Matthew 1
March 29, 2024Matthew 1 shows the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Matthew traced the genealogy back to Abraham (Matthew 1:1-16), while Luke traced it back to Adam (Luke 3:23-38). Usually, people don’t really pay attention to genealogy when they read the Bible, but this genealogy is very important for us. Matthew 1:1 explains that Jesus Christ was a descendant of David and Abraham. Jesus’s genealogy proves the promise of God and He was a historical figure. Some people think that Jesus Christ is a fictitious character that doesn’t have genealogy. But Jesus’s genealogy is real and even the Pharisees who opposed Jesus the…
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耶利米哀歌第三章的教训
一. 耶利米的苦难(1-18) 1 耶利米说:我是因耶和华忿怒的杖遭遇困苦的人(1)。 他不是犯罪被神刑罚受苦难,他是把神子民犯罪被神刑罚的苦难看為自己的苦难。 他显出先知的精神,为神的道受苦,为神子民忧心哀歌,与神子民同甘共苦,對神子民的信仰尽心尽力。 2. 他虽然眼见苦难失望地说:我的力量衰败,我在耶和华那里毫无指望(18), 但他也凭着信心说:我想起这事心里就有指望(21)。耶利米想起什么事让他有指望? 二. 耶利米的指望(22-39) 1. 想起神的慈爱和怜悯,这是失望中的盼望(22-24) 2 想起神的应许和信实,这是無助中的幫助(25-30) 3. 想起神的信實和公義,这是無靠中的倚靠(31-39) 1 主必不永遠丟棄人(31)。 耶利米告诉神子民,神说:我先前怎样留意将他们拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆、苦害,也必照样留意将他们建立、栽植(耶31:28)。神刑罰人的目的不是要丟棄人,乃是要得著人。 2. 主雖使人憂愁還要照祂諸般的慈愛發憐憫,因祂並不甘心使人受苦使人憂愁(32-33) 耶利米告诉神子民,神说:看哪,我要使这城得以痊愈安舒,使城中的人得医治;又将丰盛的平安和诚实显明与他们(耶33:6)。神的懲罰虽然使人忧愁,但最后卻要使人喜樂。 3. 神的公义作為不同於世人的作為(34-39) 人將世上被囚的踹在腳下(34),他们行暴虐的事,任意虐待囚犯; 或在至高者面前屈枉人(35),他们濫用權柄,不按照公義對待人; 或在人的訟事上顛倒是非(36),他们斷事不按真理判斷,不分黑白,不分好坏。 他们這这些行为都是主看不上的(36),神決不認可世人这些作為,因为神是公义的神,神的审判是公义的,人因自己的罪受罚没得发怨言(39)。 三耶利米的祷告(40-66)
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