真知道祂(耶十六)中英bilingual

你將這一切的話指示這百姓。他們問你說:『耶和華為什麼說,要降這大災禍攻擊我們呢?我們有什麼罪孽呢?我們向耶和華我們的神犯了什麼罪呢?(耶 16:10) 


在耶利米書十六章當中,神的話臨到耶利米,預言百姓將來要遭遇滅國被擄掠的事情,並斥責百姓拜偶像和不遵行律法的罪,最後預言百姓的歸回和再次強調要認明真神。 
但令人感到荒謬的是,面對著神的憤怒,百姓卻不明白自己到底如何得罪神(參耶 16:10),百姓甚至知道耶和華是他們的神,但卻還去行拜偶像的事,這是對神的輕看和不以為意,而這一切查驗內心的神都一清二楚,因此發怒降下災禍。 

耶和華說:日子將到,人必不再指著那領以色列人從埃及地上來之永生的耶和華起誓, 卻要指著那領以色列人從北方之地,並趕他們到的各國上來之永生的耶和華起誓,並且我要領他們再入我從前賜給他們列祖之地。(耶 16:14-15) 
儘管猶大國身為神的選民,卻仍舊轉向去拜別神,並不紀念神之前帶領他們離開埃及的恩典,他們遺忘了神的大能以及神的管教,變得不會感謝神,也不會敬畏神。但神要使他們重新認識祂,藉著選民的被擄以及歸回,讓他們重新認識主掌一切的真神究竟是誰。可以看見神對這樣悖逆的百姓給予懲罰,但卻仍然給他們留下一條回轉向神的路,藉著巴比倫的手,使百姓重新將神放回心裡。

耶和華說:我要使他們知道,就是這一次使他們知道我的手和我的能力。他們就知道我的名是耶和華了。(耶 16:21)
繞了這麼大的一圈,結果神的要求僅僅是想要讓百姓知道祂的能力與祂的名,難道神的要求很多嗎?為什麼百姓卻做不到呢?

所以我說,且在主裡確實的說,你們行事不要再像外邦人存虛妄的心行事。他們心地昏昧,與神所賜的生命隔絕了,都因自己無知,心裡剛硬。(弗 4:17-18) 
保羅在以弗所書中提到,那些存虛妄的心、心地昏昧的人,因著他們的無知、心裡剛硬,就與神的生命隔絕了。這些百姓也如同這樣,隨從了世界變得不認識真神,就與神的恩遠離,反觀我們自己,是否也被世界的潮流影響,隨異教之風搖動了呢?若是沒有經常讀經靈修,每日的早晨都開通耳朵、聽神的話,就會漸漸變得不認識神,對神有錯誤的認識,偏離主道的人若不趕緊回轉,重新認識神,最終將走向滅亡、無法再回頭的境地。 

我兒所羅門哪,你當認識耶和華-你父的神,誠心樂意地事奉他;因為他鑒察眾人的心,知道一切心思意念。你若尋求他,他必使你尋見;你若離棄他,他必永遠丟棄你。 (代上 28:9) 

by張心瑜

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True Knowledge of Him (Jeremiah 16)

July 13, 2016

 

“Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, ‘For what reason has the Lord declared all this great disaster against us? And what is our wrongdoing, or what is our sin which we have committed against the Lord our God?’”(Jeremiah 16:10) 


In Jeremiah 16, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, foretelling that the people would face national destruction and captivity. God also rebuked them for idolatry and disobedience to His law, Finally, promised their return, emphasizing again the need to recognize the true God.

But what makes people feel ridiculous is, even in the face of God’s wrath, the people did not understand how they had sinned against Him (Jeremiah 16:10). They even acknowledged the Lord as their God, yet still worshiped idols. This disregard and contempt for God was fully known to Him, and thus He poured out disaster upon them.


The Lord declared:

“Therefore behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.”

(Jeremiah 16:14–15) 

Although Judah was God’s chosen people, they turned to worship other gods, forgetting His deliverance from Egypt. They lost gratitude and fear, but God would cause them to know Him anew. Through captivity and return, He would make them recognize who truly rules over all. Punishment was given, yet a path of return remained, through Babylon’s hand, the people would place God back in their hearts.


The Lord said:

“So I will make them know—this time I will make them know My power and My might; and they will know that My name is the Lord.”(Jeremiah 16:21) 

After all this, God’s requirement was simply that His people know His power and His name. Was this too much to ask? Why then did they fail?


“So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.”

(Ephesians 4:17–18)

Paul mentioned in the book of Ephesians that those 

who were hardened in heart, ignorant, and isolated from God’s life. They followed the world and ceased to know the true God. We must reflect: are we also swayed by worldly currents, drifting with false teachings? Without  read the Bible daily and practice spiritual  cultivation, opening our ears each morning to God’s word, we would lose true knowledge of Him. Those who stray the Lord’s path must urgently return, lest they perish without hope of turning back.


“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you abandon Him, He will reject you forever.”

(1 Chronicles 28:9)


By Xinyu Zhang

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