旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第6章

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory."
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."
Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
He said, "Go and tell this people: "'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'
Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
Then I said, "For how long, O Lord?" And he answered: "Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,
until the LORD has sent everyone far away and the land is utterly forsaken.
And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."
以赛亚书第六章   赛 6 章 > 先知在异象中接受了什么使命? 

  6 章 以赛亚的异象是神要他作神百姓的使者。在异象中以赛亚得到一个艰难的使命:他要告诉那些以为神在祝福他们的人,因为他们的不顺从,神要毁灭他们。 

  赛 6 章 > 先知见到神的异象,给你的感受是怎样的? 

  6 章 以赛亚看见了高高在上的神( 6:1-4 ),这异象给我们一种神是伟大、神秘和有权柄的感觉。以赛亚在神面前认罪鼓励着我们也向神认罪。他蒙赦免的画面提醒我们:我们也是蒙赦免的人。当我们认识到神是那么伟大,而我们的罪恶是这么深重,可是神仍会赦免我们的时候,我们便得到了神的力量做祂的工。我们对神的伟大的概念是否达到了以赛亚的标准? 

  以赛亚 

  赛 6:1> 乌西雅是个什么样的国王? 

  6:1 乌西雅王驾崩的那一年大约是公元前 740 年。因为他企图取代大祭司的职责,所以他患大麻疯直到死(参代下 26:18-21 )。乌西雅总的说来是个好国王,他长期执政期间经济都很繁荣,但是许多百姓却背离了神。 

  赛 6:1-3> 信主重生是一次性完成的,为什么还要不断灵修? 

  6:1-3 那宝座,在一旁的天使,撒拉弗以及三声圣哉,都是在强调神的圣洁。撒拉弗是一类天使。它的名字乃从“烧”这个字派生而出。这也许是表明他们作为神的使者的纯洁。在道德和灵性的败坏达到高峰的时代,对以赛亚来说,看见神的圣洁是件非常重要的事。圣洁意味着在道德上的完美、纯洁、和同所有的罪恶分离。我们也需要发现神的圣洁。我们每天所遭受的挫折,社会上的压力和自己的缺点,都使我们越来越难看见神。我们需要看见圣经中对神的描绘,这样我们的灵命才能长进,才有能力对付自己的问题和牵挂。只有神那完美的道德和圣洁,才能洁净我们的罪,解决我们心中的问题,使我们能敬拜和服事神。 

  赛 6:5-8> 红炭沾口,罪得洁净,是谁?是谁洁净了我?…… 

  6:5-8 当以赛亚看见主,听见天使的赞美的时候,他意识到原来自己在神面前是这么不洁净,根本没希望达到神的圣洁标准。当以赛亚的嘴唇被烧红的炭一触到,他就听见神说他的罪蒙赦免了。那洁净他的不是红炭,而是神。作为回应,以赛亚把自己完全的摆上,听命神的差遣。不管任务有多么艰难,他都对神说:“我在这里,请差遣我!”在以赛亚能完成神交给他的任务之前,接受洁净时的痛苦是他必须要经受的。我们在接受神的呼召,代神向我们周围的人说话之前,也必须同以赛亚一样被神洁净,承认自己的罪并且顺服神的掌管。让神来洁净我们可能会痛苦,但是我们必须被洁净,这样我们才有资格代表纯粹和圣洁的神。 

  赛 6:8> 神呼召我们的时候,我们会不会也说:“我在这里,请差遣我!”呢? 

  6:8 以赛亚对神看得越清楚( 6:5 ),他就越明白若没有神,靠自己做有永恒价值的事根本无能为力。但他愿意作神的代言人。 

  赛 6:9-13> 对审判以色列的信息,确有少数人相信。今日的情形与过去有所改变吗? 

  6:9-13 神告诉以赛亚说,人心已经败坏(刚硬),离悔改甚远,不会听从他的信息。神对他们长期反叛的忍耐已到尽头。神的审判就是任凭他们反叛和心肠刚硬。为什么神明知道人们不会听,却还要差遣以赛亚呢?虽然整个民族不会悔改,该受审判,但有些人还是会听的。在 6 章 13 节中,神解释了祂对那些忠实的信徒,也就是“被留下来的人”(圣洁的种类)的计划。神在审判中仍有怜悯。我们可以从神保守祂的百姓的应许中得到激励。如果我们对神忠实,我们一定会得到神的怜悯。 

  赛 6:11-13> 心、耳朵、眼睛……有如同无,是我吗?