倘或奴僕明說：『我愛我的主人和我的妻子兒女，不願意自由出去。』出埃及記21:5
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https://www.bible.com/zh-TW/bible/414/EXO.21.CUNP
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https://youtu.be/wBNvADgujjA
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Exodus 21 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
出埃及記21:5-6 提到「倘或奴僕明說：『我愛我的主人和我的妻子、兒女，不願意自由出去。』 他的主人就要帶他到審判官那裡，又要帶他到門前，靠近門框，用錐子穿他的耳朵，他就永遠服侍主人。」
Exodus 21 is right after the 10 commandments are given. Right after the dramatic Exodus from slavery where they themselves were slaves in Egypt, God tells them that the first thing you should know about slaves is that they should go free. For nothing. That the people should not be enslaved forever, but offered the chance to go free after a limited time of service. After that, the slave might choose to stay – out of love for the master – but that should be a matter of free choice.
出埃及記第21章接續在十誡頒布、戲劇般的離開埃及為奴之地之後。神告訴他們的第一件事是奴僕可以自由，白白地出去。人不該永遠被奴役，在有限時間的服務之後，要有得以自由的機會。在那之後，奴僕可以因為愛主人的原因而留下，是出於自由選擇的緣故。
If the slave wanted to be a slave forever to his master. He would go through a ceremony that would make him a bondservant, a slave for life. A willing slave, not one forced to be a slave, but someone who has chosen slavery.
倘若這個奴僕想要永遠為他的主人效力，他必須經過一個儀式，才能永遠服侍主人。自願的奴僕，不是被強迫當奴隸，而是自己選擇當僕人。
Let’s look at the ceremony a little more.
我們來仔細了解一下這個儀式。
Think about the ceremony, Nails driven through flesh? Blood on doorframes? Permanent piercing, with holes and scars forever? Does it sound at all familiar?!
想一下這個儀式內容，錐子穿過身體，門框上有血，身體永遠帶著洞和傷口。聽起來有沒有一點熟悉嗎？
They would pierce or bore a hole through the skin of the earlobe, marking the flesh permanently. When people would see your pierced ear, your scarred ear; they would know without a doubt what and who you were, a bondservant, forever serving your master out of love.
主人會用錐子穿過僕人的耳朵，永遠在身體上留下記號。人們看見你刺穿的耳朵上的傷痕，他們就知道你的身分：奴隸，為了愛的緣故永遠服侍你的主人。
Jesus also has permanent scars. His scars also came about from having his fleshed pierced on wood, as a result of love, and willing submission to serve.
耶穌也有永遠的傷痕。他的傷痕出自於被釘在木頭上，因為愛的緣故，自願順服的服侍。
He still has scars on his hands to this day, and forever – a permanent mark of his great love and willing servanthood.
直到今日，他的手上仍帶著傷痕，是永恆的記號，代表他的大愛及自願的服侍。
When we think of doorframes in the Bible, we think back to the Exodus story itself. The moment when the Israelites were liberated from forced slavery, and were delivered into freedom, where they willingly entered into a covenant with their God – to follow his commandments. Blood on the doorframe is one of the most iconic images of this transfer from slavery into following a new Master in freedom. The blood of the Messiah from his pierced flesh on the cross, the blood of the Passover lamb on the lintels, and the blood of the slave who for love agrees to serve his master willingly.
當講到聖經裡的門框，我們回想到出埃及記的故事。當以色列人從奴役中被釋放進入自由，他們自願進入與神的約：遵從祂的誡命。門框上的血，是最具代表性的象徵，人從奴役裡轉換到跟隨新主人的自由。彌賽亞在十架上所流下的血，逾越節羔羊在門楣上的血，奴僕因為愛主人而願意服侍主人所流的血。
Think of a door as a portal, taking you from the outside to the inside, it represents change. Crossing over the threshold, through the door, must be voluntary. And Jesus presents us with that opportunity. He IS that portal, he IS the door to the Kingdom of Heaven. It is no accident or mere matter of convenience that the servant is brought to a door for this ritual.
把這扇門看成是一個入口，將你從外面帶到裡面，它代表改變。越過門檻，穿越過門，必須是自願的。耶穌給我們這樣的機會。祂就是入口，祂就是進入天國的門。奴僕在這個儀式中被帶到門前，不只是意外或是便利。
What can we do?
我們該做什麼？
Throughout the New Testament, the word bondservant, slave, or servant is applied metaphorically to someone absolutely devoted to Jesus. Paul, Timothy, James, Peter, and Jude all describe themselves as “bondservants of Christ”.
在新約裡，奴僕代表的涵義是絕對委身於耶穌的人。保羅、提摩太、雅各、彼得、猶大，都稱自己為「基督的僕人」。
Remember that believers today should still consider themselves bondservants or slaves of Christ (1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:6; 2 Timothy 2:24). He is our Lord, and our allegiance is due to Him alone. We have no other masters (Matthew 6:24) and we give ourselves totally to Him (Matthew 16:24).
切記，如今信徒應該也是要將自己視為基督的僕人。（哥林多前書7:22、以弗所書6:6、提摩太後書2:24）祂是我們的主，我們只對祂忠誠。我們也沒有其他的主人（馬太福音6:24），我們將自己完全獻給祂（馬太福音16:24）。
Let me finish off by reading Romans 6:22 “Now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life”.
最後結束前由我來讀羅馬書6:22「但現今，你們既從罪裡得了釋放，做了神的奴僕，就有成聖的果子，那結局就是永生。」
Let us pray. Father, thank You so much that because of what You did on the cross, because You were pierced first and because You became a willing slave to Your Father, we have freedom and we have new life. We thank You first of all for Your great sacrifice. Thank You that You did it first, not because we loved You first, but because You loved us first. Father, I pray that as we remember Exodus 21, we must be bondservants to You. We remember that when we chose to follow You, we chose that You would become our Master, that we would obey You and listen to You all the time. And whatever You say, we will do, whatever You want, we will do. Our lives are no longer our lives. Our lives belong to You. Remind us of this today. Help us to live for Your Kingdom as You want us to. Amen.
我們來禱告。天父，謝謝祢在十字架上所做的一切。因為耶穌祢先被釘死，祢願意成為父神的僕人，我們能夠有自由和新生命。我們謝謝祢偉大的犧牲，謝謝祢先完成這工作，不是我們先愛祢，是祢先愛我們。天父，當我們讀出埃及記21，我們要成為祢的僕人。當我們選擇跟隨祢，我們選擇祢成為我們的主人，我們要時時順服祢聽從祢。無論祢說什麼，我們都會去做。無論祢要什麼，我們都會去做。生命不再屬於我們，我們的生命屬於祢。今日提醒我們，幫助我們按祢的心意為祢而活。阿們。
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倘或奴僕明說：『我愛我的主人和我的妻子兒女，不願意自由出去。』出埃及記21:5
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