Rev Xi An Poon
家人，平安。
昨天我們從創世記第八章看見，洪水漸漸退去，地慢慢乾了，方舟也停在山上。可是，挪亞沒有照自己的判斷急著走出方舟；他等候，直到神親自吩咐，他才帶著家人和一切活物出來。
這讓我們看見，真正的重新開始，不是人自己覺得可以開始就開始，而是在神的記念、神的時間和神的話語中開始。
到了創世記第九章，挪亞一家正式站在洪水之後的新世界裡。這是一個新的開始，也是一個新的託付。神第一件做的事，就是賜福給挪亞和他的兒子，吩咐他們生養眾多，遍滿了地。
這裡讓我們看見，神仍然是守約施慈愛的神。祂沒有因為人曾經敗壞，就停止祂的祝福；祂沒有因為世界曾經被審判，就收回祂起初創造人的心意。神仍然賜福，仍然託付，仍然讓人可以在祂面前重新站起來。
但神的祝福不是沒有界線的自由。神賜給人治理的權柄，也清楚告訴人什麼可以做、什麼不可做。祂不要人活在模糊和灰色地帶裡，而是要人在祂清楚的話語中重新建立生命秩序。
然而，這一章後半段也讓我們看見，雖然洪水過去了，人的罪性仍然存在。挪亞醉酒，含看見父親赤身，閃和雅弗卻選擇遮蓋父親的羞恥。這提醒我們，外面的世界可以重新開始，但人的內心和關係仍然需要神繼續光照和恢復。
所以，今天創世記第九章帶給我們一個很清楚的信息：神願意讓我們在祂的約中重新站起來；這個重新站起來，是從領受祂的祝福開始，進入祂清楚的界線，並在關係中活出祂約中的慈愛。
當挪亞一家走出方舟，他們不是單單進入一片新的土地，也進入一個需要重新學習生活的開始。神沒有讓他們自己摸索，而是用祝福扶起他們，用界線保護他們，也藉著家庭中的事件提醒他們：真正的新開始，不只是環境改變，更是生命和關係重新回到神的心意裡。
【一、領受祝福，重新站起】
創世記 9:1「神賜福給挪亞和他的兒子，對他們說：你們要生養眾多，遍滿了地。」
洪水之後，挪亞一家面對的是一個全新的世界。過去熟悉的一切已經改變，未來也充滿未知。但神對他們說的第一句話，不是責備，而是賜福。
這讓我們看見，人在新的開始裡，首先需要重新聽見神的祝福。神沒有放棄人，也沒有收回祂起初的心意。雖然人曾經失敗，世界曾經被審判，神仍然願意扶起人，使人重新站在祂面前。
今天我們也需要領受神的祝福。不再被過去的失敗、懼怕和羞愧困住；不再以為自己只能停在昨天；也不再用自己的軟弱否定神的信實。
新的開始，不是靠自己證明自己，而是相信神仍然願意祝福，仍然願意帶領，仍然願意使我們的生命重新有方向。
當我們在神的祝福中重新站起，就要學習照著神的話清楚地生活。
【二、守住界線，遠離灰色】
創世記 9:4-6「惟獨肉帶著血，那就是牠的生命，你們不可吃。流你們血、害你們命的，無論是獸是人，我必討他的罪，就是向各人的弟兄也是如此。凡流人血的，他的血也必被人所流，因為神造人是照自己的形像造的。」
神賜福挪亞，也清楚設立界線。祂給人治理萬物的權柄，也讓人知道什麼可以做、什麼不可以做。神的祝福不是叫人隨便生活，而是帶人進入真理中的保護。
人最容易出問題的地方，往往不是完全不知道對錯，而是停留在灰色地帶。明明神已經說得清楚，人卻用理由模糊神的話；明明心裡知道不對，卻用環境合理化自己的選擇。
但神設立界線，不是為了捆綁我們，而是為了保護我們。因為當人離開神的界線，生命就會慢慢失去秩序；當人長期停留在灰色地帶，心就會慢慢失去對神的敬畏。
今天，神呼召我們清楚地活在祂面前。該停止的就停止，該回轉的就回轉，該守住的就守住。順服神的界線，不是失去自由，而是重新得著生命的秩序。
當我們守住神的界線，也要在關係中活出神約中的慈愛。
【三、以愛遮蓋，扶持軟弱】
創世記 9:22-23「迦南的父親含，看見他父親赤身，就到外邊告訴他兩個弟兄。於是閃和雅弗拿件衣服搭在肩上，倒退著進去，給他父親蓋上；他們背著臉就看不見父親的赤身。」
挪亞醉酒赤身，讓我們看見，即使是蒙神拯救、與神同行的人，仍然會有軟弱的時候。問題不只是挪亞的軟弱，更是他的兒子們怎樣面對這個軟弱。
含看見父親的羞恥，就出去告訴兩個弟兄；閃和雅弗卻拿衣服倒退進去，遮蓋父親，不觀看他的赤身。他們不是說父親沒有問題，也不是包庇錯誤，而是在人的軟弱中仍然保留敬畏、尊重和愛。
這是約中生活很重要的表現。神怎樣以慈愛待我們，我們也要學習以慈愛待人。當我們看見家人、同工、弟兄姊妹的軟弱時，不要急著揭露、批評、放大，而要學習用愛遮蓋，用尊重扶持，使人仍有機會重新站起來。
在神的約中重新站起，不只是自己被神扶起，也是在關係中成為扶持別人的人。
創世記第九章讓我們看見，神是守約施慈愛的神。祂在洪水之後仍然賜福人，也用清楚的界線保護人，更教導人在關係中活出祂的慈愛。
今天，神也呼召我們在祂的約中重新站起來。
領受祂的祝福，不被過去困住；守住祂的界線，不停留在灰色地帶；活出祂的慈愛，不放大人的羞恥，而是用愛遮蓋、用尊重扶持。
真正的重新站起來，不只是外面有新的機會，而是人在神的祝福中被扶起，在神的界線中走得清楚，也在神的慈愛中學習對待人。
今天，讓我們在神面前省察：
- 我是否仍然被過去的失敗、懼怕或羞愧困住，以致不敢接受神的祝福？
- 我是否在某些選擇上仍然停留在灰色地帶，沒有清楚回到神的界線？
- 我是否在看見別人的軟弱時，容易揭露、批評、放大，而不是用愛遮蓋、用尊重扶持？
聖靈今天不是要羞辱我們，而是要帶我們回到神的約中。祂要扶起我們，也要整理我們；祂要祝福我們，也要教導我們；祂要使我們重新站起來，也使我們成為能夠扶持別人的人。
天父，我們感謝祢。
祢是守約施慈愛的神。祢在審判之後仍然賜福，在人的軟弱中仍然給人重新開始的恩典。
求祢幫助我們領受祢的祝福，不再被過去的失敗、懼怕和羞愧困住，讓我們在祢的約中重新站起來。
求祢光照我們生命中仍然模糊的地方，使我們守住祢的界線，遠離灰色地帶，清楚地活在祢面前。
也求祢更新我們對人的眼光。當我們看見別人的軟弱時，不急著揭露，不輕易論斷，而是學習活出約中的慈愛，用愛遮蓋，用尊重扶持。
願我們今天在祢的祝福、真理和慈愛中，重新站起來，重新行走，重新活在祢面前。
奉主耶穌基督的名禱告，阿們。
創世記 9
神賜福給挪亞和他的兒子，對他們說：「你們要生養眾多，遍滿了地。 2 凡地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥，都必驚恐，懼怕你們，連地上一切的昆蟲並海裡一切的魚，都交付你們的手。 3 凡活著的動物，都可以做你們的食物，這一切我都賜給你們，如同菜蔬一樣。 4 唯獨肉帶著血，那就是牠的生命，你們不可吃。 5 流你們血，害你們命的，無論是獸是人，我必討他的罪，就是向各人的弟兄也是如此。 6 凡流人血的，他的血也必被人所流，因為神造人是照自己的形象造的。 7 你們要生養眾多，在地上昌盛繁茂。」
8 神曉諭挪亞和他的兒子說： 9 「我與你們和你們的後裔立約， 10 並與你們這裡的一切活物，就是飛鳥、牲畜、走獸，凡從方舟裡出來的活物立約。 11 我與你們立約：凡有血肉的，不再被洪水滅絕，也不再有洪水毀壞地了。」
12 神說：「我與你們並你們這裡的各樣活物所立的永約，是有記號的。 13 我把虹放在雲彩中，這就可做我與地立約的記號了。 14 我使雲彩蓋地的時候，必有虹現在雲彩中， 15 我便記念我與你們和各樣有血肉的活物所立的約，水就再不氾濫，毀壞一切有血肉的物了。 16 虹必現在雲彩中，我看見，就要記念我與地上各樣有血肉的活物所立的永約。」 17 神對挪亞說：「這就是我與地上一切有血肉之物立約的記號了。」
18 出方舟挪亞的兒子就是閃、含、雅弗，含是迦南的父親。 19 這是挪亞的三個兒子，他們的後裔分散在全地。
20 挪亞做起農夫來，栽了一個葡萄園。 21 他喝了園中的酒便醉了，在帳篷裡赤著身子。 22 迦南的父親含看見他父親赤身，就到外邊告訴他兩個弟兄。 23 於是閃和雅弗拿件衣服搭在肩上，倒退著進去，給他父親蓋上，他們背著臉就看不見父親的赤身。
24 挪亞醒了酒，知道小兒子向他所做的事， 25 就說：「迦南當受咒詛！必給他弟兄做奴僕的奴僕。」 26 又說：「耶和華閃的神是應當稱頌的！願迦南做閃的奴僕。 27 願神使雅弗擴張，使他住在閃的帳篷裡，又願迦南做他的奴僕。」
28 洪水以後，挪亞又活了三百五十年。 29 挪亞共活了九百五十歲就死了。
Dear family, peace to you.
Genesis 9 records what happened after the flood. Noah and his family came out of the ark and entered a new beginning. The first thing God did was not to rebuke them, but to bless them. He told them to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.
This shows us that God is still the covenant-keeping God of mercy and love. He did not stop blessing mankind because of human failure, and He did not give up His original purpose after the world had been judged.
But God’s blessing is not freedom without boundaries. God gave mankind authority to steward creation, but He also clearly showed what could be done and what must not be done. God does not want His people to live in grey areas.
The second half of Genesis 9 also reminds us that although the flood had passed, human weakness was still present. Noah became drunk. Ham saw his father’s nakedness, but Shem and Japheth chose to cover their father’s shame.
Today, through Genesis 9, God reminds us that He wants us to rise again in His covenant.
- Receive God’s Blessing and Rise Again – Genesis 9:1
In a new beginning, we first need to hear God’s blessing again. A new beginning is not about proving ourselves; it is about believing that God is still willing to bless, strengthen, and lead us.
- Keep God’s Boundaries and Leave the Grey Areas – Genesis 9:4-6
God blesses, but He also sets boundaries. His boundaries are not to bind us, but to protect us. Today, we must learn to live clearly before God. What needs to stop must stop. Where we need to turn back, we must turn back. What needs to be guarded, we must guard.
- Cover with Love and Support the Weak – Genesis 9:22-23
When we see someone’s weakness, we should not rush to expose, criticise, or magnify it. Instead, we need to learn to cover with love and support with respect, so that others may still have the opportunity to rise again.
Summary:
Today, God calls us to rise again in His covenant:
Receive His blessing and do not remain trapped by the past.
Keep His boundaries and do not stay in grey areas.
Live out His covenant love by covering with love and supporting others with respect.
Life Reflection:
Am I still trapped by past failure or shame, afraid to receive God’s blessing?
Are there choices in my life where I am still living in grey areas instead of returning clearly to God’s boundaries?
When I see someone else’s weakness, am I quick to expose and criticise, or do I choose to support with love?
Prayer:
Father, thank You for being the covenant-keeping God of mercy and love. Help us to receive Your blessing and rise again in Your covenant. Shine Your light on the unclear areas of our lives, so that we may keep Your boundaries and leave the grey areas. When we see the weakness of others, help us not to expose quickly or judge lightly, but to cover with love and support with respect. May we walk again today in Your blessing, truth, and love.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Genesis 9
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs. 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
For in the image of God
He made man.
7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
18 Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.
24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then he said:
“Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”
26 And he said:
“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,
And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
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