以赛亚书［第十七章］
Book of Isaiah 17
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以赛亚书［第十七章］|Book of Isaiah 17【忘记真神的下场】
05/05/2022
引言：
先知以赛亚在此提醒以色列人，如果他们忘记真神，而去结交强国，拜外邦人的神明，一切都将归于徒然。忘记神的下场将是国家荒凉，人民蒙羞，富足变贫穷。
一、大马色被废变乱堆（V1-3）
神借着预言大马色的毁灭来警告以色列，不可依靠外邦；神更是要借着以色列的衰败对犹大发出同样的警告：这就是忘记神依靠外邦的下场。
今天，许多基督徒徒也忘记了救自己的神，不但不能为外邦人指明得救之路，反而想从外邦人那里寻找保障，结局也将是‘不再有保障’（V3）。
二、以色列必衰败荒凉（V4-11）
1.以色列将所剩无几（V4-6）
‘到那日’就是神降罚的日子来临之时，以色列的子孙虽多如海沙，但必至枵薄，像一个丰满肥壮的身体渐渐瘦弱下来，只有少数的余剩之民。但神不会使以色列完全灭绝，神要保留余民。
2.神管教百姓的目的（V7-8）
神对以色列民作出严厉的管教，目的是要使离弃神的百姓回转。当那日百姓仰望造他们的主，神就重新赐福他们！
3.忘记神的枉然徒劳（V9-11）
神再警戒以色列人忘记拯救他们的神，‘在那日’他们所遭遇的结局。地就荒凉了，无论他们怎样努力也没用，收割都飞去了，无法享用成果。
这里神不但对以色列说话，也是对我们每一个说话，不要忘记神，要记念造我们的神，因为祂是我们的拯救、磐石。
三、敌对神百姓的报应（V12-14）
这里预言与神的百姓为敌的，必要受报应。他们必遭到耶和华的斥责，最后四散逃避。 神是百姓完全的保障，祂必使敌对神百姓的落荒而逃！
总结：
以色列人一切问题的症结，就是他们忘记了神是生命和一切福气的源头。 时刻记念主能帮助我们数算神的恩典，思想神在我们生命中奇妙的作为，使我们更有信心来信靠这位慈爱和信实的真神！
Isaiah 17: The fate of forgetting the true God
GK611 Morning Devotion
05/05/2022
Speaker: IP Daniel + Rev David Tan
Introduction:
The prophet Isaiah is here to remind the Israelites that if they forget the true God and go to make alliances with powerful nations and worship pagan gods, everything will be in vain. Forgetting God will result in desolation of nations, shame of people, and riches turn to poverty.
I. Damascus was abandoned and heaped (V1-3)
By prophesying the destruction of Damascus, God warned Israel not to rely on foreign nations; God would also use Israel's failure to issue the same warning to Judah: this is the consequence of forgetting God and reliance on foreign nations.
Today, many Christians have also forgotten the God who saved them. Not only can they unable to show the Gentiles the way to salvation, but instead they want to seek assurance from the Gentiles, and the end result will be "no more assurance"
II. Israel will be desolated and barren (V4-11)
1. Israel will have little left (V4-6)
'In that day' is the day when God's judgment will come, and the children of Israel, though as numerous as the sand of the sea, will be sparse, like a plump and fattened body gradually thinning out, and there will be only a few remnants. But God will not destroy Israel completely, God will keep some remnants.
2. The purpose of God's discipline of the people (V7-8)
God gave severe discipline to the Israelites in order to turn the people who have forsaken God. That day when the people looked to their Maker, God shall bless them again!
3. Forgets God is inevitably futile (V9-11)
God again warned the Israelites that should they forget the God who saved them, and what would happen to them 'in that day'. The land shall be desolated, and no matter how hard they tried, it shall be useless, the harvest flew away, and the fruits could not be enjoyed.
Here God speaks not only to Israel, but also to each of us. Don't forget God, but remember the God who made us, because He is our salvation and rock.
III. The retribution of the people against God (V12-14)
Here it is prophesied that those who are enemies of God's people will receive retribution. They will be rebuked by the Lord, and at last they will flee. God is the full assurance of the people, and He will make those who oppose God's people flee!
Conclusion:
The crux of all Israel's problems is that they have forgotten that God is the source of their lives and the source of all blessings.
Always remember that the Lord can help us count God's grace, think about God's wonderful deeds in our lives, and we can renew our strength through the Lord!
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