2016年8月10日 星期三

何西阿書4:7-14



4:7 祭司越發增多,就越發得罪我;我必使他們的榮耀變為羞辱。
4:8 他們吃我民的贖罪祭,滿心願意我民犯罪。
4:9 將來民如何,祭司也必如何;我必因他們所行的懲罰他們,照他們所做的報應他們。
4:10 他們吃,卻不得飽;行淫,而不得立後;因為他們離棄耶和華,不遵他的命。
4:11 姦淫和酒,並新酒,奪去人的心。
4:12 我的民求問木偶,以為木杖能指示他們;因為他們的淫心使他們失迷,他們就行淫離棄上帝,不守約束,
4:13 在各山頂,各高岡的橡樹、楊樹、栗樹之下,獻祭燒香,因為樹影美好。所以,你們的女兒淫亂,你們的新婦(或譯:兒婦;下同)行淫。
4:14 你們的女兒淫亂,你們的新婦行淫,我卻不懲罰她們;因為你們自己離群與娼妓同居,與妓女一同獻祭。這無知的民必致傾倒。

7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
 I will change their glory into shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
10 They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
to cherish 11 whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which take away the understanding.
12 My people inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
and burn offerings on the hills,
 under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
and sacrifice with cult prostitutes,
and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.

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    上帝透過先知的描述看見祭司的失敗因為他們貪圖祭物反倒盼望以色列人多犯罪好獻更多的贖罪祭好有更多的享受正如先知在此所說「祭司越發增多,就越發得罪我;我必使他們的榮耀變為羞辱。他們吃我民的贖罪祭,滿心願意我民犯罪。」

    不僅如此,當以色列民罪惡增多時,相對祭司也更墮落,甚至於好食和行淫,正如先知在此所說「他們吃,卻不得飽;行淫,而不得立後;因為他們離棄耶和華,不遵他的命。」

    而整個以色列最後的結果是「姦淫和酒,並新酒,奪去人的心。我的民求問木偶,以為木杖能指示他們;因為他們的淫心使他們失迷,他們就行淫離棄上帝,不守約束,在各山頂,各高岡的橡樹、楊樹、栗樹之下,獻祭燒香,因為樹影美好。」

    因為信仰上的淫亂,也導致肉體上的淫亂,甚至整個民風敗壞這一切都起於不敬畏上帝忘記上帝的律法

    今日的教會若不看重上帝的話語,也將落到如此的下場!請記住,沒有上帝的話,就不再是教會了!不要讓社會上的「積極思想」、「功利主義」、「消費者主義」來汙染教會,教會要得是「上帝的話」

何西阿書4:4-6



4:4 然而,人都不必爭辯,也不必指責,因為這民與抗拒祭司的人一樣。
4:5 你這祭司必日間跌倒;先知也必夜間與你一同跌倒;我必滅絕你的母親。
4:6 我的民因無知識而滅亡。你棄掉知識,我也必棄掉你,使你不再給我作祭司。你既忘了你上帝的律法,我也必忘記你的兒女。

4 Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.
5 You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
 because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
 I also will forget your children.

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    這裡說的「知識」就是指「上帝的律法」,這是人與上帝連結的關鍵!而廣義的「上帝的律法」就是上帝的道,也就是聖經。

    上帝透過先知給人很嚴重的警告「我的民因無知識而滅亡。你棄掉知識,我也必棄掉你,使你不再給我作祭司。你既忘了你上帝的律法,我也必忘記你的兒女。」

    因此,我們要透過聖經竭力追求認識上帝,讓我們充滿上帝的知識,並且一代傳一代,因為上帝的道永遠長存,要一代接一代的人來領受,雖是上帝的工作,人要勇敢來順服與接受。

何西阿書4章

       何西阿書4:1-3   , 何西阿書4:4-6   ,  何西阿書4:7-14   ,  何西阿書4:15-16  ,  何西阿書4:17-19   ,

何西阿書4:1-3



4:1 以色列人哪,你們當聽耶和華的話。耶和華與這地的居民爭辯,因這地上無誠實,無良善,無人認識上帝。
4:2 但起假誓,不踐前言,殺害,偷盜,姦淫,行強暴,殺人流血,接連不斷。
4:3 因此,這地悲哀,其上的民、田野的獸、空中的鳥必都衰微,海中的魚也必消滅。

1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and no knowledge of God in the land;
2 there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 Therefore the land mourns,
and all who dwell in it languish,
 and also the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heavens,
 and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

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    先知在這裡說道不順服上帝的結果:「這地悲哀,其上的民、田野的獸、空中的鳥必都衰微,海中的魚也必消滅。」

    所以,我們必須行在正路上,走在上帝的光明中,才能蒙上帝的賜福,不要去行彎曲的事,如先知在這裡所說:「起假誓,不踐前言,殺害,偷盜,姦淫,行強暴,殺人流血,接連不斷。」

    人之所以如此,就是因為「這地上無誠實,無良善,無人認識上帝」。也因為如此,人要透過讀聖經來認識上帝,才能靠耶穌基督的救恩回到上帝面前,成為上帝的兒女。


何西阿書3章

        何西阿書3:1-5   ,

        何西阿書3章1-5節 ,

何西阿書3:1-5



3:1 耶和華對我說:「你再去愛一個淫婦,就是她情人所愛的;好像以色列人,雖然偏向別神,喜愛葡萄餅,耶和華還是愛他們。」
3:2 我便用銀子十五舍客勒,大麥一賀梅珥半,買她歸我。
3:3 我對她說:「你當多日為我獨居,不可行淫,不可歸別人為妻,我向你也必這樣。」
3:4 以色列人也必多日獨居,無君王,無首領,無祭祀,無柱像,無以弗得,無家中的神像。
3:5 後來以色列人必歸回(或譯:回心轉意),尋求他們的上帝─耶和華和他們的王大衛。在末後的日子,必以敬畏的心歸向耶和華,領受他的恩惠。

1 And the Lord said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins." 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3 And I said to her, "You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you." 4 For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.

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    上帝在此要先知藉由「行動劇」的方式,來須講祂的信息,讓我們看見上帝要再一次接納以色列,雖然他們過去是背離上帝的。

    其實不只是以色列,只要人願意接受耶穌基督的救恩,就可以回到上帝的家,成為上帝的兒女。

    讓我們為此恩典感謝上帝,透過這恩典,我們可以享受永生無限,感謝上帝