Oct 20【每日活水】在世界的诱惑面前仰望 SHEN

 

以赛亚书36:13~22

13  于是,拉伯沙基站着,用犹大言语大声喊着说:「你们当听亚述大王的话。 
14  王如此说:『你们不要被希西家欺哄了,因他不能拯救你们。 
15  也不要听希西家使你们倚靠耶/和/华说:耶/和/华必要拯救我们,这城必不交在亚述王的手中。 
16  不要听希西家的话,因亚述王如此说:你们要与我和好。出来投降我,各人就可以吃自己葡萄树和无花果树的果子,喝自己井里的水。 
17  等我来领你们到一个地方,与你们本地一样,就是有五谷和新酒之地,有粮食和葡萄园之地。 
18  你们要谨防,恐怕希西家劝导你们说:耶/和/华必拯救我们。列国的 SHEN 有哪一个救他本国脱离亚述王的手呢? 
19  哈马亚珥拔的 SHEN 在哪里呢?西法瓦音的 SHEN 在哪里呢?他们曾救撒马利亚脱离我的手吗? 
20  这些国的 SHEN 有谁曾救自己的国脱离我的手呢?难道耶/和/华能救耶路撒冷脱离我的手吗?』」
21  百姓静默不言,并不回答一句,因为王曾吩咐说:「不要回答他。」 
22  当下希勒家的儿子家宰以利亚敬和书记舍伯那,并亚萨的儿子史官约亚,都撕裂衣服,来到希西家那里,将拉伯沙基的话告诉了他。
13  Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 
14  This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you! 
15  Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
16  “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own cistern, 
17  until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18  “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria? 
19  Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 
20  Who of all the gods of these countries have been able to save their lands from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
21  But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
22  Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn, and told him what the field commander had said.
 

内容观察

1.亚述将军用犹大话说了什么?(14~16b节)

2.亚述将军诱惑说,如果向亚述王投降,犹大百姓可以得到什么?(16b—17节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.亚述将军为什么要列举亚述征服的国家,来诱惑百姓不要听从希西家王的话?
 

个人感受

4.看到犹大百姓在亚述将军强烈的诱惑面前也不为所动,以沉默应对,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我在世界强烈的诱惑面前是如何回应的?

6.为了在世界的金钱、权力、快乐等诱惑面前不动摇,靠着信心胜过,我决定要怎么做?

撕裂衣服(22节):严重受辱或是极度悲伤的表现。

灵/修指南

亚述将军站在显眼的地方,用犹大话诱惑犹大百姓背弃 SHEN 。他先是大声说,不要被犹大王希西家欺哄,因为他不能拯救自己的百姓,为要让犹大百姓对希西家的信赖跌到谷底。又说,不要听希西家的话,要他们出来投降。并诱惑说,如果向亚述王投降,就可以保有葡萄树和无花果树的果子,也可以被迁移到有五谷和新酒、粮食和葡萄园之地。然而,犹大人不为所动,静默不言,一句不答。世界用权势威胁信/徒,又用甜蜜的诱惑布下陷阱,然而有信心的人并不回应世界的强硬要求,而是在沉默中寻求 SHEN 的动工。今天世界也照样将矛头指向 JH ,试图诱惑信/徒。这时,我们需要做的是在静默中仰望 SHEN 。如果我们能够带着撕裂的心来到主的面前dao告恳求,就可以得着胜过世界诱惑的信心。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 使我用dao告来回应无时无刻诱惑我的世界,又赐我信心使我能够胜过世界。

 

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