Year: 2022

31/08/2022

引言：神若裂天而降，我们还有救吗？

每当老师很严厉检查功课的时候，你是否会害怕做错被罚？ 还是你是已经做好准备，期待老师快快来检查你的功课？或是你觉得老师会忘记检查功课而逃过一劫？

你会期待神裂天而降吗？神若裂天而降，我们还有救吗？

一、神是真的（V1-3）

1.曾‘裂天而降’ (V1-2)

以赛亚从上章的经文就看见神要审判百姓的画面。以赛亚接下来做的不是再对人民说什么，而是向神呼求，为百姓认罪。

当时候的百姓已经在罪中软弱已久，却没有任何的人记得神的真神，是忌邪的神。无论当时先知如何劝勉，百姓们都不听劝。以赛亚唯有呼求神亲自彰显，使百姓感受神的真实，神的裂怒。

2.曾行神迹奇事 (V3)

以赛亚为百姓们着急，他呼求神‘裂天而降’，因为他知道神是真神。神曾与摩西在西乃山上面对面会面。当以色列百姓在埃及也是在罪中软弱，但神却领百姓出埃及，在西乃山上神就“裂天而降”。现在，即便以色列百姓还是面对罪而不能自拔，软弱疲乏无力，以赛亚向神呼求，求神再次“裂天而降”。因为这是唯一的盼望。

二、抓住真神（V4-7）

1.为我们行事的神 (V4)

唯有万军之耶和华独一的真神让以色利民经历众人类都从所未有的恩典和怜悯。只有这一位神愿意为祂拣选的百姓裂天而降，施行拯救。因为神是守约的神，当百姓遵守神的约，就得拯救。

2.给我们机会的神 (V5-7)

神一再管教，但我们却坚持犯罪。面对当时候这样屡教不改的百姓，先知以赛亚提了一个揪心的问题：‘我们还能得救吗？’ 我们还能得救，但是我们要奋力抓紧神、求告神的名、纪念神的道和行神的义。

三、求告真神 （V8-12）

1. 谦卑降服回到原点 (V8-9)

在如此绝望的环境，先知以赛亚没有忘记神仍然是我们的父,是创造我们的神。先知的信心没有停留在百姓的软弱和罪孽上。他坚信耶和华就是我们的父，管教后的父亲仍然是爱他的孩子的；破碎的器皿，窑匠仍然会修补的。

2. 决心回转得着转化 (V10-12)

当神的拯救临到的时候，得救之后的百姓却生活在一片废墟之中。以色列需要面对的是曾经的失败；曾经因为叛逆留下来的荒废。以赛亚求告代表百姓求告神：神啊，祢忍心吗？祢能忍住祢的爱吗？在基督里，一切都是新的，这是神给我们的应许！

总结：

无论我们的罪孽多深，只要愿意悔改。神仍然是愿意拯救我们的神。无论在面对什么困难，神的拯救必裂天而降，在我们当中行神迹奇事。

Isaiah 64: Calling on God for salvation
GK611 Morning Devotion
31/8/2022
Speaker: Asher Chang + Rev David Tan

Introduction: If God rends the sky, can we still be saved?

Are you afraid of being punished for your mistakes whenever your teacher is checking your homework very severely? Or are you ready for the teacher to come and check your homework soon? Or do you think the teacher will forget to check your homework and get away with it?

Will you expect God to come down from the sky? If God falls from the sky, can we still be saved?

1. God is real (V1-2)

(1) Had ‘split the heavens and fallen’ (V1-2)

Isaiah saw the picture of God judging the people from the passage in the previous chapter. What Isaiah did next was not to say anything more to the people, but to cry out to God and confess their sins for the people.

The people at that time had been weak in their sins for a long time, but none of them remembered the true God, the God who is jealous of evil. The people did not listen to the prophet’s exhortation, no matter what he did at that time. Isaiah had to call on God to reveal Himself, so that the people might feel the reality of God, and the wrath of God.

(2) He did signs and wonders (V3)

Isaiah was anxious for the people, and he called on God to ‘break open the heavens and come down’, for he knew that God was the true God. God had met with Moses face to face on Mount Sinai. When the people of Israel were weak in their sins in Egypt, God led them out of Egypt, and on Mount Sinai God “rend the heavens and descended”. Now, even though the people of Israel were still weak and powerless in the face of sin, Isaiah cried out to God, asking Him to “rend the heavens” again. For this was the only hope.

2. Grab hold of the true God (V4-7)

(1) God who acts for us (V4)

Only the one true God, the LORD of hosts, allowed the people of Israelites to experience grace and mercy that no human being had ever experienced before. This God alone is willing to come down from heaven and save His chosen people. For God is a covenant-keeping God, and when the people keep His covenant, they are saved.

(2) The God who gives us opportunities (V5-7)

God repeatedly disciplines, but we persist in our sins. Faced with such a persistent people at that time, the prophet Isaiah raised a heart-rending question: ‘Can we still be saved?’ We can still be saved, but we must strive to hold on to God, to call on His name, to remember His word, and to do His righteousness.

3. Seeking the true God (V8-12)

(1) Humbling and surrendering to return to the original point (V8-9)

In such a desperate situation, the prophet Isaiah did not forget that God is still our Father, the God who created us. The prophet’s faith did not dwell on the weaknesses and sins of the people. He firmly believed that the Lord is our Father, and that a disciplined father still loves his children; a broken vessel is still mended by the potter.

(2) Determination to turn and be converted (V10-12)

When God’s salvation came, the saved people were living in ruins. Israel needed to face the failures of the past; the desolation left behind by rebellion. Isaiah pleaded with God on behalf of the people: O God, will You bear with me? Can You endure Your love? In Christ, everything is new, and this is the promise of God to us!

Conclusion:

No matter how deep our sins are, if we are willing to repent. God is still the God who is willing to save us. No matter what difficulties we face, God’s salvation will come down from heaven and work signs and wonders among us.

30/08/2022

引言：

在这个社会的法律系统里，只要人不是被判处那种不能被逆转的死刑，而且那个人只要在服刑期间表现良好，展现出他有悔改之意，最终他都能够获得减刑。在神的公义下，人的罪一定也是会带来死的刑罚的，然而当人懂得悔改，神的赦罪和恩典也一定会临到人的身上，而且这份恩典会比社会的法律系统来得更加无比的优越！

一、神列怒的审判将要发出

1. 列怒审判的临到（V1-3）

这里对照启示录19:13， 预言弥赛亚耶稣基督必会再来，借着祂公义的话语来执行祂血的审判！

2. 审判背后的原因（V4-6）

神烈怒的审判临到，乃是因为人的罪恶。甚至到了一个程度，不再有人愿意去活出公义和正直，所以神才为了祂的公义，兴起环境去救赎祂的选民。

二、人面对审判要悔改代求

1. 提说神的慈爱（V7-9）

面对审判，人不是就什么都不能做。人要起来提说神的慈爱，抓住神慈爱的属性，为着这个世代来呼求神的怜悯。

2. 向神承认过犯（V10-14）

忘记神的悖逆百姓面对将要来的审判，只要懂得回转，神仍然乐意去赦免人的过犯，使人重新得着赦罪后的安息。并且回转的人要成为神美好的见证，成为神的荣耀！

3. 求神再次施恩（V15-19）

面对将要临到的审判，人要认定并起来宣告我们乃是神儿女的身份，求父神再次地向我们来怜悯施恩。要知道因着我们父神慈爱的属性，在今天恩典之门依然为着世人打开的时候，祂也必定会再次地施恩给一切愿意悔改的罪人！

总结：

面对神将要临到的烈怒审判，我们首先要抓住我们是神儿女的这个宝贵身份，起来诉说神的慈爱。当我们来向神承认我们的软弱和过犯，并向神求恩典的时候，神必定会再次地施恩给我们这些愿意悔改的罪人！同时我们也要来明白神为父的心意，让我们不只是为着自己来认罪和求恩典，让我们也为着这个世代来认罪和向神求恩，好让更多的人能够懂得回转，并进入到父为世人所预备的救恩当中！

Isaiah 63: What Else Can A Person Do In The Face Of Judgment?
GK611 Morning Devotion
30/8/2022
Speaker: IP Moses Ou + Rev David Tan

Introduction:

In the legal system of this society, as long as a person is not sentenced to death, which cannot be reversed, and as long as that person behaves well during his sentence and shows his repentance, he will eventually be able to have his sentence commuted. In God’s justice, man’s sin must also bring the penalty of death, but when man repents, God’s forgiveness of sin and grace will also come to him, and this grace will be infinitely superior to the legal system of society!

1. The Judgment of God’s Wrath Will Come

(1) The coming of the wrathful judgment (V1-3)

Here, according to Revelation 19:13, the Messiah Jesus Christ will come again to execute the judgment of His blood through His righteous Word!

(2) The reason behind the judgment (V4-6)

The judgment of God’s fierce wrath comes because of the sin of man. It even came to a point where no one was willing to live righteously and justly anymore, so God raised up circumstances to redeem His chosen ones for His righteousness.

2. People Should Repent and Intercede in the Face of Judgment

(1) Speaking of God’s love (V7-9)

It is not that man can do nothing in the face of judgment. They must rise up and speak of God’s mercy, grab hold of the God’s attributes of mercy, and cry out for God’s mercy for this generation.

(2) Confessing their transgressions to God (V10-14)

The rebellious people of God who had forgotten God in the face of the coming judgment, God is still willing to forgive the transgressions of men, if they know how to turn back, so that they may rest again in the forgiveness of their sins. And those who turn will be a good testimony of God and the glory of God!

(3) Asking God to be gracious again (V15-19)

In the face of the coming judgment, man will recognise and rise up to declare our identity as children of God, and ask God the Father to show mercy to us again. Know that because of the loving nature of our Father God, He will again show mercy to all sinners who are willing to repent, while the door of grace is still open for the world today!

Conclusion:

In the face of God’s coming wrathful judgment, we must first seize our precious identity as children of God and rise up to tell of God’s love. When we come to confess our weaknesses and transgressions to God, and ask for His grace, He will surely give grace again to us sinners who are willing to repent! Let us also come to understand the heart of the Father, so that we may not only confess our sins and ask for grace for ourselves, but let us also confess our sins and ask God for grace for this generation, so that more people may know how to turn and enter into the salvation that the Father has prepared for the world!

26/08/2022

引言：

赐子千金，不如教子一艺；教子一艺，不如赐子好名。人认为名字很重要，会影响人的一生。

一、锡安必得新名（V1-5）

神要赐给锡安百姓新名，如同神为列祖改名，使他们生命转变，进入神的应许。神有新计划要施行，使锡安必不再称为撇弃的，你的地也不再称为荒凉的，却要称为神所喜悦的，也必称为有夫之妇，你的地也必归神。

二、锡安必进命定（V6-9）

末后神要兴起守望者，不停地向神呼求，求神纪念祂对锡安的应许，直到锡安重新被建立，神因着守望者的呼求不再咒诅锡安，使锡安成为享受神所赐五谷新酒和油之地，并成为神所用的祝福管道。

三、锡安必得荣耀（V10-12）

以色列就是神的长子，要得双倍的祝福与荣耀。神待锡安有父子之情。虽然以色列人悖逆犯罪得罪神，当他们认罪悔改呼求神，神还是给他们开门，为他们预备道路，修筑大道，捡去石头，为他们竖立大旗，称他们为“圣民”，为“耶和华的赎民”，为”被眷顾、不被撇弃的城”。

总结：

神兴起以赛亚为神的百姓站在守望所祷告，今天神也呼召我们为神的教会、为新加坡、为列国守望祷告，我们要效法神的守望者，昼夜不停地在神面前呼吁祷告，直到神的复兴临到我们的教会，临到我们的国家，并让福音回归耶路撒冷。

Isaiah 62: The God-favoured City of Zion
GK611 Morning Devotion
26/8/2022
Speaker: Rev Moses Li

Introduction:

It is better to to teach him an art than to give a son a thousand pieces of gold; it is better to give him a good name than to teach him an art. People believe that names are important and can affect a person’s whole life.

1. Zion shall receive a new name (V1-5)

God will give the people of Zion a new name, as God changed the names of the fathers, so that their lives may be transformed into the promises of God. God has a new plan to carry out, so that Zion will no longer be called forsaken and your land will no longer be called desolate, but will be called pleasing to God, and will be called a married woman, and your land will be returned to God.

2. Zion shall enter the destiny (V6-9)

At the end God will raise up watchmen to cry out to God without ceasing, asking God to remember His promises to Zion until Zion is re-established and God ceases to curse Zion because of the cry of the watchmen, so that Zion will become a place to enjoy the new wine and oil of God’s grain and a channel of blessings used by God.

3. Zion shall be glorified (V10-12)

Israel is the firstborn of God, and will receive double the blessing and glory. God treated Zion like a father and son. Although the Israelites sinned against God in their rebellion, when they confessed their sins and cried out to God, He opened the door to them, prepared the way for them, built the highway, Take out the stones, and lift up a banner for them, calling them a “holy people”, “the redeemed of the LORD”, and “shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.”

Conclusion:

God raised up Isaiah to stand in prayer for God’s people in the watchtower, and today God calls us to watch and pray for God’s church, for Singapore, and for the nations. We are to follow the example of God’s watchtower by calling before God in prayer day and night until God’s revival comes to our church, to our nation, and to bring the gospel back to Jerusalem.

25/08/2022

引言：

今天，神再次透过这章经文提醒祂给教会的异象，使教会成为光，为了是要使许多人经历神的拯救及转化。

一、受膏者的使命(V1-4)

这位受膏者所报告的好信息是从神而来的，是可以医好伤心的人，扶助疲乏的人，使人的生命改变；也可以使被掳的得释放，被囚的出监牢，就是让人得着自由、进入光明。

圣灵就像膏油，从上而下地浇灌了人的全身，从布满「灰尘」的外表，到充满「悲哀」的内心，一直到最深之处的「忧伤之灵」，意思就是我们的生命要完全被圣灵改变。而这新的生命带来了能「守公平，行公义」的新生活，以致我们称为『公义树』。

二、神子民的改变(V5-9)

1．成为神国的祭司（V5-6）

旧约当中，神所按立的祭司的职责，就是站在神和百姓的中间，将神的话，带给以色列百姓，要让百姓认识神，并且把百姓的需要和认罪的这些内容，都带到神的面前。

到了新约，我们更进一步地看见，所有的信徒都是神的祭司。这代表所有信徒可以读神的话，寻求对神话语的理解，直接向神认罪，并向别人宣布福音美好的信息。

2．得着双份的产业（V7-8)

以色列是神的长子，要作为万民的榜样、在神面前接受管教。但他们这些管教并非徒然，因为他们作为长子「所受的羞辱、所受的凌辱」（7节），将来也要被加倍的好处和喜乐所「代替」（7节）。因为「耶和华喜爱公平」（8节），祂所收取的，祂必以自己来代替，弥赛亚将成为神与百姓所立的「永远之乐」。

当我们犯错，我们会接受神的管教。但神最主要的目的，是要把我们带回到祂的面前。祂不只要为祂的儿女伸冤、报仇。而且，神要赐给我们的产业。

3．成为圣洁的国民(V9)

百姓的生命已经被改变，真正成为圣洁的国民，所以世人不但一眼就能认出他们，而且「凡看见他们的必认他们是耶和华赐福的后裔」，神就因此「在祂圣徒的身上得荣耀」。

然而，信仰不能只停留在我们自己这一代，作神儿女不能隐藏，要被人认识，被人看见。我们要继续不断地将神的救恩传扬，兴起发光，尤其是教导我们的子孙，使他们能够继续活在圣洁中，也蒙神赐福。

三、成就神国使命(V10-11)

弥赛亚欣然领受拯救和公义的使命和能力，胜任救恩和报仇的工作。耶稣也的确来到世上，承担了世人的罪，使人得着永恒的生命，使人与神和好。所以，今天我们已被神拯救，神也把拯救衣给我们穿上，使我们争战的时候不怕仇敌的攻击，也把公义袍给我披上，使我们不怕恶者的控诉，使我们可以欢喜快乐地委身于使命，与基督同走这条十字架的道路。

今天，我们也要欢然领受并承接神的使命，使神国的使命被成就。当我们如此行的时候，我们必然看见神的公义被彰显，并且神的救恩也临到许多人身上，使他们脱离肉身的辖制并解脱罪的内疚，而且让他们经历神的大能，活出神的公义。

总结：

愿我们每个人都领受神的使命，并成就神给我们的使命和异象，成为世上的光，照亮黑暗，是许多人的生命得着盼望及经历转变。尤其，神给我们教会的异象是‘承接神国，转化生命’。让我们每一位在神国611教会的弟兄姐妹都在神的国里成就神给我们的托付，看见许多生命经历转化和改变。

Isaiah 61: Receive a Mission to Achieve the Kingdom of God
GK611 Morning Devotion
25/8/2022
Speaker: Asher Chang + Rev David Tan

Introduction:

Today, through this chapter, God reminds us again of the vision He gave the church to make the church the light, so that many people may experience God’s salvation and transformation.

I. Mission of the Anointed (V1-4)

The good news conveyed by the anointed one is from God, and it can heal the brokenhearted, help the weary, and change people’s lives; it can also release the captives and release the imprisoned from prison, which is to make people free and enter into the light.

The Holy Spirit is like anointing oil, pouring out from top to bottom of the whole body, from the exterior covered with “ashes”, to the heart full of “grief”, to the deepest “spirit of sorrow”, which means our life to be completely transformed by the Holy Spirit. And this new life brings about a new life of “keeping justice and doing righteousness” which we call the “tree of righteousness”.

II. The Change of God’s People (V5-9)

1. Become a priest of the kingdom of God (V5-6)

In the Old Testament, the duty of the priest ordained by God was to stand between God and the people, to bring the Word of God to the people of Israel, to let the people know God, and to bring the needs of the people and their confession to the presence of God.

In the New Testament, we further see that all believers are priests of God. This means that all believers can read the Word of God, seek to understand it, confess sin directly to God, and proclaim the good news of the gospel to others.

2. Receive double inheritance (V7-8)

Israel is the firstborn son of God and is to be an example to all nations and to be disciplined before God. But their discipline was not in vain, for their “reproach and humiliation” (V. 7) as a firstborn son would also be “replaced” by double benefits and joys (V. 7). Because “the LORD loves justice” (V. 8), what He has taken, He will replace with himself, and the Messiah will be the “everlasting joy” of God and his people.

When we make mistakes, we will be disciplined by God. But God’s main purpose is to bring us back to Him. He does not just want to take vengeance and revenge for His children. Additionally, God wants to give us the inheritance.

3. Become a holy nation (V9)

The lives of the people have been changed, and they have become truly holy nations so that the world not only recognizes them at a glance, but “everyone who sees them will recognize that they are the posterity whom the LORD has blessed”, and God, therefore “glorified in his saints”.

However, faith cannot be limited to our own generation. Being a child of God cannot be hidden but must be known and seen by others. We must continue to preach the salvation of God, to rise and shine, especially to teach our children, so that they can continue to live in holiness and be blessed by God.

III. Achieving the Mission of the Kingdom of God (V10-11)

The Messiah readily accepts the mission and power of salvation and righteousness and is qualified for the work of salvation and vengeance. Jesus did indeed come into the world to bear the sins of the world so that people could gain eternal life and be reconciled to God. Therefore, today we have been saved by God, and God has clothed us with the garments of salvation, so that we will not be afraid of the enemy’s attack when we fight, and he has clothed us with the robe of righteousness so that we will not be afraid of the accusation of the evil ones and we can be dedicated joyfully to the mission, to walk with Christ in this path of the cross.

Today, we should also joyfully accept and embark on God’s mission, so that the mission of the kingdom of God can be accomplished. When we do this, we will surely see God’s righteousness manifested, and God’s salvation upon many people, freeing them from the bondage of the flesh and the guilt of sin, allowing them to experience the power of God and live out God’s righteousness.

Conclusion：

May each of us receive God’s mission and fulfil the mission and vision God has given us, becoming the light in the world, illuminating the darkness, and bringing hope and transformation to many people’s lives. In particularly, God’s vision for our church is to “inherit the kingdom of God and transform lives.” Let each of our brothers and sisters in GK611 church fulfil the entrustment God has assigned to us in the Kingdom of God and see many lives go through transformation and change.

24/08/2022

引言：会发光的灯

电灯泡若没电就不能发光，蜡烛若没有火源也不能发亮发热，月亮若没有太阳就不能发光。今天你是会发光发热的灯吗？你生命有影响力吗？ 神就是我们的光源，让我们一起成为可以为主发光的光！

一、兴旺之光

1.得神光照耀（V1-5）

在新译本翻译，第一节是锡安哪！起来，发光，因为你的光已经来到。这里的你是指锡安。这光是预表着救赎主，就是弥赛亚耶稣。神的荣耀将要照耀锡安，转化当地百姓的生命，使他们可以起来，发光，成为圣洁的国度。

当耶稣进到我们的生命的时候，神的荣耀要照耀我们，我们的生命就不再一样，是要吸引更多人来领受这光。我们就像一根点亮的蜡烛，有人会在我们的光中行走，是有影响力和吸引力的。

2.得丰盛满足（V6-9）

米甸是过去带着骆驼来掳掠以色列的一群，当神的荣光照耀锡安的时候，将来却要用成群的骆驼并带着礼物来锡安敬拜神。除此以外，以发、示巴、基达和尼拜约都是阿拉伯旷野中的民族，但是他们的羊群都要用来献上成为蒙神悦纳的祭。

以色列复国以后，仍然有周围许多阿拉伯的国家攻击以色列。但是以赛亚在这里所发的预言是，锡安将会起来成为有影响力的国，而且一切的物资与人才都会集中到这里。

二、生命之光

1.得着转化（V10-14）

这里的经文都在形容神要高举锡安的应许。过去以色列因为悖逆惹神发
怒，被神击打，但是今天却是成为得着神的施恩怜恤，被神悦纳，被神恩宠。因为他们转向神，事奉神。神与他们同在，他们不至灭亡，而且得着大翻转的祝福。

2.得着更新（V15-18）

神应许以色列不再是孤儿，要得着新的身份。过去被撇弃被厌恶的，如今神翻转他们得着永远的荣华，成为累代的喜乐。吃的是万国的奶 ，重生成为新人，以神为主。和平是我们的官长，公义是我们的监督。不再有荒凉的担忧，只有神的拯救和赞美。

弟兄姐妹，过去先知如何预言神赐应许给几乎进入绝境的以色列，同样也对我们说。只要我们紧紧依靠神，我们也可以得着生命之光。我们所面对的困境，苦难，或是灾难都会经历转化。得着大翻转！

三、盼望之光（V19-22）

神应许要成为我们永远的光。不再和世界的光一样，而是天上的光。没有时间的限制，不再悲哀。与义人们同住，得永远的地为业，手上所做的都得荣耀。这里像是在预表在启示录的新天新地，新耶路撒冷。这是我们最终的盼望，我们不害怕经历世上的死亡，因为我们有在天上神应许我们的盼望之地，有永久的光照耀我们的盼望。

总结：被神的光点燃，为主兴起发光

要得光就是要得着神。神就是那光。让我们先被点燃，兴起，为主发光。

Isaiah 60: Be A Light That Shines for God
GK611 Morning Devotion
24/8/2022
Speaker: Asher Chang + Rev David Tan

Introduction:

A light bulb cannot shine without electricity, a candle cannot glow and heat without a source of fire, the moon cannot shine without the sun. Are you a light that shines and glows today? Do you have influence in your life? God is our source of light, let us together be a light that can shine for the Lord!

1. The Light of Prosperity

(1) Shining with the light of God (V1-5)

In the New Chinese Version translation, the first verse reads, “O Zion! Arise, shine, for your light has come. Here you are referring to Zion. This light is a foreshadowing of the Redeemer, Jesus the Messiah. The glory of God will shine in Zion and transform the lives of the people there so that they may arise and shine as a holy nation.

When Jesus comes into our lives, the glory of God will shine upon us and our lives will no longer be the same, it is to draw more people to receive this light. We are like a lighted candle, someone who will walk in our light and is influential and attractive.

(2) Fulfilled in abundance (V6-9)

Midian was a group that used to bring camels and take Israel as captive, but will come to worship God in Zion with herds of camels and with gifts when God’s glory shines on Zion. In addition to this, Ephah, Sheba, Kedar and Nebaioth were all peoples of the Arabian wilderness, but their flock will be offered as a sacrifice that pleases to God.

After Israel’s restoration, there were still many surrounding Arab nations attacking Israel. But Isaiah’s prophecy here was that Zion would rise up and become an influential nation and that all the goods and talents would be gathered here.

2. The Light of Life

(1) Transformed (V10-14)

The verses here all describe the promise that God will exalt Zion. In the past, Israel angered God because of its rebellion and was struck down by God.
But today they are the recipients of God’s mercy, His pleasure and His favour. For they turned to God and served Him. God is with them and they do not perish, but are blessed with a great turn over.

(2) Renewed (V15-18)

God promised that Israel would no longer be an orphan, but would be given a new identity. Those who were rejected and hated in the past, God now turns them over to eternal glory and joy for all generations. They are fed with the milk of the nations and are born again as new men, with God as their Lord. Peace is our governor and righteousness is our overseer. There is no longer the worry of desolation, only the salvation and praise of God.

Brothers and sisters, how the prophets in the past prophesied of God’s promise to Israel, who had almost entered a desperate situation, speaks to us in the same way. If we cling to God, we too can have the light of life. We too can be transformed by the hardships, tribulations and disasters that we face. There is a great turning over!

3. Light of Hope (V19-22)

God promises to be our light forever. No longer the same as the light of the world, but the light of heaven. There is no time limit, no more sorrow. To dwell with the righteous, to have an everlasting land as our inheritance, and to be glorified in all that we do with our hands. Here is a foreshadowing of the new heaven and new earth, the New Jerusalem, in Revelation. This is our ultimate hope, that we will not fear to experience death on earth, for we have a place of hope promised to us by God in heaven, and an everlasting light to shine upon our hope.

Conclusion: to be lit up by God’s light, to rise up and shine for the Lord.

To have the light is to have God. God is that light. Let us first be lit up, raised up and shine for the Lord.

23/08/2022

引言：

若是我们所亲爱的亲友面对着死亡的威胁，我们只要可以做到的，无论要付多少代价，我们都会竭力去救我们的亲友。其实我们的天父，也是这样附上全力去救每一个罪人。

一、神面对有罪的人

1. 活在蒙蔽的罪人（1-8）

罪人活在蒙蔽中的时候，所行的都是不义，所以这也拦阻了他们的祷告来蒙公义的神来垂听。

2. 醒悟过来的罪人（9-15a）

当罪人醒悟过来，看见自己的悖逆和不义，才能明白自己是何等地亏欠神，然而这样的人却是极少数。

二、神兴起施行拯救

1. 因公义而兴起（15b-20）

面对又一个悖逆的世代，神本没有义务去救赎这些悖逆的百姓，但因着祂的怜悯和公义，祂就兴起，为着悖逆之人预备救恩的道路。

2. 与百姓立新约（21）

神也知道我们这些属血气之人的软弱，所以祂要与我们立新约，赐下圣灵，将祂的律例典章放在我们的心中，也接着圣灵给我们力量去活出神的心意，好让我们能够持守在神救恩的约里，直到永永远远。

总结：

如果说因着神的公义，祂就最多只是应该施恩给愿意悔改的罪人；那么面对悖逆却不愿悔改的罪人，神本来就是没有义务去施行拯救的。然而我们的神也是所有人的父，无论人有多么地悖逆，祂就是一直地在用尽全力去拯救世上的每一个罪人。

祂深深知道罪人的软弱，所以祂就预备了耶稣，来与我们立新约，让我们能够得着圣灵，然后就有力量去活出讨神喜悦的新生命！

Isaiah 59: The God Who Redeems Sinners With All His Might

GK611 Morning Devotion

23/8/2022

Speaker: IP Moses Ou + Rev David Tan

Introduction:

If our dear ones are facing the threat of death, we will do whatever we can to save them, no matter how much it costs. In fact, our heavenly Father also attaches all His strength to save every sinner.

1. God Confronts Sinful People

(1) The sinner who lives in blindness (1-8)

When sinners are living in blindness, they are doing unrighteousness, so this also prevents their prayers from being heard by the God of righteousness.

(2) The sinner who comes to their senses (9-15a)

When sinners come to their senses and see their disobedience and unrighteousness, they can understand how much they owe God, but such people are very few.

2. God Rises Up to Perform Salvation

(1) Arise in righteousness (15b-20)

In the face of another rebellious generation, God was not obligated to redeem these rebellious people, but in His mercy and righteousness He rose up to prepare the way of salvation for the rebellious.

(2) Making a new covenant with the people (21)

God also knows the weakness of us flesh and blood, so He will make a new covenant with us, giving us the Holy Spirit to put His statutes and rules in our hearts, and then the Holy Spirit will give us the power to live out the will of God, so that we may hold on to the covenant of God’s salvation forever and ever.

Conclusion:

If, because of God’s righteousness, He should at most be gracious to sinners who are willing to repent, then God is not obligated to save rebellious sinners who do not want to repent. However, our God is also the Father of all people, and no matter how rebellious man is, He is always trying with all His might to save every sinner in the world.

He knows deeply the weakness of sinners, so He prepared Jesus to make a new covenant with us, so that we might receive the Holy Spirit and then have the power to live a new life pleasing to God!