Year: 2021

12/11/2021

引言 :干净的城市与肮脏的城市，你喜欢哪一个？

肮脏滋生蛇鼠臭虫，病毒病菌，威胁人类的健康！在属灵上也是一样!

一、为神招聚众民（V1-11）

迈向复兴的道路有什么步骤呢？罪恶消除脱离黑暗，生命复苏重建光明！

1.集合全民（V1-2）

约西亚王爱神，坚守神的诫命。要带动全国的复兴，首先需要召集领袖。把犹大全地和首都京城的众长老，领袖们召集起来。除了有了百姓的领袖，跟着还要有其他属灵领袖，甚至是一家大小都聚集起来。来到神的殿，一同来听取神与人立约的圣书卷。

神的子民要听见关乎祝福与咒诅的真理诫命！
他们不像我们今天这样幸福，人人拥有神的话语在手中。甚至时刻不离手，因为神的话也在手机里。但是，我们却是因此而变得不珍惜，不去读、不去听、不去行，所以才回到咒诅的模式里。此时此刻，我们除了在主日集会是召集大家来敬拜神，而且还可以透过晨祷和607的平台召集大家来听神的话，向神祷告。

2.尽心守约（V3）

神是与人立约的神，这是极不对称的盟约。神是全能、全知、至圣、至高的创造主。人却是无能、无知、污秽、卑微的被造物，而神竟然愿意与人立约。而且这约的性质很特别：即是父与子之约、也是夫与妻之约、更是主与仆之约、亦是师徒之约、又是王与民之约。两者的身份和等悬殊？

立约者永不放弃，永不食言。神对守约者只有一个条件：‘尽心尽性’去回应神。（整本圣经有34次说到‘尽心’这词，其中31次都是形容人对神的回应。）耶稣也是这样教导我们面对神的诫命。

王带领众人一同向神立约，并且表明要尽全力的顺服神的带领，严守神的诫命。最终蒙福的是人自己，何乐不为呢？

3.洁净圣殿（V4-11）

（1）把一切属偶像的器具都从圣殿中清理出来
（2）废除一切拜偶现的祭司和相关人士
（3）把偶像搬到专门焚烧垃圾的地方打碎烧净
（4）作为淫乱祭祀之用的房子也要拆毁

我们做家居洁净的处理原则也是由此而来····，我们的环境空间洁净了，神也就乐于同在显出祝福。

二、为神洁净全国（V12-20）

洁净的范围应该是多大呢？就根据当事人的管辖权限而定。一家之主对全家有权柄、全国之首对国家有权柄。

1.破除列王的祭坛（V12-14）

以前的列王所建立的偶像祭坛该如何处理呢？他们既然已经不在了，如今谁做王就是谁说了算。因为，当权者有权柄把不好的、败坏的、得罪神的风俗通通给消灭掉。

想想我们的家族中有没有一些什么“不属神的祭坛”？例如暴怒的灵、淫乱的灵、疾病的咒诅、贫穷的咒诅等“祭坛”，不是属神的本质，而是罪恶咒诅的果子，统统要拆毁打碎除灭。

2.彻底根除罪恶源（V15-20）

伯特利בֵּית אֵל神的家怎么会有外邦偶像的祭坛？这就是过往神子民被蒙蔽而产生的误差，如今都要一一破除销毁。否则就继续惹神发怒，这样还有什么祝福呢？

今天【神的家】就是教会，教会有没有什么惹神发怒的“祭坛”呢？
骄傲、自义、包庇罪恶、贪图财利、自私排他、分门别类、勾心斗角····。这些神所看为罪的元素不也是很容易滋长于神的家中吗？那里有这些“祭坛”，那里就给仇敌留地步。我们要一一破除！

三、恢复神的节期（V21-23）

这是非常振奋人心的记载，我们如今都以守神的节期为教会的高潮点。在以色列民得地为业之后，过去几百年的历史中，他们竟然忘了要守神的节期。原来到了约西亚王的这个时候，他们才重新发现和想到要守神的节期。尤其逾越节是纪念神的救赎，这是何等宝贵的经历，怎能忘记神恩呢？

我们不也要时时纪念神的救赎恩典么？想到自己原本是被判死罪的死人，如今却被逾越节的代罪羔羊给救赎了，我们怎么忘记这恩典呢？我们岂能不为这位主而活？甚至完全摆上自己，一生被主使用呢？

四、彻底洁净全地（V24-25）

1.破除巫术权势（V24-25）

在前两章经文说到玛拿西王的败坏的时候，我说从希西家接触巴比伦到后来的世代，似乎都受到一种使人混乱的巫术之灵的影响，如今约西亚王的确就是要破除一切巫术邪术的权势。这样才得以全面洁净全地，破除国家的咒诅。

对教会的弟兄姐妹而言，我们都知道也向往破除家族和生活中可能隐藏的一切咒诅，所以大家都积极参与教会的医治释放课程和营会。但是也要像约西亚那样，尽心、尽性、尽力归向神，爱神服事神，为神作祂所吩咐的事。

2.神为何还动怒（V26-27）

（代下33不是记载玛拿西侧底悔改吗？）
两卷书的记载很不同，也许和作者的重点有关。《列王纪》应该是由先知耶利米所写，先知的信心总是责备罪恶，从神管教的角度，表明犯罪作恶的结局就是死。信息鲜明没有含糊，犯罪就得死。但是《历代志》是由文士以斯拉所写，作者就比较注重细节，把事情的来龙去脉记录得更详尽。因此把玛拿西悔改的事也记载了。既然如此，为何神还如此发怒呢？

在我的灵里似乎感受到神说：“我是有怜悯有恩典的，所以玛拿西悔改的时候我就饶恕了他。但是他所种下的恶种，在子民中间的恶行影响深远。玛拿西所种下的恶种，已经遍布全民。虽然约西亚做得很好，但是这只是他权柄上可以办到的事，在外表上虽然铲除了所有的巫术权势，但是百姓心里的毒根还在，还没有被栽种真理的稻种所取代，所以约西亚走了以后，百姓又重蹈覆辙。这都是玛拿西所造成的，所以我很生气。“

3.死于自己多事（V28-30）

一生为神执行公义的好王是怎么死的呢？这里记载是在战场上被杀死，那不是死于非命？不得好死吗？但是
上一章经文的最后一节却引述一位女先知的预言说：‘我必使你平平安安地归到坟墓，到你列祖那里；我要降与这地的一切灾祸，你也不至亲眼看见。’他们就回复王去了。（王下22:20）其实这里可以说是约西亚王太多事了，埃及法老王要去攻击亚述王，这又关他何事呢？神即没有要他插手，而且两个外邦国家的事何时轮到他了介入呢？结果他就白白的送死了。

主啊！为什么约西亚一生都勇敢的为真理而活，只是在错误抵挡埃及的事上有误差判断，祢就让他结束了生命呢？
在我的灵里又感受到神说：“正因为他一生都行得正，按我的心意做事，他更不应该犯这样的错，所以我就让他回家了，免得日后错得更大。”

五、恶王依然延续（V31-37）

约西亚之后的最后四个王都是恶王，四王的执政只经过大约22年就完全亡国了，被掳掠到巴比伦去了。大家可能觉得很惊讶，为什么约西亚作了那么伟大的全国性洁净之后，国家不但没有复兴，反而在他之后就一路走向灭亡？

主啊！为什么约西亚侧底的洁净了全国，祢却是在这个时期说出要赶出犹大人的愤怒之言？

我再次感受到神说：“因为我看到罪恶的历史不断重演，约西亚所显示的就是我所要的，但是在他之后人又是固态复发，因此我发出最后的预警，我是说到做到。”

总结：时代将要结束

你作何回应？

这里让我们看到一个时代将要结束，剩下不到23年的时间，但是人心如何回应呢？约西亚王做了全面的洁净，然后就安然见主了。后来的罪恶就是一路引向灭亡。

我们现今的世代不正是如此吗？我们竭力炼净生命预备见主，往后的罪恶会恶化到最终被神灭绝！

2 Kings 23 【Cleansing And Realise Over The Whole Nation】

Introduction: Which do you prefer, a clean city or a dirty city?

Filth breeds snakes, rats, bedbugs, viruses and germs that threaten human health! It is the same in spirituality!

1. Gathering the People for God (V1-11)

What are the steps on the road to revival? Sin is removed from darkness, and life is restored to the light!

(1) Gathering All People (v1-2)

King Josiah loved God and held fast to the commandments of God. To bring about a national revival, the first thing needed to be the gathering of leaders. Gather all the elders and leaders from all the land of Judah and the capital city. In addition to the leaders of the people, spiritual leaders, even families, needed to be gathered. Come to the house of God and hear together the holy scroll of the covenant between God and man.

God’s people need to hear the commandments of truth concerning blessings and curses!
They were not as blessed as we are today, when everyone has the word of God in their hands. The word of God does not even leave their hands at all times, for the word of God is also in their cell phones. However, we have become unappreciative because of this and we do not read, hear, or act on it, so we have returned to the pattern of curses. At this moment, except gathering people to worship God in the Sunday Services, but also gathering people to hear God’s words and pray to God through the Morning Devotion and 607 Worship & Prayer.

(2) Keep the covenant with all your heart (v3)

Our God is a God who makes a covenant with man, which is a highly asymmetrical covenant. God is the omnipotent, omniscient, holy, and supreme creator. Man, however, is an impotent, ignorant, defiled, and vile creation, but God is willing to make a covenant with man. The nature of this covenant is very special: it is a covenant between the Father and the Son, a covenant between the husband and the wife, a covenant between the master and the servant, a covenant between the master and the disciple, and a covenant between the King and the people. What a difference in status between the two?

He who makes a covenant never gives up and never breaks his word. God has only one condition for the keepers of covenant: to respond to God with all their heart and soul. (The entire Bible speaks of the word ‘with all your heart’ 34 times, and 31 of those times are describing man’s response to God). This is also how Jesus teaches us to face the commandments of God.

The king led the people in a covenant to God and made clear that he would do his best to obey the leading of God and keep His commandments. It is the man himself who is ultimately blessed, so why not?

(3) Cleansing the Holy Temple (v4-11)

Cleanse the temple of all idolatrous objects
Abolish all the priests and related persons who worshiped the idols
Removing the idols to a designated place for burning garbage to break them up and burn them
The house used for obscene sacrifices should also be demolished.

This is where we get the principle of dealing with household cleansing …., and when the environment is clean, God is pleased to show His blessing with His presence.

2. Purify the Nation for God (V12-20)

How large should the range of purification be? It depends on the jurisdictional authority of the person concerned. The head of a family has authority over the whole family, and the head of the nation has authority over the nation.

(1) Break down the altars of the former kings (v12-14)

What should be done with the idolatrous altars erected by the former kings? Since they are no longer there, whoever is king now is in charge. For those who are in authority have the power to destroy all the bad, corrupt, and offensive customs.

Consider if there are any “ungodly altars” in our families. Such “altars” as the spirit of wrath, the spirit of adultery, the curse of sickness, the curse of poverty, etc., are not of God’s nature, but are the fruit of the curse of sin, and must all be broken down and destroyed.

(2) Complete Eradication of the Source of Sin (v15-20)

How could there be an altar of gentile idols in the house of God in Bethel בֵּית אֵל? This is the error of the past when God’s people were deluded, and now they are all to be broken and destroyed one by one. Otherwise, they will continue to provoke God’s anger, and what blessing is there in that?

Today [the house of God] is the church. Does the church have any “altars” that provoke God’s anger?
Pride, self-righteousness, harboring of sin, greed for wealth and profit, selfishness and exclusivity, compartmentalization, and rivalry ….. Don’t these elements, which God regards as sin, also grow easily in the house of God? Where there are these “altars”, there is room for the enemy. We must break them down one by one!

3. Restoration of the Feasts of God (V21-23)

This is a very exciting account, and we all use the keeping of God’s feasts as the high point of the church today. After the people of Israel had been given the land for their property, they had forgotten to keep God’s feasts for the past several hundred years of their history. It was only at the time of King Josiah that they rediscovered and thought about keeping God’s feasts. Especially the Passover is a remembrance of God’s salvation, what a precious experience, how can one forget God’s grace?

Don’t we also need to remember God’s saving grace at all times? How can we forget this grace when we think of ourselves as dead men condemned to death, but now redeemed by the Lamb during Passover? How can we not live for the Lord? Even lay ourselves out completely and be used by the Lord all the days of our lives?

4. Complete Cleansing of the Whole Land (v24-25)

(1) Break the power of witchcraft (v24-25)

In the first two verses about the corruption of King Manasseh, I said that from Hezekiah’s contact with Babylon to later generations, it seems to be under the influence of a confusing spirit of sorcery, and now King Josiah is indeed to break all the power of sorcery and evil spirits. In this way the whole land was fully cleansed and the curse of the nation will be broken.

For our brothers and sisters in the church, we all know and desire to break all the curses that may be hidden in our families and lives, so we all actively participate in the church’s healing and deliverance lessons and camps. But also, like Josiah, we must turn to God with all our heart, soul, and strength, loving and serving Him and doing for Him what He has commanded.

(2) Why is God still angry (v26-27)

(Isn’t it written in 2 Chronicles 33 that Manasseh repented thoroughly?)
The accounts of the two books are very different, perhaps related to the focus of the author. The book of Kings is supposed to be written by the prophet Jeremiah, whose faith always rebukes sin and shows that the end of sin and evil is death from the perspective of God’s discipline. The message is clear and unambiguous, sin and you die. But the book of Chronicles was written by the scribe Ezra, and the author was more detail-oriented, recording the events in more detail. Thus the repentance of Manasseh was also recorded. If this is the case, why was God so angry?

In my spirit I seem to feel God saying, “I am merciful and gracious, so I forgave Manasseh when he repented. But the evil seed he sowed had a far-reaching effect on the wickedness among his people. The evil seed sown by Manasseh has spread throughout the whole nation. Although Josiah did a good job, it was only what he could do in his authority. Although all the witchcraft power was eradicated outwardly, the poisonous roots in the hearts of the people were still there, and had not been replaced by the planting of the truth, so the people repeated the same mistakes after Josiah left. This was all caused by Manasseh, so I was angry. ”

(3) Died of his own meddling (V28-30)

How did the good king, who had been executing justice for God all his life, die? It is written here that he was killed on the battlefield, so didn’t he die a wrongful death? Wouldn’t it be a good death? But
The last verse of the previous chapter quotes a prophetess who prophesied:“Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place.So they brought back word to the king.(2 Kings 22:20) In fact, it can be said that King Josiah was meddlesome here. What did it matter to him that the Pharaoh of Egypt was going to attack the king of Assyria? God did not ask him to intervene, and when was it his turn to intervene in the affairs of two foreign nations? As a result, he died in vain.

Lord! Why did you let Josiah, who had lived courageously for the truth all his life, end his life only because of his error of judgment in resisting Egypt?
I felt in my spirit that God said, “Because he lived righteously all his life and did what I wanted, he should not have made such a mistake, so I let him go home, so that he would not make a greater mistake later.”

5. Wicked Kings Still Continue (V31-37)

The last four kings after Josiah were all wicked kings, and the reigns of the four kings only lasted about 22 years before the nation was completely destroyed and taken into captivity in Babylon. You may find it surprising why, after Josiah made such a great national cleansing, the nation was not revived, but went all the way to destruction after him.

Lord! Why did Josiah purify the nation, but at this time You spoke angry words to drive out the people of Judah?
Once again I felt God saying, “Because I see the history of sin repeating itself, and what Josiah showed is what I want, but after him man is solidly relapsed, therefore I send a final warning, and I am as good as my word.”

Summary: The Era Is Coming To An End
How do you respond?

Here we see an era coming to an end, with less than 23 years left, but how do the hearts of the people respond? King Josiah did a complete cleansing and then met the Lord in peace. The sin that followed led all the way to destruction.

Is this not true of our present generation? We are trying to purify our lives in preparation to meet the Lord, sins will worsen in the days to come until ultimately all will be exterminated by God!

11/11/2021

引言 :说有就有命立就立的神

我们都知道诸天藉耶和华的命而造； 万象藉他口中的气而成（诗33:6），因此神的话语是大有能力的。也因为祂必不背弃与我们所立的约，所以祂口对我们说过的话绝不徒然返回。既然神这么看重祂的话语，作为祂儿女的我们，我们更是要“认真的来回应神的话语”！

一、神的话语必成就（V1-7）

1约西亚登基的时候年八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大，是波斯加人亚大雅的女儿。2约西亚行耶和华眼中看为正的事，行他祖大卫一切所行的，不偏左右。3约西亚王十八年，王差遣米书兰的孙子、亚萨利的儿子─书记沙番上耶和华殿去，吩咐他说：4你去见大祭司希勒家，使他将奉到耶和华殿的银子，就是守门的从民中收聚的银子，数算数算，5交给耶和华殿里办事的人，使他们转交耶和华殿里做工的人，好修理殿的破坏之处，6就是转交木匠和工人，并瓦匠，又买木料和凿成的石头修理殿宇，7将银子交在办事的人手里，不与他们算帐，因为他们办事诚实。

这段经文说到年仅8岁的约西亚，在耶路撒冷登基作王。约西亚是犹大国最后一位好王。他行耶和华眼中看为正的事，效法大卫一切所行的，不偏左右。

在昨天的21章我们知道说约西亚的祖父和父亲，玛拿西与亚们都行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，而且使整个犹大国被带到很邪恶且惹神愤怒的地步。但是，在这样的环境下成长的约西亚竟然是绝然不同的像足大卫，真的有点不可思议。到底是谁使他如此与众不同呢？

有学者认为应该是他母亲，因为经文提到他母亲的名字。我们不排除有这样的可能性。但从之前的王上13：1-2的记载，我们更知道这是神的作为。因为在约西亚出世的三百多年前，神已经藉着神人预言他的来临；“坛哪、坛哪、耶和华如此说、大卫家里必生一个儿子、名叫约西亚。他必将邱坛的祭司、就是在你上面烧香的、杀在你上面、人的骨头也必烧在你上面。

所以，我们看到约西亚能够在背道之风盛行全国的时刻，行耶和华眼中看为正的事小小的年纪就寻求神，20岁开始洁净犹大，登基第18修理圣殿，并且成为犹大诸王中，回转得最彻底的王（代下34:3-7），这一切都是神按造祂口中所出的话语亲自成就的。

曾经有位牧者和我分享，她说她数算过整本圣经，神要赐给人祝福应许，一共有3万多个。我们知道，圣经所讲的、律法书所说的、每一句从神而出的话都要成就，因为神看重祂自己的话语。弟兄姐妹，不要说3万多个，就是能抓住3千个，我们想不蒙福都不可以。

弟兄姐妹，神在你生命中说过了什么话吗？如果你觉得没有，那你今天就开始仔细的从圣经里找，所有的应许都是给你的。抓住这些应许，并且相信神必要亲自为你成就！

约西亚王爱神，顾念神的殿破旧不堪，因此让书记沙番把钱带到大祭司希勒家，交给殿里做工的人，修造殿的破坏之处。大祭司希勒家也在这样的时刻，在耶和华的殿中找到了律法书，让沙番带回去给王。

今天爱神的我们，要不断得着神所应许的福分，我们这圣灵居住的殿也要不断的被修造。每天我们来晨祷，主日我们听信息，读经时，神都用祂的话语光照我们。不同的人可以有不同的回应。有些可以充耳不闻、有些可以听听就算了、有些可以听了很有感动，立志要去遵行，但走出大门后，却被世界的许多价值观给诱惑了，导致神的话语被鸟吃了、被荆棘卡住了，所以生命依然没有什么改变。但今天，我们神国的儿女，要来向约西亚王学习，当神的话语光照我们时，我们要有回应：

二、话语光照要回应（V8-14）

1.便撕裂衣服（V8-11）

8大祭司希勒家对书记沙番说：我在耶和华殿里得了律法书。希勒家将书递给沙番，沙番就看了。9书记沙番到王那里，回覆王说：你的仆人已将殿里的银子倒出数算，交给耶和华殿里办事的人了。10书记沙番又对王说：祭司希勒家递给我一卷书。沙番就在王面前读那书。11王听见律法书上的话，便撕裂衣服，

撕裂衣服：是哀悼、忏悔和痛苦、自卑的表现

这里的律法书原文是妥拉卷轴，也就是摩西五经。这律法书很可能是所罗门建殿时埋在基石中，或是玛拿西时代销毁律法书时，有神忠心祭司把它藏在圣殿里的。沙番所读的很可能就是申命记28-30章里的祸福篇。

约西亚王听完了书中的话，顿时明白到犹大国国势日渐衰弱，国民道德极其败坏，乃是先王的作为，是百姓失去了神的话语，离弃神和专行耶和华眼中看为恶的事。因此，自卑忏悔和痛下决心回应遵行神律法书上的话。彻底清除国内的邱坛、偶像、邪术，恢复对耶和华真实的敬拜。

神是用话语创造天地的神。人心也是借着神话语的光照才能苏醒。神的百姓偏离神，是因为失去了神的话。历代以来，恶者用尽许多方法要来毁灭神的话语。毁灭不了就混乱真理。所以，我们真的要好好的珍惜这本神留给我们圣经。好好地研读、背经、遵行，使神的话语成为我们生命里的指引和力量。不要像玛拿西烧毁律法书那样的，只把圣经当成是摆设品放在一边。

此外，当约西亚看见律法书上的话，看见神的审判时，他很认真地回应。忧伤痛悔的灵神不轻看。弟兄姐妹，当神的话语光照我们生命的问题时，我们要认真的回应神，要谦卑的悔改来对齐神。

约西亚听见神在律法书上审判的话语后，他第二个可取的态度是“求问耶和华”

2.求问耶和华（V12-14）

12吩咐祭司希勒家与沙番的儿子亚希甘、米该亚的儿子亚革波、书记沙番和王的臣仆亚撒雅，说：13你们去为我、为民、为犹大众人，以这书上的话求问耶和华；因为我们列祖没有听从这书上的言语，没有遵着书上所吩咐我们的去行，耶和华就向我们大发烈怒。14於是，祭司希勒家和亚希甘、亚革波、沙番、亚撒雅都去见女先知户勒大。户勒大是掌管礼服沙龙的妻；沙龙是哈珥哈斯的孙子、特瓦的儿子。户勒大住在耶路撒冷第二区。他们请问於他。

约西亚在神话语的光照中看到了犹大百姓对神的亏欠。他没有把国家遭难的责任给推卸掉，也没有为祖先遮掩罪过，而是立刻承认了犹大的悖逆，并且差派人去找先知户勒大求问神。

我常跟孩子们说（包挂组员），不明白就要问，如果你还在学习听神的声音，问了圣灵还不是很确定，你也可以问牧者、权柄、组长等。但人很常的一个现象，就是不好意思发问。那天女儿说不明白老师教的教导。那我就问她为什么没有问老师。她说不敢问，因为怕自己问的是‘stupid question’。其实这是不好的，因为面子问题。所以，我就跟她说：‘so you rather become more and more stupid then asking stupid question and become wise?’你情愿越来越笨过于问了别人认为愚蠢的问题后，成为智慧人？

上星期六YAY的更新课程结束前，学员们都有机会发问问题。除了涵懿，大家都很静。但之后分小组时，组员们就问了不少问题，比如“按照课程的分享，那是不是就说传统教会的弟兄姐妹就没有重生？”“那是不是每一次犯罪跌倒之后悔改，就等于重生？”“那到底一个人要重生多少次？”我当下就问她们，为什么刚才不问？所以要她们在组群里发问，可是到今天还是没有行动哦。

弟兄姐妹，我们都有圣灵内住在我们里面。当神给我们话语，我们还无法明白时，我们一定要回到神面前求问祂。我们的神不像人手造的偶像那样，有口不能说话。祂是活神！神不会对我们说一些让我们不能明白的话。神有时也会透过权柄给我们的生命说了一些严厉的话，我们不要选择受伤。而是要带到神面前来求问。当你每次这样行时，你就会发现被光照后的生命不但能被扩张，常与真理对齐，你跟神的关系更是会越来越深，就越来越能清楚的听见神的声音。

三、祸福就看人回应（V15-20）

这里我们看到神透过先知户勒大说出了祂公义与恩慈的话语。对于以色列百姓和王如何回应律法书神的话，他们得到了2种结局：

1.死不悔改惹神怒（V15-17）

15他对他们说：耶和华─以色列的神如此说：你们可以回覆那差遣你们来见我的人说，16耶和华如此说：我必照着犹大王所读那书上的一切话，降祸与这地和其上的居民。17因为他们离弃我，向别神烧香，用他们手所做的惹我发怒，所以我的忿怒必向这地发作，总不止息。

女先知户勒大给百姓的话是神公义的审判必临到他们。即使敬虔的约西亚王为百姓代求，该执行的管教神会执行。因为从耶利米书2-6章的记载的正是百姓当时的属灵光景，全知的神知道百姓虽然表面跟随约西亚的复兴，但心里还是继续悖逆、离弃祂作恶。

其实按神丰盛慈爱的属性，还有人若真是悔改，神就必要赦免我们的过犯。耶利米7:3章让我们看到神在犹大被掳的前夕，神还苦口婆心的劝他们改正行动作为，神就使他们仍然居住在圣城 。但以色列百姓藐视神的恩典，继续犯罪不悔改。所以神说祂的管教和愤怒总不止息。求神让我们有儆醒的灵，常常在恩典中谦卑的真实悔改。千万不要让神在给予我们的恩典上设下时限。

2.悔改代求得平安（V18-20）

18然而，差遣你们来求问耶和华的犹大王，你们要这样回覆他说：耶和华─以色列的神如此说：至於你所听见的话，19就是听见我指着这地和其上的居民所说、要使这地变为荒场、民受咒诅的话，你便心里敬服，在我面前自卑，撕裂衣服，向我哭泣，因此我应允了你。这是我─耶和华说的。20我必使你平平安安地归到坟墓到你列祖那里；我要降与这地的一切灾祸，你也不至亲眼看见。他们就回覆王去了。

女先知对约西亚王说，耶和华神将是他平平安安地归到坟墓，不会让他亲眼看见亡国，百姓受咒诅被掳。约西亚死后4年，尼布甲尼撒就开始进攻犹大。相信我们每个人都有过这样的经历，谦卑悔改心中就得平安，纵然要面对管教，心中仍可坦然无惧。

除此以外，当我们更深入地去思考这段经文，就会看到神虽说百姓必被管教，但约西亚的悔改和寻求神，却让神延迟了对以色列的审判，让约西亚这一代看不见也不会经历到王国的悲惨状况。所以约西亚的痛悔和代祷，实在也为犹大国带来了平安和祝福，因在他执政的年间是国泰民安，没有战争的。

这里也鼓励所有作为权柄者的，无论是父母、上司、牧者同工、小组长们，要知道我们对神话语的回应和代祷是非常重要和有能力的。

总结：站在破口呼求

我们如今也活在一个全地都惹耶和华的愤怒的时刻，也深知这地必定受审判。作为神的子民，当我们敬畏神，行耶和华眼中为正的事。认真对待神的话，在神面前自卑，我们就可以不用遭灾，得享平安。不但如此，我们更是要在末世的审判未到之前，积极的为这世代呼求。让人都可以起来，认真回应神的话语，免去神愤怒的刑罚！

2 Kings 22: Seriously Responding To The Word of God

Introduction:

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. (Psalm 33:6), therefore the word of God is powerful. And because He will not renege on the covenant He made with us, the words of His mouth to us will never return in vain. Since God values His word so much, we, as His children, are to “respond to God’s word in earnestly”!

1.The Word of God will be fulfilled (v1-7)

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 Now it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord, saying: 4 “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. 5 And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the Lord; let them give it to those who are in the house of the Lord doing the work, to repair the damages of the house— 6 to carpenters and builders and masons—and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully.”

This passage speaks of Josiah, who at the age of 8, was enthroned as king in Jerusalem. He was the last good king of the kingdom of Judah.

At a time when his grandfather and father did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, and the whole nation of Judah was brought to a point of great wickedness and anger with God, it is a little strange that Josiah should be like David, pleasing God. Who was it that made him so special?

Some scholars believe that it was his mother, for the scriptures mention her name. We cannot rule out this possibility. But from the previous account in 1 Kings 13:1-2, we know better that this was an act of God. For God had already foretold Josiah’s coming through the man of God more than three hundred years before he came into the world.

Therefore, we see that Josiah was able to do what was right in the eyes of the Lord at a time when apostasy was prevalent in the nation, to seek God at a young age, to begin to cleanse Judah at the age of 20, to repair the temple at the 18th day of his reign, and to become king of the kings of Judah who repented most thoroughly (2 Chronicles 34:3-7), all of which God Himself accomplished according to the word that came from His mouth.

A pastor once shared with me that she had counted the entire Bible and there were over 30,000 promises of blessings that God would give to people. We know that what the Bible says, what the Book of the Law says, and every word that comes from God will be fulfilled, because God values His own words. Brothers and sisters, not to mention more than 30,000, even if we can catch 3,000, we can’t even think of not being blessed.

Brothers and sisters, has God ever said anything in your life? If you think not, then start looking carefully in the Bible today, and all the promises are for you. Take hold of these promises and trust that God himself will fulfill them for you!

King Josiah loved God and was concerned about the dilapidated state of the temple of God, so he asked Shaphan, the secretary, to bring the money to the house of Hillel, the high priest, and give it to the men who worked in the temple to repair the damage to the temple. At such a time, too, the high priest Hillel’s house found the book of the law in the house of the Lord, and asked Shaphan to bring it back to the king.

Today, we who love God will continue to receive the blessings promised by God, and our temple, where the Holy Spirit dwells, will continue to be rebuilt. Every day we come to Morning Devotion, on Sunday we listen to the message, and when we read the Bible, God enlightens us with His Word. Different people can respond in different ways. Some can turn a deaf ear to it, some can listen to it and forget about it, some can be moved by it and determined to follow it, but after they walk out the door, they are tempted by many values of the world, causing the Word of God to be eaten by birds and chocked by thorns, so their lives remain unchanged. But today, we, the children of God’s kingdom, are to come and learn from King Josiah that when God’s Word enlightens upon us, we are to have the response.

2.When the Word enlightens us, we are to respond (v8-14)

(1)Tore his clothes

8 Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 So Shaphan the scribe went to the king, bringing the king word, saying, “Your servants have [a]gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who do the work, who oversee the house of the Lord.” 10 Then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. 11 Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes. 
Tearing clothes: a sign of mourning, repentance and pain, humility

The original book of the law here is the scroll of Torah that is the Pentateuch. This book of the law was probably buried in the cornerstone when Solomon built the temple, or a faithful priest of God hid it in the temple when the book of the law was destroyed in the days of Manasseh. What Shaphan read was probably the Book of Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy 28-30.

Josiah realized that the weakening of the kingdom of Judah and the extreme moral corruption of the people were the result of the actions of the previous kings, who had caused the people to lose the Word of God and to do evil. Therefore, he humbled himself, repented, and made up his mind to respond to the words of God’s book of law. To completely remove the altars, idols, and evil spirits from the country, and to restore the true worship of the Lord.

God is the God who created the heavens and the earth with the Word. The human heart is also awakened by the light of God’s word. The people of God have turned away from God because they have lost the word of God. Throughout the ages the evil one has tried in many ways to destroy the word of God. If they cannot destroy it, they confuse the truth. Therefore, we really need to treasure this Bible that God left us. Study it well, memorize it, and obey it, so that God’s word can become the guidance and power in our lives. Don’t be like Manasseh who burned the book of the law and put it aside as a mere ornament.

Furthermore, when Josiah saw the Words of the book of the law and saw the judgment of God, he responded seriously. A sorrowful and contrite spirit that God does not despise. Brothers and sisters, when God’s Word enlightens on the problems of our lives, we need to respond to God seriously and align ourselves with God by repenting humbly.

(2)Asking the Lord (v12-14)

12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, 13 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her. 
Josiah saw in the light of God’s word the indebtedness of the people of Judah to God. Instead of evading the responsibility for the nation’s suffering and covering up the sins of his ancestors, he immediately confessed Judah’s disobedience and sent for the prophet Huldah to ask God.

I always tell my children (including the cell members) that they should ask if they don’t understand. If you are still learning to hear the voice of God and are not quite sure after asking the Holy Spirit, you can also ask the pastor, authority, group leader, etc. But it is a very common phenomenon for people to be embarrassed to ask questions. The other day my daughter said she didn’t understand the teaching taught by her teacher. Then I asked her why she didn’t ask the teacher. She said she was afraid to ask because she was afraid she was asking a ‘stupid question’. This is actually bad, because of the face issue. So I said to her, ‘so you rather become more and more stupid than asking stupid question and become wise?

Before the YAY update session ended last Saturday, the participants were given the opportunity to ask questions. Except for Han Yi, everyone was very quiet. But afterwards, when we divided into small groups, the cell members asked a lot of questions, such as, “According to the course, does that mean that brothers and sisters in traditional churches are not born again?” “Does repentance after every sin and fall mean that one is born again?” “How many times does a person have to be born again?” I asked them right away why they didn’t ask that earlier. So I asked them to send the question in the group, but still no action today.

Brothers and sisters, we all have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. When God gives us a Word and we cannot understand it, we must go back to God and ask Him. Our God is not like an idol made by human hands, which has a mouth and cannot speak. He is the living God! God does not say things to us that we cannot understand. God does sometimes speak harsh words into our lives through authority, and we should not choose to be hurt. Instead, bring it to God and ask for it. When you do this each time, you will find that your life after being enlightened will not only be expanded and often aligned with the truth, but your relationship with God will be deeper and deeper, and you will be able to hear God’s voice more and more clearly.

3.Blessings or Curses depends on the man’s response (v15-20)

(1)Unrepentant to provoke the wrath of God (v15-17)

15 Then she said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me, 16 “Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read— 17 because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched.’

The word of the prophetess Huldah to the people was that the righteous judgment of God would come upon them. Even if the godly king Josiah intercedes for the people, God will carry out the discipline that should be carried out. For what is written in Jeremiah 2-6 is exactly the spiritual situation of the people at that time. The all-knowing God knew that although the people followed Josiah’s revival outwardly, they continued to rebel and forsake Him in their hearts for evil.

In fact, according to the attributes of God’s abundant love, God must forgive our sins if we truly repent. Jeremiah 7:3 shows us that before the captivity of Judah, God was still hard at work to persuade them to correct their actions and deeds, and God made them still live in the Holy City. But the people of Israel despised God’s grace and continued to sin without repentance. Therefore, God said that His discipline and wrath would never cease. Pray that God would give us a watchful spirit, and that we would always repent humbly and truly in grace. Never let God set a time limit on the grace given to us.

(2) Repentance and intercession for peace (v18-20)

 18 But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Concerning the words which you have heard— 19 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the Lord. 20 “Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place.” So they brought back word to the king.

The prophetess said to King Josiah that the LORD God would be his peaceful return to the grave, and would not let him witness the fall of the kingdom and the cursed captivity of the people. Four years after Josiah’s death, Nebuchadnezzar began to attack Judah. I believe we have all experienced this, that with humility and repentance we have peace in our hearts, and even though we have to face discipline, we can still be open and fearless.

In addition to this, when we think more deeply about this passage, we see that although God said the people would be disciplined, Josiah’s repentance and seeking God delayed God’s judgment on Israel so that Josiah’s generation would not see or experience the tragic conditions of the kingdom. So Josiah’s repentance and intercession really brought peace and blessing to the nation of Judah, for the years of his reign were peaceful and free from war.

All those in authority, whether they are parents, superiors, fellow pastors, or group leaders, are encouraged to know that our response and intercession to God’s Word is very important and powerful.

Conclusion: Standing in the gap and crying out

We are now living in a time when the whole earth is in the wrath of the Lord, and we know that the earth will be judged. As God’s people, we should actively cry out for this generation before the end-time judgment comes. That all people may rise up and earnestly respond to the word of God and be spared the penalty of God’s wrath!

10/11/2021

引言 : 宿命论的人相信生死天注定！

好坏早已被冥冥中的一股力量所安定。作为基督徒我们当然不信这一套！全在乎人的选择与回应。

一、好王之子变恶王（王下20-21章）

得意忘形——混乱的灵入侵！
希西家是犹大王国历史中难得一见的好王，他的一生也经历了爱神遵行神旨意的许多事迹。
可惜在美好的日子中却得意忘形，失去属灵上的防御，引进巴比伦的权势在他的宫中。
巴比伦这字的原文就是巴别，意思是‘混乱’；也就是说一个混乱的灵入侵到希西家的生命中，他完全没有意识到这事。

儿孙被掳——还说这事甚好？（V20:19）

当时希西家的确是出现了生命中的好些疏漏。在异教外族面前展露了神所给予的一切财物、实力、军备等等，就像一个政府把自己到所有国家机密统统开放给外邦敌国窥探。

当先知警告他的这一切将来会被掳掠到巴比伦，连他的后裔子孙也会被掳到巴比伦当太监。希西家还回应‘很好啊’！当你看到希西家这样反应的时候，是不是‘混乱’了呢？

灵界的沾染，混乱的灵，对我们今日明白医治释放真理的教会而言，这是一个值得留心的事。因为心态不对，或者灵里不警醒，我们确实有可能陷入被巫术所迷惑的陷阱中。

二、恶行背后有巫术（V1-9）

1.极错误的命名（V1-2）

玛拿西可以说是列王中最恶的王，这字在原文的意思是【导致遗忘】。

当年约瑟在埃及当宰相，为儿子取这名字的时候是有历史意义的。《创世记 41:51 》约瑟给长子起名叫玛拿西（就是“使之忘了”的意思），因为他说：“　神使我忘了一切的困苦和我父的全家。”但是，如今希西家为儿子取这个名字刚好相反。导致他忘了父亲为神而做的一切好事，而他就完全走了相反的路线。

原来错误的命名可以是一个极大的失误！如果你是有孩子的，想想你的孩子叫什么名？为什么你为孩子取这个名？这名有什么属灵意义？把他宣告出来，让我们的孩子走进合神心意的命定，一生都不会忘记神。

2.竟然任意放纵（V3-5）

玛拿西完全忘记父亲的神是耶和华神，是忌邪的神，是赐福的神，是以色列独一的神。结果他完全背道而驰，以别神代替耶和华。他忘记了邱坛是父亲所废弃的，所以他一一重建邱坛···。甚至把偶像、万象都设立在耶和华的殿中。他显然完全忘记了耶和华才是神。

你想想这是不是很奇怪呢？怎么会错到这么离谱呢？把一切美善的事忘到一干二净！
你要回想神给过你什么恩典？你经历过什么神迹？你不要忘记，更不要妄为放纵！不住的感恩，摆上自己服事神。

3.巫术权势彰显（V6-7）

俗语说：‘虎毒不食子’，老虎再凶猛也不会吃自己的孩子。【天下无不是的父母】，正常的父母都是为儿女的好而付出，绝对不是故意让孩子死，让孩子作恶事。除非这父亲中邪了，受到巫术邪术的入侵？我们细读这经文的时候，事实确实是牵涉到交鬼与巫术的问题。

弟兄姐妹，我们要好好反省我们的日常生活，是否按照圣经的真理行事为人？还是恰恰相反？背后是否有巫术的权势在作祟呢？

我们明知道神喜悦我们活出主爱，饶恕得罪我们的罪人，但是会不会有人不但不能饶恕，甚至还怀着仇恨。这不是仇敌的巫术吗？要奉主名破除，直到你不再有这种思想，否则就还给魔鬼留地步。

4.悖逆丧失一切（V8-9）

玛拿西虽然是引诱以色列百姓陷入悖逆神的领袖，但是百姓如果遵行神的诫命，神的保护依然按照应许而存在。但是百姓如果也随从悖逆犯罪，他们将失去应许之地。可见神的法则和公义是不变，神不在乎世人怎么看？怎么说？只要祂的准则立定在天，永不改变。

神警告犯罪的玛拿西和以色列民，要是不悔改，都要失去本已拥有的应许之地。
基督徒也是一样，我们已经拥有永恒的神国，但是我们要持守信心，活出真理，免予犯罪。否则我们也可能失去信心，失去神国。

三、神给予严厉警告（V10-26）

1.神也借着先知严厉警告（V10-14）

-比异教徒所行的更可恶！害死全族人。
-神降祸叫人颤抖和刺耳！无人不晓得。
-杀鸡儆猴之后再来杀猴！见死不知死。
-当神让敌人来入侵攻占！人还有何望？

2.神的怒气带下管教审判（V15-18）

神虽然给予玛拿西最大最长的忍耐，最终他都没有悔改，结果就死了、完了！一生留下无法除灭的罪债，包括流无辜人血的罪，你想一世为王，但是却要在永世里面对永恒的沉沦，何等可怕啊！
我们都要常常被圣灵光照而悔改，免得陷入永远都沉沦。

3.后代跟着重演罪恶历史（V19-26）

非常可惜，不料罪恶黑暗的巫术权势，继续延烧到第三代。玛拿西的儿子亚们重演父亲的历史，但是神不玩了，只作王两年就被收拾了，玩完了。

我们当中有没有人的上一代是在信仰上不好的，作恶犯罪的？我们要奉主的名断开家族灵界权势的咒诅。全然经历反转和复兴。

总结：依靠圣灵抵挡巫灵

*查验生命或子孙的名字是否有破口？
*破除家族祖宗若有任何巫术的权势？
*留心听从神吩咐生命走向光明道路！

单单读列王纪的时候，经文没让我们看到玛拿西的悔改，但若参考《历代志下33:9-20》的记载，就有详细的说到玛拿西后来被神管教而大大悔改的经历！

2 Kings Chapter 21

Title: The Spirit Behind Evil Deeds!

Introduction: People who believes in fantalism are people who believe that life and death are predestined!

Good and bad have long been settled by a force.

As Christians we certainly do not believe in this! It’s all about human choice and response.

1. The Son of a Good King Becomes an Evil King (Chapters 20-21)

Ecstasy – the spirit of Confusion Invades!

Hezekiah was one of the few good kings in the history of the kingdom of Judah, who experienced many miracles because he loves God and followed God’s will.

Regrettably, during his good days, he became complacent at the moment, he lost his spiritual defense, and brought in the power of Babylon into his palace.
The original word for Babylon is Babel, which means ‘confusion’; that is, a spirit of confusion invaded Hezekiah’s life, without him being aware of it at all.

The children and grandchildren are taken captive – and is it said to be good? (2 Kings 20:19)

It is true that Hezekiah had a number of omissions in his life at that time. Exposing the wealth, power and armaments and so on that God has given them to the pagan and foreigners, Just like a government opening itself up to all state’s secrets to the prying eyes of the foreign enemies.
When the prophet warned him that in the future, all of this would be taken away to Babylon, even his descendants would be taken away to Babylon as eunuchs. And Hezekiah responded ‘Very well’! When you saw the response of Hezekiah, isn’t it he ‘confused’?

The stain of the spiritual realm, a confused spirit, to those of us who understood the truth of healing and deliverance, this is something we should pay attention to. Due to a wrong attitude, or a lack of spiritual alertness, we do run the risk of falling into the trap of being smitten by witchcraft.

2. Witchcraft behind evil deeds (V1-9)

(1) A very wrong name (V1-2)

Manasseh is considered to be the most wicked king among the kings, the original meaning of this word is [causing to forget].
When Joseph was the prime minister in Egypt, it was historically significant when he gave this name to his son. In Genesis 41:51, Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh (which means ” causing to forget”) because he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and my father’s house.” But now Hezekiah gave this name to his son to do just the opposite. It caused him to forget all the good things his father had done for God, and he went the exact opposite route.

Turns out misnaming can be a huge blunder! If you are having children, think about what’s the name of your child? Why did you give your child this name? What is the spiritual meaning of this name? Declare it so that our children will enter into a destiny according to the heart of God and will never forget Him in their lives.

(2) To fall into indulgence (v3-5)

Manasseh completely forgot that the God of his father is the Lord God, the God that shuns evil, the God who blesses, and the only God of Israel. As a result, he completely deviated from the way, and replaced Jehovah with other gods. He forgot that the high places were removed by his father, so he rebuilt it one by one … He even set up idols and all the images in the house of the LORD. He apparently completely forgot that Jehovah is the God.

Isn’t this strange when you think about it? How could it be so wrong? Forgetting all the goodness and kindness of God! You need to look back and think what grace God has given you? What miracles have you experienced? You must not forget, much less presume to indulge! Give thanks without ceasing, and offer ourselves to serve God.

(3) Witchcraft manifests itself (V6-7)

As the saying goes: ‘A tiger does not eat its own children’, a tiger will not eat its own children no matter how fierce it is. [There are no parents who do not take care of their children], normal parents will sacrifice for the good of their children, definitely will not intentionally let their children die and allow them to do evil things. Unless the father was possessed, invaded by witchcraft? When we read this scripture carefully, the fact does involve the problem of mediums and witchcraft.

Brothers and sisters, we need to reflect on our daily lives, are we acting according to the truth of the Bible? Or is it the opposite? Is there a power of witchcraft working behind?

We know that God is pleased with us living out the love of God and forgiving those who offended us, but could there be people who cannot forgive, but even keep hatred. Is this not the witchcraft of the enemy? Eradicate in the name of the Lord until you no longer have such thoughts, or else you will leave room for the devil.

(4) Rebellious forfeits everything (V8-9)

Although Manasseh was the leader who led the people of Israel into rebellion against God, God’s protection still existed according to the promise if the people obeyed His commandments. But if the people are rebellious and sin, they will lose the promise land. It is evident that God’s law and righteousness is unchanging, and God does not care what the world thinks? In what sense? God does not care what the world thinks or says, as long as His word is settled in heaven and never change.

God warned the sinning Manasseh and the Israelites that if they do not repent, they would lose the promise land they possessed.
It’s the same for Christians. We already have the eternal kingdom of God, but we need to keep our faith, live out the truth, and not to sin. Otherwise we too may lose faith and the kingdom of God.

3. God Gives Stern Warnings (V10-26)

(1) God also gave a stern warning through the prophets (V10-14)

– A greater abomination than what the infidels have done! The whole tribe was killed.
– God sends a scourge that makes people tremble and pierce their ears! No one is unaware of it.
– Kill the chicken and warn the monkey, ultimately kill the monkey! See death but were not aware that you are near death.
– When God allows the enemy to invade and take over! What hope is there for man?

(2) God’s anger brings down discipline and judgment (V15-18)

Although God gave Manasseh the greatest and longest patience, in the end he did not repent, and as a result, he died and was finished! A life that left an indelible debt of sin, including the sin of shedding the blood of innocent people. You want to be a king for a lifetime, but to sink for eternity in the eternal world, how terrible!
We all need to repent often by the prompting of the Holy Spirit, so that we do not fall into eternal destruction.

(3) The descendants follow the repetition of the sinful history (V19-26)

It is a great regret that the sins and darkness of the power of witchcraft continues to the third generation. Manasseh’s son Amnon repeated his father’s history, but God had enough and was finished after only two years of reign.
Any of our ancestor that was bad in the faith, wicked and sinned? We need to break the curse of the spiritual powers of our families in the name of the Lord and we shall experience full reversal and revival.

Summary: Rely on the Holy Spirit to resist the demons

* Check if there is stronghold in our lives or the lives of our descendants?
* Eradicate the power of any witchcraft in our family ancestors?
* Listen carefully to God’s command and lead your life to the path of light!

In reading the book of Kings alone, the scriptures did not show us Manasseh’s repentance, but if we refer to 2 Chronicles 33:9-20, there is a detailed account of Manasseh’s subsequent experience of great repentance as a result of God’s discipline!

09/11/2021

前言 :

在列王记下第18章的经文里我们都一直看到其实希西家在他的前半段的执政生涯里，当他如何走在正路，神就如何地与他同在并保守他。今天来到这一章，很可惜的，我们会看到来到希西家王下半段的执政生涯，他犯下了一个重大的错误，导致他的后代都被牵连。

而今天这一章经文对于希西家王下半段执政生涯的记载，其实我们也可以用箴言18:12来作为一个概括，就是‘败坏之先，人心骄傲。尊荣以前，必有谦卑。’所以我想把今天这一章经文的主题定为《谦受益而满招损》。

一、谦卑得福(V1-11)

1. 谦卑领受医治（V1-7）

那时希西家病得要死。这个到底是什么时候呢？这里大部分的学者认为，这其实就是之前经文所描述的亚述王西拿基立正开始攻击犹大的时候。此时希西家做王第14年，而他是从25岁开始登基的，就是说他这时才39岁，但他已经得了一个不治之症。

先知以赛亚就告知他：你快要离世了，你要速速交代好接下来的你的家应该怎样来打点，当然这也包括接下来整个的犹大国要怎样来管理。然后当希西家听到这个消息过后，他就自卑地来到主的面前，他把脸转向墙来祷告神，求神纪念他对着神的委身，纪念他按着诚实正直来为神行事，并且哭泣在神的面前。我想他真的很不甘心，因为如今国家正在一个这么危急的关头，但是他却快要死了。所以神也很快就对着他的祷告做出了回应，就在以赛亚还没有走到很远的时候，神就告诉以赛亚说祂要医治希西家，让希西家第三日就可以健康地上到神的殿。并且神要给希西家多十五年的寿数，也要救希西家和耶路撒冷城脱离亚述王的手。然后以赛亚就这样回去对着希西家讲述神所要赐给他的医治恩典，也告诉他要把一块无花果饼放在患病的疮上。而当他的仆人也这么做的时候，他就得到了完全的医治。

这里我们看到希西家领受医治的关键就在于他的谦卑，我们可以看到他的心真的很渴望能够继续来服事犹大的百姓，好让他们能够走在正路而得蒙神的赐福和保护。V5神形容希西家为我民的君，这是神对希西家的肯定。所以因着希西家的谦卑，他那一颗愿意贴近神的心，神就非常乐意地医治他，并延长他的寿数，好让他可以继续来服事犹大的百姓。

谦卑能够让人经历神的医治。希西家的经历今天仍在发生。几年前香港611的董帖心牧师发现自己罹患了乳房恶性肿瘤，但香港611灵粮堂的主任牧师张恩年牧师鼓励她经历希西家王毒疮得医治的神蹟，她说：“我就把无花果饼放在肿瘤上，贴了一个晚上，第二天依旧还在，一个月后，1节半食指大小的肿瘤竟然完全消失、不痛，经过检查确认它不见了！”如果帖心牧师没有谦卑，她也无法领受这份医治的恩典。

鼓励患重病的弟兄姐妹可以效法希西家这样来经历神，谦卑来到神面前，也对神诉说你想要继续来服事祂的心志。当然谦卑，不仅仅会让人领受医治而已，谦卑更是会让人经历神其他各样的恩宠和恩典。

2. 谦卑领受厚爱（V8-11）

刚才在V7我们看见希西家已经得了痊愈，但仿佛来到V8的故事记载里，我们看到他有点小信，担心自己没有完全得医治。所以他向神求了一个‘他第三日真的能够上到神的殿’的印证。然后他也选择了一个难度更大的神迹去印证神必完全地医治他，就是日影要往后退10度的神迹。按着当时日晷的设计，其实就是要时间倒退40分钟。

从宗教的角度看，这是他的小信。但从生命树的角度看，这里我们没有看到神的责备。对于一个刚生一场大病的人，神知道他的软弱，所以神给他选择一个这么难成就的神迹来作为印证，来提升希西家的信心。在历史上，神让时间改变，只出现两次，一个是在约书亚年代，以色列人攻打亚摩利人的时候；一次就是在希西家执政的时候。科学家其实已经证实，在太阳系的循环时间与周期中，刚好少了一天，就是圣经中所记载的约书亚年代少了23小时20分钟和希西家年代少了40分钟（感兴趣者可上网搜索更多的细节）。可见希西家在神的眼中是大大蒙爱的。

希西家的谦卑让他蒙受神的厚爱，今天我们也是一样。让我们观察一些特别蒙神恩宠的人，我们总是能看到这类肢体生命中的谦卑。

二、骄傲招祸(V12-21)

1. 炫耀财富招祸（V12-15）

当巴比伦王儿子比罗达巴拉但听见希西家患不治之症中得了痊愈，比罗达巴拉但非常地惊喜，也就写信和送礼物来恭喜他。为了表示对送信，送礼物使者的欢迎，希西家就把他自己家中还有整个犹大国的宝物都给使者看了。甚至他对着先知以赛亚还表达说：他没有一样好东西没有给从巴比伦来的使者观看。

其实当时希西家就是在经历痊愈后一时兴奋，因为领受神的恩宠实在太大了，就骄傲了起来，然后就埋下了祸根。其实今天我们都有听说过，钱财不可露眼，但有时可能我们心高气傲的时候也会这样。比如，向同学炫耀我们有最新的手机。当然钱财不可露眼，在新加坡还好一点，因为毕竟这里法律还比较严。但这在其他许多国家真的要不得的。所以让我们学习谦卑，尤其我们要把我们有的物质也好，恩赐也好，反正就是我们拥有的东西，我们所蒙受的祝福，都归荣耀给神，而不要在人面前去炫耀。

2. 不知悔改招祸（V16-21）

除了因为骄傲而炫耀财富招祸，其实希西家家族招祸的问题更在于希西家听到神的审判后不知悔改（V16-21）。

当希西家告诉先知以赛亚他把所有宝物给巴比伦使者都看了过后，以赛亚就对希西家发预言：他家中从列祖积蓄下来到今天的一切产业，都会被掳到巴比伦去。然后他自己所生的子孙后代中，也会有人被掳到巴比伦的王宫做太监。听到如此审判的信息，希西家的回应非常奇怪，他觉得神的话甚好，觉得只要自己活着的年日国家太平稳固就好，但却没有悔改之意，也没有考虑会遭殃自己的子孙后代。果然150年后，巴比伦人攻破耶路撒冷，把人和财物都掳到巴比伦去，以赛亚的预言也就得到了成就。

是希西家的骄傲，导致他被蒙蔽，不知悔改；也让他没有对子孙的爱。曾经我就听过有人说：我下一代怎样我管不了，我顾好自己就好了。仿佛这也就是这里希西家的问题，是很扭曲的一个观念。我们不应只考虑自己，我们要爱我们的孩子，孙子，让他们都走在神的正路，并持守在神所应许给我们的福分当中。让我们也把有关爱的真理注入我们的生命，爱是乐意舍己的。所以有爱的人都乐意为孩子、孙子舍己，甚至是舍命。

这事过后，V20就是记载希西家引水入城的功绩而已了。他的治理好不好，是很好的。因为曾经耶路撒冷被亚述人围困，当时缺水真的让人很绝望。所以这些引水入城的工程是很值得肯定的。但当希西家离世和列祖同睡后，我们看到接续他作王的是他儿子玛拿西，当我们再看后面的经文就知道他是一个多么恶的王。希西家如果懂得悔改，向神求恩，并好好地教育下一代，我相信神是乐意施恩，整个的局面也会扭转的。可是最终的结果是，希西家事工做得很好，但是育儿却很糟糕。这是对我们极大的提醒：今天我们有教养我们的孩子吗？还是只是顾着做好事业，做好服事？

总结:

谦受益而满招损，我们要持续领受福气，领受神的恩典，就要持守在谦卑中。

让我们都除去‘高抬自己，而不把荣耀归给神’的骄傲、自满还有自大，更是要除去生命中扭曲的非神信念，懂得常常悔改来到神的面前，好让我们能够保守自己一直活在属神的谦卑当中，并且让祝福一直传递到我们的子子孙孙当中！

2 Kings Chapter 20

Title: Humility brings benefits but pride brings loss

Introduction:

In the scripture of 2 Kings Chapter 18, we can see King Hezekiah in first half of his reign, when he walked at the right path, God led him, was with him and protected him. Today as we come to this chapter, very regrettable, we send the 2nd half of his reign, he made a great mistake and caused him descendants to be implicated.

Today this chapter recorded the 2nd half of the reign of King Hezekiah, We can describe it by using Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility. So, I would like to set today’s title as Humble brings benefits but pride brings loss.

1.The one who is humble will receive blessings (v1-11)

(1).The one who is humble receives healing (v1-v7)

That was the time King Hezekiah was sick and near death. When was this happened? A lot of scholar believed that this happened when King Assyria, Sennacherib started to attached Judah. This was the time King Hezekiah reigned for 14 years, and he was a king when he was 25. That means he was at the age of 39 years old. However, he has an incurable disease.

Prophet Isaiah went and said to him, you almost die and you shall quickly take care of the matters in your household, definitely this includes how to manage the nation of Judah. When King Hezekiah heard of this news, he came before God and turned his face to the wall and prayed to God, pleaded to God to remember him of his commitment towards God, remembered him for doing what right for God according to honesty and cried before God. I think he was not willing, because the whole nation is in this deep crisis, but he was near death. So, very quickly God responded to his prayer. Before prophet Isaiah left to a further place, God spoke to Isaiah and said He wants to heal Hezekiah and he shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day. Furthermore, God wants to give Hezekiah another 15 years and will save Hezekiah and Jerusalem from the hands of King Assyria. Then, Isaiah went to say to Hezekiah God will grant him the grace of healing, and say to him to take a lump of figs laid it on the boil. When his servant did this, Hezekiah was completely healed.

We can see here Hezekiah was healed because he was humble. We can his heart really desire to continue to serve the people of Judah, to lead them to the right path and receive God’s blessings and protections. V5 God described Hezekiah as the king of his people. This is an acknowledgement from God to Hezekiah. Due to the humility of Hezekiah, his willingness to draw to the heart of God, God is pleased to heal him and extend his years of living, for him to continue to service the people of Judah.

Humility can enable a person to experience God’s healing. Hezekiah experienced it and it is still happening even today. A few years ago, Hong Kong 611 Pastor Deborah was diagnosed with breast cancer. But Hong Kong 611 bread of life senior pastor Reverent Joshua Cheong encouraged her to experience the miracle healing of Hezekiah bad tumor. She said, I put the lumps figs on top of the tumor, stick it for a night. The second day, the tumor is still there. After 1 month, the tumor as the size of middle finger was disappeared. If Pastor Deborah is not humble, she shall never receive this gracious healing.

I encourage brothers and sisters who are in great sickness to experience God as Hezekiah, humbly come before God and tell God you are determined to serve God. Definitely to humble yourselves not to experience healing alone, but humility will enable a person to experience different favors and grace.

(2).The humble one receives great love (v8-v11)

Just now in V7 Hezekiah was healed, but however V8 recorded that we see he has little faith, afraid that he will not get healed completely. So, He asked God “On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. He chose a very difficult miracle to confirm that God will completely heal him, that is “shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?” According to the design of sundial, it has reversed 40 minutes.

From religion perspective, this is small faith. From the perspective of tree of life, we did not see God rebukes him. For a person who was sick to death, God knew his weaknesses. So God allowed him to choose a very difficult miracles for confirmation to elevate Hezekiah’s faith. In history, there were only 2 times, God allows the change of time. Once was at the time of Joshua, Israelite was attacking the Amorites, the other time was when Hezekiah reigned. The scientist has confirmed that solar system cycle time, it is to less 1 day. In the bible recorded at the time of Joshua, time was less for 23 hours and 20 minutes and at the Hezekiah, time has less for 40 minutes. We can see that Hezekiah was greatly favoured in the eyes of God.

The humility of Hezekiah has made him received great love from God. It is likewise for us. When we see some members received special favour from God, we can also see the humility in their lives.

2.Pride brings disaster (v12-v21)

But we shall be cautious to walk in God’s will. When we received God’s favour, will we be over excited, and our lives has entered from the original humility into pride. Proverbs 18:12 reminded us ‘Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty. Unfortunately, the life of Hezekiah really experienced in this way as an example in the Isralite’s history.

(1).To show off wealth and disaster (v12-v15)

When Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan heard of Hezekiah was healed from the incurable disease. Berodach-Baladan was very surprised and wrote letter and sent gifts to congratulate him. In order to welcome the messenger who gave letter and gifts, Hezekiah showed all the great treasures he had and what the nation of Judah had to the messenger. There was nothing he did not show to the Babylon messenger.

That was the time when Hezekiah was overly excited after his healing. It was because he received great favour from God and started to become proud and it lead to disaster. Today we heard of the saying, do not show off with your money. However, there were times when we are overly excited of proud, we will do the same. For example, To show off our new handphone to our friends. Do not show off your money, it is good to be in Singapore where the law is very strict. However, this behavior in many countries are unacceptable. So, let us learn to be humble, especially we shall glorify God and do not show off the things we had before people, the gifts we had, everything we had and the blessings we had.

(2).Not repenting leads to disaster (v16-v21)

Other than the reason of prideful and showing off the wealth has led to disaster. Actually the descendants of Hezekiah faced disaster was because Hezekiah had heard of God’s judgement but never repent.

When Hezekiah told prophet Isaiah he showed every treasure he had to the messenger of Babylon, ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the Lord.  ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will [f]descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ” After hearing the judgement, Hezekiah’s response was strange. He thought the word of the Lord which you have spoken is good! As long as the nation was very peaceful during the reign of his time. He did not have any will of repenting and never thought of the disaster that would come upon his descendants. Truly after 150 years, Babylon attacked Jerusalem and man and treasures were carried out to Babylon, the prophecy of Isaiah had come to pass.

It was because of the pride of Hezekiah that made him blinded, never repent and there were no love towards his descendants. I heard before there was someone who said I do not care what will happen to my descendants, I just need to take care of myself. This is the Hezekiah’s problem and it was a very distorted mindset. We shall not only think of ourselves, but also love our children, grandchildren and lead them to walk in the right path of God, and continue to be in the blessings that God has promised. May we also infuse the care and love in our lives, love is willing to lay down ourselves. So, people who has love is willing to lay down their lives for their children, grandchildren.

After this has passed, v20 recorded that the great work of Hezekiah of bringing in the water into the city. Did he reign well? Yes, he did well. This was when Jerusalem was besieged by the Assyrians, water shortage to feel hopeless. So, this project of bringing the water into the city is something should be acknowledged of. However, when we see Hezekiah was about to depart and slept with his ancestors. We saw his son, Manasseh who reigned in his place, at the following scriptures we can see he was an evil king. If Hezekiah repented, asked for the grace of God and taught his next generation well, I believe God is willing to extend his grace to him and the whole scenario will be turned over. However, the ultimate result was Hezekiah did very well but was bad in teaching his children. This serves as a great reminder for us. Do we teach and nurture our children? Or we just focus on doing well in our career and do well in the ministry?

Conclusion:

Humility brings benefits but pride brings loss. In order for us to try to continue to receive blessings, receive the grace of God, we shall be in humility.
May we remove the pride of “lift ourselves up and did not give God the glory”, prideful and arrogant, even to remove the distorted beliefs that were against God and knew to always come before God to enable us to continue to keep living in godly humility and to pass down the blessings to our next generations.

05/11/2021

前言 :

列王纪下第19章是接续前天第18章的经文，描述希西家面对亚述王挑衅的回应。从希西家王的回应中，我们终于看见希西家王真正的倚靠神，并因着他谦卑的降服，他可以在困境中靠神得胜。因此，我把今天这章经文的主题定为‘克服危机，靠神得胜’。

一、困局中的回转（V1-7）

「希西家王听见，就撕裂衣服，披上麻布，进了耶和华的殿；」（V1）

经文中，「撕裂衣服，披上麻布」：是自卑及悲痛的表現。上一章经文，我们看见希西家倚靠自己为神摆上的热心和努力，与推罗、埃及、巴比伦结盟反抗亚述；失败以后，他又想靠自己的财富破财消灾。如今，神把地上的每一条路都堵死了，耶路撒冷已经被亚述困住。他也终于知道，只有先知以赛亚是唯一一条通往上面的路。

因此，他派人去见以赛亚，并向以赛亚形容自己‘如妇人将要生产婴孩，却没有力量生产’，带出他的痛苦无助。另外，希西家清楚地知道亚述使者是在辱骂永生神，因此，他相信大有能力的神必然会斥责他们；所以他一面承认自己无能为力，一面求以赛亚为余剩的民扬声祷告。

有时，神是借着环境把我们逼到绝路，让我们承认自己‘如妇人将要生产婴孩，却没有力量生产’，使我们从悖逆或者绝望中回转单单仰望神。

然而，感谢主，神亲自向希西家宣告‘不要惧怕’（V6），这一句话，就让希西家得着了信心。以赛亚预言，神将以其人之道还治其人之身。祂要‘惊动’亚述王的心，让惯用心理攻势的亚述王反被所听到的‘风声’所困。神之所以要信徒“不要惧怕”,是因为神必与信徒同在(赛7:14),会守护和引导信徒。所以信徒要铭记神赐给我们的,不是胆怯的心,乃是刚强、仁爱、谨守的心(提后1:7),并象约书亚一样要刚强壮胆地应对所有的困难。

二、恐吓中的投靠（V8-13）

「 10“你们对犹大王希西家如此说：‘不要听你所倚靠的 神欺哄你说耶路撒冷必不交在亚述王的手中。11 你总听说亚述诸王向列国所行的，乃是尽行灭绝，难道你还能得救吗？12 我列祖所毁灭的，就是歌散、哈兰、利色，和属提拉撒的伊甸人，这些国的神何曾拯救这些国呢？13 哈马的王、亚珥拔的王、西法瓦音城的王、希拿和以瓦的王都在哪里呢？’”」（V10-13）

亚述王担心埃及援军逼近，所以希望用心理战尽快拿下耶路撒冷。这次，他用的心理战术升级了。他第一次恐吓的对象是百姓，劝百姓不要被希西家欺哄，想让百姓不再信任希西家；然而，这一次恐吓的对象是希西家，劝希西家不要听他所倚靠的神欺哄，想让希西家不再信靠神。但他的战术没有变，还是想用看得见的现实来摧毁看不见的信心。因为希西家不顾军力处于绝对劣势，依然坚信耶和华神，也拒绝归降。这也是他攻击希西家的原因。

因此，当信徒受到试探和攻击时，要以坚固的信心去战胜撒但。

三、信心中的呼求（V14-19）

「耶和华我们的 神啊，现在求你救我们脱离亚述王的手，使天下万国都知道惟独你耶和华是 神！”」（V19）

希西家王对神的信心是基于这节他所宣告的经文，就是他知道，唯独耶和华是神。因此，当他有这样的认知时，他在接到亚述王的信后就直接上耶和华的殿，将书信在耶和华面前展开，来到神面前呼求神的帮助。

1.承认神主权（V15）

「希西家向耶和华祷告说：“坐在二基路伯上耶和华以色列的 神啊，你是天下万国的 神，你曾创造天地。」（V15）

希西家向坐在二基路伯上耶和华祷告，就是仰望施恩座之上的神，倚靠那位愿意与自己的百姓同在、又愿意施行拯救的神。希西家相信神是天下万国的神，是创造天地的神。因此，他首先用赞美及信心的宣告来到神面前。

唯有人在认定自己所信的是创造天地、掌管一切的神，才能在凶险的环境和需要面前，坦然的面对。我们若认定了神的所是，在难处中一定看清神怎样能使即使在无路可走的情况下，还是可以开出一条没人想过的新路！

2.灵见神真实（V18）

「17 耶和华啊，亚述诸王果然使列国和列国之地变为荒凉，18 将列国的神像都扔在火里，因为它本不是神，乃是人手所造的，是木头石头的，所以灭绝它。」（V17-18）

希西家王在灵里看见列国的偶像「本不是神」，根本不能与神相提并论。因此，他的心就不会因被亚述王的恐吓而失去平安。我们的灵里若有了这样清醒的看见，就不会被世界上各种的「亚述王」扰乱里面的平安和信靠。

3.彰显神荣耀（V19）

我们看见，希西家王不但陈明人的需要，更看重神荣耀的彰显。希西家的祷告不只是求神「救我们脱离亚述王的手」就好了，更是为了「使天下万国都知道惟独祢——耶和华是神」（V19）。今天，我们会发觉许多人的祷告都是为了满足自己的需要，却不没有真正去思想神所要的。若我们的祷告围绕神的荣耀、神的心意，神的喜乐，其实我们就可以彰显神的荣耀了。

四、同在中的得胜 （V20-37）

1.神给予安慰（V20-28）

神的确是一位顾念人的神，因此祂也顾念希西家，并安慰鼓励他。让他知道亚述只是神手中的一只棋子，任由神来摆布。而这棋子只是用来管教犹大。神叫希西家不用听亚述王所说的，因为神必使他从他来的路转回去(V.28)。当我们相信神是创造万物的独一真神，我们就要相信在我们生命中所有的问题都是神所用的棋子，为的是要让我们变得更好！

2.神给予证据（V29-33）

神不但安慰希西家王，神更赐给以色列人一个证据(V.29-33)，让他们知道以色列人一定可以安居乐业。

从第29节，描述「自生的、自长的」，指收割时遗漏在田里的种子长出的庄稼。亚述大军可能在前一年秋季的时候来攻打，第二年秋后才败退，因此就耽误了两次播种的秋雨季节。所以，神宣告以色列人「今年要吃自生的，明年也要吃自长的」。

此外，犹大各地都被亚述攻占了，大批百姓拥到耶路撒冷躲避敌人。所以，当亚述撤军以后，「必有余剩的民从耶路撒冷而出」（V.31），重新分布在犹大全国，恢复应许之地。神必要使得救的余数「往下扎根，向上结果」（V.30）。

3.神给予应许（V34）

神不只给予证据，神还给他们一个应许。神说，

「因我为自己的缘故，又为我仆人大卫的缘故，必保护拯救这城。”」（V34）

这里带出神拯救犹大人的理由。首先是因为神自己的缘故。祂要让以色列人知道拯救耶路撒冷并不是靠犹大百姓或希西家王，而是神为自己的荣耀而战。第二，乃是因为大卫的缘故。神曾应许大卫的国位必永远坚立,神必坚守他的约。信实的神不会违背他所起的约。

4.神给予行动（V35-37）

神为希西家解围，不但是用话语，更用行动帮助他。当夜神派使者出去，在亚述营中杀了十八万五千人。之后，逃走的亚述王也被他儿子所杀。这里，我们看见希西家没有做任何事，而是神亲自为他出手。

总结：倚靠神的人必然得胜

弟兄姐妹，无论再大的困局，再多的敌人的挑衅，我们只要凭着信心来到神面前呼求，并倚靠祂，神必亲自为我们争战，也必使我们胜过一切！