以赛亚书［第六十四章］
Book of Isaiah 64
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以赛亚书［第六十四章］|Book of Isaiah 64【呼求神的拯救】
31/08/2022
引言：神若裂天而降，我们还有救吗？
每当老师很严厉检查功课的时候，你是否会害怕做错被罚？ 还是你是已经做好准备，期待老师快快来检查你的功课？或是你觉得老师会忘记检查功课而逃过一劫？
你会期待神裂天而降吗？神若裂天而降，我们还有救吗？
一、神是真的（V1-3）
1.曾‘裂天而降’ (V1-2)
以赛亚从上章的经文就看见神要审判百姓的画面。以赛亚接下来做的不是再对人民说什么，而是向神呼求，为百姓认罪。
当时候的百姓已经在罪中软弱已久，却没有任何的人记得神的真神，是忌邪的神。无论当时先知如何劝勉，百姓们都不听劝。以赛亚唯有呼求神亲自彰显，使百姓感受神的真实，神的裂怒。
2.曾行神迹奇事 (V3)
以赛亚为百姓们着急，他呼求神‘裂天而降’，因为他知道神是真神。神曾与摩西在西乃山上面对面会面。当以色列百姓在埃及也是在罪中软弱，但神却领百姓出埃及，在西乃山上神就“裂天而降”。现在，即便以色列百姓还是面对罪而不能自拔，软弱疲乏无力，以赛亚向神呼求，求神再次“裂天而降”。因为这是唯一的盼望。
二、抓住真神（V4-7）
1.为我们行事的神 (V4)
唯有万军之耶和华独一的真神让以色利民经历众人类都从所未有的恩典和怜悯。只有这一位神愿意为祂拣选的百姓裂天而降，施行拯救。因为神是守约的神，当百姓遵守神的约，就得拯救。
2.给我们机会的神 (V5-7)
神一再管教，但我们却坚持犯罪。面对当时候这样屡教不改的百姓，先知以赛亚提了一个揪心的问题：‘我们还能得救吗？’ 我们还能得救，但是我们要奋力抓紧神、求告神的名、纪念神的道和行神的义。
三、求告真神 （V8-12）
1. 谦卑降服回到原点 (V8-9)
在如此绝望的环境，先知以赛亚没有忘记神仍然是我们的父,是创造我们的神。先知的信心没有停留在百姓的软弱和罪孽上。他坚信耶和华就是我们的父，管教后的父亲仍然是爱他的孩子的；破碎的器皿，窑匠仍然会修补的。
2. 决心回转得着转化 (V10-12)
当神的拯救临到的时候，得救之后的百姓却生活在一片废墟之中。以色列需要面对的是曾经的失败；曾经因为叛逆留下来的荒废。以赛亚求告代表百姓求告神：神啊，祢忍心吗？祢能忍住祢的爱吗？在基督里，一切都是新的，这是神给我们的应许！
总结：
无论我们的罪孽多深，只要愿意悔改。神仍然是愿意拯救我们的神。无论在面对什么困难，神的拯救必裂天而降，在我们当中行神迹奇事。
Isaiah 64: Calling on God for salvation
GK611 Morning Devotion
31/8/2022
Speaker: Asher Chang + Rev David Tan
Introduction: If God rends the sky, can we still be saved?
Are you afraid of being punished for your mistakes whenever your teacher is checking your homework very severely? Or are you ready for the teacher to come and check your homework soon? Or do you think the teacher will forget to check your homework and get away with it?
Will you expect God to come down from the sky? If God falls from the sky, can we still be saved?
1. God is real (V1-2)
(1) Had 'split the heavens and fallen' (V1-2)
Isaiah saw the picture of God judging the people from the passage in the previous chapter. What Isaiah did next was not to say anything more to the people, but to cry out to God and confess their sins for the people.
The people at that time had been weak in their sins for a long time, but none of them remembered the true God, the God who is jealous of evil. The people did not listen to the prophet's exhortation, no matter what he did at that time. Isaiah had to call on God to reveal Himself, so that the people might feel the reality of God, and the wrath of God.
(2) He did signs and wonders (V3)
Isaiah was anxious for the people, and he called on God to 'break open the heavens and come down', for he knew that God was the true God. God had met with Moses face to face on Mount Sinai. When the people of Israel were weak in their sins in Egypt, God led them out of Egypt, and on Mount Sinai God "rend the heavens and descended". Now, even though the people of Israel were still weak and powerless in the face of sin, Isaiah cried out to God, asking Him to "rend the heavens" again. For this was the only hope.
2. Grab hold of the true God (V4-7)
(1) God who acts for us (V4)
Only the one true God, the LORD of hosts, allowed the people of Israelites to experience grace and mercy that no human being had ever experienced before. This God alone is willing to come down from heaven and save His chosen people. For God is a covenant-keeping God, and when the people keep His covenant, they are saved.
(2) The God who gives us opportunities (V5-7)
God repeatedly disciplines, but we persist in our sins. Faced with such a persistent people at that time, the prophet Isaiah raised a heart-rending question: 'Can we still be saved?' We can still be saved, but we must strive to hold on to God, to call on His name, to remember His word, and to do His righteousness.
3. Seeking the true God (V8-12)
(1) Humbling and surrendering to return to the original point (V8-9)
In such a desperate situation, the prophet Isaiah did not forget that God is still our Father, the God who created us. The prophet's faith did not dwell on the weaknesses and sins of the people. He firmly believed that the Lord is our Father, and that a disciplined father still loves his children; a broken vessel is still mended by the potter.
(2) Determination to turn and be converted (V10-12)
When God's salvation came, the saved people were living in ruins. Israel needed to face the failures of the past; the desolation left behind by rebellion. Isaiah pleaded with God on behalf of the people: O God, will You bear with me? Can You endure Your love? In Christ, everything is new, and this is the promise of God to us!
Conclusion:
No matter how deep our sins are, if we are willing to repent. God is still the God who is willing to save us. No matter what difficulties we face, God's salvation will come down from heaven and work signs and wonders among us.
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