Daily Devotion||每日靈修

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 Matthew||馬太福音 Mark||馬可福音 Luke||路加福音 John||約翰福音 Deuteronomy||申命記
Genesis||創世記 Exodus||出埃及記 Leviticus||利未記 Numbers||民數記 Ephesians||以弗所書
Acts||使徒行傳 1 Corinthians||哥林多前書 James||雅各書 1 Kings||列王紀上 Philippians||腓立比書
Joshua||約書亞記 2 Corinthians||哥林多後書 1 Samuel||撒母耳記上 2 Kings||列王紀下 Colossians||歌羅西書
Romans||羅馬書 Judges||士師記 2 Samuel||撒母耳記下 Titus||提多書 Philemon||腓利門書
Ruth||路得記 1 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦前書 1 Timothy||提摩太前書 1 John||約翰壹書 1 Chronicles||歷代志上
Jonah||約拿書 2 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦後書 2 Timothy||提摩太後書 2 John||約翰貳書 2 Chronicles||歷代志下
Jude||猶大書 Ezra||以斯拉記 Hosea||何西阿書 3 John||約翰叄書 Hebrews||希伯來書
Nehemiah||尼希米記 Amos||阿摩司書 Jeremiah||耶利米書 Ezekial||以西結書
Daniel||但以理書 Obadiah||俄巴底亞書 Lamentation||耶利米哀歌 Haggai||哈該書
Esther||以斯帖記 Ecclesiates||傳道書 Zechariah||撒迦利亞書
Isaiah||以賽亞書 1 Peter||彼得前書 Habakkuk||哈巴谷書
2 Peter||彼得後書 Nahum||那鴻書
Micah||彌迦書 Zephaniah||西番雅書
Joel||約珥書 Revelation||啟示錄
Malachi||瑪拉基書 Galatians||加拉太書

■Old Testament||■舊約 ■New Testament||■新約

OLD TESTAMENT||舊約 NEW TESTAMENT||新約
Genesis||創世記 Ezra||以斯拉記 Micah||彌迦書 Matthew||馬太福音 1 Timothy||提摩太前書
Exodus||出埃及記 Nehemiah||尼希米記 Nahum||那鴻書 Mark||馬可福音 2 Timothy||提摩太後書
Leviticus||利未記 Esther||以斯帖記 Habakkuk||哈巴谷書 Luke||路加福音 Titus||提多書
Numbers||民數記 Ecclesiates||傳道書 Zephaniah||西番雅書 John||約翰福音 Philemon||腓利門書
Deuteronomy||申命記 Isaiah||以賽亞書 Haggai||哈該書 Acts||使徒行傳 Hebrews||希伯來書
Joshua||約書亞記 Jeremiah||耶利米書 Zechariah||撒迦利亞書 Romans||羅馬書 James||雅各書
Judges||士師記 Lamentation||耶利米哀歌 Malachi||瑪拉基書 1 Corinthians||哥林多前書 1 Peter||彼得前書
Ruth||路得記 Ezekial||以西結書 2 Corinthians||哥林多後書 2 Peter||彼得後書
1 Samuel||撒母耳記上 Daniel||但以理書 Galatians||加拉太書 1 John||約翰壹書
2 Samuel||撒母耳記下 Hosea||何西阿書 Ephesians||以弗所書 2 John||約翰貳書
1 Kings||列王紀上 Joel||約珥書 Philippians||腓立比書 3 John||約翰叄書
2 Kings||列王紀下 Amos||阿摩司書 Colossians||歌羅西書 Jude||猶大書
1 Chronicles||歷代志上 Obadiah||俄巴底亞書 1 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦前書 Revelation||啟示錄
2 Chronicles||歷代志下 Jonah||約拿書 2 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦後書

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Ⅰ. Invocation and Adoration||Ⅰ. 禱告與敬拜

  • Invocation Prayer||開始禱告

    "Give us grace, O Lord, to work while it is day, fulfilling diligently and patiently whatever duty Thou appointed us; doing small things in the day of small things, and great labors if Thou summon us to any…Go with me, and I will go; but if Thou go not with me, send me not; let me hear Thy voice when I follow. Amen." (Christina Rossetti, 1830-94)

    「主阿，賜我們恩典能趁白日作工，勤奮、堅忍地盡上本份，作好祢所委派我們的工；在小事、大事上都忠心……只要祢同去、我必去；若祢不同去，請勿差我。當我跟從祢時，讓我聽到祢的聲音。阿們。」(Christina Rossetti,1830-94)

  • Adoration through Psalm 127藉詩篇127篇來敬拜

    We'll use this Psalm, not for today's Bible reading, but for the sake of focusing our thoughts on God. Read slowly this psalm at least three times each day and gather one thought about this psalm that points to God's character and translate it into a prayer of adoration.

    我們是用詩篇第127篇作敬拜，並非用來研經。請細讀這篇三次，本週每日如是。每天掌握詩中有關神的美善之一作默想，然後化所得為讚美的禱告。

Ⅱ. Confession||Ⅱ. 認罪

Pause now and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your sins and ask for forgiveness.

現在停下來，求聖靈光照你，讓你看見自己的罪，並求主饒恕。

Ⅲ. Thanksgiving||Ⅲ. 感恩

List, one by one, things for which you should give thanks.||逐一列出你當感恩的事項。

Ⅳ. Scriptural Reflection||Ⅳ. 經文默想

Isaiah||以賽亞書 vv.1:1-31
Read slowly and reflectively the assigned passage twice at least and consider the questions below.||請慢慢細心讀經文至少兩遍，然後反復思考問題。

This week we will begin the study of the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament.

Introduction to Isaiah:

The name Isaiah means either "the Lord saves" or "the Lord is Savior" and this very much encapsulates the theme of this most often quoted OT book by the NT writers. The vision of the prophet covers some 50 years, from the death of Uzziah (739 BC) until the end of the reign of Hezekiah (686 BC). In spite of modern critics of its unity, it is clear that the original transmitters of the book saw it as one work authored by the prophet Isaiah as evidenced from the first of several portions of Isaiah found in Qumran, referred to as IQIsa, dating to ca. 125-100 BC, and its reference by the book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) in 190 BC.

The first part of Isaiah, i.e. from ch.1 – ch. 39 sets its background against the lifetime of the prophet from 739-701 BC when Assyria as a world power resurged in its greatness, with Israel and Judah which had enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity that they had not known since the time of Solomon (from roughly 810-750 BC) laying directly in its path of expansion. A bit earlier, God has raised Amos and Hosea to minister to the north, rebuking their complacency, compounded by its idolatry, adultery and injustice. Isaiah was raised by God with his likely royal blood to minister to Judah, whose spiritual complacency was worse as they felt superior spiritually to their "godless" neighbor. But words of warning and prophecy by Isaiah extend beyond the fate of God's people, but that of the nations.

The second part of Isaiah, i.e. from ch. 40 – ch. 57 is a section distinctly marked by hope and is highlighted by messages that depict the greatness and transcendence of God and the famous Suffering Servant.

The final part of Isaiah i.e. from ch. 58 – ch. 66 looks forward to the time when God will create new heavens and a new earth.

This great book displays marvelously the wonder and character of God, exposes the sins of humanity and the world and delivers a powerful message of grace in redemption that, together with the rest of the book, "contains more prophecies about the Messiah than any other books in the Old Testament", including the birth of Christ, His ministry, His death and His future reign. St. Augustine called this book, the "Fifth Gospel".

Due to the length of the book, we shall not be able to reflect on a verse-by-verse basis as we usually do; rather, we shall meditate reflectively based on the main teachings of each section for devotional purposes. However, this should not deter you from pursuing the study of each chapter in greater details outside of our time of devotion.

The calling of Isaiah as a prophet is recorded in chapter 6; we shall take the position of Calvin in treating the writing of the entire book chronologically, assuming that his formal calling came subsequent to the first five chapters of "vision":

  1. Just imagine that even before he might be recognized as a professional prophet, Isaiah opened his ministry as a young man with this opening salvo. As you read the entirety of this chapter:
    1. What kind of a spiritual condition is being depicted under this relatively good king, Uzziah?
    2. How shocking would this message be to the king and the people of Judah?
  2. The lament of God (1:2-4):
    1. Why does God invoke heaven and earth as His witness?
    2. What does the comparison of the nation to an ox and a donkey seek to reveal?
  3. The sorry state of Judah (1:5-9): although it would be some 140 odds years later that Judah would bear the full wrath of Babylon, the threats of Assyria had already inflicted enough destruction on Judah:
    1. Why would God lament over their plight as juries to their head, heart, foot and sole?
    2. While comparing them to Gomorrah, how does God show mercy to them?
  4. The sins exposed (1:10-17):
    1. What in essence are the sins being exposed in vv. 10-15?
    2. According to vv. 16-17, what made such a sin of religious hypocrisy even more wicked?
    3. What is the important message to you?
  5. A message of grace (1:18-20):
    1. Do you think the invitation to reason is based on grace? Why or why not?
    2. Where does their hope lie ultimately?
  6. Their reality of sins and punishment (1:21-31):
    1. What are the sins being highlighted once again (vv. 21-23)?
    2. What punishment will they face (vv. 24-25)?
    3. What is the ultimate purpose of God's punishment (vv. 26-27)?
    4. Shame will be the result of turning to idols (depicted by sacred oaks and gardens): when read together with vv. 10-14, what kind of religious apostasy is being depicted?
  7. What is the main message to you today and how may you apply it to your life?

本週我們我們開始研讀舊約以賽亞書。

引言：

以賽亞的名字是「耶和華拯救」或「耶和華是救主」的意思；這正是全書的主題。這書是新約聖經最常引用的舊約書卷。以賽亞作先知的期間應該超過50年之久，由烏西雅王駕崩的那年(主前739)至希西家王的末期(主前686)止。雖然現代的解經家多有質疑這書的統一性，但這書在傳流之始已是以以賽亞為惟一的作者；這可從死海古卷的發現(特別是稱為IQIsa, 相信是主前125-100年的抄本所顯示)和主前190年的次經Book of Sirach所引述所證明。

本書可分為三部份：第一部份是第1-39章，作者是以先知當時身處的歷史年代為背景，即主前739-701。當時的亞述正重建龎大的勢力，而猶大和以色列正位於這擴張的勢力的路徑上。在以賽亞出現之前，猶大和以色列正經歷自所羅門以來最興盛的時期。神先興起阿摩司和何西阿來責備北國的拜偶像、犯姦淫和不行公義的罪。稍後，就興起以賽亞來責備南國的自滿、自以為義的罪。他們滿以為因仍維持外表的敬拜，就比「無神」的北國為義。不過，以賽亞的信息和預言是超越神百姓的命運，更是向世上列國發出的。

第二部份是第40-57章，是充滿希望的信息，更充份論到神的偉大和超越性，也論到著名「受苦的僕人」的篇幅。

最後的一部份是第55-66章，把讀者的目光轉到神所要創造的新天新地。

以賽亞書展示神奇妙偉大的屬性、顯露人類和世界的罪，更強而有力的表明神救恩的計劃：是「舊約聖經的書卷中，最多談論彌賽亞的預言的書卷」——包括論到基督的降生、工作、死和將來的掌權。奧古士丁稱它為「第五本福音書」。

因書卷的篇幅長度，我們不會像其他書卷的逐節思想，乃以靈修式的多以重點來作反思。

以賽亞蒙召的經歷是記載在第六章，故此我們將按加爾文的意見，看整卷書是以歷史年份作編排，以先知的「正式」蒙召是在首五章之後的經歷：

  1. 這是先知的責備信息「第一炮」——試從這一章所讀到的：
    1. 你可以看到在烏西雅這較好的王統治下，猶大的屬靈光景的真相是怎樣？
    2. 先知這「第一炮」給予王和百姓帶來什麼的錯愕？
  2. 神的哀號(1:2-4)
    1. 為何神要呼喚天與地作證人？
    2. 把百姓比作牛和驢的用意何在？
  3. 猶大的可憐景況(1:5-9)：雖然藉巴比倫所得的徹底審判尚有140多年之遙，猶大已稍從亞述嘗到神的審判：
    1. 神以身體各處的傷痛是要表達什麼？
    2. 雖然以所多瑪和蛾摩拉作喻，神卻同時怎樣顯出祂的憐憫？
  4. 猶大的惡行(1:10-17)
    1. 這裡論到的是什麼大惡？(1:10-15)
    2. 1:16-17所論到的，怎樣使這大惡更為可惡？
    3. 對你可有什麼提醒？
  5. 恩言(1:18-20)
    1. 神邀請他們與祂辯論：這辯論的基礎是什麼？
    2. 他們的盼望緣由是在乎什麼？
  6. 罪該受審判的現實(1:21-31)
    1. 這裡重提的罪包括什麼？(1:21-23)
    2. 他們要面對的是什麼審判？(1:24-25)
    3. 審判最終的目的是什麼？(1:26-27)
    4. 蒙羞是轉向偶像的結果(一般解經者以橡樹和園子與偶像有關)：若與1:10-14的罪聯在一起，你可以怎樣形容他們的屬靈光景？
  7. 今日對你主要的提醒是什麼？你可以怎樣應用在自己的生命中？

Ⅴ. Meditative Reflection: The Serious Sin of False Piety||Ⅴ. 靈修默想小篇：虛假的敬虔

"When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?" (Isa. 1:12)

Irrespective of when one places the formal calling of Isaiah as a prophet, whether it began only after the delivery of the messages of the first five chapters or before, the first chapter ought to be a message that rocked the entire royal court all the way to the least of the peasants of Judah.

Whether Isaiah received his call "in the year that King Uzziah died" (6:1) or shortly before that, Judah had been under the rule of a relatively godly king. Uzziah is described as a king who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord (2 Chr. 26:4) until he "became powerful, his pride led to his downfall" (2 Chr. 26:16). God inflicted him with leprosy until his death because he usurped the role of the priest and wanted to burn incense on the altar.

Such pride and complacency appeared not to be confined to the king, but was commonplace among the people and became the focal point of the opening salvo of Isaiah's ministry. While Israel, to the north, had openly become idol-worshippers, Judah with its apparent zeal in the worship of the Lord has fallen into the sin of false piety. On the one hand, they fervently engaged in the practice of Yahweh's worship — praying, offering sacrifices and observing all religious festivals (1:11-15); on the other hand, they lived an unethical life of oppression, injustice and evil deeds (1:16-17). This had invited the wrath of God, with charges that they were, in fact, trampling the courts of God (1:12).

Today, we need to take this message of rebuke seriously as the Evangelical churches do not lack in the zeal of worship and in the study of the Word. However, if our lives lack compassion, if we disregard justice to the poor and oppressed, and engage in unethical behaviors, our worship will amount to the trampling of the courts of the Lord, our prayers will not be listened to, the Lord will have no pleasure in our service to Him, and even our gatherings will be hated by Him (Isa. 1:11-15).

「你們來朝見我，誰向你們討這些，使你們踐踏我的院宇呢？」(賽1:12)

不論我們是認為以賽亞的正式蒙召是何時發生——是在第六章時才發生，或是在第一章的信息前他已蒙召——這開始的第一個信息相信一定是震撼了全國：由宮廷中的王到市井的賤民！

不論以賽亞是在「烏西雅王崩」的那年才蒙召(6:1），或是更早之前，猶大國始終在那個時段是由「行耶和華眼中看為正」的烏西亞統治了一段極長的時期(代下26:4)。雖然他晚節不保，因驕傲擅自獻祭而被神用大痲瘋所刑罰，至死為止。

從以賽亞所發出厲害的責備，我們曉得原來這種屬靈的驕傲和自義不是限於烏西雅，乃是普及整個國家的現象。當北國的以色列在公開的敬拜偶像時(王下12:25-33)，南國的猶大卻因仍極力維持敬拜耶和華的傳統，而墮入虛假的敬虔。他們一方面是熱衷的守著摩西律法敬拜的要求——獻上最好的祭物、堅守各樣的節期、更常常舉手禱告(1:11-15)；但同時，他們行各樣的罪惡、欺壓貧苦、不行公義(1:16-17)。這叫耶和華甚為震怒，甚至控告他們的敬拜為「踐踏」祂的院宇(1:12)。

這些都是今日信徒應當自省的。我們在熱衷敬拜神之餘，又愛讀祂的話語，甚至常常參加禱告聚會；但若然我們平日的生活與敬拜的生活不相符——工作間沒有好見證、生活不檢點、說話缺乏愛心、無憐憫心等——恐怕神也以我們「踐踏」祂的殿，我們舉手禱告祂也不聽，甚至以我們的事奉為厭煩呢！(1:11-15)

Ⅵ. A Time for Silence||Ⅵ. 靜默時刻

You have meditated much with your intellectual faculty today. Now have a moment of silence (the length is up to you, 5 or even 30 minutes), and ask God quietly, "Lord, is there any important message from you today that I might have missed? Show me, your servant is listening?"||今天你用了不少智力技能來默想。現在，就用一點時間靜下來（長、短由你決定：5或30分鐘），安靜地求問神，「主阿，有甚麼我忽略了的重要信息對我說？請說，僕人敬聽。」

Ⅶ. Supplication||Ⅶ. 代求

Use the following chart to cover people and ministries that you want to remember before the Lord:||除為自己有所求外 (在你禱告簿一一記下所求的，作蒙神應允時的對照) ，請填寫以下為人或事工代禱表格：
  Your Family||家人 Other People||其他人 Church Ministries||教會事工 Other Ministries||其他機構 City & World||本市及普世 Others||其他
SUN||星期日            
MON||星期一            
TUE||星期二            
WED||星期三            
THU||星期四            
FRI||星期五            
SAT||星期六            

Ⅷ. Benediction||Ⅷ. 祝福

"Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin; let the healing streams abound, make and keep me pure within." Amen. (Charles Wesley, 1707-88)

「在祢有無盡的恩典，足能遮蓋我一切的罪。願那醫治之泉湧流，使我內心常得潔淨」。阿們。(Charles Wesley,1707-88)

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