JUL 11【每日活水】离弃偶像,单单倚靠 SHEN

 

以赛亚书57:1~13

以色列拜偶像被定罪
1义人死亡,无人放在心上;虔诚人被收去,

无人思念。

这义人被收去是免了将来的祸患;

2 他们得享平安。

素行正直的,各人在坟里安歇。

3 你们这些巫婆的儿子,

奸夫和妓女的种子,

都要前来!

4 你们向谁戏笑?

向谁张口吐舌呢?

你们岂不是悖逆的儿女,

虚谎的种类呢?

5 你们在橡树中间,在各青翠树下欲火攻心;

在山谷间,在石穴下杀了儿女;

6 在谷中光滑石头里有你的分。

这些就是你所得的分;

你也向他浇了奠祭,献了供物,

因这事我岂能容忍吗?

7 你在高而又高的山上安设床榻,

也上那里去献/祭。

8 你在门后,在门框后,

立起你的纪念;

向外人赤露,又上去扩张床榻,

与他们立约;

你在那里看见他们的床就甚喜爱。

9 你把油带到王那里,

又多加香料,

打发使者往远方去,

自卑自贱直到阴间,

10 你因路远疲倦,

却不说这是枉然;

你以为有复兴之力,

所以不觉疲惫。

11 你怕谁?因谁恐惧?

竟说谎,不记念我,

又不将这事放在心上。

我不是许久闭口不言,

你仍不怕我吗?

12 我要指明你的公义;

至于你所行的都必与你无益。

13 你哀求的时候,

让你所聚集的拯救你吧!

风要把他们刮散,

一口气要把他们都吹去。

但那投靠我的必得地土,

必承受我的圣山为业。

1 The righteous perish,

and no one takes it to heart;

the devout are taken away,

and no one understands

that the righteous are taken away

to be spared from evil.

2 Those who walk uprightly

enter into peace;

they find rest as they lie in death.

3 “But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,

you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

4 Who are you mocking?

At whom do you sneer

and stick out your tongue?

Are you not a brood of rebels,

the offspring of liars?

5 You burn with lust among the oaks

and under every spreading tree;

you sacrifice your children in the ravines

and under the overhanging crags.

6 The idols among the smooth stones of the ravines are your portion;

indeed, they are your lot.

Yes, to them you have poured out drink offerings

and offered grain offerings.

In view of all this, should I relent?

7 You have made your bed on a high and lofty hill;

there you went up to offer your sacrifices.

8 Behind your doors and your doorposts

you have put your pagan symbols.

Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed,

you climbed into it and opened it wide;

you made a pact with those whose beds you love,

and you looked with lust on their naked bodies.

9 You went to Molek with olive oil

and increased your perfumes.

You sent your ambassadors far away;

you descended to the very realm of the dead!

10 You wearied yourself by such going about,

but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’

You found renewal of your strength,

and so you did not faint.

11 “Whom have you so dreaded and feared

that you have not been true to me,

and have neither remembered me

nor taken this to heart?

Is it not because I have long been silent

that you do not fear me?

12 I will expose your righteousness and your works,

and they will not benefit you.

13 When you cry out for help,

let your collection of idols save you!

The wind will carry all of them off,

a mere breath will blow them away.

But whoever takes refuge in me

will inherit the land

and possess my holy mountain.”

 

内容观察

1.以赛亚如何称呼拜偶像的以色列百姓?(3~4节)

2.以赛亚说,以色列人拜偶像的结局是什么?(12~13a节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.为什么偶像对他们是无益的?
 

个人感受

4.唯有倚靠 SHEN 才是得着真平安的唯一途径,对此我有什么想法?
 

决心与应用

5.最近,我何时曾倚靠 SHEN 以外的事物而经历失败?

6.为了离弃心中的偶像,单单倚靠 SHEN ,我决定要怎么做?

巫婆(3节):在希伯来文中指“行魔术的人,占卜的人”,代指外邦宗教和文化的影响力。
杀了儿女(5节):指人们在崇拜亚扪 SHEN 摩洛的时候,烧杀自己儿女献/祭的仪式。
代下28:3 “照着耶/和/华从以色列人面前赶出的外邦人所行可憎的事,在欣嫩子谷烧香,用火焚烧他的儿女。

灵/修指南

以赛亚称呼拜偶像的以色列人为“巫婆的儿子,奸夫和妓女的后代”(3节)、“叛逆所生的儿女,虚谎所生的后代”(4节),因为他们受到迦南宗教和文化的影响,生活除了在属/灵上堕落,又在性方面非常混乱。百姓事奉迦南的各种偶像,其中对亚扪 SHEN 摩洛的崇拜最为可憎,因为该宗教要求焚烧自己的儿女当作祭物(S节;参代下28:3)。 SHEN 说这些偶像是无益的(12节),因为他们所事奉的偶像如同被风吹散的尘埃。而倚靠 SHEN 的人则必得地产,承受 SHEN 的圣山为业(13节)。因此,唯有倚靠 SHEN 的道路才是蒙恩的道路。甚愿我们能够离弃偶像,单单倚靠 SHEN ,得享从 TA 而来的平安和喜乐。
 

内室dao告

愿我放下世上虚无的事物,离弃偶像,单单倚靠 SHEN ,得享从 TA 而来的医治和平安。

 

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