旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第14章

Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
"Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?
Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet, I the LORD will answer him myself in keeping with his great idolatry.
I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.'
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!
"'When any Israelite or any alien living in Israel separates himself from me and sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet to inquire of me, I the LORD will answer him myself.
I will set my face against that man and make him an example and a byword. I will cut him off from my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
"'And if the prophet is enticed to utter a prophecy, I the LORD have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
They will bear their guilt--the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him.
Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"
The word of the LORD came to me:
"Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its men and their animals,
even if these three men--Noah, Daniel and Job--were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.
"Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,
as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.
"Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, 'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its men and their animals,
as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
"Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it through bloodshed, killing its men and their animals,
as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.
"For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments--sword and famine and wild beasts and plague--to kill its men and their animals!
Yet there will be some survivors--sons and daughters who will be brought out of it. They will come to you, and when you see their conduct and their actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem--every disaster I have brought upon it.
You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign LORD."
以西结书第十四章   第 14 章 

  结 14:3> “将假神接到心里”,这话说明了什么? 

  14:3 神谴责长老们在心里敬拜偶像,还胆敢来到真先知面前求劝勉。他们表面上敬拜神,经常上圣殿去献祭物,但他们并不真诚。我们很容易批评以色列人在最需要神的时候却拜偶像,但在我们热心而虔诚地追逐名誉、认同、财富或感官上的欢愉的时候,我们也是在心中拜偶像。我们这颗追求的心应该是向着神的。 

  结 14:3-5> “我早已过了盲目崇拜的年龄”,你有把握吗? 

  14:3-5 希伯来的作者认为,生命的重要功能分配给了不同的器官。心脏的功能被认为是在人的智力和属灵方面的。每个人的心目中都有自己倾心的某人或某物,所以我们都有拜偶像的可能。神要重新捉住百姓的心。我们决不能让自己倾心的对象取代或削弱我们对神的忠诚。 

  结 14:6-11> 我们的信心是自己的和真正的吗?我们是否在依赖别人的作为呢? 

  14:6-11 尽管犹大的百姓渴望接受假先知的消息,但也认为在国家中有几位敬畏神的人,就算有了抵消灾难的“保险”。这样在危急的时候,他们总可以向神的先知求问。但仅靠在周围有神的人并不能解决问题。我们必须记住:我们的牧师,家庭或朋友同神的关系,并不能使我们脱离自己的罪恶。每一个人要为自己同神的关系负责。 

  结 14:14> 挪亚、但以理和约伯,他们有什么共同的特点? 

  14:14 挪亚、但以理和约伯在以色列历史上都是伟人,以他们与神的关系和他们的智慧闻名(参创 6:8-9 ;但 2:47-48 ;伯 1:1 )。但以理是在公元前 605 年巴比伦第一次占领犹大时被掳的,他到巴比伦比以西结早八年。在以西结宣讲信息的时候,但以理已在巴比伦政府中身居要职。但即使这些神的伟人也不能拯救犹大百姓,因为神已经审判了他们顽梗的罪。──《灵修版圣经注释》