Abraham as very noble. Can you believe that such a high person would stoop so low as to plan to sacrifice his wife for survival? Can you believe that the man who wanted to sell his wife in Egypt would rise so high as to be above kings? When Abraham was willing to sell his wife, he was at the lowest point; but when he dealt with the kings, he was in the highest heavens. We may be like Abraham in both respects. We may be very base, intending to sell our wife; or we may, by the Lord’s grace, be higher than kings.