討論問題

TAFPC Adult Sunday School Bible Study

台美團契長老教會成人主日學三年讀經運動 01/01/2006 討論問題

Question 1:  1 Samuel 21: 1-6      Matthew 12: 1-8

David and his men ate the holy bread, which was in violation of the ritual rules. In Gospel according to Matthew, Jesus and his disciples pluck heads of grain to eat on Sabbath, which also violated the ritual law. How did Jesus answer the Pharisees when they charged His disciples not lawful? How can we apply His interpretation/teaching to our daily live?

Question 2:  1 Samuel 21: 1-6        Also 13: 8-14

In such incidence of breaking ritual law, the scripture gives us some details (seemly trivial but important) describing the different attitude between these two Kings toward God’s instruction. Please compare what Samuel said to Saul vs. Ahimelech to David and how each King responded. How do we draw a line between twisting the law to meet our need(or even survival) vs. faithfully obeying God’s law?

Question 3:  1 Samuel 23: 6 Exodus 28: 6-10

以弗得，這是祭司穿的特別之服裝，稱之為「聖衣」，是用「金線，藍色、紫色、深紅色的毛線，和麻紗」做成的外袍，「配上刺繡，要在以弗得兩邊縫上兩條可以束緊的肩帶，上面並且繡上「兩塊紅瑪瑙，在上面刻上雅各十二個兒子的名字」，這樣的「以弗得」聖衣所表示的意義是代表雅各整個族群的祭司。換句話說：當亞希米勒的兒子亞比亞他將這件聖衣帶出來投奔大衛的時候，已經將「正統」大祭司的名份同時帶出來了，這對投靠在大衛這邊的人民來說是很大的鼓舞。這也就是為甚麼在第廿二章23節大衛會對亞比亞他說「掃羅想殺你我兩人」的原因。

你對基督徒佩帶十字架或其他聖物的看法如何？ 請分享

Question 4:  1 Samuel 25: 2-42

This paragraph depicted the first encounter between David and Abigail. The text can
also be read as a romance story that narrates a wonderful wife in a disappointing marriage to a foolish and selfish husband as the background. With her wits, Abigail managed to make peace between Nabal and David. However when Abigail told Nabal what she did, his heart died within him and he became like a stone, died ten days later. She then accepted David as her new husband. When we read the relationship among Abigail, Nabal, and David, isn’t it interesting to try to sort out who was the "bad" vs. "good" guy?  Please share your interpretations based on the scripture.

Question 5:  1 Samuel 24, 25, 26

Saul Pursued David and tried to kill him. But David spared Saul's life repeatedly. In Carmel, Nabal refused to follow David’s instruction only once. Then 25:21-22. David was already furious, brought about four hundred men along with their swords and wanted to leave no male in Nabal’s camp. David treated Saul and Nabal very differently. Is he fair? As Christians, how should we treat our enemy and adversaries?  Please share your thoughts.