2020年5月24日 星期日

詩篇89:1-52


89:1 (以斯拉人以探的訓誨詩。)我要歌唱耶和華的慈愛,直到永遠;我要用口將你的信實傳與萬代。
89:2
因我曾說:你的慈悲必建立到永遠;你的信實必堅立在天上。
89:3
我與我所揀選的人立了約,向我的僕人大衛起了誓:
89:4
我要建立你的後裔,直到永遠;要建立你的寶座,直到萬代。(細拉)
89:5
耶和華啊,諸天要稱讚你的奇事;在聖者的會中,要稱讚你的信實。
89:6
在天空誰能比耶和華呢?上帝的眾子中,誰能像耶和華呢?
89:7
他在聖者的會中,是大有威嚴的上帝,比一切在他四圍的更可畏懼。
89:8
耶和華萬軍之上帝啊,哪一個大能者像你耶和華?你的信實是在你的四圍。
89:9
你管轄海的狂傲;波浪翻騰,你就使它平靜了。
89:10
你打碎了拉哈伯,似乎是已殺的人;你用有能的膀臂打散了你的仇敵。
89:11
天屬你,地也屬你;世界和其中所充滿的都為你所建立。
89:12
南北為你所創造;他泊和黑門都因你的名歡呼。
89:13
你有大能的膀臂;你的手有力,你的右手也高舉。
89:14
公義和公平是你寶座的根基;慈愛和誠實行在你前面。
89:15
知道向你歡呼的,那民是有福的!耶和華啊,他們在你臉上的光裡行走。
89:16
他們因你的名終日歡樂,因你的公義得以高舉。
89:17
你是他們力量的榮耀;因為你喜悅我們,我們的角必被高舉。
89:18
我們的盾牌屬耶和華;我們的王屬以色列的聖者。
89:19
當時,你在異象中曉諭你的聖民,說:我已把救助之力加在那有能者的身上;我高舉那從民中所揀選的。
89:20
我尋得我的僕人大衛,用我的聖膏膏他。
89:21
我的手必使他堅立;我的膀臂也必堅固他。
89:22
仇敵必不勒索他;凶惡之子也不苦害他。
89:23
我要在他面前打碎他的敵人,擊殺那恨他的人。
89:24
只是我的信實和我的慈愛要與他同在;因我的名,他的角必被高舉。
89:25
我要使他的左手伸到海上,右手伸到河上。
89:26
他要稱呼我說:你是我的父,是我的上帝,是拯救我的磐石。
89:27
我也要立他為長子,為世上最高的君王。
89:28
我要為他存留我的慈愛,直到永遠;我與他立的約必要堅定。
89:29
我也要使他的後裔存到永遠,使他的寶座如天之久。
89:30
倘若他的子孫離棄我的律法,不照我的典章行,
89:31
背棄我的律例,不遵守我的誡命,
89:32
我就要用杖責罰他們的過犯,用鞭責罰他們的罪孽。
89:33
只是我必不將我的慈愛全然收回,也必不叫我的信實廢棄。
89:34
我必不背棄我的約,也不改變我口中所出的。
89:35
我一次指著自己的聖潔起誓:我決不向大衛說謊!
89:36
他的後裔要存到永遠;他的寶座在我面前如日之恆一般,
89:37
又如月亮永遠堅立,如天上確實的見證。(細拉)
89:38
但你惱怒你的受膏者,就丟掉棄絕他。
89:39
你厭惡了與僕人所立的約,將他的冠冕踐踏於地。
89:40
你拆毀了他一切的籬笆,使他的保障變為荒場。
89:41
凡過路的人都搶奪他;他成為鄰邦的羞辱。
89:42
你高舉了他敵人的右手;你叫他一切的仇敵歡喜。
89:43
你叫他的刀劍捲刃,叫他在爭戰之中站立不住。
89:44
你使他的光輝止息,將他的寶座推倒於地。
89:45
你減少他青年的日子,又使他蒙羞。(細拉)
89:46
耶和華啊,這要到幾時呢?你要將自己隱藏到永遠嗎?你的忿怒如火焚燒要到幾時呢?
89:47
求你想念我的時候是何等的短少;你創造世人,要使他們歸何等的虛空呢?
89:48
誰能常活免死、救他的靈魂脫離陰間的權柄呢?(細拉)
89:49
主啊,你從前憑你的信實向大衛立誓要施行的慈愛在哪裡呢?
89:50
主啊,求你記念僕人們所受的羞辱,記念我怎樣將一切強盛民的羞辱存在我懷裡。
89:51
耶和華啊,你的仇敵用這羞辱羞辱了你的僕人,羞辱了你受膏者的腳蹤。
89:52
耶和華是應當稱頌的,直到永遠。阿們!阿們!

A maskil[b] of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever;
    with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
    through all generations.
I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
    that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
    I have sworn to David my servant,
‘I will establish your line forever
    and make your throne firm through all generations.’”[c]
The heavens praise your wonders, Lord,
    your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?
    Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?
In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.
Who is like you, Lord God Almighty?
    You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.
You rule over the surging sea;
    when its waves mount up, you still them.
10 You crushed Rahab like one of the slain;
    with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.
11 The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;
    you founded the world and all that is in it.
12 You created the north and the south;
    Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
13 Your arm is endowed with power;
    your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    love and faithfulness go before you.
15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you,
    who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
16 They rejoice in your name all day long;
    they celebrate your righteousness.
17 For you are their glory and strength,
    and by your favor you exalt our horn.[d]
18 Indeed, our shield[e] belongs to the Lord,
    our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 Once you spoke in a vision,
    to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
    I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
    with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
    surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;
    the wicked will not oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
    and strike down his adversaries.
24 My faithful love will be with him,
    and through my name his horn[f] will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea,
    his right hand over the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
    my God, the Rock my Savior.’
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,
    the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
    and my covenant with him will never fail.
29 I will establish his line forever,
    his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 “If his sons forsake my law
    and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
    and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
    their iniquity with flogging;
33 but I will not take my love from him,
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
    and I will not lie to David—
36 that his line will continue forever
    and his throne endure before me like the sun;
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
    the faithful witness in the sky.”
38 But you have rejected, you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
    and have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken through all his walls
    and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered him;
    he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
    you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 Indeed, you have turned back the edge of his sword
    and have not supported him in battle.
44 You have put an end to his splendor
    and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
    you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?
49 Lord, where is your former great love,
    which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[g] been mocked,
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
52 Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen.

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    在這個詩篇中看到1-37節是讚美詩,38-51節是哀歌,52節又轉回讚美,並且用兩次的「阿們」來堅定心中的讚美!

    詩人為何如此寫作呢?有學者認為這首詩歌的背景是《列王記下》248-17節。記載巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒攻陷耶路撒冷,猶大王約雅斤被擄為背景的詩。讓人感覺上帝似乎棄絕以色列,忘記祂與大衛所立的永約。

    52節又轉回讚美,有可能是被擄歸回之後,後人加上去的,因為上帝並沒有永遠棄絕以色列,仍然看守大衛家!但是,也又一說是心中得著上帝所給的保證,相信上帝是信實的,因此轉而讚美上帝,雖然尚未發生,但是相信上帝必做成!

    其實基督徒的生命經歷中,常常是楚於「已經發生但尚未完全成就」(already but not yet)!也因為如此,我們才能明白甚麼是忍耐與盼望!就是有這樣的信念,我們確定耶穌基督必再來,上帝國必定實現!因為,我們的基督已經得勝死亡,升天坐在上帝的右邊了!





2020年5月23日 星期六

希 伯 來 書 4:14-16

14 我 們既 然 有 一 位 已 經 升 入 高 天 尊 榮 的 大 祭 司 , 就 是 神 的 兒 子 耶 穌 , 便 當 持 定 所 承 認 的 道 。
15 因 我 們 的 大 祭 司 並 非 不 能體 恤 我 們 的 軟 弱 。 他 也 曾 凡 事 受 過 試 探 , 與 我 們 一 樣 , 只 是 他 沒 有 犯 罪 。
16 所 以 , 我 們 只 管 坦 然 無 懼的 來 到 施 恩 的 寶 座 前 , 為 要 得 憐 恤 , 蒙 恩 惠 , 作 隨 時 的 幫 助 。

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這是多麼鼓勵人之信息:『我 。』

因為我們有一位大祭司耶穌基督。這位大祭司是上帝和人之間之中保,祂爲我們的罪,親自成為贖罪祭物,為我們獻上它的生命,流血捨身,祂是完全之上帝也是完全的人,所以祂的贖罪有完全之功效,一次獻上就讓我們過去、現在、即將來之最全部贖清。

更可貴是:『因 。』

所以我們要勇敢面對我們之罪性及罪行,因為耶穌基督已經為我們解決了,只要我們勇敢在上帝面前認罪、悔改—立志遠離惡行並積極遵行上帝之律法。因為主赦罪之應許已賜給我們。當我們體會到上帝之赦罪大恩時,我們自然而然會寬恕別人,因為主先赦免我們的罪,而得罪我們之人他願意認錯,我們也當像主赦免我們一樣原諒他。當然,要是我們得罪或虧欠人,除了求主赦免外,更要主動請求原諒與補償,盡我們該做的!

因為十字架之救恩,包括上帝與人之和好及人與人和好,因為十字架的功效是:恢復與復和—恢復上帝與人、人與人正確之關係!

約書亞記5:1-15


5:1 約旦河西亞摩利人的諸王和靠海迦南人的諸王,聽見耶和華在以色列人前面使約旦河的水乾了,等到我們過去,他們的心因以色列人的緣故就消化了,不再有膽氣。
5:2
那時,耶和華吩咐約書亞說:「你製造火石刀,第二次給以色列人行割禮。」
5:3
約書亞就製造了火石刀,在「除皮山」那裡給以色列人行割禮。
5:4
約書亞行割禮的緣故,是因為從埃及出來的眾民,就是一切能打仗的男丁,出了埃及以後,都死在曠野的路上。
5:5
因為出來的眾民都受過割禮;惟獨出埃及以後、在曠野的路上所生的眾民都沒有受過割禮。
5:6
以色列人在曠野走了四十年,等到國民,就是出埃及的兵丁,都消滅了,因為他們沒有聽從耶和華的話。耶和華曾向他們起誓,必不容他們看見耶和華向他們列祖起誓、應許賜給我們的地,就是流奶與蜜之地。
5:7
他們的子孫,就是耶和華所興起來接續他們的,都沒有受過割禮;因為在路上沒有給他們行割禮,約書亞這才給他們行了。
5:8
國民都受完了割禮,就住在營中自己的地方,等到痊癒了。
5:9
耶和華對約書亞說:「我今日將埃及的羞辱從你們身上滾去了。」因此,那地方名叫吉甲(就是滾的意思),直到今日。
5:10
以色列人在吉甲安營。正月十四日晚上,在耶利哥的平原守逾越節。
5:11
逾越節的次日,他們就吃了那地的出產;正當那日吃無酵餅和烘的穀。
5:12
他們吃了那地的出產,第二日嗎哪就止住了,以色列人也不再有嗎哪了。那一年,他們卻吃迦南地的出產。
5:13
約書亞靠近耶利哥的時候,舉目觀看,不料,有一個人手裡有拔出來的刀,對面站立。約書亞到他那裡,問他說:「你是幫助我們呢,是幫助我們敵人呢?」
5:14
他回答說:「不是的,我來是要作耶和華軍隊的元帥。」約書亞就俯伏在地下拜,說:「我主有甚麼話吩咐僕人。」
5:15
耶和華軍隊的元帥對約書亞說:「把你腳上的鞋脫下來,因為你所站的地方是聖的。」約書亞就照著行了。

 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they[a] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.
At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.[b]
Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt. All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not. The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.
Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[c] to this day.
10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12 The manna stopped the day after[d] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.
13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord[e] have for his servant?”
15 The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

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    我們的生命有時候需要重整之後再出發,就像以色列人過了約旦河,上帝沒有讓他們冒進繼續向前征戰,反而讓他們在吉甲接受割禮之後,並且在那裏休息和養傷。

    在吉甲上帝也讓他們回顧過去的歷史:「以色列人在曠野走了四十年,等到國民,就是出埃及的兵丁,都消滅了,因為他們沒有聽從耶和華的話。耶和華曾向他們起誓,必不容他們看見耶和華向他們列祖起誓、應許賜給我們的地,就是流奶與蜜之地他們的子孫,就是耶和華所興起來接續他們的,都沒有受過割禮;因為在路上沒有給他們行割禮,約書亞這才給他們行了。」

    不僅如此,他們還在吉甲過逾越節,上帝更是宣告:「我今日將埃及的羞辱從你們身上滾去了。」

    上帝在我們的生命中也是如此的對待,他從世界拯救我們,也使「魔鬼僕役」的羞辱從我們身上滾去,讓我們得著「上帝兒女」的榮耀,使我們不再受到罪和死的轄制,而是獲得生命和聖靈,成為上帝兒女的保證,成為真自由的人!

    當以色列人身上埃及的羞辱滾去時,約書亞遇見「耶和華軍隊的元帥」,使以色列民有真正的元帥!同樣,今日我們成為上帝的兒女,耶穌基督就成為我們的元帥,帶領我們得上帝國之榮耀境為永遠產業!




2020年5月22日 星期五

詩篇88篇

         詩篇88:1-18  ,

詩篇88:1-18


88:1 (可拉後裔的詩歌,就是以斯拉人希幔的訓誨詩,交與伶長。調用麻哈拉利暗俄。)耶和華拯救我的上帝啊,我晝夜在你面前呼籲。
88:2
願我的禱告達到你面前;求你側耳聽我的呼求!
88:3
因為我心裡滿了患難;我的性命臨近陰間。
88:4
我算和下坑的人同列,如同無力(或譯:沒有幫助)的人一樣。
88:5
我被丟在死人中,好像被殺的人躺在墳墓裡。他們是你不再記念的,與你隔絕了。
88:6
你把我放在極深的坑裡,在黑暗地方,在深處。
88:7
你的忿怒重壓我身;你用一切的波浪困住我。(細拉)
88:8
你把我所認識的隔在遠處,使我為他們所憎惡;我被拘困,不得出來。
88:9
我的眼睛因困苦而乾癟。耶和華啊,我天天求告你,向你舉手。
88:10
你豈要行奇事給死人看嗎?難道陰魂還能起來稱讚你嗎?(細拉)
88:11
豈能在墳墓裡述說你的慈愛嗎?豈能在滅亡中述說你的信實嗎?
88:12
你的奇事豈能在幽暗裡被知道嗎?你的公義豈能在忘記之地被知道嗎?
88:13
耶和華啊,我呼求你;我早晨的禱告要達到你面前。
88:14
耶和華啊,你為何丟棄我?為何掩面不顧我?
88:15
我自幼受苦,幾乎死亡;我受你的驚恐,甚至慌張。
88:16
你的烈怒漫過我身;你的驚嚇把我剪除。
88:17
這些終日如水環繞我,一齊都來圍困我。
88:18
你把我的良朋密友隔在遠處,使我所認識的人進入黑暗裡。

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
Lord, you are the God who saves me;
    day and night I cry out to you.
May my prayer come before you;
    turn your ear to my cry.
I am overwhelmed with troubles
    and my life draws near to death.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
    I am like one without strength.
I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off from your care.
You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.
Your wrath lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
You have taken from me my closest friends
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
    my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness in Destruction?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 But I cry to you for help, Lord;
    in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why, Lord, do you reject me
    and hide your face from me?
15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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    有許多人認為環境是上帝的作為,所以不能接受自己在苦難的環境中,正如作者感受到自己好像被上帝遺棄一般!因為環境的一切都是對他不利,讓他感受到充滿挫折,於是向上帝抱怨:「因為我心裡滿了患難;我的性命臨近陰間。我算和下坑的人同列,如同無力(或譯:沒有幫助)的人一樣。我被丟在死人中,好像被殺的人躺在墳墓裡。他們是你不再記念的,與你隔絕了。你把我放在極深的坑裡,在黑暗地方,在深處。你的忿怒重壓我身;你用一切的波浪困住我。」

    但是我們仔細想想,我們所處的世界是怎樣的情況呢?是一個魔鬼所掌權的地方,是充滿苦難的地方,是充滿罪惡和不義的地方,我們更要因基督的名與這個世界格格不入,正如使徒保羅所說:「因我們並不是與屬血氣的爭戰(原文是摔跤;下同),乃是與那些執政的、掌權的、管轄這幽暗世界的,以及天空屬靈氣的惡魔爭戰。」(以弗所書6:12

    我們不要忘記:魔鬼、世界、肉體,是基督徒屬靈爭戰中天天要面對的三合一仇敵。也因此,詩人的苦悶也是我們會面對,是上帝所允許!正如保羅勉勵哥林多教會:「我們在一切患難中,他(上帝)就安慰我們,叫我們能用上帝所賜的安慰去安慰那遭各樣患難的人。我們既多受基督的苦楚,就靠基督多得安慰。我們受患難呢,是為叫你們得安慰,得拯救;我們得安慰呢,也是為叫你們得安慰;這安慰能叫你們忍受我們所受的那樣苦楚。」(哥林多後書1:4-6)

    也願上帝安慰在各樣苦難中的人正如祂必安慰寫這首詩的詩人以及讀這首詩的讀者們雖然在世上有苦難在基督裡卻有平安

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