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撒迦利亚书 第九章 — 毁灭与拯救都属于神

在当今的时代,阅读先知书的过程往往会让我们感到难以产生共鸣,甚至有些抽离感;必须翻阅看似虚构或抽象的内容,这些内容似乎也与现实相距甚远,而每卷先知书中使用的深奥的语言更是阻挡我们前进的另一障碍。 然而,我们首先必须认清一个事实:“圣经都是神所默示的,于教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的,叫属神的人得以完全,预备行各样的善事。”(提摩太后书 3:16-17) 在仔细、且系统性地查考本章内容的过程便会发掘出以下促使人省察自己内心的问题: 纵使要完全解读并清楚、如实地传达先知书中的含义是非常困难的一件事,但其中一个反复出现且同样的信息是: 对于神所拣选,所爱的人,祂必专一地保护、坚固并保守,尤其对于也同样地爱神、尊崇祂且认识祂名的人。 对于神视为敌对之人的,祂必向他们大大发烈怒,彻底地毁灭,以致祂绝对的主权与权柄得以持续得胜,直到地极。 “神非人,必不至说谎;也非人子,必不至后悔。他说话岂不照着行呢?他发言岂不要成就呢?”——民数记 23:19 我们的主耶稣,为了拯救我们,曾经以如此卑微的样式被差到这世界。身为基督徒的一生中,让我们效法耶稣的脚踪,埋头勤奋地为主工作、存心谦卑、团结一致、力挽狂澜,直到我们神那永恒坚固的保障。

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弥迦书 第六章(英文)

The Bible is stained with the sins, transgressions, atrocities, weaknesses and failings of God’s chosen. God neither censors nor minces His words in communicating to His believers the swift and exacting nature of His sovereign righteousness in His timely response to wickedness. During the infancy of our faith, the understanding that the only way that leads to eternal life in Christ is narrow and therefore, hard to find and difficult to walk on, is cemented into our minds. As we grow in stature (and by God’s grace, in some wisdom and in favour with God and man), we learn the harsh reality of this truth. The world and everything it can offer presents us a broad shiny platter of options, tempts us with the illusion of choice, human rights and free will. These options are disguised as alluring, multisensory experiences, and irresistible desires that easily appeal to our pleasure, comfort, and self-gratification-seeking nature. So much so, sometimes, we unwittingly let our guard down, cave and give in, even when those decisions are in clear and direct conflict with our better discernment, with what God requires of us. When we come to our senses, perhaps nudged back to God’s truth by His Holy Spirit, our perspective of the efficacy and sincerity of God’s forgiveness of our wrongs starts off skewed, just like the Israelites, contingent upon the complexity of physical atonement. But God has never wavered in His terms and conditions; a big ask in so few words – all He requires, as strict and precise as they come, is for us to, against false gods and all other odds, wholly fear and obey Him. Nothing can come between God and His almighty judgements. Can we thus, like such, come before our LORD? May God keep our hearts and hope grounded in His everlasting way.

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以西结书 第四十六章(英文)

“The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.” – Ezekiel 46: 10 Intermittently highlighted throughout this chapter is the integration and interwovenness of the prince’s movements with his people. He is not exempt from the coordination of movements and activities within the temple – uses the same entry and exit routes as his people and does not make himself the exception to rules and regulations. As in Deuteronomy 17: 20, this prince is a royal whose heart is with his people, whose mind is not lifted above his brethren. This is a prince of the people, whose top priority is in living a life in sustained communion with his people. We go about our days differently – some of us start each day looking forward to the end, some of us move through the motions, and some of us work for meaning and sense of satisfaction. Regardless of perspective and approach, how often does the thought of Jesus cross our minds? With every next step, do we remember Him? Do we trust that Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is in and within our midst, in and amongst us, His people? Regardless of the furiosity or frivolity of our lives’ issues, are we living testaments of Jesus’ unwavering, most times seemingly unassuming, abidance? As we map out and carry out our heart’s plans everyday, weave in and out of crowds of distractions and commotion, may Jesus and His footsteps, in full view, remain.

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以西结书 第三十六章(英文)

“Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities and your abominations.” – Ezekiel 36: 31 Upon reading this verse, hymn 262, I Want a Principle Within, started playing in my mind.  Doing anything and everything under the sun that was seemingly right in their own eyes appears to be the signature trademark of the Israelite nation. As we readily and easily point out and analyse each of their sins, all their grievances, deliberate acts of disobedience, are we numb, ignorant or perhaps, in denial of those of our own? Or is pain synonymous with our plights? God’s decisive hand in sanctifying His holy and hallowed name shows us how powerless we are at redeeming ourselves, turning away from temptation for good, and how far we fall short of His standard, how far we’ve fallen from grace. God’s actions also give us a glimpse into His perspective – how He sees us. If we constantly see ourselves as God does, would we not, like Adam and Eve at the beginning of time, be ridden with shame and guilt, then be resolved to live lives of reconciliation with God? May the unspeakable holiness and sanctity of God and His name keep our sights unobstructed towards the stains in our slumbering souls.

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