馬太福音28章

        馬太福音28:1-10  ,  馬 太 福 音 28:2-7  ,

        馬太福音28:11-15 ,

        馬太福音28:16-20   ,  馬太福音28:19  ,   馬太福音28:20   , 馬太福音28:20  ,

馬太福音28:20

凡我所吩咐你們的，都教訓他們遵守，我就常與你們同在，直到世界的末了。

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

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    我在教會主日崇拜後的祝福中，常常喜歡用：「上帝與你們同在，直到世界的末了。」

    剛開始覺得很奇怪，我怎麼會用這種說法，因為大部分的牧者會說：「上帝與與你們同在，直到永遠」。可是我讀了這段經文之後，才明白為何會這麼順地說：「直到世界的末了」。因為主耶穌給門徒的祝福，就是如此。

    然而就希臘文的意思翻譯應該是：「看哪！所有日子中我與你們在一起直到世代的結束」。這表示耶穌基督確確實實的與我們同在，無論在哪個時間或空間！說得更貼切是，主是在每一個「此時」、「此地」與我們同在！就是現在、就是這裡！主沒有一刻、沒有一處離開我們！讓我們珍惜此時此地，不要把希望放在遠處和將來。

以西結書14:12-23

14:12 耶和華的話臨到我說：

14:13 「人子啊，若有一國犯罪干犯我，我也向他伸手折斷他們的杖，就是斷絕他們的糧，使饑荒臨到那地，將人與牲畜從其中剪除；

14:14 其中雖有挪亞、但以理、約伯這三人，他們只能因他們的義救自己的性命。這是主耶和華說的。

14:15 我若使惡獸經過糟踐那地，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

14:16 雖有這三人在其中，主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，他們連兒帶女都不能得救，只能自己得救，那地仍然荒涼。

14:17 或者我使刀劍臨到那地，說：刀劍哪，要經過那地，以致我將人與牲畜從其中剪除；

14:18 雖有這三人在其中，主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，他們連兒帶女都不能得救，只能自己得救。

14:19 或者我叫瘟疫流行那地，使我滅命（原文是帶血）的忿怒傾在其上，好將人與牲畜從其中剪除；

14:20 雖有挪亞、但以理、約伯在其中，主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，他們連兒帶女都不能救，只能因他們的義救自己的性命。」

14:21 主耶和華如此說：「我將這四樣大災─就是刀劍、饑荒、惡獸、瘟疫降在耶路撒冷，將人與牲畜從其中剪除，豈不更重嗎？

14:22 然而其中必有剩下的人，他們連兒帶女必帶到你們這裡來，你們看見他們所行所為的，要因我降給耶路撒冷的一切災禍，便得了安慰。

14:23 你們看見他們所行所為的，得了安慰，就知道我在耶路撒冷中所行的並非無故。這是主耶和華說的。」

And the word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,  even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

  “If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts,  even if these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

“Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, and I cut off from it man and beast,  though these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

  “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast,  even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

  “For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast! But behold, some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.  They will console you, when you see their ways and their deeds, and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, declares the Lord God.”

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    饑荒、刀劍、惡獸、瘟疫一定降臨，不能因為少數義人扭轉結局，就如經文中說到：「其中雖有挪亞、但以理、約伯這三人，他們只能因他們的義救自己的性命。」「雖有這三人在其中，主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，他們連兒帶女都不能得救，只能自己得救，…」

    這一段經文主要是說「義人自己的行為也不能救敗壞的國家」，自己必須為自己的行為負責。被擄到巴比倫的人行為依然敗壞，所以看到的人會說這樣敗壞的一羣人，還可以剩下不少人到巴比倫來，上帝真是憐憫以色列人了。而且也會知道上帝讓四樣災禍臨到耶路撒冷，實在是合情合理的（耶路撒冷是罪有應得）。

    而這樣的說法，就是要告訴我們，人不要為自己臨到的災難感到吃驚，會有這些災難發生，是要提醒人不要再繼續遠離上帝，悖逆創造我們的主，要悔改歸向祂，靠耶穌基督修復與上帝重新有合宜和正確的關係。

以西結書14章

     以西結書14:1-11    , 

     以西結書14:12-23  ,

     以西結書14章12-23節  ,

以西結書14:1-11

14:1 有幾個以色列長老到我這裡來，坐在我面前。

14:2 耶和華的話就臨到我說：

14:3 「人子啊，這些人已將他們的假神接到心裡，把陷於罪的絆腳石放在面前，我豈能絲毫被他們求問嗎？

14:4 所以你要告訴他們：『主耶和華如此說：以色列家的人中，凡將他的假神接到心裡，把陷於罪的絆腳石放在面前，又就了先知來的，我─耶和華在他所求的事上，必按他眾多的假神回答他（或譯：必按他拜許多假神的罪報應他），

14:5 好在以色列家的心事上捉住他們，因為他們都藉著假神與我生疏。』

14:6 「所以你要告訴以色列家說：『主耶和華如此說：回頭吧！離開你們的偶像，轉臉莫從你們一切可憎的事。』

14:7 因為以色列家的人，或在以色列中寄居的外人，凡與我隔絕，將他的假神接到心裡，把陷於罪的絆腳石放在面前，又就了先知來要為自己的事求問我的，我─耶和華必親自回答他。

14:8 我必向那人變臉，使他作了警戒，笑談，令人驚駭，並且我要將他從我民中剪除；你們就知道我是耶和華。

14:9 先知若被迷惑說一句預言，是我─耶和華任那先知受迷惑，我也必向他伸手，將他從我民以色列中除滅。

14:10 他們必擔當自己的罪孽。先知的罪孽和求問之人的罪孽都是一樣，

14:11 好使以色列家不再走迷離開我，不再因各樣的罪過玷污自己，只要作我的子民，我作他們的上帝。這是主耶和華說的。」

1 Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me:3 "Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.

6 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, I the Lord will answer him myself. 8 And I will set my face against that man; I will make him a sign and a byword and cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their punishment —the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike— 11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God."

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    這些長老以及不少多神崇拜者來說，上帝也是諸神之一，多拜多保佑。因此他們還是會來尋求上帝的幫助。但這對耶和華信仰的神（造物者）而言，是一種侮辱。上帝要報應這些多神主義（對耶和華信仰不忠心）的長老，目的是奪回以色列的心，因為這些以色列人已經不認識上帝了。

    上帝一向是這樣的上帝，與上帝立約過的以色列人（包含其中的外國人），崇敬假神又來求問上帝（這樣等於是侮辱造物者），上帝的審判就是「將他們由應許團體中剪除」。以色列的領袖們可能來問先知某些他們想知道的事，但是上帝卻回答他們應該知道的事：「要回頭離開偶像，以免遭災禍」。上帝嚴厲懲罰的背後動機：希望整個信仰羣體不要走迷離開上帝。

    問題是人不喜歡聽上帝嚴厲的話，喜歡聽假先知迎合的話，所以離上帝越來越遠。然而聖經說明上帝容許假先知出現，但祂並不喜悅假先知，上帝要「除滅」假先知與追隨假先知的人們。

    這也提醒我們講道、分享時，是講會衆想聽的還是會衆應該聽的？所謂該聽的就是照聖經的話，忠心與誠實的傳講，求上帝心意清楚傳講而非討好人心，使人真正歸向上帝，而非自己的想像。

以西結書13:17-23

13:17 「人子啊，你要面向本民中、從己心發預言的女子說預言，攻擊她們，

13:18 說主耶和華如此說：『這些婦女有禍了！她們為眾人的膀臂縫靠枕，給高矮之人做下垂的頭巾，為要獵取人的性命。難道你們要獵取我百姓的性命，為利己將人救活嗎？

13:19 你們為兩把大麥，為幾塊餅，在我民中褻瀆我，對肯聽謊言的民說謊，殺死不該死的人，救活不該活的人。』」

13:20 所以主耶和華如此說：「看哪，我與你們的靠枕反對，就是你們用以獵取人、使人的性命如鳥飛的。我要將靠枕從你們的膀臂上扯去，釋放你們獵取如鳥飛的人。

13:21 我也必撕裂你們下垂的頭巾，救我百姓脫離你們的手，不再被獵取，落在你們手中。你們就知道我是耶和華。

13:22 我不使義人傷心，你們卻以謊話使他傷心，又堅固惡人的手，使他不回頭離開惡道得以救活。

13:23 你們就不再見虛假的異象，也不再行占卜的事；我必救我的百姓脫離你們的手；你們就知道我是耶和華。」

17 "And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy against them 18 and say, Thus says the Lord God:Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive? 19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.

20 "Therefore thus says the Lord God:Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the souls like birds. 21 Your veils also I will tear off and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 22 Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life, 23 therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord."

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    上帝的審判就是要將女巫所做的巫術工具破壞掉，也要釋放被她們控制的人們。又指責這些女巫的巫術與上帝的意願相反，讓義人灰心，惡人繼續行惡不回頭。

    其實這也是假先知和假信仰的害人之處，使人無法真正進入基督裡面，只為一切虛空之觀念或做為所綑綁，沒有得著真正的拯救與自由。真的信仰是要人靠耶穌基督的恩惠，得上帝的拯救。不是靠知識、行為、法則、修練、…，一切靠人不靠基督的終究要過去！

    真正的傳道者，是要引人就基督，領受聖靈，盼望永生，相信上帝的國終將實現勝過死亡權勢，使人在上帝國中與基督一同做王到永遠！因為勝利是屬乎上帝與祂的子民！