以西結書3:16-21

3:16 過了七日，耶和華的話臨到我說：

3:17 「人子啊，我立你作以色列家守望的人，所以你要聽我口中的話，替我警戒他們。

3:18 我何時指著惡人說：他必要死；你若不警戒他，也不勸戒他，使他離開惡行，拯救他的性命，這惡人必死在罪孽之中；我卻要向你討他喪命的罪（原文是血）。

3:19 倘若你警戒惡人，他仍不轉離罪惡，也不離開惡行，他必死在罪孽之中，你卻救自己脫離了罪。

3:20 再者，義人何時離義而犯罪，我將絆腳石放在他面前，他就必死；因你沒有警戒他，他必死在罪中，他素來所行的義不被記念；我卻要向你討他喪命的罪（原文是血）。

3:21 倘若你警戒義人，使他不犯罪，他就不犯罪；他因受警戒就必存活，你也救自己脫離了罪。」

And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.  If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.  But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.  Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.  But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”

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    這段話可以說是先知的守則，也是傳道人守則。意思說當上帝的守望者或傳道者，有看守弟兄姊妹的職責，要警告他們、提醒他們，不要讓他們落入危險之中而不知道。

    身為教會的傳道者，更是不要因怕得罪人而不敢發出上帝的警告，我們若必口不言，讓弟兄姊妹得罪上帝，而落入危險之中，上帝必定將罪罰規在我們身上，到時我們不只承受上帝的憤怒，我們心中的罪咎，必定讓我們受不了！

    我們要像保羅所說：「我傳福音原沒有可誇的，因為我是不得已的。若不傳福音，我便有禍了。」

    勇敢地宣告，不然就有禍了！

以西結書3:12-15

3:12 那時，靈將我舉起，我就聽見在我身後有震動轟轟的聲音，說：「從耶和華的所在顯出來的榮耀是該稱頌的！」

3:13 我又聽見那活物翅膀相碰，與活物旁邊輪子旋轉震動轟轟的響聲。

3:14 於是靈將我舉起，帶我而去。我心中甚苦，靈性忿激，並且耶和華的靈（原文是手）在我身上大有能力。
 3:15 我就來到提勒‧亞畢，住在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人那裡，到他們所住的地方，在他們中間憂憂悶悶地坐了七日。

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from its place!”  It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great earthquake.  The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.  And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling. And I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.

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    這是先知感受到聖靈運行的力量之反應，雖然是一種各人性的經驗，但是卻是可以與人的內在情緒有互動，就像先知所說：「我心中甚苦，靈性忿激，並且耶和華的靈（原文是手）在我身上大有能力。」

    希望你也能經歷這有大能的聖靈，因為聖靈將上帝的拯救實現在我們身上，也激憤我們活出上帝的兒女之形像，來歸榮耀給上帝！而我們能信靠主，也是聖靈的作為！我們因著聖靈的啟示就高舉耶穌基督是主，正如這裡所說：「從耶和華的所在顯出來的榮耀是該稱頌的！」

    我們的信仰的起源就是來自聖靈，讓我們活在祂的帶領之下，來榮耀上帝！

以西結書3:4-11

3:4 他對我說：「人子啊，你往以色列家那裡去，將我的話對他們講說。

3:5 你奉差遣不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的民那裡去，乃是往以色列家去；

3:6 不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的多國去，他們的話語是你不懂得的。我若差你往他們那裡去，他們必聽從你。

3:7 以色列家卻不肯聽從你，因為他們不肯聽從我；原來以色列全家是額堅心硬的人。

3:8 看哪，我使你的臉硬過他們的臉，使你的額硬過他們的額。

3:9 我使你的額像金鋼鑽，比火石更硬。他們雖是悖逆之家，你不要怕他們，也不要因他們的臉色驚惶。」

3:10 他又對我說：「人子啊，我對你所說的一切話，要心裡領會，耳中聽聞。

3:11 你往你本國被擄的子民那裡去，他們或聽，或不聽，你要對他們講說，告訴他們這是主耶和華說的。」

And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of foreign speech and a hard language, but to the house of Israel— 6 not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me:because all the house of Israel have a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. 8 Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 Like emery harder than flint have I made your forehead. Fear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house." 10 Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. 11 And go to the exiles, to your people, and speak to them and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, ' whether they hear or refuse to hear."

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    上帝要以西結用剛強的心來宣告上帝的話，因為宣講的對象是悖逆的以色列人。上帝告訴以西結，這些人不聽他的話，是因為這些人本來就悖逆上帝。所以，以色列人反對以西結的信息，就是反對上帝的信息。

    雖然如此，上帝要以西結到被擄的子民那裡去，他們或聽，或不聽，都要對他們講說，告訴他們這是主耶和華說的。

    同樣，今天的傳道者，不僅要向信主的人宣告，也要向不信主的人宣告上帝的話。因為上帝的話是要向萬民敞開，上帝要實現祂的主權，雖然人是悖逆的，仍然要宣講。

以西結書3章

      以西結書3:1-3  ,  以西結書3:4-11   ,  以西結書3:12-15   ,  以西結書3:16-21  ,  以西結書3:22-27  ,

以西結書3:1-3

3:1 他對我說：「人子啊，要吃你所得的，要吃這書卷，好去對以色列家講說。」

3:2 於是我開口，他就使我吃這書卷，

3:3 又對我說：「人子啊，要吃我所賜給你的這書卷，充滿你的肚腹。」我就吃了，口中覺得其甜如蜜。

1 And he said to me, "Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it." Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.

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    重複兩次先知吃書卷的記載，不過第2節重點是吃的方式：以西結負責開口，上帝負責讓他吃。第3節重點是吃了的感受：甜如蜜。書卷上寫了哀號、歎息、悲痛的話，吃下去卻是相反的甜蜜經驗。

    可見我們要以吃東西的方式來領受上帝的話，因為聖經是我們生命的糧，使我們屬靈的生命得著餵養，好使我們可以得著飽足。也唯有領受上帝的話，才有能力是奉上帝。

    不過很有意思的事，他吃了那書卷，口中覺得其甜如蜜。其實我們要以讀聖經為快樂的事，好使心中充滿上帝的話為滿足。