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1-13節--如何面對困難

尼希米記 第5章

如何面對困難

我們在這一章看見了一件可悲的事。原來應該合力建造城牆的人，如今竟互相爭吵和指責，而且，他們當中有些人還剝削同胞，從中取利。

第一班人說他們的家人沒有足夠的糧食；第二班人說他們已典當了田地來換取糧食；第三班人則說他們是靠借錢來購買糧食，更要為此而付出極高的利息。這些彼此抱怨的人，都是猶太人；因此，當尼希米聽見同胞這樣互相爭吵，就令他感到最悲憤和心痛了。同樣地，教會中的信徒出現紛爭，不單對整體教會的傷害最大，對教外的人也是最壞的見證。

互相抱怨還會帶來甚麼影響呢？就是停止了修建城牆的工作。當人出現不和的時候，就難有合作的可能，做任何工作也難有進展。

對於他們當中的有錢人這樣欺壓同胞，尼希米感到非常氣忿。他如何處理呢？他首先坐下來，深入去剖析整個問題。有些問題他知道自己無法去解決，但有些事情他卻可以去干涉。例如，那些欺壓同胞的方式，是違背神的律法的，他可以去斥責做這事的人。我們在第10至11節，便看見尼希米如何義正詞嚴地指出他們的錯誤。

被指責的人自知理虧，所以便無言以對，但他們卻願意悔改，將本息歸還。他們雖然為此而付出代價，卻因著尼希米的訓斥而遵從了神的教導。

尼希米為何敢於直言呢？其中一個原因，是因為他本身的正直清廉，絕不會剝削百姓。

我們可以從這件事例中學到一個功課，就是當問題出現的時候，我們一定要撫心自問，看清楚自己在神面前有沒有過犯。我們必須先正身，然後才能正人和解決問題。

尼希米因為凡事向神說「是」，所以才能向罪說「不」。這豈不是我們的最佳榜樣嗎？

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HOW DO YOU FACE PROBLEMS?

This is a sad chapter. It tells about trouble between the people who were supposed to be building the walls of the city. Instead of building, they were quarrelling with each other and taking advantage of each other.

The first group said they didnt have enough food. The second group said they had to give away their land in order to get food. The third group said they had to borrow money to buy food and were paying too high a rate of interest for it. It was all between members of the Jewish Community-the people of God and that is what hurt Nehemiah the most. Trouble inside a church always hurts the whole church and gives a poor witness to those outside.

What other result was, there? The work on the walls stopped. There could be no progress, no co-operation while this trouble was going on.

Nehemiah was angry inside, over what some of the rich people were doing to the poorer people: What did he do? He sat down and thought about the problem. There were some things he couldnt do much about, but there were some things that he could. There were men who were breaking Gods laws for his people and that was what Nehemiah could speak against. Nehemiah said bluntly, Its got to stop (v.10-11).

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The men concerned knew they were wrong. They had no answer for Nehemiah. But they did make a great response. It cost them something, but they were obedient to Gods word through Nehemiah.

How could Nehemiah speak like this? One reason was his own integrity. He was not involved in any way with what the others were doing.

One of the most important things we can do when problems arise is to make sure that we ourselves are right before God-that we are living as he would have us live. That kind of example is hard to speak against.

Nehemiah said No to sin because he said Yes to God. Can we do anything less?

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