2016年7月17日 星期日

阿摩司書5:14-17



5:14 你們要求善,不要求惡,就必存活。這樣,耶和華─萬軍之上帝必照你們所說的與你們同在。
5:15 要惡惡好善,在城門口秉公行義;或者耶和華─萬軍之上帝向約瑟的餘民施恩。
5:16 主耶和華─萬軍之上帝如此說:在一切寬闊處必有哀號的聲音;在各街市上必有人說:哀哉!哀哉!又必叫農夫來哭號,叫善唱哀歌的來舉哀。
5:17 在各葡萄園必有哀號的聲音,因為我必從你中間經過。這是耶和華說的。

Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
  Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
  Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord:      
In all the squares there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
  and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.

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    雖然有許多人違背上帝的旨意但是上帝卻為自己存留餘民讓他們繼續將上帝的榮美形象保留下去使上帝的救贖得以成全

    教會在世界上也是扮演上帝餘民的角色所以要活出上帝要我們活的生命就是在聖靈用聖經來引導我們活在基督裡享受上帝兒女的福樂成為上帝國的繼承人

    如此我們就可以見證上帝的榮美表現在地如天的生命


阿摩司書5:10-13



5:10 你們怨恨那在城門口責備人的,憎惡那說正直話的。
5:11 你們踐踏貧民,向他們勒索麥子;你們用鑿過的石頭建造房屋,卻不得住在其內;栽種美好的葡萄園,卻不得喝所出的酒。
5:12 我知道你們的罪過何等多,你們的罪惡何等大。你們苦待義人,收受賄賂,在城門口屈枉窮乏人。
5:13 所以通達人見這樣的時勢必靜默不言,因為時勢真惡。

They hate him who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
  Therefore because you trample on the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
  For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and turn aside the needy in the gate.
  Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,
for it is an evil time.

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    這裡說到以色列人的罪惡:「怨恨那在城門口責備人的,憎惡那說正直話的」、「踐踏貧民,向他們勒索麥子」、「苦待義人,收受賄賂,在城門口屈枉窮乏人」,也因此「用鑿過的石頭建造房屋,卻不得住在其內;栽種美好的葡萄園,卻不得喝所出的酒」。

    因為這樣導致「通達人見這樣的時勢必靜默不言,因為時勢真惡」。這樣下來會有惡性循環,因為人越沒有人警告,越任意而為,也就更得罪上帝,離上帝越遠。

    因此,在教會裡要有謙卑的心,願意接受上帝所差來之傳道人的警戒,讓他們所傳獎給我們的話,謹記在心,尊主耶穌為大,一生以討主喜悅為我們生活的目標。

阿摩司書5章

                      阿摩司書5:1-9   , 阿摩司書5章1-3節  ,

                      阿摩司書5:10-13    ,

                      阿摩司書5:14-17     , 阿摩司書5:14-15   ,

                      阿摩司書5:18-27   ,

阿摩司書5:1-9



5:1 以色列家啊,要聽我為你們所作的哀歌:
5:2 以色列民(原文是處女)跌倒,不得再起;躺在地上,無人攙扶。
5:3 主耶和華如此說:以色列家的城發出一千兵的,只剩一百;發出一百的,只剩十個。
5:4 耶和華向以色列家如此說:你們要尋求我,就必存活。
5:5 不要往伯特利尋求,不要進入吉甲,不要過到別是巴;因為吉甲必被擄掠,伯特利也必歸於無有。
5:6 要尋求耶和華,就必存活,免得他在約瑟家像火發出,在伯特利焚燒,無人撲滅。
5:7 你們這使公平變為茵蔯、將公義丟棄於地的,
5:8 要尋求那造昴星和參星,使死蔭變為晨光,使白日變為黑夜,命海水來澆在地上的─耶和華是他的名;
5:9 他使力強的忽遭滅亡,以致保障遭遇毀壞。

Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:
  “Fallen, no more to rise,
is the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”
  For thus says the Lord God:      
The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”
  For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:      
Seek me and live;
  but do not seek Bethel,
and do not enter into Gilgal
or cross over to Beersheba;
for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.”
  Seek the Lord and live,
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,
  O you who turn justice to wormwood
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
  He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name;
  who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

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    上帝是看重公平與公義的上帝所以祂希望祂的子民能夠尋求祂靠祂的大能恩典來實踐公平與公義才不至於落入祂的憤怒之中,遭受極大的災難與管教,以致充滿令人難過的事情。

    這也再次警惕我們自稱為基督徒的人,也要按照上帝的公平與公義來生活,這樣才能蒙上帝喜悅,並且真正見證上帝的榮美,而這樣的生命是蒙上帝重生的人才能活出來的生命,是順服與謙卑的人才能活出這樣的生命。

    也因此,基督徒要靠聖靈活出重生的生命,來見證主耶穌的拯救與榮耀上帝。