Thursday, 8th September
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-4 Everything is About Jehovah
What is in our hearts? We must learn from the Word of God, do not doubt and convict ourselves for sins for righteousness and for judgement. God values everyone of His people, who He has called. We need to understand the principles of the Heaven, not our own principles and not our own values. Do we believe everything is about the Lord?
V1 ‘Thus says the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?’ What do we value? The heart of God or the sinful desires of this world?
V2 ‘For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist, says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.’ We need God to watch over us and to care for us. But we tend to focus on what we have to do instead of what God wants us to do. God is talking to us continuously so we must listen. We are His sheep and therefore He cares for us and calls us to turn back to Him. The Bible teaches us to be servants, to walk the way of Heaven, not our own ways.
V4 ‘So will I choose their delusions, and bring their fears on them; because, when I called, no one answered, when I spoke they did not hear; but they did evil before My eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.’ Those who are not truthful will at the end experience hardship and be frightened. Because they use our own ways trying to please God and please people, but what God wants is those who are willing to listen to Him.
Section Two V5-14 Listen to the Word of Jehovah
V5 ‘Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: Your brethren who hated you, who cast you out for My name’s sake, said, let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy. But they shall be ashamed.’ Listen to the Word of God is not just listen to what He said then follow, but to really listen and understand everything He reveals to us. This is the end times and we must see what He is doing. God does not want us to keep on ‘doing’ but to stop and listen. Then we can see what’s wrong with this world.
V10-11 ‘Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you who love her; rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her; that you may feed and be satisfied with the consolation of her bosom, that you may drink deeply and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.’ God wants us to rejoice in Him, to love Him and to find satisfaction in Him. Do not stay in a ‘doing’ mode, do not stay in the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God is with us and we are His servants. We must have the right attitude to listen and to follow. We must have attentive ears and understanding hearts. God is with us to the end but are we willing to follow Him?
Section Three V15-24 Jehovah will Repay
V15 ‘For behold, the Lord will come with fire and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.’ We thought our ways are better than the Lord’s ways. God knows our hearts and He knows when we are walking astray. He will destroy all that do not belong in His Kingdom, and when we don’t return, we will fall with those fading away.
V16 ‘For by fire and by His sword the Lord will judge all flesh; and the slain of the Lord shall be many.’ God will repay and He will restore. What God says will come to pass, do we believe in His Words? God will choose people to come forward to be His Levites, do not let our old ways or old thinking stop us being chosen by God. He is doing a new thing, which has never happened in the past.
Be willing to let go, to have thirst for the new heaven and earth. God will repay, if we are prideful and rebellious then God’s judgement will come upon us. He will lift up all those who listen to Him and who follow the principles of the Lord.
以赛亚书 66 – 天国的法则
2022年9月8日 星期四
潘锡安牧师
在耶路撒冷那些将要面对国破家亡、被掳为奴、将来要回归的百姓，他们听到这些信息，可能感觉生命在兜一个大圈。我们若没有认罪悔改，可能要走很大一圈才能回到原点。神不希望自己的百姓走这段冤枉路，而是走在他平安的道路中。我们是否愿意谦卑、凡事听从神、寻求他的面，避免走回起步点？要经过耶稣基督的救赎，我们才能走那荣耀的梯阶。神对他所拣选的百姓说天国的法则。当我们不明白天国的法则，只按照自己的意愿和世界的风俗来行的时候，就没有走在神给我们蒙福的道路里。
一、v.1-4 一切都在乎耶和华
我们是否愿意相信一切都在乎神？还是在祷告之后继续做自己的事？
V1 神在一开始就斩钉截铁的对我们说，一切都在乎耶和华。很多时候我们会想靠自己要为神做一些大事，然而神所看重的是他所说的。我们看重的是仪文、宗教、情欲、世界的观念，却没有看重神的心意。
V2 “看顾”就是照顾，我们是否觉得需要被神照顾，还是觉得等做好自己现在的事情才需要神？神不断在圣经中提醒我们要自省，因为他“所看顾的就是虚心、痛悔、因我话而战兢的人”。神所看顾的是属于他的人。我们是否看重神的话，是否以神的话为乐？
V3 “假冒为善”就是“拣选自己的道路”，圣经并没有提倡我们做自己喜欢的事，而是教导我们成为仆人，走天国的路而不是自己的路。
V4 那些假冒为善的人会遇到很多他们害怕的事，神让他们看到、经历这些事，他们才知道人的尽头是神的开始，因为人如果太顺利，就会骄傲，以为自己可以做很多事。我们是否愿意效法耶稣在地上成为仆人吗？主耶稣选择天父的道路，单单传讲父对他说的。我们不要用自己的意愿去传讲神国的法则，因为一切都在乎耶和华。
二、v.5-14 当听耶和华的话
听耶和华的话就是去留心听神启示我们的话，去明白神在末世究竟在做什么。神是会对我们说话的，在晨祷、主日信息、个人读经时、或者权柄平日与我们的互动中，我们都可以听到神说的话。唯有虚心去听，我们才知道自己和世界的问题。
V5 我们听神话语的时候要带着战兢的心态，而不是觉得自己已经懂了。
V7-9 神什么都可以，他要的是我们谦卑顺服、舍己利他的心。
V10-13 我们要去听神给我们的带领、训话、和启示。我们很容易耳朵闭塞，因为我们骄傲、自以为是，只想快点按自己的方式处理好事情，谁知这反而离开了生命树。
V14 这就是神的仆人 – 听主人的话。愿我们有能听的耳朵，有谦卑忍耐的心。
三、v.15-24 耶和华必报应
V17-18 神都知道我们的行为和意念，我们还以为自己那一套方式很厉害，谁知我们若不悔改，就与那些必灭亡的都是一国的。
V19 当时没有人知道700年后耶稣基督的降临、也没有人知道使徒保罗会将福音传到外邦。耶和华说他必报应，我们愿意相信吗？
V20-21 我们用宗教的眼光来看利未人是如何被拣选的，但神要在列国列邦中“取人为祭司，为利未人”。
V22 不要用过去的经验或世界的知识来走神的道路，神要造新天新地，我们是否愿意放下自己所有、渴慕神的新天新地？
V24 神说，当我们真的愿意时，”必出去观看那些违背我人的尸首”。神的审判要来到，我们当悔改，神必兴起那些愿意听从他的人。让我们相信神是为我们预备充充满满的神。