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撒母耳记下［第22章］|Book of 2 Samuel 22

【天父的救赎】

主讲:谭天恩弟兄

11/10/2023


引言：伟大的母爱···

一、在信心里的宣告（22:1-4）

大卫身经百战，有无数敌人，但却从未明说扫罗是他的仇敌。不过大卫的臣仆却将扫罗视为敌人则是事实。所以(1v)毫不保留地将扫罗列为仇敌之一。其它可能包括国内匪类，外族邻国，扫罗的后人等。大卫在战场上屡蒙神的救护，化险为夷，使他高歌感恩。全诗的内容与神的拯救息息相关。

这段的宣告表述诗人对神的认识，其中有六个描述耶和华是我的···我的磐石，我所投靠的、我的盾牌、我拯救的角、我的高台、我的避难所、我的救主，你是就我脱离强暴的。

大卫在一个又一个的难处当中不断经历神、认识神；同样，我们在人生旷野中的经历，也能把「神」从一个遥不可及的抽象概念，变成「我所投靠」的「活神」。我们在旷野中的经历越多，对神的体会就越深，就越能看神是「当赞美的」，越有信心去「求告」祂，坚信祂。

二、见证上帝的作为（22:5-31）

1.急难中的呼求（V5-7）

诗人用波浪、绳索、网罗的比喻说明他深陷死亡的阴影与势力中，被缠到无法脱身。这些意境生动地描述出大卫的心境与处境成为了他呼求神的背景。因为大卫相信神听见了他的呼求。

这是大卫在难处中的祷告。神允许祂的百姓落在急难中，是要我们在急难中求告耶和华，经历祂是一位活神。然而我们却常常不知道自己陷在各种绳索、网罗中，或者在急难中也不知道求告耶和华，而是求告势力、求告人，结果是白白受苦。因此，我们在急难中要记得：耶和华必然等候，要施恩给你们。

2.耶和华的拯救（V8-28）

这里让我们感受到神因为大卫的呼求而发生的烈怒。诗人以夸张的表述神为他所受的迫害，义愤填胸，怒火足以燎原。他不是隔空观望，而是垂听呼求，及时伸手的神。最后诗人将自己列入困苦族群，相信神的拯救。诗篇毫不隐瞒高傲者降卑的结局，因为他们是神所恨恶的。

祂从高天伸手抓住我，把我从大水中拉上来，是每一个真实经历救恩的人的真实体会。对于一个在大水中快要淹死的人，当有一只手抓住他的时候，怎么会拒绝这样的救恩呢？神救拔我们，不只是领我们出埃及，更要带我们进迦南。还要领我到宽阔之处，让我们脱离罪恶、世界和肉体的辖制，在基督里得着真正的自由。

神对待人的法则，是你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们，你们愿意人怎样待你们，你们也要怎样待人。同样，我们愿意神怎样待我们，我们也要怎样对待神的话语。

3.信心中的依靠（V29-31）

「灯」在希伯来文学中经常用来比喻生命和繁荣。虽然肉体还有软弱，但我们的神却能点亮我们生命的「灯」，背负着我们冲入面前的敌军、跳过生命中的墙垣，进可攻破仇敌，退可逃离试探。因为凡投靠祂的，祂便作他们的盾牌。

三、发自内心的回应（22:32-51）

三十二节是经历与信心融合的宣告，这是旧约人物常用的信心宣言。磐石是在半沙漠及炎热的旷野中宝贵的地标，是旅者的保护、依靠、歇息的落脚处。接下来诗人用比喻的方式描述神祝自己得胜，以及敌人无助败落。大卫承认这种所向无敌，彻底胜利的气势是神的作为，所以他用称颂耶和华来结束本诗。神既然为大卫做了这一切，他理所当然要在列国中称谢神。

总结：

神是信实的！当我们愿意向神回转并且依靠神、顺服神的时候，祂必拯救我们脱离一切的捆绑和苦难。因为祂是我们的天父爸爸，祂必伸手救赎。

2 Samuel 22 The Father’s Salvation
GK611 Morning Devotion
11/10/2023
The Morning Devotion Speaker: Brother Bezalel Tan

Introduction: The Great Mother's Love

1. Declaration in Faith (22:1-4)

David, who had fought many battles and had countless enemies, never explicitly stated that Saul was his enemy. It is true, however, that David's servants regarded Saul as an enemy. So (1v) unreservedly lists Saul as one of his enemies. Others might include domestic bandits, foreign neighbours, Saul's descendants, etc. David's repeated rescues from God in battle turned perilous situations, causing him to sing songs of thanksgiving. The entire psalm is tied to God's deliverance.

The proclamation of this passage expresses the psalmist's knowledge of God, with six descriptions of the LORD is mine - “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation.

He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior from violent people you save me.

David continued to experience and know God in the midst of one difficulty after another; similarly, our experiences in the wilderness of life can transform "God" from a remote and abstract concept into a "living God" whom "I trust". The more we experience in the wilderness, the deeper our experience of God becomes, the more we can see God as "to be praised", and the more confident we are to "ask" Him and believe in Him.

2. Testimony of God's Works (22:5-31)

(1) A Cry in Emergency (V5-7)

The psalmist uses the metaphors of waves, cords, and snares to illustrate that he was so deeply entangled in the shadow and power of death that he could not get out. These moods vividly describe David's state of mind and situation as the background for his cry to God. For David believed that God had heard his cry.

This was David's prayer in the midst of a difficult situation. God allows His people to fall into distress because He wants us to call upon the LORD in our distress and experience Him as a living God. However, we often do not realize that we are caught in all kinds of ropes and snares, or we do not know how to call on the LORD in the midst of trouble, but rather we call on the powers and people, and we end up suffering in vain. Therefore, in the midst of our troubles, we must remember: Surely the LORD will wait and be gracious to you.

(2) The salvation of the Lord (V8-28)

Here we are given a sense of God's fierce anger because of David's cry. The psalmist expresses in hyperbole God's righteous indignation over his persecution, anger enough to burn. He is not the God who watches from a distance, but the God who hears the cry and reaches out in time. Finally the psalmist includes himself in the troubled community and trusts God for deliverance. The Psalmist does not hide the end of the haughty who are humbled, for they are hated by God.

The fact that He reached down from the high heavens and took hold of me and pulled me up out of the great waters is true for everyone who has truly experienced salvation. For a person who is about to drown in the great waters, how can one refuse such salvation when there is a hand that grasps him? God's deliverance is not only to lead us out of Egypt, but also to bring us into Canaan. He will also lead me to the wide place where we will be set free from the dominion of sin, the world, and the flesh, and be truly free in Christ.

The law of God concerning man is, that withwith the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. In the same way, as we would have God treat us, so shall we treat His Word.

(3) Reliance in faith (V29-31)

The word "lamp" is often used in Hebrew literature as a metaphor for life and prosperity. Though there is still weakness in the flesh, our God is able to light the "lamp" of our life, carry us into the enemy before us, jump over the walls of our life, break through the enemy, and flee from temptation. For as many as trust in Him, He is their shield.

3. Response from the heart (22:32-51)

Verse 32 is a declaration of the fusion of experience and faith, a declaration of faith commonly used by Old Testament characters. The rock is a precious landmark in the semi-desert and hot wilderness, a place of protection, reliance, and resting place for the traveller to land. The psalmist next describes in parables God's blessing of his own victory and the helpless defeat of his enemies. David recognises that this air of invincibility and complete victory is the work of God, so he concludes the psalm by praising the Lord. Since God had done all this for David, it was only right that he should give thanks to God among the nations.

Conclusion:

God is faithful! When we are willing to turn to God and rely on Him and obey Him, He will deliver us from all bondage and suffering. Because He is our Heavenly Father, He will surely reach out and save.