以賽亞書51:12-16

51:12 惟有我，是安慰你們的。你是誰，竟怕那必死的人？怕那要變如草的世人？
51:13 卻忘記鋪張諸天、立定地基、創造你的耶和華？又因欺壓者圖謀毀滅要發的暴怒，整天害怕，其實那欺壓者的暴怒在哪裡呢？
51:14 被擄去的快得釋放，必不死而下坑；他的食物也不致缺乏。
51:15 我是耶和華─你的上帝─攪動大海，使海中的波浪匉訇─萬軍之耶和華是我的名。
51:16 我將我的話傳給你，用我的手影遮蔽你，為要栽定諸天，立定地基，又對錫安說：你是我的百姓。

12

I, I am he who comforts you;

why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die,

a human being who fades like grass?

13

You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,

who stretched out the heavens

and laid the foundations of the earth.

You fear continually all day long

because of the fury of the oppressor,

who is bent on destruction.

But where is the fury of the oppressor?

14

The oppressed shall speedily be released;

they shall not die and go down to the Pit,

nor shall they lack bread.

15

For I am the Lord your God,

who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—

the Lord of hosts is his name.

16

I have put my words in your mouth,

and hidden you in the shadow of my hand,

stretching out the heavens

and laying the foundations of the earth,

and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”

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    上帝藉由自己的大能來宣告祂拯救的決心，要猶大百姓敬畏和倚靠上帝，尋求上帝的安慰，不具要懼怕人的威脅，不要懼怕君王，因為上帝勝過這一切，祂是掌管萬有的上帝。

    也因此，上帝透過耶穌基督來撿選我們成為他的兒女，是多麼有福啊！雖然，會受到許多的逼迫，主耶穌也勉勵過門徒：「那殺身體、不能殺靈魂的，不要怕他們；惟有能把身體和靈魂都滅在地獄裡的，正要怕他。」（馬太福音10:28）

    同樣，今日我們要是真的敬畏上帝，我們必定有勇氣來面對從人而來的壓力、脅迫、傷害、…。因此，我們要常存敬畏上帝的心，就可以成為的得勝的兒女，不怕惡人的攻擊！

以賽亞書51:9-11

51:9 耶和華的膀臂啊，興起！興起！以能力為衣穿上，像古時的年日、上古的世代興起一樣。從前砍碎拉哈伯、刺透大魚的，不是你嗎？
51:10 使海與深淵的水乾涸、使海的深處變為贖民經過之路的，不是你嗎？
51:11 耶和華救贖的民必歸回，歌唱來到錫安；永樂必歸到他們的頭上。他們必得著歡喜快樂；憂愁歎息盡都逃避。

9

Awake, awake, put on strength,

O arm of the Lord!

Awake, as in days of old,

the generations of long ago!

Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,

who pierced the dragon?

10

Was it not you who dried up the sea,

the waters of the great deep;

who made the depths of the sea a way

for the redeemed to cross over?

11

So the ransomed of the Lord shall return,

and come to Zion with singing;

everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;

they shall obtain joy and gladness,

and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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    這是先知以賽亞的禱告，他盼望上帝拯救猶大，使猶大的百姓歸回故地，雖然將來會被巴比倫人擄到外地去！所以，祂向上帝乎求：「耶和華的膀臂啊，興起！興起！以能力為衣穿上，像古時的年日、上古的世代興起一樣。」

    他相信上帝必定成就拯救得大事，所以勇敢宣告：「耶和華救贖的民必歸回，歌唱來到錫安；永樂必歸到他們的頭上。他們必得著歡喜快樂；憂愁歎息盡都逃避。」

    這也讓我們看見蒙救贖的記號，就是「喜樂」！一個被上帝拯救的人必定快樂讚美上帝，正如詩歌所說：「快樂！快樂！我們崇拜，榮耀上主，愛之神！」

以賽亞書51章

        以賽亞書51:1-8   , 

        以賽亞書51:1  , 以賽亞書51:1  ,

        以賽亞書51:2 , 以賽亞書51:3 ,

        以賽亞書51:4-6   ,

        以賽亞書51:7-8 ,

       以賽亞書51:9-11   , 以賽亞書51:11 ,

       以賽亞書51:12-16 , 以賽亞書51:12  ,

        以賽亞書51:17-23  ,

以賽亞書51:1-8

51:1 你們這追求公義、尋求耶和華的，當聽我言！你們要追想被鑿而出的磐石，被挖而出的巖穴。
51:2 要追想你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕和生養你們的撒拉；因為亞伯拉罕獨自一人的時候，我選召他，賜福與他，使他人數增多。
51:3 耶和華已經安慰錫安和錫安一切的荒場，使曠野像伊甸，使沙漠像耶和華的園囿；在其中必有歡喜、快樂、感謝，和歌唱的聲音。
51:4 我的百姓啊，要向我留心；我的國民哪，要向我側耳；因為訓誨必從我而出；我必堅定我的公理為萬民之光。
51:5 我的公義臨近；我的救恩發出。我的膀臂要審判萬民；海島都要等候我，倚賴我的膀臂。
51:6 你們要向天舉目，觀看下地；因為天必像煙雲消散，地必如衣服漸漸舊了；其上的居民也要如此死亡（如此死亡：或譯像蠓蟲死亡）。惟有我的救恩永遠長存；我的公義也不廢掉。
51:7 知道公義、將我訓誨存在心中的民，要聽我言！不要怕人的辱罵，也不要因人的毀謗驚惶。
51:8 因為蛀蟲必咬他們，好像咬衣服；蟲子必咬他們，如同咬羊絨。惟有我的公義永遠長存，我的救恩直到萬代。

Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness,

you that seek the Lord.

Look to the rock from which you were hewn,

and to the quarry from which you were dug.

2

Look to Abraham your father

and to Sarah who bore you;

for he was but one when I called him,

but I blessed him and made him many.

3

For the Lord will comfort Zion;

he will comfort all her waste places,

and will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the garden of the Lord;

joy and gladness will be found in her,

thanksgiving and the voice of song.

4

Listen to me, my people,

and give heed to me, my nation;

for a teaching will go out from me,

and my justice for a light to the peoples.

5

I will bring near my deliverance swiftly,

my salvation has gone out

and my arms will rule the peoples;

the coastlands wait for me,

and for my arm they hope.

6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens,

and look at the earth beneath;

for the heavens will vanish like smoke,

the earth will wear out like a garment,

and those who live on it will die like gnats;

but my salvation will be forever,

and my deliverance will never be ended.

7

Listen to me, you who know righteousness,

you people who have my teaching in your hearts;

do not fear the reproach of others,

and do not be dismayed when they revile you.

8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment,

and the worm will eat them like wool;

but my deliverance will be forever,

and my salvation to all generations.

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    約翰一書2章17節：「這世界和其上的情慾都要過去，惟獨遵行上帝旨意的，是永遠常存。」

    正如上帝透過先知以賽亞說：「惟有我的救恩永遠長存；我的公義也不廢掉。」「惟有我的公義永遠長存，我的救恩直到萬代。」

    遵行上帝旨意的人，不是自己來的，是要靠上帝的公義和救恩。所以，人能夠信主，是因為上帝的恩典和憐憫！

以賽亞書50章

      以賽亞書50:1-11  ,

      以賽亞書50:4  , 以賽亞書50:10    ,

以賽亞書50:1-11

50:1 耶和華如此說：我休你們的母親，休書在哪裡呢？我將你們賣給我哪一個債主呢？你們被賣，是因你們的罪孽；你們的母親被休，是因你們的過犯。
50:2 我來的時候，為何無人等候呢？我呼喚的時候，為何無人答應呢？我的膀臂豈是縮短、不能救贖嗎？我豈無拯救之力嗎？看哪，我一斥責，海就乾了；我使江河變為曠野；其中的魚因無水腥臭，乾渴而死。
50:3 我使諸天以黑暗為衣服，以麻布為遮蓋。
50:4 主耶和華賜我受教者的舌頭，使我知道怎樣用言語扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能聽，像受教者一樣。
50:5 主耶和華開通我的耳朵；我並沒有違背，也沒有退後。
50:6 人打我的背，我任他打；人拔我腮頰的鬍鬚，我由他拔；人辱我，吐我，我並不掩面。
50:7 主耶和華必幫助我，所以我不抱愧。我硬著臉面好像堅石；我也知道我必不致蒙羞。
50:8 稱我為義的與我相近；誰與我爭論，可以與我一同站立；誰與我作對，可以就近我來。
50:9 主耶和華要幫助我；誰能定我有罪呢？他們都像衣服漸漸舊了，為蛀蟲所咬。
50:10 你們中間誰是敬畏耶和華、聽從他僕人之話的？這人行在暗中，沒有亮光。當倚靠耶和華的名，仗賴自己的上帝。
50:11 凡你們點火，用火把圍繞自己的可以行在你們的火焰裡，並你們所點的火把中。這是我手所定的：你們必躺在悲慘之中。

Thus says the Lord:

Where is your mother’s bill of divorce

with which I put her away?

Or which of my creditors is it

to whom I have sold you?

No, because of your sins you were sold,

and for your transgressions your mother was put away.

2

Why was no one there when I came?

Why did no one answer when I called?

Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no power to deliver?

By my rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make the rivers a desert;

their fish stink for lack of water,

and die of thirst.

3

I clothe the heavens with blackness,

and make sackcloth their covering.

4

The Lord God has given me

the tongue of a teacher,

that I may know how to sustain

the weary with a word.

Morning by morning he wakens—

wakens my ear

to listen as those who are taught.

5

The Lord God has opened my ear,

and I was not rebellious,

I did not turn backward.

6

I gave my back to those who struck me,

and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;

I did not hide my face

from insult and spitting.

7

The Lord God helps me;

therefore I have not been disgraced;

therefore I have set my face like flint,

and I know that I shall not be put to shame;

8

he who vindicates me is near.

Who will contend with me?

Let us stand up together.

Who are my adversaries?

Let them confront me.

9

It is the Lord God who helps me;

who will declare me guilty?

All of them will wear out like a garment;

the moth will eat them up.

10

Who among you fears the Lord

and obeys the voice of his servant,

who walks in darkness

and has no light,

yet trusts in the name of the Lord

and relies upon his God?

11

But all of you are kindlers of fire,

lighters of firebrands.

Walk in the flame of your fire,

and among the brands that you have kindled!

This is what you shall have from my hand:

you shall lie down in torment.

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    在人的生命中常常受到責備的影響，不管是別人的責備或是自責。然而這些責備常常是不公正，也不完全。因人對自己和別人的認識有限，也常常誤解。然而唯一有資格責備人的只有上帝，因為祂是全知全能的！所以，先知會說：「主耶和華必幫助我，所以我不抱愧。」「主耶和華要幫助我；誰能定我有罪呢？」

    也因為如此，人可以倚靠上帝勝過別人的責備和自我的責備，可以靠著主耶穌的恩典接納自己並在人面前勇敢站立，展現真正的自信。這是，從認清自己按照上帝的形象和樣式受造而開始的，並且相信耶穌的救贖的大功，沒有誰能定我們的罪。

    所以，基督徒雖然在傳福音時指明人有罪的事實，但這不是說上帝賦予我們定別人和自己的罪之權柄。而是要使人清楚需要倚靠上帝在基督裡的豐盛救恩，靠主耶穌的恩典勝過罪惡，不是靠責備勝過罪惡，所以馬丁路德宣告：「勇敢的犯罪吧！」