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何西阿书［第13章］
Book of Hosea 13

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何西阿书［第13章］ |Book of Hosea 13

【我是属祢的】

主讲：郑伟健同工
17/05/2023

引言：事出必有因 有因必有果

做一件事情，选择了某种做法，就该预想到做这件事情的结果，就该去承担做这件事情的责任。就好比自己种树，如何去播种它，如何施肥，待树成长的时候，就可以看到这棵树的模样。而这颗树的模样就取决于我们如何播种这颗树，也就是所谓的“种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆”。

以色列本来被神赎回，是属于神的，但现在却完全忘了神的拯救，后来离开神，甚至回头去向埃及示好。

一、背叛了祢，变为糠秕 （V1-3）

从前以法莲支派得了应许成为多族，神应许了他们成为了最大和最有影响力的支派。但是当他们开始事奉巴力以后，就与神断绝了关系，在灵里死了，变得枯干。不管从前曾经多么蒙福，荣耀。只要祭拜偶像，背叛了神，结局是从高位变为无有，就像云雾、甘露、糠秕、烟气一样，不能长久存留；离开神就如离开神保护的手，就迅速走向了灭亡。

我们在走向上的时候，凡事要留心，不是要保住我们的地位，而是要确保我们和神的关系仍然亲密。

二、忘记了祢，失去保护（V4-8）

耶和华本是拯救以色列的神，但有一天祂竟变成丢崽子的母熊，要将他们杀死。神是犹大的狮子，原要来施行拯救，现在却变成要毁灭众民。神赐人饱足、给予高位，人反而高傲忘记了神、离开神，最后救主变为猛兽，从被保护变得被追赶，我们都要留心。

今天，自满的破坏性与何西阿时代是一样的。我们是否觉察到不断地需要神的同在和帮助？我们都要学会在顺境时和逆境中都倚靠神。若我们现在一帆风顺，谨防忘记谁给你这亨通；不要依靠自己的才能，而要凡事纪念那位赐才能与我们的神

三、没有了祢，国就亡了（V9-13）

以色列人宁愿寻求别的神，寻求外邦人的帮助，使用了许多的计谋、外交手段，甚至牺牲信仰和道德原则，却总是不寻求神。事实上，他们落在那样的困苦中，正是离开神的结果。神多次差遣先知警告他们，多次晓谕他们，只是他们不肯听：自以为知道，却是不知道自己不知道。

没有了神，就少了智慧，更是容易做错决定，国家更快走进灭亡。今天，我们要思考我们与神的关系，最近是否有常常做错了决定？如果是，我们要马上寻求神，不要成为不知道自己原来不知道放生什么事的环境里。

四、失去了祢，终成干竭（V14-16）

从茂盛到干竭是一个过程；就像鱼离开了水不一定马上死，但是会慢慢死去。当我们从丰盛变为普通，就要开始留意儆醒，因为再来就是变为干竭。当我们发现圣灵的风向转变了，就要起来寻求神。

总结：我是属祢的，我不是别人的

让我们单单将我们的心献给神，除祢以外，我们再没有别的神。求神帮助我们看中与神的关系，这胜于我们有多少的成就财富。我们以耶和华神为独一的主，专一敬拜祂，因为我们是属祂的。

Hosea 13 I am Yours
GK611 Morning Devotion
17/05/2023
The Morning Devotion Speakers: Bro Asher Chang

Introduction: Everything happens for a reason, and everything that happens for a reason has an effect

When you do something, when you choose to do something, you should expect the result of doing it, and you should take the responsibility of doing it. It is like planting a tree, how to sow it, how to fertilise it, and when the tree grows, you can see how the tree will look like. And what that tree looks like depends on how we sow it, which is what we call “reaping what we sow”.

Israel had been redeemed by God and belonged to Him, but now they forgot all about His salvation and turned away from Him, even turning back to Egypt.

1. Betrayed You and became chaff (v1-3)

Once upon a time the tribe of Ephraim had been promised to become many tribes, and God had promised that they would become the largest and most influential tribe. But when they began to serve Baal, they were cut off from God and became spiritually dead and dry. It did not matter how blessed and glorious they had once been. As soon as one worships idols and betrays God, the end is to be changed from high places to nothing, like clouds, manna, chaff and smoke, which cannot last long; to leave God is like leaving His protecting hand, and one goes quickly to perdition.

As we move on, let us take heed in all things, not to preserve our position, but to ensure that our relationship with God remains close.

2. Forgetting You and losing Your protection (v4-8)

The Lord was the God of Israel's salvation, but one day He turned into a mother bear who lost her cubs and wanted to kill them. God is the Lion of Judah, who came to deliver, but has now become the destroyer of the people. We all need to be aware of the fact that when God gives man enough and a high position, man becomes proud and forgets God and leaves Him, and in the end the Saviour becomes a beast, going from being protected to being chased.

Complacency is as destructive today as it was in Hosea's day. Are we conscious of the constant need for God's presence and help? We all need to learn to lean on God in good times as well as in bad. If we are now well on our way, do not forget who gave you this prosperity; do not rely on your own talents, but in all things remember the God who gave them to us!

3. Without You, the nation was lost (V9-13)

The Israelites preferred to seek other gods, to seek the help of the Gentiles, to use many tricks, diplomacy, and even to sacrifice their faith and moral principles, but always failed to seek God. The fact that they fell into such distress was the result of their departure from God. God had sent prophets to warn them many times, and had spoken to them many times, but they refused to listen: they thought they knew, but did not know that they did not know.

Without God, there is less wisdom, and it is easier to make the wrong decisions, and the country goes into ruin more quickly. Today, we need to think about our relationship with God. Have we often made the wrong decisions recently? If so, we need to seek God immediately and not become unaware of the circumstances in which we were unaware of what situation that we were in.

4. Losing you and eventually becoming dry (V14-16)

It is a process from fruitfulness to dryness; like a fish that leaves the water it does not necessarily die immediately, but it dies slowly. When we go from fullness to commonness, we must begin to watch out, for then is to become dry. When we find that the wind of the Spirit has changed, we must rise up and seek God.

Conclusion: I am yours, I am no one else’s!

Let us give our hearts to God alone, for we have no other God than you. Ask God to help us to see our relationship with Him as greater than the wealth of our achievements. We worship the LORD God as our only Lord, because we belong to Him.