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以赛亚书［第三十八章］
Book of Isaiah 38

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以赛亚书［第三十八章］|Book of Isaiah 38

【耶和华的拯救】

主讲: 李洪兴牧师

10/06/2022

引言：

给自己一片没有退路的悬崖，就是给自己一个向生命高地冲锋的机会。面对人生的逆境，不要妥协，而要选择坚强，这就是生命之路。

一、希西家患难中的呼求 (V1-8)

1、疾病之事变为死亡之事

「病得要死」表示王的生命衰退式微。亚述的威胁解除了，犹大国仿佛得到了新生；但希西家王个人的生命，却临到了尽头。

2、患难之事变为悔改机会

希西家转脸朝墙, 很沮丧，因年纪尚轻，没留后裔。他对神谦卑祈祷。他没对神发怒，没求神医治，只是痛痛哭诉。

3、死亡之事变为应允拯救

耶和华看见希西家的眼泪，怜悯他加增他寿数十五年，又给他奇异的兆头，命令日晷本该前进的日影，后退十度。日影后退一事，显为奇异的神迹，非人所能做，希西家目睹此兆头，当然就笃信神的作为了。

二、希西家感恩祷告诗歌 (V9-22)

1、晌午之日变为阴间之门

V10阴间的门，原文指坟墓。人的无能，在对比神的信实。死亡面前人无能为力，人必朽坏，人休要依靠世人！神才掌握着生命的钥匙，使人能经过死忘而复原，懂得当倚靠神。

2、逝者之地变为活人之地

受苦与我们有益，为要使我们学习功课和认定神，不偏左右，好行在正路上。

3、艰难之事变为神殿乐章

遭患难主必暗中保守，藏我在他隐密处，高举在盘石上。我要天天称颂主，永远赞美主圣名。主是我力量，使我稳行高处。我心涌出美辞，求赐我受教的口和快手笔，传扬神大能的作为、极美的大德。

总结：

求神帮助我们明白生命的价值和意义，因为我们能有生命气息，全是神所赐予的。求神掌管我们的生命，让我们以感恩和信靠的心，活出生命的价值。

Isaiah 38: The Salvation of the LORD
GK611 Morning Devotion
10/6/2022
Speaker: Rev Moses Li

To give yourself a piece of cliff with no way back is to give yourself a chance to charge towards the heights of life. In the face of life's adversities, do not compromise, but choose to be strong, which is the path of life.

1. Hezekiah's cry in distress (V1-8)

(1) The matter of disease becomes the matter of death

The phrase "sick to death" indicates the decline of the king's life. The Assyrian threat was lifted, and the nation of Judah seemed to be reborn; but the personal life of King Hezekiah was coming to an end.

(2) Trouble turns into opportunity for repentance

Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, dejected, for he was still young and had left no descendants. He prayed humbly to God. He was not angry with God, nor did he ask God for healing, but only cried out in pain.

(3) Death becomes a promise of salvation

When the Lord saw Hezekiah's tears, he had compassion on him and increased his life span by fifteen years, and gave him a miraculous sign, commanding the sun-dial to recede ten degrees from the shadow of the sun, which should have been moving forward. The receding of the sun's shadow was a miraculous sign that no man could do, and when Hezekiah saw this sign, he believed in God's work.

2. Hezekiah's Prayer of Thanksgiving (V9-22)

(1) The day of noon becomes the gate of the gates of Sheol

V10 The gates of Sheol, original text refers to the grave. Man's impotence, in contrast to God's faithfulness. Man is powerless before death, he will perish, and he must not rely on the world! It is God who holds the key to life, so that man can pass through death and forgetfulness and recover, knowing that he should rely on God.

(2) The land of the dead becomes the land of the living

It is good for us to suffer, so that we may learn our lessons and identify with God, and not be side-tracked, so that we may walk in the right way.

(3) Tough things turn into music in the house of the Lord The Lord will keep me in secret when I am in trouble, and hide me in his secret place, and exalt me on a rock. I will praise the Lord every day, and his holy name forever. The Lord is my strength, that I may walk steadily on high. My heart is full of beautiful words, and I ask for a teachable mouth and a pen of a ready writer, to proclaim the mighty works of God and the great virtues.

Conclusion：

Pray that God would help us to understand the value and meaning of life, for it is all God's gift that we have the breath of life. Ask God to be in charge of our lives, so that we can live out the value of our lives with gratitude and trust.