以賽亞書42:10-20

42:10 航海的和海中所有的，海島和其上的居民，都當向耶和華唱新歌，從地極讚美他。
42:11 曠野和其中的城邑，並基達人居住的村莊都當揚聲；西拉的居民當歡呼，在山頂上吶喊。
42:12 他們當將榮耀歸給耶和華，在海島中傳揚他的頌讚。
42:13 耶和華必像勇士出去，必像戰士激動熱心，要喊叫，大聲吶喊，要用大力攻擊仇敵。
42:14 我許久閉口不言，靜默不語；現在我要喊叫，像產難的婦人；我要急氣而喘哮。
42:15 我要使大山小岡變為荒場，使其上的花草都枯乾；我要使江河變為洲島，使水池都乾涸。
42:16 我要引瞎子行不認識的道，領他們走不知道的路；在他們面前使黑暗變為光明，使彎曲變為平直。這些事我都要行，並不離棄他們。
42:17 倚靠雕刻的偶像，對鑄造的偶像說：你是我們的神；這等人要退後，全然蒙羞。
42:18 你們這耳聾的，聽吧！你們這眼瞎的，看吧！使你們能看見。
42:19 誰比我的僕人眼瞎呢？誰比我差遣的使者耳聾呢？誰瞎眼像那與我和好的？誰瞎眼像耶和華的僕人呢？
42:20 你看見許多事卻不領會，耳朵開通卻不聽見。

10

Sing to the Lord a new song,

his praise from the end of the earth!

Let the sea roar and all that fills it,

the coastlands and their inhabitants.

11

Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice,

the villages that Kedar inhabits;

let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy,

let them shout from the tops of the mountains.

12

Let them give glory to the Lord,

and declare his praise in the coastlands.

13

The Lord goes forth like a soldier,

like a warrior he stirs up his fury;

he cries out, he shouts aloud,

he shows himself mighty against his foes.

14

For a long time I have held my peace,

I have kept still and restrained myself;

now I will cry out like a woman in labor,

I will gasp and pant.

15

I will lay waste mountains and hills,

and dry up all their herbage;

I will turn the rivers into islands,

and dry up the pools.

16

I will lead the blind

by a road they do not know,

by paths they have not known

I will guide them.

I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground.

These are the things I will do,

and I will not forsake them.

17

They shall be turned back and utterly put to shame—

those who trust in carved images,

who say to cast images,

“You are our gods.”

18

Listen, you that are deaf;

and you that are blind, look up and see!

19

Who is blind but my servant,

or deaf like my messenger whom I send?

Who is blind like my dedicated one,

or blind like the servant of the Lord?

20

He sees many things, but does not observe them;

his ears are open, but he does not hear.

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    若沒有上帝透過聖靈來光照我們，我們對上帝就如同眼瞎和耳聾的人，是「看見許多事卻不領會，耳朵開通卻不聽見」！

    我們在上帝面前要承認自己的無知，因為我們是受造之物，我們的智慧怎能超過那造我們的主呢？我們只能承受祂的引導，不能用自己的學術訓練來研究祂，更不能用我們的經歷來定義上帝，因為這些免不了都會發生「瞎子摸象」的情形。

    也因為如此，我們更不能用我們的經歷來論斷人，批評誰愛不愛主？有沒有屬靈的生命？這些都會帶來紛亂，造成弟兄姐妹彼此的分裂，都是不智慧的舉動！真正屬靈的人，反倒是承認自己是眼瞎與耳聾，需要聖靈來啟示與引導，需要上帝的話來指引我們的道路，因為唯有耶穌基督是道路、真理和生命，唯有藉著耶穌基督才可以道上帝那裏去！