耶利米书［第七章］
Book of Jeremiah 7
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耶利米书 第七章 |Book of Jeremiah 7【我生命的殿像贼窝吗？】
引言：
耶利米书7-10章的信息，是神让先知耶利米，对南国犹大在圣殿门口发出第3次的信息。因为是在圣殿门口宣讲，所以被称为‘圣殿讲章’。
一、不要把神的殿变成贼窝（V1-11）
圣殿是犹大百姓生活的中心。当时的犹大百姓对圣殿充满了热情，但却忘记来圣殿的真正目的是敬拜神。因此，神差遣耶利米到圣殿门口去，警戒所有进出圣殿敬拜神的人要改正行动作为，真正的悔改回转。不要把神的殿变成贼窝。神的殿怎样成为贼窝呢？
1.听从虚谎的话（V4）
当耶利米在警戒百姓要悔改时，他们却听信假先知、假教师虚谎的话，认为神既然拣选了圣殿作为祂的居所，就绝对不会让圣殿被毁。因此，他们为所欲为的以一些宗教的仪式来敷衍神了事。
我们是一个对真理不熟悉，容易听信世界、假教师、撒旦虚谎的话的人吗？
假教师用人所定义的恩典淡化神的圣洁，用人认为的慈爱抹杀神的公义。导致不少信徒成为不受教、随意犯罪，不敬畏神的人。
2. 行神憎恶的事（V5-11）
百姓当时除了以奸诈对待人和邻舍、欺压寄居的和孤儿寡妇、流无辜人的血、偷盗，杀害，奸淫，起假誓，拜偶像等外，更糟糕的是，v10作尽了各样可憎之事后，还天真地以为，只要来到圣殿敬拜，献祭就可以塞住神的口，消除祂的怒气，然后继续随意作恶。
求神帮助我们不一脚踏两船的穿梭在罪恶的世界和圣殿之间。不把圣殿当作犯罪之余的休息所、包庇盗贼的避难所。不让自己成为神圣殿中虚有其表的盗贼。
二、不让神设下恩典的时限（V12-20）
百姓长期违背圣约，已经耗尽了神丰富的恩慈、宽容、忍耐。因此神要犹大百姓去看士罗的结局。
神虽有丰盛恩典，不轻易发怒。但人若一而再再而三地践踏神的恩典，神是会设下恩典的时限。当时限一到人就会面对神的审判。我们的心要敬畏神。愿意被神管教，真心悔改的对齐真理。以至神永远不向我们定下恩典的时限。
三、侧耳听与行神所吩咐的（V21-34）
百姓不听从神，因此他们所做的都不是神所吩咐的事。
1.不以献祭代替听从（V21-28）
根据律法，燔祭与平安祭的不同是，燔祭必须完全焚烧在祭坛上，人是不可以吃燔祭的祭肉。但神却一反常态的叫他们吃肉罢！因为当人不侧耳而听从，对神来说，献祭就变得毫无意义，也与神无关。
听命胜于献祭；顺从胜于公羊的脂油。神在乎的不是祭物。献祭只是让我们看到自己的生命是否听从神。
神对百姓的要求很简单，就只有一件事。v23就是当听从我的话，我就作你们的神，你们也作我的子民。你们行我所吩咐的一切道，就可以得福。这也是神今天对我们的要求。让我们决心活出顺服神的生命来。
2.不焚烧自己的儿女（V29-34）
犹大百姓一面到圣殿献祭，也一面到欣嫩子谷焚烧儿女献给偶像摩洛。因此V32神说，这献祭之谷将变成杀戮之谷。他们必在此遭到巴比伦的屠杀。并且尸首必给空中的飞鸟和地上的野兽作食物。
在现今这法治的社会里，当然不可能有父母会焚烧儿女献祭给假神。我们若把自己或孩子的生命年日都花在追求世上的短暂享乐、物质的满足上，而不是为主而活，或培育儿女明白真理、敬畏神，其实我们也是变相的在欣嫩子谷焚烧自己或儿女的生命。
总结：
不要让自己的生命成为贼窝，更不要让教会成盗贼聚集的地方。我们要认真的侧耳听从神所吩咐的，也要认真行神所吩咐的。让神的教会里充满顺服神、追求生命的人。
Jeremiah 7: Is My Temple of Life a Den of Robbers?
GK611 Morning Devotion
29/08/2024
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Ps Deborah
Introduction:
The message in Jeremiah chapters 7-10 is the third message God gave the prophet Jeremiah to deliver at the gate of the temple in the southern kingdom of Judah. Since it was preached at the temple gate, it is known as the “Temple Sermon.”
I. Do Not Turn God’s Temple into a Den of Robbers (V1-11)
The temple was the center of life for the people of Judah. The people of Judah were passionate about the temple but had forgotten that the true purpose of coming to the temple was to worship God. Therefore, God sent Jeremiah to the temple gate to warn everyone who came through the gate of the temple to worship God to reform their actions and truly repent. They were not to turn God’s temple into a den of robbers. How did God’s temple become a den of robbers?
1 Listening to Lies (V4)
When Jeremiah warned the people to repent, they listened to the false prophets and teachers who deceived them, thinking that since God had chosen the temple as His dwelling place, it would never be destroyed. So, they performed religious rituals to superficially worship God without truly seeking Him.
Are we people who are unfamiliar with the truth and easily believe the lies of the world, false teachers, or Satan?
False teachers diminish God’s holiness with man-defined grace and remove God’s righteousness with human notions of love. This leads many believers to become unteachable, casually sinning and not fearing God.
2 Doing Things God Detests (V5-11)
In addition to deceitfully dealing with others and neighbors, oppressing the foreigners, orphans, and widows, shedding innocent blood, stealing, killing, committing adultery, perjury, and idolatry, the people also, after doing all these detestable things, naively believed that as long as they came to the temple to worship and sacrifice, they could make peace with God and silence His wrath, and continue their evil ways.
May God help us not to shuffle between the sinful world and the temple. Do not treat the temple as a resting place or a shelter for robbers after committing sins. Do not let ourselves become the robbers with only external holiness in God’s holy temple.
II. Do Not Let God Set a Limit to His Grace (V12-20)
The people had long violated the covenant, exhausting God’s abundant kindness, patience, and tolerance. Therefore, God wanted the people of Judah to see the outcome of Shiloh.
God is rich in grace and slow to anger. But if people repeatedly trample on God’s grace, He will set a limit to it. Once this limit is reached, people will face God’s judgment. Our hearts must fear God, be willing to be disciplined by Him, and genuinely repent to align with the Truth so that God will never set a limit to His grace for us.
III. Listen and Do What God Commands (V21-34)
The people did not listen to God, so what they did was not what God commanded.
1 Do Not Replace Obedience with Sacrifice (V21-28)
According to the law, burnt offerings and peace offerings are different; the burnt offering must be entirely burned on the altar, and no one can eat the meat of a burnt offering. But God, contrary to the norm, asked them to eat the meat because when people do not listen to God, sacrifices become meaningless and irrelevant to Him.
To obey is better than sacrifice; to heed is better than the fat of rams. What God cares about is not the offering. Sacrifices are just a way for us to examine whether our lives obey God.
God’s requirement for the people was simple: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you. This is also God’s requirement for us today. Let us resolve to live lives of obedience to God.
2 Do Not Burn Your Children (V 29-34)
The people of Judah, while offering sacrifices at the temple, also went to the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their children as sacrifices to the idol Moloch. Therefore, in verse 32, God said that this valley of sacrifice would become a valley of slaughter. They would be slaughtered by the Babylonians here, and their bodies would become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.
In today’s society governed by the rule of law, it is impossible for parents to burn their children as sacrifices to false gods. However, if we spend our lives or our children’s lives pursuing worldly pleasures and material satisfaction instead of living for the Lord or nurturing our children to understand the truth and fear God, we are essentially burning our or our children’s lives in the Valley of Ben Hinnom.
Conclusion:
Do not let your life become a den of robbers, and do not let the church become a gathering place for robbers. We must earnestly listen to and obey what God commands. Let God’s church be filled with people who obey Him and pursue life.