2017年1月6日 星期五

路加福音1:78-79



1:78 因我們上帝憐憫的心腸,叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們,
1:79 要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人,把我們的腳引到平安的路上。

78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace."

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    聖靈感動撒迦利亞說的這段話,讓我們感受到上帝之所以拯救人,是因為祂的憐憫,不僅沒有放棄人,更是主動到人的中間來,如同在這裡所說的「叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們」!

    是的,我們的的拯救是上帝主動的做為,祂主動差遣耶穌基督——祂的獨生愛子,取了人的樣式,讓人看見上帝的救恩,呼召人來跟隨祂。而祂為了這個救恩,付出一切的代價,即使到最後被反對祂的人盯死在十字架上,祂都願意!為的是要完成上帝憐憫的心意,使上帝的心得滿足!

    而耶穌基督來到世界上的時候,就是要以上帝的真光來照亮在世上的人,因為人類自始祖犯罪之後,就與上帝隔絕了,失去了光明就是黑暗,就是「坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人」。然而人在黑暗中,人是失去希望,並且不知往哪裡去,甚至感覺這一生是虛空——無意義的!

    然而真光的來到之後,就引導我們回到上帝的面前,使我們享受上帝的慈愛,進入上帝的同在,這就是真正的平安!所以撒迦利亞說:「把我們的腳引到平安的路上。」

    既然上帝的拯救是主動的,使我們透過耶穌基督可以感受得到,我們就要從被動的呼召,轉向主動的跟隨,來認識並跟隨耶穌基督,進入上帝的國,成為上帝的兒女,享受真正的平安,並分享上帝的愛給我們週遭的人,做為聖靈的器皿,做耶穌基督的見證人,直到永遠

2017年1月4日 星期三

使徒行傳4章

            使徒行傳4章1-22節   , 

            使徒行傳4:8-12  ,   使徒行傳4:12   , 

            使徒行傳4:13-14  , 

            使徒行傳4:23-31  , 

           使徒行傳4:32-37  ,

使徒行傳4:12

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除他以外,別無拯救;因為在天下人間,沒有賜下別的名,我們可以靠著得救。

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    對基督徒而言這是一個重要的宣告就是除了主耶穌以外沒有別的拯救並且如後面這句話說得:「在天下人間,沒有賜下別的名,我們可以靠著得救。」

    這也就是說,我們只有靠著耶穌基督才可以得到上帝的救贖,才可以出死入生,天天經歷上帝的大能!這也是基督徒要用一輩子來見證的,使人真正知道耶穌基督就是:道路、真理、生命,不藉著祂,沒有人能到上帝那裏去!

    你若經歷到耶穌基督裡的拯救你也要像彼得一樣宣告這與學歷身分財富地位、…完全沒有關係只要你接受耶穌基督為救主和生命的主你就可以如此宣告耶穌基督是唯一的拯救

以西結書45:9-25



45:9 主耶和華如此說:「以色列的王啊,你們應當知足,要除掉強暴和搶奪的事,施行公平和公義,不再勒索我的民。這是主耶和華說的。
45:10 你們要用公道天平、公道伊法、公道罷特。
45:11 伊法與罷特大小要一樣。罷特可盛賀梅珥十分之一,伊法也可盛賀梅珥十分之一,都以賀梅珥的大小為準。
45:12 舍客勒是二十季拉;二十舍客勒,二十五舍客勒,十五舍客勒,為你們的彌那。
45:13 「你們當獻的供物乃是這樣:一賀梅珥麥子要獻伊法六分之一;一賀梅珥大麥要獻伊法六分之一。
45:14 你們獻所分定的油,按油的罷特,一柯珥油要獻罷特十分之一(原來十罷特就是一賀梅珥)。
45:15 從以色列滋潤的草場上每二百羊中,要獻一隻羊羔。這都可作素祭、燔祭、平安祭,為民贖罪。這是主耶和華說的。
45:16 此地的民都要奉上這供物給以色列中的王。
45:17 王的本分是在節期、月朔、安息日,就是以色列家一切的節期,奉上燔祭、素祭、奠祭。他要預備贖罪祭、素祭、燔祭,和平安祭,為以色列家贖罪。」
45:18 主耶和華如此說:「正月初一日,你要取無殘疾的公牛犢,潔淨聖所。
45:19 祭司要取些贖罪祭牲的血,抹在殿的門柱上和壇磴臺的四角上,並內院的門框上。
45:20 本月初七日(七十士譯本是七月初一日)也要為誤犯罪的和愚蒙犯罪的如此行,為殿贖罪。
45:21 「正月十四日,你們要守逾越節,守節七日,要吃無酵餅。
45:22 當日,王要為自己和國內的眾民預備一隻公牛作贖罪祭。
45:23 這節的七日,每日他要為耶和華預備無殘疾的公牛七隻、公綿羊七隻為燔祭。每日又要預備公山羊一隻為贖罪祭。
45:24 他也要預備素祭,就是為一隻公牛同獻一伊法細麵,為一隻公綿羊同獻一伊法細麵,每一伊法細麵加油一欣。
45:25 七月十五日守節的時候,七日他都要如此行,照逾越節的贖罪祭、燔祭、素祭,和油的條例一樣。」

9 "Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.
10 "You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer, and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure. 12 The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels plus twenty- five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
13 "This is the offering that you shall make:one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley, 14 and as the fixed portion of oil, measured in baths, one tenth of a bath from each cor (the cor, like the homer, contains ten baths). 15 And one sheep from every flock of two hundred, from the watering places of Israel for grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them, declares the Lord God. 16 All the people of the land shall be obliged to give this offering to the prince in Israel. 17 It shall be the prince's duty to furnish the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the new moons, and the Sabbaths, all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel:he shall provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.
18 "Thus says the Lord God:In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a bull from the herd without blemish, and purify the sanctuary. 19 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and the posts of the gate of the inner court. 20 You shall do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance; so you shall make atonement for the temple.
21 "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22 On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a young bull for a sin offering. 23 And on the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering. 24 And he shall provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil to each ephah. 25 In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month and for the seven days of the feast, he shall make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, and grain offerings, and for the oil.

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    我們從這裡認知到「罪」的可怕性,因為上帝在此訂下這麼多的贖罪祭的條例,要以色列人遵守,好維持上帝和以色列人有正確與合宜的關係

    當然這一切都是預表基督的贖罪祭,也讓我們看見基督一次的獻上,勝過千千萬萬的牛羊不斷的獻上,讓我們永遠得上帝的赦罪

    所以,我們當趁救恩的們還開著的時候,快快來接受救恩,也唯有基督的贖罪祭才有拯救的功效,讓我們天天靠基督的寶血遮蓋,活在上帝的光中,直到永遠

以西結書45章

      以西結書45:1-8  ,  以西結書45章1-8節  ,

      以西結書45:9-25  ,

以西結書45:1-8



45:1 你們拈鬮分地為業,要獻上一分給耶和華為聖供地,長二萬五千肘,寬一萬肘。這分以內,四圍都為聖地。
45:2 其中有作為聖所之地,長五百肘,寬五百肘,四面見方。四圍再有五十肘為郊野之地。
45:3 要以肘為度量地,長二萬五千肘,寬一萬肘。其中有聖所,是至聖的。
45:4 這是全地的一分聖地,要歸與供聖所職事的祭司,就是親近事奉耶和華的,作為他們房屋之地與聖所之聖地。
45:5 又有一分,長二萬五千肘,寬一萬肘,要歸與在殿中供職的利未人,作為二十間房屋之業。
45:6 也要分定屬城的地業,寬五千肘,長二萬五千肘,挨著那分聖供地,要歸以色列全家。
45:7 歸王之地要在聖供地和屬城之地的兩旁,就是聖供地和屬城之地的旁邊,西至西頭,東至東頭,從西到東,其長與每支派的分一樣。
45:8 這地在以色列中必歸王為業。我所立的王必不再欺壓我的民,卻要按支派將地分給以色列家。

1 "When you allot the land as an inheritance, you shall set apart for the Lord a portion of the land as a holy district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits broad. It shall be holy throughout its whole extent. 2 Of this a square plot of 500 by 500 cubits shall be for the sanctuary, with fifty cubits for an open space around it. 3 And from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, in which shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. 4 It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. 5 Another section, 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits broad, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their possession for cities to live in.
6 "Alongside the portion set apart as the holy district you shall assign for the property of the city an area 5,000 cubits broad and 25,000 cubits long. It shall belong to the whole house of Israel.
7 "And to the prince shall belong the land on both sides of the holy district and the property of the city, alongside the holy district and the property of the city, on the west and on the east, corresponding in length to one of the tribal portions, and extending from the western to the eastern boundary 8 of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.

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    先知在這裡預言有一位王要治理歸回的以色列人,這位王必定按公義行事,正如先知所說:「我(上帝)所立的王必不再欺壓我的民,卻要按支派將地分給以色列家。」

    就今日而言我們知道這位王室有所指就是指耶穌基督因為基督的職分有君王祭司與先知這三重職分集中於一身祂本是上帝的獨生子卻取了人身為了完成上帝的拯救

    因此,我們今日當以感謝的心來領受上帝所預備的救恩,使我們成為上帝家中之一員,成為上帝所立的王——基督的子民!