【面对审判】
主讲: 陈炎明牧师
27/01/2022
引言:说到审判，大家就会想到法官！
一、面对公义审判神（V1-2）
【有权力者】是指谁呢？希伯来原文是“el”这字，这字一般上是指耶和华独一的真神。但是在原文字义注解中，这字也指一切的神明，灵界的权柄势力等。再看经文后半句说神要在诸多神明中施行审判。这表明权能的审判主要责备一切黑暗的权势、灵界权势、甚至这权力者所影响的地上权柄者。当人心不是信靠独一神，其实也就受控于灵界黑暗的诠释（弗2:1-4的观念）。当人没有按公义审判，甚至是偏袒恶人的，这要到几时呢？神的意思是要对不信靠神的权柄者说，不公义的领袖还不知悔改吗？
“你们审判不秉公义？”
让我们反省自己常做审判官吗？人很容易站在分别善恶树下就开始执行对他人的审判。人的审判很常是站在自己有限的认知观点，断定对方这错那错，就加以控诉和定罪。《启示录12:10 》形容魔鬼是昼夜控告弟兄的，所以我们要留心，免得自己也被恶者利用，当了不公义的“审判官”去定他人的罪。
不公义的审判甚至还偏袒包庇罪恶！如果你是权柄者，你是他人的上司、老板、有权威和权位者，你更要留心自己的处事是否公义？这是神所在乎的事！我们今天审判他人，但是有一天将面对神的审判。所以我们当如何面对神呢？
耶稣说《马太福音 6:14 -15》 “你们饶恕人的过犯，你们的天父也必饶恕你们的过犯；你们不饶恕人的过犯，你们的天父也必不饶恕你们的过犯。”按这样说，我们要多多学习爱与饶恕，而非审判与定罪。
二、执行公义行审判（V3-5）
1.为神兴起当当当（V3-4）
当为弱势者伸冤、当为贫乏者秉公、当保护拯救弱者。
这三个当的下文都是类似的，就是要为贫寒、孤苦弱势的人施行公义和伸冤，最终是要拯救他们脱离困境。由此可见，神特别怜悯弱势无助的人。当人愿意去帮助软弱的、无力的、贫乏的，受欺压的，神是喜悦的。难怪《箴言 19:17 》说：“怜悯贫穷的，就是借给耶和华，他的善行，耶和华必偿还。”
今天教会有关怀基金，关怀事工，有负担帮助弱势群体，相信这是神所喜悦的。想到当主耶稣出来传道的时候，宣读了以赛亚书61:1？其中就是提到有好消息要传给贫穷的人。当然这贫穷的人可以是指灵里的贫穷，也可以是包括物质上也贫穷。主的使命就是要拯救他们、医治他们、释放他们。这不也是这段经文的精神吗？
2.罪人败落摇摇摇（V5）
人因为无知，不肯跟从真理，而是使人继续活在放肆与不义的黑暗中，这导致大地的根基都摇撼了；仿佛连地球都站立不住了。想想今天的地球资源为什么会造成粮食短缺？空气污染？地球的健康寿命已经大受亏损，根基摇动，越来越不稳妥了。
罪人的败坏导致人的建造不断被摇晃，许多的破坏力、杀伤力、不断在经历摧毁。这不就是现今堕落社会的写照吗？
三、人本像神不属死（V6-8）
我们本有神的形象，我们是“elohiym”之子，是至高者的儿子。Elohim是旧约中对神的称呼，但这字也可以翻译成有神的形象、像神、有神的属性。然而人如果不是活出神的形象样式，人就是“一幅死相”！活出罪人的样式，在神眼中只有等候死亡与审判。然而，这本不是神的本意；神爱世人，祂愿意人人都经历拯救，得蒙祝福，经历活出神的样子。我们本来就有神的本相，要活出神的样式，何等尊贵荣耀不是吗？
原来我们的人生是两条路，有神而活出神的真理样式就是尊贵又荣耀。相反的如果没有神没有了真理，人基本再怎么努力活出他的最高品行，也只不过是人的有限境界中的“高”。离开得蒙赦罪而成为神儿女的尊贵还是天渊之别。这样的理解不能单以物质界来衡量，而需要从形而上的永恒视野来看。
原来我们可以拥有无比尊贵荣耀的身份与形象！
总结：免罪成为有福人
人生尽管有很多不完美的破坏、亏损、罪恶、黑暗•••，当世上的罪人都站在永恒的创造主面前，要一一面对审判的时候，谁能够站立得住呢？
这时才发现《罗马书 4:6-8》“ 正如大卫称那在行为以外蒙神算为义的人是有福的。他说：“得赦免其过、遮盖其罪的，这人是有福的；主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的。”我们若本着所领受的恩典而谦卑在主里面，我们就是有福的。
Psalm 82: Facing Judgement
GK611 Morning Devotion
27/01/2022
Speaker: Rev David Tan
Introduction:
When you think of a judgement, you think of a judge!
1. Facing God Who Judges Righteously
Who does “the mighty” refer to? The original Hebrew word is “el”, which generally refers to the one true God, Yahweh. But in the original word meaning commentary, this word also refers to all gods, spiritual powers, etc. Look at the second half of the verse, which says that God will execute judgment among many gods. This indicates that the judgment of the power will be primarily against all the powers of darkness, the spiritual powers, and even the earthly powers that this power has influenced. When the heart does not trust in the one God, it is also explained as in fact is under the control of spiritual darkness (the idea of Eph 2:1-4). How long will it be when men are not judged according to righteousness, even those who are partial to the wicked? Does God mean to say to those who do not trust in God’s authority that the unjust leaders do not yet know how to repent?
“How long will you judge unjustly,” Let us reflect on how often we are judges? It is easy to stand under the tree of knowledge of good and evil and begin to execute judgment on others. It is easy to judge from one’s own limited perceptions, conclude that the other person is wrong, and then accuse and condemn them. Revelation 12:10 describes the devil as an accuser of the brethren day and night, so let us beware lest we too be used by the evil one as an unjust “judge” to condemn others.
Unrighteous judgment even harbors sin! If you are a person in authority, if you are the boss, the boss of another person, the person in authority and power, how much more should you be careful to see if you are acting righteously? This is a matter of concern to God! We judge others today, but one day we will face the judgment of God. So how should we face God?
Jesus said in Matthew 6:14 -15 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. According to this, we need to learn more about love and forgiveness, not judgment and condemnation.
2. Execution of Righteous Judgment (v3-5)
(1) Raise up for God (v3-4)
When justice is done for the weak, when justice is done for the poor, and when protection is given to save the weak.
The context of these three passages is similar, that is, to do justice and vindicate for the poor, the lonely, and the vulnerable, and ultimately to save them from their plight. This shows that God is especially merciful to the weak and helpless. God is pleased when people are willing to help the weak, the powerless, the destitute, and the oppressed. No wonder Proverbs 19:17 says, “He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD,
And He will pay back what he has given.”
Today the church has a social care, a social care ministry, and a burden to help the less fortunate, which I believe is pleasing to God. When the Lord Jesus came out to preach, he read Isaiah 61:1, which says that there is good news to be preached to the poor. Of course, the poor can be poor in spirit, but they can also be poor in material things. The mission of the Lord is to save them, heal them, and set them free. Isn’t that also the spirit of this passage?
(2) The sinner is defeated and shaken (v5)
Man, through ignorance, refuses to follow the truth, but causes man to continue to live in the darkness of presumptuous and unrighteousness, which causes the foundations of the earth to be shaken; as if even the earth could not stand. Consider why the resources of the earth today are causing food shortages? Air pollution? The healthy life span of the earth has suffered greatly, and its foundations are shaken and becoming more and more precarious.
3. Man Is Like God and Not Dead
Elohim is the Old Testament name for God, but the word can also be translated as having the image of God, being like God, having the attributes of God. However, if man does not live in the image of God, man is “a dead image”! To live as a sinner is to await death and judgment in the eyes of God. However, this is not God’s intention; God loves the world, and He wants everyone to experience salvation, to be blessed, and to experience living as God. We are already in the image of God, and how honorable and glorious it is to live as God, isn’t it?
It turns out that our life is a two-way street. To have God and live His truth is to be honored and glorified. On the contrary, if there is no God and there is no truth, man’s basic efforts to live his highest character are only the “high” of the limited realm of man. It is still a far cry from the honor of being a child of God through the forgiveness of sins. Such an understanding cannot be measured in the material world alone, but needs to be viewed from the metaphysical perspective of eternity.
It turns out that we can have an incomparable status and image of honor and glory!
Conclusion: Free from sin and become a blessed person
Life, despite its many imperfections of destruction, loss, sin, and darkness – who will be able to stand when all the sinners of the world stand before the Eternal Creator and have to face judgment one by one?
This is when it was discovered that Romans 4:6-8 ” Just as David called blessed is he who is counted righteous by God apart from works. He said, ” 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered; Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.” We are blessed if we humble ourselves in the Lord in the light of the grace we have received.
