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何西阿书［第3章］
Book of Hosea 3

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何西阿书［第3章］ |Book of Hosea 3

【爱的赎回！】

主讲：陈炎明牧师
28/04/2023

引言：

“爱上一个不回家的人！”如果没有神，结局只是彻底绝望····。

一、再去爱吧！（3:1）

3:1 耶和华对我说：“你再去爱一个淫妇，就是她情人所爱的；好像以色列人，虽然偏向别神，喜爱葡萄饼，耶和华还是爱他们。”

这话听起来好像是神要何西阿先知去爱另一个淫妇，其实是指着歌蔑他的妻子。NIV的翻译就很清楚：Go, show your love to your wife again。“去吧，再一次向你的妻子显出你的爱。”这表示对所爱的妻子没有放弃，不放弃的爱！这是神的爱、这是神要人学习付出的爱。这也是神一路向选民以色列所流露的爱。

再去爱吧！这是今天晨祷的真理亮光。你觉得爱不下去了吗？对方死性不改吗？听神的，再去爱吧！坚持到底才有神迹。

二、得赎自守！（3:2-3）

1.付代价买赎（V2）

3:2 我便用银子十五舍客勒，大麦一贺梅珥半，买她归我。

用钱和用了1.5贺梅珥（既是30俄梅珥）的大麦之代价去买赎“背叛自己”的妻子。想想自己所爱的家人中，无论是配偶或儿女，有没有这样的状况呢？对方背叛对不起你，但是你不但没有放弃，而且还付上极大的代价去为对方赎罪。5月8日是我们献晚祭的第30天，既是数算俄梅珥的第30天；也是经文这里所说的1.5贺梅珥。相信你若坚持等候到这一天，家里必有灵里的突破。

2.要洁身自守（V3-4）

3:3 我对她说：“你当多日为我独居，不可行淫，不可归别人为妻，我向你也必这样。”
3:4 以色列人也必多日独居，无君王、无首领、无祭祀、无柱像、无以弗得、无家中的神像。

要提醒你所爱的，让对方知道如何为主自洁谨守自己，不再犯过往的错误。而你自己也要洁身自守，以身作则的对待对方，且看神的作为如何？

对全以色列而言也是一样，完全脱去过往的虚假倚靠，单单独自面对神，且看神的作为。这话对教会而言也是一样的原则，放下过往的活动，单单面对神、等候神，且看神在我们中间所要做的事。

三、归回蒙恩！（3:5）

3:5 后来以色列人必归回（或作“回心转意”），寻求他们的神耶和华和他们的王大卫。在末后的日子，必以敬畏的心归向耶和华，领受他的恩惠。

感谢主，一个美好的盼望，看到悖逆者会回心转意。一是回归寻求神，二是认定大卫王；既是回到所认定的领袖面前。神应许后来必有许多敬畏神的人兴起，领受神的恩惠。这岂不是复兴的景象吗？这岂不是我们数算俄梅珥的目的吗？这岂不是今年五旬节的目标吗？感谢主如此对我们说话。

总结：爱的付出与等候

靠着神的爱，坚信不疑的付出和等候，浪子终必回头，复兴终必临到，合家都要欢庆！

Hosea 3: The redemption of love
GK611 Morning Devotion
28/04/2023
The Morning Devotion Speakers: Rev David Tan

Introduction：

"Fall in love with someone who doesn't come home!" If there is no God, the end is just utter despair ----

1. Love again! (3:1)

3:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover[a] and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.”

The NIV translation is clear: "Go, show your love to your wife again." This indicates an unabandoned, unquenchable love for the beloved wife! This is the love of God, this is the love that God wants man to learn to give. This is the same love that God has shed all the way to the chosen people, Israel.

Go and love again! This is the light of truth in today's morning prayer. Do you feel like you can't love anymore? Does the other person not change their ways? Listen to God and love again! Persevere to the end and there will be a miracle.

2. Redeem yourself! (3:2-3)

(1) Pay the price for redemption (V2)

3:2 Then I bought her for me with fifteen shekels of silver and one and a half hemels of bar

I bought my wife who had “betrayed herself” with money and 1.5 homer (that’s 30 omer). Think about your beloved family members, whether they are spouses or children, have you ever been in this situation? May 8 is the 30th day of our evening sacrifice, which is the 30th day of counting the omer; it is also the 1.5 homer that the scripture refers to here. I believe that if you persevere in waiting until this day, there will be a spiritual breakthrough in your family.

(2) Be clean (V3-4)

3:3 And I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.” 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.

Remind your loved one of how to cleanse yourself for the Lord and not to make the same mistakes as before. And you yourself should be clean, and treat each other by example, and see what God does?

The same is true for all of Israel, to put off the false dependence of the past, to face God alone, and to see what He does. This is the same principle for the church, to put aside past activities, to face God alone, to wait on Him, and to see what God will do in our midst.

3. Return to grace! (3:5)

3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return (or "turn back")and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days.

Thank the Lord for a wonderful hope, seeing that the rebellious will return to their hearts. One is to return to seek God, and the other is to identify King David; both to the identified leader. God promises that many God-fearing people will rise up later to receive God's favour. Is this not a sign of revival? Is this not the purpose of our counting of Omer? Is this not the goal of this year's Pentecost? Thank you Lord for speaking to us in this way.

Conclusion: Giving and waiting in love

With God's love, faithful giving and waiting, the prodigal son will return, revival will come, and the family will rejoice!