旧约 - 创世记(Genesis)第13章

So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier
and where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.
And quarreling arose between Abram's herdsmen and the herdsmen of Lot. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land at that time.
So Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.
Is not the whole land before you? Let's part company. If you go to the left, I'll go to the right; if you go to the right, I'll go to the left."
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, while Lot lived among the cities of the plain and pitched his tents near Sodom.
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.
The LORD said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, "Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west.
All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.
Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you."
So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
创世记第十三章   第 13 章 

  罗得 

  创 13:5-9> 家庭纠纷最难化解,亚伯兰立下了一个怎样的榜样? 

  13:5-9 亚伯兰面对与侄儿罗得可能发生的冲突,采取主动去解决这一场纷争。他虽然年长,有选择的优先权,却让罗得先选,即使会吃亏,也不在乎。亚伯兰的榜样教导我们如何处理家庭纠纷:( 1 )采取主动去化解冲突;( 2 )即使会吃亏,也先满足别人的要求;( 3 )把家庭和睦放在个人欲望之上。 

  创 13:7-8> 若人与人之间出现争执与纷争时,我会怎样面对? 

  13:7-8 亚伯兰的牧人和罗得的牧人周围都有许多对他们怀有敌意的人,他们本应团结一致才是。可惜,他们竟让小小的嫉妒分裂了。今天也会有同样情况,撒但在基督徒周围动工,使之发生争执。 

  在信徒之间的竞争、争论、不和,会造成三方面的损害:( 1 )损毁人类美好关系的基础──友好、信任、和睦;( 2 )阻碍人朝重要目标前进;( 3 )使人以自我为中心,不以爱为中心。耶稣明白争执在弟兄中间的破坏性,所以祂在未被出卖、捆绑之前的最后祷告中,为信徒祈求合一(参约 17:21 )。 

  创 13:10-11> 人作选择会以眼前看为最好的作决定。我的选择标准…… 

  13:10-11 从罗得的选择中我们可看出他的性格。他拣选那地最好的部分,尽管这意味着他住得靠近因罪恶而声名狼藉的所多玛。他贪婪,只想自己得到最好的,不考虑叔父亚伯兰的需要和公平的问题。人生充满了选择,我们也可以拣选最好的东西,而不理会别人的感受和需要。不过这样会产生许多问题,罗得的一生就是明显的例子。由此可以看到,我们若不照着神的指示来选择,就只会作出错误的决定。 

  创 13:12> 世俗事情可以毁灭信心,但人又不可以离世独立,如何可以建立谨守而不随流的生活? 

  13:12 罗得首先挑选美好的草场和充足的水源,这似乎是明智的,但他没有看到邪恶的所多玛会带来试探,且足以毁灭他的家庭。你有没有选择住在“所多玛”,或者在那里工作?即使你以为自己意志坚强,能够抵抗试探,但你的家人却未必可以。若神吩咐我们去接触“所多玛”之人时,我们就必须谨守,不要与他们同流合污。──《灵修版圣经注释》