2017年11月11日 星期六

以賽亞書43:8-13



43:8 你要將有眼而瞎、有耳而聾的民都帶出來!
43:9
任憑萬國聚集;任憑眾民會合。其中誰能將此聲明,並將先前的事說給我們聽呢?他們可以帶出見證來,自顯為是;或者他們聽見便說:這是真的。
43:10
耶和華說:你們是我的見證,我所揀選的僕人。既是這樣,便可以知道,且信服我,又明白我就是耶和華。在我以前沒有真神(真:原文是造作的);在我以後也必沒有。
43:11
惟有我是耶和華;除我以外沒有救主。
43:12
我曾指示,我曾拯救,我曾說明,並且在你們中間沒有別神。所以耶和華說:你們是我的見證。我也是上帝;
43:13
自從有日子以來,我就是上帝;誰也不能救人脫離我手。我要行事誰能阻止呢?

8
Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes,
who are deaf, yet have ears!
9
Let all the nations gather together,
and let the peoples assemble.
Who among them declared this,
and foretold to us the former things?
Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,
and let them hear and say, “It is true.”
10
You are my witnesses, says the Lord,
and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
Before me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me.
11
I, I am the Lord,
and besides me there is no savior.
12
I declared and saved and proclaimed,
when there was no strange god among you;
and you are my witnesses, says the Lord.
13
I am God, and also henceforth I am He;
there is no one who can deliver from my hand;
I work and who can hinder it?

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    人常常高舉自己、或是自己所欽佩的人、或是自己所拜的神明,但是從來沒有人想到創造和拯救的上帝,這一位獨一的真神。當感謝、讚美與敬拜的,唯有這位上帝!

    許多自稱是基督徒的,更是推崇有名的牧師,在社會上有地位的弟兄姐妹,把他們的話當成金科玉律,把他們的傳記當成生命的範本。不但如此的,更是將聖經的人物當成信心英雄,效法他們的嘉言懿行!雖然沒有向天主教信徒將聖人當成守護神一般,可是在心目中把這些信心英雄當成完全人了!

    然而上帝卻在這裡透過先知宣告:「惟有我是耶和華;除我以外沒有救主。我曾指示,我曾拯救,我曾說明,並且在你們中間沒有別神。所以耶和華說:你們是我的見證。我也是上帝;自從有日子以來,我就是上帝;誰也不能救人脫離我手。我要行事誰能阻止呢?

    求主保守我們,讓我們只做耶穌基督的見證人,不再推崇自己、或是自己所欽佩的人、聖徒、信心英雄或是別的神明,因為一切的榮耀與作為都來自創造和拯救的上帝,唯有祂當得讚美與榮耀!

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