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Isaiah 25 – What God Will Do In That Day 以赛亚书 25 – 到那日 神要做的事

Tuesday, 17th May 2022

Rev Daniel Xi An Poon

God remembers every day we lived, we must live everyday praising Him and giving thanks to Him. During this time of the pandemic, we must remember the Name of God, we must know God is still in control. Do not let our days of hardship pass by in vain, instead, we must remember these days, see God’s Great Work and see the love of God and of others.

Everything God does has principals, He works according to His Word in the Bible, we must know His Word and we must understand His principals, so that we will not act by our feelings or emotions, but by faith and by listening to His voice. A lot of times we see the blessings, and we focus on the blessings, but we fail to see the process, we did not see the trees but only the fruits. We don’t just get the blessings when we change a name, or when we change a church, we are not God, and we must not create our own idols. Let us humble before God, let God be the first, and He will embrace us. Are we willing to surrender to God, to let our old-self die, and let the Holy Spirit give us a new life?

Section One V1-5 God Will Be Our Stronghold

V1 ‘O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.’ We must praise God no matter what! God allows certain things to happen in our lives so we can learn, if we don’t learn these lessons then we can never go to the next step. Are we going to stay where we are? Or are we willing to pay the price and learn the lesson? We must let go of our familiar ways, and walk onto a new journey, which we are unfamiliar with. We may be afraid of being hurt, or be afraid of unknowing, but we must know God’s Will for us is good, He wants to bless us.

V4 ‘For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.’ Every strong thing in this world will fade away, only God is our everlasting stronghold, nothing can break this stronghold, and we can hide under His wings.

Section Two V6-8 God Will Make All People A Feast

V6 ‘And in this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of well-refined wines on the lees.’ Do we see God making a feast before us? Through hard times and challenges, can we continue to honour God and glorify God? God wants us to follow Him, not to walk in front of Him, but to be covered by Him and follow Him faithfully. Are we willing to humble ourselves? Put down the things we think we have to do and start following the instructions from God.

Section Three V9-12 God Will Reveal His Salvation

A lot of time, when we don’t listen and when we don’t follow God, is because we are afraid, we are afraid that if we don’t do something, we will miss out. But today God wants to take down our own stronghold, and let Him be our stronghold. In that day, God will bless us and give us peace.

以赛亚书 25 – 到那日 神要做的事            

2022年5月17日 星期二

潘锡安牧师 

圣经里不断提到日子、时间,神要我们记住自己所走过的每一天,在每一天都来赞美他。在疫情中,确诊的人是否会问“为什么是我”?在确诊的时候,在问题出来的时候,要记念、宣告神的名。在我们所走过的日子,我们要从中学到神的作为,不再走旧的路。虽然确诊让人很艰难,但也看到神的带领和弟兄姐妹的爱。我们是用真实还是虚假的生命来赞美神?神在本章经文中给我们一个确信来走过人生的高山低谷,面对前方大大小小的风浪。

我们不知道神所说的“那日”到底是哪一日,但要相信,神是照着他的法则来行事 – 就是他借着圣经所启示我们的话语,我们来晨祷的时候,就是在学习神的法则。我们不要只看神做事的结果,更要看到神做事背后的法则,不然我们就只是活在“感动”中、陷入“恩典神学”。神要包裹我们,而我们要在神的法则中安分谨守,不要自以为神。神要我们成为屹立不倒的生命树。当我们遇到困难时,我们知道神要做的事吗?“到那日”,神要做的事,早已记录在圣经中了。我们的生命似乎没有果效,因为我们忘记神要做的事,我们等不了神,就想要自己做主,不愿交托给神。我们要像一棵树那样,在狂风中不靠着自己的力量硬撑,而是扎根在耶稣基督的磐石上。

一、v.1-5 神要做我们的保障

V1 即使在确诊的时候,我们仍要赞美、感恩神。“到那日”耶和华神要做我们的保障。在疫情中,我们要尽本分做好个人的卫生,勤洗手、戴口罩、少去多人聚集的地方,为了他人的健康放下自己的不习惯、不方便。不要整天充满负面,不要虚度我们所走过的每一段时间。神让一些事情发生在我们生命中,我们要认真去学习,不然同样的事情会不断发生,直到我们学到功课,才能到人生的下一个阶段。在学习中,我们要放下自己旧有的模式,进入新的环境中,相信神不会害我们而是要祝福我们。我们要赞美神,“因为你以忠信诚实行过奇妙的事,成就你古时所定的”。我们在领受神跟亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各、摩西、约书亚、大卫等信心伟人所说过的应许。耶稣来,不是废除而是完成神的律法,就是要全心全意爱神并要爱人如己。

V2-5 在疫情中,我们是否有恐慌和害怕?求神帮助我们知道他“做贫穷人的保障,做困乏人急难中的保障,做躲暴风之处,做避炎热的阴凉”。“刚强的民”和“强暴之国”都会过去,唯有耶和华神永远常存。当风暴来的时候,我们要谦卑躲藏在神的保障之下。

二、v.6-8 神要为万民设摆筵席

V6 到那日,神不是要灭绝他的百姓,而是要人看到他的作为。“这山”就是“锡安山”(赛24:23),神拣选我们成为他的子民,我们都在锡安山,神要我们每一个人都成为神的荣耀,成为万民的见证。在“那日”,我们是否抱着羞愧质问为什么不好的事会发生在自己身上?我们遇到事情的时候,是否与神一起经过,让这些事都成为荣耀神的见证?“万军之耶和华”- The LORD of hosts – 我们唯有靠着这位神才走过人生的高山低谷。我们是否让神做我们随时的帮助,到“那日”我们就会看见。不要让那日轻易过去,要让人看到神在我们生命中“设摆筵席”,荣耀神。

V7 “帕子”- 当摩西从西奈山下来的时候,他的脸上容光焕发,以色列百姓害怕,就让摩西蒙上帕子。然而,帕子要被除去,到那日,福音要临到万民。我们是否成为一个福音的人,是否得时不得时都传福音?我们没有见证,因为我们只专注在自己的问题上,在自己卡住的问题上看不到神,看不见神在圣经里启示的法则。当我们愿意悔改,神就饶恕我们。我们只看恩典的结果,没有看神的法则,因为我们没有愿意被圣灵破碎,没有愿意谦卑让神带领我们。

V8 我们里面因罪而死亡的部分都会被吞灭,到那日,”主耶和华必擦去各人脸上的眼泪,又除掉普天下他百姓的羞辱,因为这是耶和华说的”。这是耶和华所定的日子,你相信吗?

三、v.9-12 神要彰显他的救恩

V9 我们可以嘴上讲得天花乱坠,但我们的生命是否能见证神的真实?“等候”在原文指的是没有做事,神不要我们去做事,而是跟着他走。生命树就是谦卑顺服、舍己利他,“做”就是去做自己要做的事,而“跟”则是做被告知的事。我们因着害怕失去好处而想为自己和下一代去抓去拿,不愿意相信神。

V10-12 你愿意让神拆毁自己的“坚固高台‘吗?这个过程虽然不舒服,但要相信,到那日,神所赐的是平安、是祝福我们的。