以西結是先知 by mini 江敏妮
先知──是神的代言人
是不討人喜歡的
為什麼？
因為先知沒有自己
他們只能忠實傳達上帝的意思…(像何西阿...等亦是)
尤其在這末世…
多災多難的時節…
人聽得進…安慰勸勉的話…
但一提到…有關 神的審判…
不願聽…也不想聽…
甚至集體攻擊傳講信息的人…
(其實真正能拯救人靈魂及性命的卻是那些來自神的逆耳忠言...)
「選擇性的聆聽」
無法彰顯 神的公義及慈愛
「與環境妥協」
也是信仰中活出見證的一大障礙
以下可讓我們知道…
做一個「守望者」
聖經提醒我們、要注意哪些事情？
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守望者的典範──以西結
結3:3-13 又對我說：「人子啊，要吃我所賜給你的這書卷，充滿你的肚腹。」我就吃了，口中覺得其甜如蜜。他對我說：「人子啊，你往以色列家那裏去，將我的話對他們講說。你奉差遣不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的民那裏去，乃是往以色列家去；不是往那說話深奧、言語難懂的多國去，他們的話語是你不懂得的。我若差你往他們那裏去，他們必聽從你。以色列家卻不肯聽從你，因為他們不肯聽從我；原來以色列全家是額堅心硬的人。看哪，我使你的臉硬過他們的臉，使你的額硬過他們的額。我使你的額像金鋼鑽，比火石更硬。他們雖是悖逆之家，你不要怕他們，也不要因他們的臉色驚惶。」他又對我說：「人子啊，我對你所說的一切話，要心裏領會，耳中聽聞。你往你本國被擄的子民那裏去，他們或聽，或不聽，你要對他們講說，告訴他們這是主耶和華說的。」那時，靈將我舉起，我就聽見在我身後有震動轟轟的聲音，說：「從耶和華的所在顯出來的榮耀是該稱頌的！」…
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耶和華派以西結作守望者 ( 結 33:1-9 )
3:14 於是靈將我舉起，帶我而去。
我心中甚苦，靈性忿激，
並且耶和華的靈（原文是手）在我身上大有能力。
3:15 我就來到提勒亞畢，住在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人那裏，
到他們所住的地方，
在他們中間憂憂悶悶地坐了七日。
3:16 過了七日，耶和華的話臨到我說：
3:17 「人子啊，我立你作以色列家守望的人，
所以你要聽我口中的話，替我警戒他們。
3:18 我何時指著 惡人 說：他必要死；
你若不警戒他，也不勸戒他，
使他離開惡行，拯救他的性命，這惡人必死在罪孽之中；
我卻要向你討他喪命的罪（原文是血）。
3:19 倘若你警戒惡人，
他仍不轉離罪惡，也不離開惡行，
他必死在罪孽之中，
你卻救自己脫離了罪。
3:20 再者，義人 何時離義而犯罪，
我將絆腳石放在他面前，他就必死；
因你沒有警戒他，他必死在罪中，
他素來所行的義不被記念；
我卻要向你討他喪命的罪（原文是血）。
3:21 倘若你警戒義人，使他不犯罪，他就不犯罪；
他因受警戒就必存活，
你也救自己脫離了罪。」
以西結暫成啞巴
3:22 耶和華的靈（原文是手）在那裏降在我身上。
他對我說：
「你起來往平原去，我要在那裏和你說話。」
3:23 於是我起來往平原去，
不料，耶和華的榮耀正如我在迦巴魯河邊所見的一樣，
停在那裏，我就俯伏於地。
3:24 靈就進入我裏面，
使我站起來。耶和華對我說：
「你進房屋去，將門關上。
3:25 人子啊，人必用繩索捆綁你，
你就不能出去在他們中間來往。
3:26 我必使你的舌頭貼住上膛，
以致你啞口，
不能作責備他們的人；
他們原是悖逆之家。
3:27 但我對你說話的時候，
必使你開口，你就要對他們說：『主耶和華如此說』。
聽的可以聽，不聽的任他不聽，
因為他們是悖逆之家。」
Ezekiel
3:1 And he said to me, Son of man, take this roll for your food, and go and say my words to the children of Israel .
3:2 And, on my opening my mouth, he made me take the roll as food.
3:3 And he said to me, Son of man, let your stomach make a meal of it and let your inside be full of this roll which I am giving you. Then I took it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
3:4 And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel , and say my words to them.
3:5 For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel ;
3:6 Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.
3:7 But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.
3:8 See, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your brow hard against their brows.
3:9 Like a diamond harder than rock I have made your brow: have no fear of them and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
3:10 Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.
3:11 And go now to those who have been taken away as prisoners, to the children of your people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said; if they give ear or if they do not.
3:12 Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.
3:13 And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.
3:14 And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.
3:15 Then I came to those who had been taken away as prisoners, who were at Telabib by the river Chebar, and I was seated among them full of wonder for seven days.
3:16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
3:17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel : so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
3:18 When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
3:19 But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
3:20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
3:21 But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
3:22 And the hand of the Lord was on me there; and he said, Get up and go out into the valley and there I will have talk with you.
3:23 Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
3:24 Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.
3:25 But see, O son of man, I will put bands on you, prisoning you in them, and you will not go out among them:
3:26 And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
3:27 But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.
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