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传道书 8:16-17 含义

所罗门将他的思想、情感和意志指向了他对智慧的理解。他的目标是理解 () 世上所做的事 (任务),就是日光之下神一切的作为。他知道无人能够查出神在世上所作所为的完整图画。我们无法完全知道什么为什么。祂的道路高过我们的道路。

正如使徒保罗就此主题所说的:

"深哉!神丰富的智慧和知识。他的判断何其难测!他的踪迹何其难寻!谁知道主的心?谁作过他的谋士呢?谁是先给了它,使他后来偿还呢?" (罗马书 11:33-35,引自以赛亚书 40:13 和约伯记 41:11)

时间、劳碌和智慧的结合无法给人类提供所有的答案。人类的理性和经验在理解神的事上永远都是缺乏的。人可以付出辛劳去了解,有昼夜不睡觉不合眼的,每天花二十四小时来思考,也无法完全理解神的道路。不管智慧人会说什么,他可能会宣称知识,或者说我知道,但这宣称也是空洞的。他依然无法查出

这些经文中有三个动作,它们在实现专心求智慧的渴望上都是徒劳的:昼夜不睡觉费多少力寻查,说 () 知道。这些寻求查出神之道路的动作终将徒劳。如果有人昼夜不睡觉,也依然无法通过理性和经验查出神的道路。有些人宣称他们看明神日光之下一切的作为,但他们的宣称是空洞的。 所罗门已经在寻求查明神从始至终的工作 (传道书 3:11)。他发现,这无法通过人类的理性和经验找到。相反,明白是从信心开始-敬畏神。所罗门的策略是解释,尽管我们无法回答 "如何与之相适应" 的所有问题,但我们仍然可以享受人生,作为从仁慈的神那里获得的美好礼物;我们明白的根基要始于信心和感恩,而非理性和经验。依靠自己是一种抓取蒸气 ( "hebel" ) 的追求;依靠神使奥秘 ( "hebel" ) 转变为人类经验带来意义和满足感的机会和喜乐的源头。

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