2017年9月3日 星期日

耶利米書29:24-32



29:24 「論到尼希蘭人示瑪雅,你當說,
29:25
萬軍之耶和華以色列的上帝如此說:你曾用自己的名寄信給耶路撒冷的眾民和祭司瑪西雅的兒子西番雅,並眾祭司,說:
29:26
『耶和華已經立你西番雅為祭司,代替祭司耶何耶大,使耶和華殿中有官長,好將一切狂妄自稱為先知的人用枷枷住,用鎖鎖住。
29:27
現在亞拿突人耶利米向你們自稱為先知,你們為何沒有責備他呢?
29:28
因為他寄信給我們在巴比倫的人說:被擄的事必長久。你們要蓋造房屋,住在其中;栽種田園,吃其中所產的。』」
29:29
祭司西番雅就把這信念給先知耶利米聽。
29:30
於是耶和華的話臨到耶利米說:
29:31
「你當寄信給一切被擄的人說:『耶和華論到尼希蘭人示瑪雅說:因為示瑪雅向你們說預言,我並沒有差遣他,他使你們倚靠謊言;
29:32
所以耶和華如此說:我必刑罰尼希蘭人示瑪雅和他的後裔,他必無一人存留住在這民中,也不得見我所要賜與我百姓的福樂,因為他向耶和華說了叛逆的話。這是耶和華說的。』」


24 To Shemaiah of Nehelam you shall say: 25Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: In your own name you sent a letter to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying, 26The Lord himself has made you priest instead of the priest Jehoiada, so that there may be officers in the house of the Lord to control any madman who plays the prophet, to put him in the stocks and the collar. 27So now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who plays the prophet for you? 28For he has actually sent to us in Babylon, saying, “It will be a long time; build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat what they produce.”
29 The priest Zephaniah read this letter in the hearing of the prophet Jeremiah. 30Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 31Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and has led you to trust in a lie, 32therefore thus says the Lord: I am going to punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his descendants; he shall not have anyone living among this people to see the good that I am going to do to my people, says the Lord, for he has spoken rebellion against the Lord.

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    耶利米宣講上帝的話,常常受到假先知的干擾,甚至於到侮蔑的地步。正如這裡說到的尼希蘭人示瑪雅,他不僅傳講信息害人,更是寫信宣稱耶利米是假先知,要祭司西番雅斥責耶利米

    這樣的行徑讓人感受到有一些人常常在教會中自以為是,用自己的意思左右教會各樣的事務。但是說到真理,或對聖經的學習,卻是興趣缺缺。所以,當求聖靈動工,使弟兄姊妹渴慕上帝的話。更求上帝使牧者的講道或教導,可以改變這些人的心,使他們柔軟下來。

    因此,牧者牧會到一個地步必須常常為著羊群禱告。若不是聖靈的動工,人的話語效力是有限的!除非聖靈動工,使上帝的話語扎入信徒的心,才可以使剛硬的人醒悟過來,成為上帝的好同工!

耶利米書29:15-23



29:15 「你們說:『耶和華在巴比倫為我們興起先知』;
29:16
所以耶和華論到坐大衛寶座的王和住在這城裡的一切百姓,就是未曾與你們一同被擄的弟兄,
29:17
萬軍之耶和華如此說:『看哪,我必使刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫臨到他們,使他們像極壞的無花果,壞得不可吃。
29:18
我必用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫追趕他們,使他們在天下萬國拋來拋去,在我所趕他們到的各國中,令人咒詛、驚駭、嗤笑、羞辱。
29:19
耶和華說:這是因為他們沒有聽從我的話,就是我從早起來差遣我僕人眾先知去說的,無奈他們不聽。這是耶和華說的。
29:20
所以你們一切被擄去的,就是我從耶路撒冷打發到巴比倫去的,當聽耶和華的話。』」
29:21
萬軍之耶和華以色列的上帝論到哥賴雅的兒子亞哈,並瑪西雅的兒子西底家,如此說:「他們是託我名向你們說假預言的,我必將他們交在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中;他要在你們眼前殺害他們。
29:22
住巴比倫一切被擄的猶大人必藉這二人賭咒說:『願耶和華使你像巴比倫王在火中燒的西底家和亞哈一樣。』
29:23
這二人是在以色列中行了醜事,與鄰舍的妻行淫,又假託我名說我未曾吩咐他們的話。知道的是我,作見證的也是我。這是耶和華說的。」


15 Because you have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon,”— 16Thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your kinsfolk who did not go out with you into exile: 17Thus says the Lord of hosts, I am going to let loose on them sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten. 18I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of cursing, and horror, and hissing, and a derision among all the nations where I have driven them, 19because they did not heed my words, says the Lord, when I persistently sent to you my servants the prophets, but they would not listen, says the Lord. 20But now, all you exiles whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon, hear the word of the Lord: 21Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: I am going to deliver them into the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and he shall kill them before your eyes. 22And on account of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,” 23because they have perpetrated outrage in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them; I am the one who knows and bears witness, says the Lord.

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    上帝透過耶利米讓猶大百姓知道,被擄的人是到上帝賜福與保守的人,不會因為他們被帶離家鄉而景況比較差,反倒是他們要好好聽上帝的話,上帝會保守他們,並且給他們歸回的盼望雖然七十年是很久的時間,但是終會到來,上帝應許終會實現,只要他們耐心等候,如同平常一樣度日,不要著急。

    同樣,今日我們要相信主耶穌再來的應許,並且耐心等候,隨時以歡喜快樂的心來應接這日子,上帝的應許絕對不會落空,正如祂應許被擄歸回耶路撒冷,後來真的實現了!

    也因為如此,我們不要受到一些似是而非的話語影響,以為末世要面對上帝的審判是件非常可怕的事,以至於用恐懼感來擄掠地兄姐妹,讓弟兄姊妹以害怕恐懼的心來面對末世,受其控制!真不是真理,真理是讓人得自由,讓人充滿盼望與喜樂來面對耶穌基督的再來!因為耶穌基督在來之時,上帝國就實現了,我們與基督一同做王到永遠!末後的審判,不是讓我們這些屬基督的人下地獄,而是得永生!我們當為此歡呼,上帝的拯救永不落空!

耶利米書29:10-14



29:10 「耶和華如此說:為巴比倫所定的七十年滿了以後,我要眷顧你們,向你們成就我的恩言,使你們仍回此地。
29:11
耶和華說:我知道我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念,不是降災禍的意念,要叫你們末後有指望。
29:12
你們要呼求我,禱告我,我就應允你們。
29:13
你們尋求我,若專心尋求我,就必尋見。
29:14
耶和華說:我必被你們尋見,我也必使你們被擄的人歸回,將你們從各國中和我所趕你們到的各處招聚了來,又將你們帶回我使你們被擄掠離開的地方。這是耶和華說的。


10 For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon’s seventy years are completed will I visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 11For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. 12Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. 13When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, 14I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.  

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    上帝對人的態度,就如上帝透過先知耶利米所說的話:「我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念,不是降災禍的意念,要叫你們末後有指望。不僅如此,上帝更對猶大人宣告;「為巴比倫所定的七十年滿了以後,我要眷顧你們,向你們成就我的恩言,使你們仍回此地。

    從這裡我們了解:上帝的心意是盼望與人建立正確合宜的關係。然而人常常是想到自己,只是要脫離和上帝的關係。也因此稱為上帝選民的以色列,常常是以違背上帝所頒布的律法,來展現他們的悖逆!導致後來發生滅國的命運,人民被擄,四散在世界各處。

    雖然如此,上帝仍然要召聚他們回來,仍然盼望他們悔改歸向祂,甚至在猶大國被滅七十年後,猶大的百姓歸回耶路撒冷,重建聖殿並恢復耶和華的敬拜。這一切都說明,上帝盼望人的悔改,重新與祂合好的心意。而在這末世,上帝更透過耶穌基督來成就這事。

2017年9月2日 星期六

耶利米書29章

         耶利米書29:1-9  , 

         耶利米書29:10-14   ,   耶利米書29:11-13   ,

          耶利米書29:11 , 耶利米書29:11  ,

          耶利米書29:13  ,

          耶利米書29:15-23 ,

          耶利米書29:24-32   ,

耶利米書29:1-9



29:1 先知耶利米從耶路撒冷寄信與被擄的祭司、先知,和眾民,並生存的長老,就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷擄到巴比倫去的。
29:2
(這在耶哥尼雅王和太后、太監,並猶大、耶路撒冷的首領,以及工匠、鐵匠都離了耶路撒冷以後。)
29:3
他藉沙番的兒子以利亞薩和希勒家的兒子基瑪利的手寄去。他們二人是猶大王西底家打發往巴比倫去見尼布甲尼撒王的。
29:4
信上說:「萬軍之耶和華以色列的上帝對一切被擄去的(就是我使他們從耶路撒冷被擄到巴比倫的人)如此說:
29:5
你們要蓋造房屋,住在其中;栽種田園,吃其中所產的;
29:6
娶妻生兒女,為你們的兒子娶妻,使你們的女兒嫁人,生兒養女。在那裡生養眾多,不致減少。
29:7
我所使你們被擄到的那城,你們要為那城求平安,為那城禱告耶和華;因為那城得平安,你們也隨著得平安。
29:8
萬軍之耶和華以色列的上帝如此說:不要被你們中間的先知和占卜的誘惑,也不要聽信自己所做的夢;
29:9
因為他們託我的名對你們說假預言,我並沒有差遣他們。這是耶和華說的。


These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2This was after King Jeconiah, and the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the artisans, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem. 3The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah sent to Babylon to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. It said: 4Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. 6Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. 7But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. 8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let the prophets and the diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, 9for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, says the Lord.

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    上帝透過先知耶利米寫信給在巴比倫被擄的祭司、先知,和眾民,並生存的長老,要他們在那裏「為那城求平安,為那城禱告耶和華;因為那城得平安,你們也隨著得平安」。但是不要受到假先知的影響,上帝告訴他們:「不要被你們中間的先知和占卜的誘惑,也不要聽信自己所做的夢;因為他們託我的名對你們說假預言,我並沒有差遣他們。」

    說到此,讓我們感受到假先知使得這些被擄的人,心裡沒有安定。因為他們一直說上帝要他們回去耶路撒冷,以致無法再被擄之地安定的生活,隨時都想回去故土。

    先知在此說出猶太人為何在世界各地都受到賜福的原因:就是「為那城求平安,為那城禱告耶和華;因為那城得平安,你們也隨著得平安」。在新約時代保羅更說到:「為君王和一切在位的,也該如此,使我們可以敬虔、端正、平安無事地度日。」(提前2:2

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