阿摩司书 9: 6 那在天上建造楼阁，在地上安定穹苍，命海水浇在地上的，耶和华是祂的名。
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 9:1-15
1 我看见主站在祭坛旁边，他说：「你要击打柱顶，使门槛震动，打碎柱顶落在众人头上。所剩下的人我必用刀杀戮，无一人能逃避，无一人能逃脱。 2 他们虽然挖透阴间，我的手必取出他们来。虽然爬上天去，我必拿下他们来。
这章有四个预言，第1-10节是三个毁灭性预言，指出无人能逃避脱神的愤怒和审判。
一、神的愤怒 (9:1-10)
(1) 人受审判 (9: 1-4)
神吩咐先知击打柱顶，房子塌下，会死去很多人(参9:1)。剩下的用刀杀戮，神的愤怒下无人能逃脱。先知之前叫百姓悔改，但百姓不肯悔改，还叫先知离开并闭嘴，他们以为自己无问题，以为审判日子不会到。神却定住眼目，要把他们每一个人都杀尽，降祸不降福(参9:2-4)。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 11:8-19. Let’s go!
To illustrate what faith looks like in real life, the writer of Hebrews focuses in on the life of Abraham and his wife Sarah. Their incredible story is told in Genesis 12-25. Here’s what I learned verse by verse about what faith looks like from the life of Abraham and Sarah as described by the writer of Hebrews.
Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
On verse 8: Faith is going where God tells you to go, even when you don’t see the whole picture. So if you’re waiting to see the full picture before you go, guess what? You’re not living by faith.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 11:1-7. Let’s go!
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
On verse 1: In the previous verse (Hebrews 10:39), the writer of Hebrews channeled his inner football coach and encouraged his readers to keep on fighting the fight of faith. He told them “we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved” (Hebrews 10:39). Now the writer of Hebrews goes on to explain what faith is. His definition, as translated by the NIV: “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (v1). I believe this verse shows us there are two parts to faith.
阿摩司书 8: 11 主耶和华说：「日子将到，我必命饥荒降在地上。人饥饿非因无饼，干渴非因无水，乃因不听耶和华的话。
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 8:1-14
1 主耶和华又指示我一件事：我看见一筐夏天的果子。 2 他说：「阿摩司啊，你看见什么？」我说：「看见一筐夏天的果子。」耶和华说：「我民以色列的结局到了，我必不再宽恕他们。」 3 主耶和华说：「那日，殿中的诗歌变为哀号，必有许多尸首在各处抛弃，无人作声。」
一、夏果临到 再不饶恕 (8:1-3)
「主耶和华又指示我一件事：我看见一筐夏天的果子。」(8:1) 夏果异象是接续第七章中的三个异象──蝗虫、火和准绳；这和之前三个异象相同的是神「指示我一件事」。当阿摩司看到蝗虫和火两个异象，他为以色列代求，但到第三个异象，神不许他代求；来到夏果异象，神同样没有让他代求。神说：「我民以色列的结局到了，我必不再宽恕他们。(8:2)」夏天的果子成熟了，再不吃也不能收藏多久，很快就腐烂，夏果表示结局到了！
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 10:32-39. Let’s go!
Hebrews 10:32-39 (NIV)
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering.
33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.
34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
On verses 32-39: Perseverance is a repeated theme in the book of Hebrews. To encourage the Christians he is writing to, the writer of Hebrews recalls the early days of their faith when they suffered much persecution, even having their property confiscated and going to prison for their faith. Apparently they did so joyfully because they knew that they “had better and lasting possessions” (v34). (It reminds me of that famous quote from missionary Jim Elliott who wrote, “He is no fool who loses what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”)
阿摩司书 7: 15 耶和华选召我，使我不跟从羊群，对我说：『你去向我民以色列说预言。』
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 7:1-17
1 主耶和华指示我一件事：为王割菜之后，菜又发生，刚发生的时候，主造蝗虫。 2 蝗虫吃尽那地的青物，我就说：「主耶和华啊，求你赦免！因为雅各微弱，他怎能站立得住呢？」 3 耶和华就后悔说：「这灾可以免了。」
在第五章中神已透过先知阿摩司宣告在北国以色列会有五重审判，到第六章便说他们会被掳掠。现在到了第七章，是宣告审判。
一、 蝗虫的审判 (7:1-3)
蝗虫的审判就是饥荒的审判，让我们想到埃及的十灾 (参出10:12-15)。埃及人受审判是因他们不容以色列人去事奉神。同样以色列人在这里不事奉真神，因此神用审判埃及的方式审判以色列。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 10:26-31. Let’s go!
Hebrews 10:26-31 (NIV)
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
On verses 26-31: There are two schools of interpretation that are worth considering when trying to understand this short passage. The first and perhaps more mainstream way to interpret this passage is that it is basically repeating what Hebrews 6:4-6 has already said: that if we receive Jesus as Saviour (“receive the knowledge of the truth” (v26)) but later commit apostasy by rejecting Jesus as our Saviour (“deliberately keep on sinning” (v26)), we will not be saved and will end up in a Christ-less hell for eternity. That’s because we have ultimately rejected the only provision God has made for our sin: Jesus Christ.
阿摩司书 6: 12 马岂能在崖石上奔跑？人岂能在那里用牛耕种呢？你们却使公平变为苦胆，使公义的果子变为茵陈。
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 6:1-14
1 国为列国之首，人最著名，且为以色列家所归向，在锡安和撒马利亚山安逸无虑的，有祸了！ 2 你们要过到甲尼察看，从那里往大城哈马去，又下到非利士人的迦特，看那些国比你们的国还强吗？境界比你们的境界还宽吗？
有一位姐妹问我，当我们认罪时，是否只要说：“求主赦免我的一切过犯。”就可以了？这有点像竞选什么环球小姐的宣言，“我期望世界和平”。说得很漂亮，实际上是个虚言。有的人祷告求神帮助所有穷苦的人，生病的人，有困难的人，等等。这种祷告不仅虚伪，更是托大，把神当成仆役，凭你一句话，就要去医治所有的病患，帮助所有的穷人，而自己一根指头都不动，只动两张嘴皮。你说是不是虚伪和托大？
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 10:19-25. Let’s go!
Hebrews 10:19-25 (NIV)
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
On verses 19-25: Here the author of Hebrews reminds us of how Jesus is our great high priest (v21) and how through Jesus’ shed blood and sacrificed body we are able to freely enter God’s holy presence (v19-20). Starting in verse 22, the writer of Hebrews shows how our relationships both vertically with God and horizontally with others can change when Jesus is in the mix. In particular, the writer of Hebrews tells us 5 things that we ought to do in response to who Jesus is and what He has done. Two of those five things are vertically-oriented. They have to do with our relationship with God: drawing near to God with full assurance of faith even when we sin (v22) and holding on to the hope we have in Jesus even in our toughest times (v23).
阿摩司书 5:24 唯愿公平如大水滚滚，使公义如江河滔滔。
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 5:1-27
1 以色列家啊，要听我为你们所作的哀歌： 2 以色列民跌倒，不得再起；躺在地上，无人搀扶。 3 主耶和华如此说：「以色列家的城，发出一千兵的只剩一百，发出一百的只剩十个。」
4 耶和华向以色列家如此说：「你们要寻求我，就必存活。 5 不要往伯特利寻求，不要进入吉甲，不要过到别是巴，因为吉甲必被掳掠，伯特利也必归于无有。」 6 要寻求耶和华，就必存活，免得他在约瑟家像火发出，在伯特利焚烧无人扑灭。
当我们读到神借着先知警戒以色列的话时，可能会觉得和自己毫无关系。但是若仔细地去读，就会发现，这不只是以色列人犯的罪，也是世上众民在神面前的罪。所以神为以色列作的哀歌，也是为世人作的哀歌，唯愿世人听了之后，能像神所期望的，恶恶好善，秉公行义，或者神会向我们再施恩典。
最近读到葛培里牧师的家属聚集，分享他们对葛牧师的怀念时，有一段故事很令我感动。那就是葛牧师的小女儿的见证，她在婚后不久就离婚了。当她开车回家时，心里忐忑不安，觉得太让父亲没面子，不知作何解释才好。回家的路有一段上坡路，当她的车开到坡顶时，没想到葛牧师就站在那里等她。
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