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旧约 - 何西阿书(Hosea)第8章

"Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law.
Israel cries out to me, 'O our God, we acknowledge you!'
But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.
Throw out your calf-idol, O Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?
They are from Israel! This calf--a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.
"They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.
Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing.
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.
"Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.
I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien.
They offer sacrifices given to me and they eat the meat, but the LORD is not pleased with them. Now he will remember their wickedness and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses."
何西阿书第八章   第 8 章 

  何 8:1-4> 背约弃善跟随“偶像”,为何神的指引却不听从?你呢? 

  8:1-4 “敌人如鹰来攻打耶和华的家”意指亚述攻击以色列,掳掠百姓(参王下 15:28-29 )。以色列人向神求助,却为时已晚,因他们一直顽固地拒绝离弃偶像。我们也常常像以色列人一样求神减轻苦难,却不愿意祂改变我们的品行,到了罪所带来的痛苦后果已经不可避免时才向神忏悔。 

  何 8:5> 以色列人随从国王拜偶像;今世我们又会否也是如此? 

  8:5 撒马利亚是北国的首都,有时也用来代表北国。耶罗波安一世在伯特利和但铸造金牛犊,并鼓励百姓崇拜这偶像(参王上 12:25-33 )。以色列民因此不拜创造主,而拜人造的牲畜偶像。 

  何 8:7> 以色列人种的是风,收的是暴风;我所种所收的又是什么? 

  8:7 农作物有好收成是由于好种撒在好土里,再加上适当的阳光、水分和肥料;一粒种子在好的条件下自然会多结果子。然而,以色列将属灵的种子撒在风里,到头来是一场空,如同来去无踪的风。以色列崇拜偶像、与外邦结盟,并未带来任何保护,反而因寻求自保、背离神而为自己带来灭亡。神的审判──亚述的入侵要如同猛烈的旋风般临到以色列。如果我们靠寻求神以外的任何东西来得到平安,就会使自己处于更加危险的境地。没有神,就没有恒久的平安。 

  何 8:11> 弄巧成拙──本是敬拜的祭坛,却反成了…… 

  8:11 因为祭坛被误用来敬拜巴力,本是消罪的祭坛反增添了人的罪。 

  何 8:12> 律法是为他人而设的,与我何干?是吗?你会这样想吗? 

  8:12 虽然律法是为以色列人定的,以色列人却认为事不关己。我们在听道或读圣经时很容易想到认识的一些人,觉得他们应该听这道,并照圣经的教导去做。以色列人时常把神给他们的律法应用在别人而非自己的身上,这实际上是歪曲神的旨意,逃避自己生命中所须的改变。当我们想到别人应照我们所听到和读到的去做时,应先看看这是否同样适用于自己。要把所学到的功课首先实践于自己的生命中,因为我们在别人身上所看到的缺点往往正是我们自己的缺点。 

  何 8:13> 在跟神建立关系的过程中,我的动机是否合神的心意? 

  8:13 百姓的献祭已变得仅仅是仪式,所以神拒绝接受。我们也有许多宗教礼仪,比如参加教会聚会、灵修、纪念基督教节日和饭前祷告。在千变万化的世界中,这些礼仪给我们安全感,使神的教诲能在我们心中深深扎根。然而,礼仪也可能被误用,如果发现自己遵守宗教礼仪是出于以下原因就该警惕:( 1 )为取得团体的认同;( 2 )为避免与他人不同;( 3 )取代人的思想;( 4 )替代人际关系;( 5 )掩饰恶行;( 6 )赚取神的恩宠。我们不应摒弃礼仪,但必须要谨慎思考行这些仪典的原因。我们应以敬畏神的态度来行这些礼仪。 

  何 8:13> 以色列人必返回埃及!什么?有这样的一件事? 

  8:13 以色列人曾在埃及为奴(参出 1:11 )。这节经文并不是说他们必回归埃及,而是要分散到亚述帝国各地重新沦落为奴。 

  何 8:14> 常常,我们都说将神放在第一位,只是若用今天我们所珍重的东西来比较,看,神的地位…… 

  8:14 以色列也像今日许多国家一样,将信心放在军事力量、强大的国防和稳定的经济上,却忽视人们内在的道德观。人的败坏使这些外在的力量来源失去了作用。今日许多国家都有这种倾向,要从日常生活中除去神。但如果一个国家忘记了神是创造者,他们面临的考验会证明这些力量对他们是毫无帮助的。──《灵修版圣经注释》