2016/9/11
Pastor Richard Welsh 韋日卓牧師
Categories: Joy, Strength 力量, 喜樂
Video: http://hongkong.mylifehouse.com/tv/message/the-joy-of-the-lord-is-your-strength
NEHEMIAH 8:10
(10) Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
THE ENTRANCE OF GOD’S WORD SHOULD BRING JOY
John 15:11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Psalm 19:8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
Grace(恩典): xaris (charis) – χαρις
Joy (喜樂): xara (chara) – χαρα
Nehemiah 8:5-8 Ezra opened the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up. (6) Ezra praised the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. (7) The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there. (8) They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.
GREAT WEEPING – THE LAW IS TOO MUCH, WE ARE SO BAD
Nehemiah 8:9
(9) Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
GREAT JOY
Romans 3:10, 20 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; (20) Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Romans 3:21-25a But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. (22) This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, (23) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (24) and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (25) God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith.
Isaiah 61:10 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
尼希米記8:10
(10)尼希米又對他們說:“你們應當去吃肥美的肉,喝甘甜的酒,把部分飲食分給沒有能力預備的人,因為今天是我們的主的聖日;你們不要憂愁,因為靠耶和華而得的喜樂是你們的力量。”
神的話應帶來喜樂
約翰福音15:11
(11) 我把這些事告訴了你們,好讓我的喜樂存在你們心裡,並且使你們的喜樂滿溢。
詩篇 19:8
(8) 耶和華的訓詞是正直的,能使人心快樂;耶和華的命令是清潔的,能使人的眼睛明亮。
Grace(恩典): xaris (charis) – χαρις
Joy (喜樂): xara (chara) – χαρα
律法已帶回來及已讀取
尼希米記8:5-8
(5) 以斯拉在眾人眼前展開那書卷;他高高地站在眾民以上,他把書卷展開,眾民就站起來。(6) 以斯拉稱頌耶和華至大的 神,眾民舉手應聲說:“阿們!阿們!”然後跪下,臉伏在地,敬拜耶和華。(7) 然後利未人耶書亞、巴尼、示利比、雅憫、亞谷、沙比太、荷第雅、瑪西雅、基利他、亞撒利雅、約撒拔、哈難和毗萊雅就教導他們明白律法。眾人一直站在原處聆聽。(8) 他們宣讀 神的律法,把意義清楚翻譯出來,使眾民明白所宣讀的。
大悲歎 – 律法太多,我們太差
尼希米記8:9
(9) 省長尼希米和祭司兼經學家以斯拉,以及教導人民明白律法的利未人對眾民說:「今天是耶和華你們的 神的聖日,你們不要悲哀哭泣。”因為眾人聽見律法書上的話,都哭了。」
以賽亞書 64:6
(6) 我們眾人都像不潔淨的人,我們所有的義,都像污穢的衣服;我們眾人都像葉子枯乾,我們的罪孽好像風一般把我們吹去。
羅馬書 3:10, 20
(10) 正如經上所說:「沒有義人,連一個也沒有,(20) 沒有一個人可以靠行律法,在 神面前得稱為義,因為藉著律法,人對於罪才有充分的認識。」
大喜樂
羅馬書 3:21-25a
(21) 現在,有律法和先知的話可以證明: 神的義在律法之外已經顯明出來,(22) 就是 神的義,因著信耶穌基督,毫無區別地臨到所有信的人。(23) 因為人人都犯了罪,虧缺了 神的榮耀, (24) 但他們卻因著 神的恩典,藉著在基督耶穌裡的救贖,就白白地稱義。(25) 神設立了耶穌為贖罪祭,是憑著他的血,藉著人的信…
以賽亞書 61:10
(10) 我因耶和華大大歡喜,我的心靠著我的 神快樂,因為他給我穿上救恩的衣服,給我披上公義的外袍,好像新郎戴上華冠,又像新娘佩戴裝飾。