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經文: | 阿摩司書1-2章 |
中心思想: | 阿摩司書2:6-16 |
提要
阿摩司是一位來自猶大鄉間的牧人與農夫,卻以上帝代言人的身分對以色列說預言。在昇平繁榮的世代中,北國十大支派對上帝十分冷漠,他們的志得意滿、罪惡邪蕩和偶像崇拜使上帝不能再容忍了,阿摩司強而有力的傳遞上帝嚴厲的警告,首先針對以色列的鄰國,最後才輪到以色列本身,他說:『我卻要降火……』(摩l:4,7,10,12,14;2:2,5)。 |
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第1章
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第2章
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宣佈審判:
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大馬色
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迦薩
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推羅
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以東
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亞捫
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摩押
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猶大
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以色列
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1
5
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6 8
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9 10
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11 12
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13 15
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1 3
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4 5
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6 16
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外邦人
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猶太人
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每日與主同行
魯益師在他的「那裡亞的故事」中,把上帝之子描述為一頭雄偉有力的獅子阿司能。兩千多年前,先知阿摩司也使用同樣的比喻,說到上帝是一隻吼叫咆哮,準備向審判中獵物猛撲攻擊的獅子(摩1:2)。
在今天的經文中,如果要你選另一種動物代表上帝的話,可能你會選大象,因為在某些人的觀念中,大象是記憶絕佳的動物,上帝詳細的指出每一個國家所犯的罪,顯示出這些國家接受審判的時候到了!上帝絕不會忘記任何一個罪的!
至於祂的孩子,上帝已有特殊的預備---種恩典的「遺忘」。以賽亞(賽43:25)和耶利米(耶31:34)都曾告訴悔改的罪人,保證上帝會把他們過去的眾罪從祂記憶裡塗抹盡淨。令人難過的是,許多基督徒仍然活在過去罪惡的陰影之下,而那些罪上帝早已赦免忘懷了!這是否就是你的寫照呢?試試這個方法,先用一枝紅筆,寫下所有你過去上帝似乎還沒忘記的罪,然後透過一張紅玻璃紙或紅玻璃看你所寫的,(這正是上帝透過耶穌的寶血看罪的方武),你看到的正是上帝所記得的!
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默想
痛苦而完整的數字--七
在這兩章中,阿摩司一共八次提到「三番四次的犯罪』,加起來就是七次--這是先知強調罪惡極多而且不斷重覆的方式,難怪上帝會如此震怒!
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金言
上帝施予真心悔罪信徒的赦免,想必多得使負責紀錄的天使十分疲累。 |
English |
9/8/2013 Pronouncements of Judgment |
Scriptures: | Amos 1-2 |
Heart of the Passage: | Amos 2:6-16 |
Overview
Amos, a herdsman and farmer from the rural regions of Judah, emerges as God's prophetic spokesman to Israel. In the midst of a period of prosperity and peace, the northern 10 tribes have become indifferent to their God. Their complacency, immorality, and idolatry will be tolerated no longer. First to Israel's neighbors, then to Israel herself, Amos forcefully delivers God's stern warning: "I will send a fire ..." (1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; 2:2, 5). |
CHAPTER 1
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CHAPTER 2
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Judgment Pronounced on...
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Damascus
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Gaza
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Tyre
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Edom
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Ammon
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Moab
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Judah
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Israel
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1 5
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6 8
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9 10
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11 12
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13 15
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1 3
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4 5
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6 16
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Gentiles
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Jews
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Your Daily Walk
In The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis portrays the Son of God as Asian, a great and powerful lion. Over 2,000 years before, the prophet Amos used the same imagery, describing God as a roaring lion ready to leap on His prey in judgment (1:2).
If you had to choose another animal to which God might be likened in today's section, perhaps it would be the elephant, the proverbial "animal that never forgets." Nation by nation, God carefully recounts the transgressions which have accumulated, showing that each nation is ripe for judgment. God never overlooks a sin.
But for His children, God has made a special provision—a gracious "lapse of memory." Roth Isaiah (43:25) and Jeremiah (31:34) promise the repentant sinner that God erases from His memory all trace of past sins. Sadly, many Christians still live under the shadow of past sins which God has long ago forgiven and forgotten. Does that describe you? Then try this exercise.Using 'A red pen, write out the sins from your past which God could seemingly never forget. Then look at what you have written through a piece of red cellophane or red-stained glass (the way God looks at your sins through the blood of Jesus Christ). What you see is what God remembers!
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Insight
Seven, the Painfully Perfect Number —
Eight times in two chapters Amos uses the expression, "For three transgressions ... and for four." Add them up and you have seven—the prophet's way of signifying a full and complete multiplying of sin, thereby deserving the fullness of God's wrath.
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Adage
It would tire the hands of an angel to write down all the pardons God bestows upon true penitent believers. |
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