神必慷慨赦免 The Lord will forgive generously

以赛亚书 55:6-9 Isaiah 55:6-9

当趁耶和华可寻找的時候寻找他，相近的時候求告他。恶人当離弃自己的道路；不义的人当除掉自己的意念。归向耶和华，耶和华就必怜恤他；当归向我们的神，因为神必广行赦免。Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.

耶和华说：我的意念非同你们的意念；我的道路非同你们的道路。天怎样高過地，照样，我的道路高過你们的道路；我的意念高過你们的意念。“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”

当趁耶和华容易寻找的時候寻找他。当他相近的時候求告他。不要等到他安静，离开我们远远时，不能找到的时候才想寻求他。我们当悔改我们的过错，将所有的恶 忆念除掉。归向耶和华，因他是怜恤当与广行赦免的神。When we could easily find the Lord, we should seek him. Do not wait until he is silent and cannot be found, then try to search for him. When the Lord is near, call on his name, don’t wait until he is far away from us, when our sins separate us from him, and he cannot hear us. Repent from our wicked ways and banish all thoughts of wrongdoing from our minds. Turn to the Lord for he is a merciful God who forgives generously.

我们必须将自私，自我中心与自服的思想和心态从我们的脑海里除掉，要完全依靠耶和华。 因为他的忆念高过我们的忆念， 他的行事方法高过我们的方法。 We need to banish selfish, self-centered and self-serving thoughts from our minds and trust the Lord, because his thoughts are higher than our thoughts and his ways higher than our ways.

以赛亚书 55:3-5 Isaiah 55:3-5

你们当就近我来；侧耳而听，就必得活。我必与你们立永约，就是应许大卫那可靠的恩典。我已立他作万民的见证，为万民的君王和司令。你素不认识的国民，你也必召来；素不认识你的国民也必向你奔跑，都因耶和华 - 你的神以色列的圣者，因为他已经荣耀你。 “Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations. You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”

耶和华邀请我们来吃！ Jehovah invites us to come and feast!

以赛亚书 55:1-2 Isaiah 55:1-2

你们一切干渴的都当就近水来；没有银钱的也可以来。 你们都来，买了吃；不用银钱，不用价值，也来买酒和奶。你们为何花钱买那不足为食物的？ 用劳碌得来的买那不使人饱足的呢？ 你们要留意听我的话就能吃那美物，得享肥甘，心中喜乐。“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink - even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk - it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food.

耶和华邀请所有干渴与不饱足的人来到他的宴席。主耶稣是活水 － 他能使我们的干渴永远消失。他是从天上来的粮食。他使我们的肚子饱满。

God invites all who are thirsty and hungry to come and feast. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Living Water – He will satisfy our thirst so that we will ever thirst. He is the Bread of Life that comes down from heaven. He will fill our stomach so that we will never starve.

有两个好问题：

你们为何花钱买那不足为食物的？ 经过精英变体的食物，生怕没，快餐 －这些都是烂物， 它们都是不足为食物的，它们不能使我们的体力充足。我们应该用金钱买有健康，不经过加工的食物，它们会使我们强壮有力。

用劳碌得来的买那不使人饱足的呢？更糟的是，它们会带来各种不良的病症。

Two Good questions:

Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? GM food, SPAM, fast food – all these are junks and they will not give us strength. Rather spend your money buying healthy, unprocessed food that will make you strong.

Why pay for food that does you no good?  Worse, they bring you all kinds of sicknesses.

耶和华答应我们，若我们听他的话，行他的旨意。他会让我们吃那美物，得享肥甘，心中喜乐。 The LORD promises that if we listen and obey him, he will let us eat what is good and enjoy the finest food.

我对你的慈爱必永远长存 My faithful love for you will remain

以赛亚书 54:10－14 Isaiah 54:10-14

大山可以挪開，小山可以迁移；但我的慈爱必不離開你；我平安的约也不迁移。这是怜恤你的耶和华说的。你这受困苦、被风飘荡不得安慰的人哪，我必以彩色的石头安置你，以蓝宝石立定你的根基；又以红宝石造你的城墙，以红玉造你的城门，以宝石造你四围的边界。你的儿女都要受耶和华的教训；你的儿女必大享平安。你必因公义得坚立，必遠離欺压，不致害怕；你必遠離惊吓，惊吓必不临近你。For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you. “O storm-battered city; troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels 
and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones. I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. You will live in peace, and terror will not come near.”

以赛亚书 54:4－5 Isaiah 54:4-5

不要惧怕，因你必不致蒙羞；也不要抱愧，因你必不致受辱。你必忘记幼年的羞愧，不再记念你寡居的羞辱。因为造你的是你的丈夫；万军之耶和华是他的名。救赎你的是以色列的圣者；他必称为全地之神。“Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. For your Creator will be your husband; the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; he is the God of all the earth.

相信耶和华的应许 Faith in God’s promise

以赛亚书 54:2－3 Isaiah 54:2-3

要扩张你帐幕之地，张大你居所的幔子，不要限止；要放长你的繩子，坚固你的橛子。因为你要向左向右開展；你的后裔必得多国为业，又使荒凉的城邑有人居住。 Enlarge your house, lengthen your cords and build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense!  For you will soon be bursting at the seams.  Your descendants will occupy many other nations 
and resettle the ruined cities.

我们需要信心去相信耶和华的应许。 他会使我们的帐棚扩大展开，我们的后裔也得多国为产业。 Faith is necessary to believe God for his promise that we will be bursting at our seams and go on to occupy many nations.

他献本身为赎罪祭 He offered his life as an offering for our sins

以赛亚书 53:7-12 Isaiah 53:7-12

他被欺压，在受苦的時候却不開口；他像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地，又像羊在剪毛的人手下无声，他也是这样不開口。因受欺压和审判，他被夺去，至於他同世的人，谁想他受鞭打、从活人之地被剪除，是因我百姓的罪过呢？ 他虽然未行强暴，口中也没有诡诈，人还使他与恶人同埋；谁知死的時候与财主同葬。耶和华却定意将他压伤，使他受痛苦。 他献本身为赎罪祭。他必看见后裔，并且延长年日。耶和华所喜悦的事必在他手中亨通。他必看见自己劳苦的功效，便心满意足。有许多人因认识我的义仆得称为义；并且他要担当他们的罪孽。所以，我要使他与位大的同分，与强盛的均分掳物。因为他将命倾倒，以致於死；他也被列在罪犯之中。他却担当多人的罪，又为罪犯代求。

He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong
 and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him 
and to cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.

有许多人因认识我的义仆得称为义；并且他要担当他们的罪孽。Because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous for he will bear all their sins.

因他受的刑罚，我们得平安；因他受的鞭伤，我们得醫治。He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.

以赛亚书 53:2-6 Isaiah 53:2-6

他在耶和华面前生长如嫩芽，像根出於干地。他无佳形美容；我们看见他的時候，也无美貌使我们羡慕他。他被藐视，被人厌弃；多受痛苦，常经忧患。他被藐视，好像被人掩面不看的一样；我们也不尊重他。他诚然担当我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦；我们却以为他受責罚，被神击打苦待了。哪知他为我们的過犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤。因他受的刑罚，我们得平安；因他受的鞭伤，我们得醫治。我们都如羊走迷；各人偏行己路；耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在他身上。My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. He was despised and rejected - a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.

神子背负我们的罪过。他担当了我们的忧患; 承受我们的痛苦。因他受的刑罚，我们得平安；因他受的鞭伤，我们得醫治。他为我们而死，让我们得到重生。主耶稣，谢谢你！The LORD carried our sins upon his shoulders. He bore our weaknesses; carried our sorrows and hurts. He was beaten so that we could be whole and He was whipped so we could be healed. He died so we might live again. Lord Jesus Christ, thank you!

耶和华必在你们的前头行，并做你们的后盾 The LORD will go ahead of you and behind you

以赛亚书 52:12 Isaiah 52:12

你们出来必不致急忙，也不致奔逃。因为，耶和华必在你们前头行；以色列的神必作你们的后盾。You will not leave in a hurry, running for your lives. For the Lord will go ahead of you; yes, the God of Israel will protect you from behind.

若耶和华行在我们的前头，为我们开路，我们不怕艰难。神行在我们的后作为我们的后盾，我们不惧怕。神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？（罗马书 8:31）

If the LORD goes before us, we need not fear any difficulty. If God goes behind us, we will go out from here with great sense of security and not in a hurry! If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)

我们是那报佳音，传平安与救恩的人We are messengers of good news of peace and salvation

以赛亚书 52:7-10 Isaiah 52:7-10

那报佳音，传平安，报好信，传救恩的，对锡安说：你的神作王了！ 这人的脚登山何等佳美！ 听啊，你守望之人的声音，他们扬起声来，一同歌唱；因为耶和华归回锡安的時候，他们必亲眼看见。耶路撒冷的荒场啊，要发起欢声，一同歌唱；因为耶和华安慰了他的百姓，救赎了耶路撒冷。耶和华在万国眼前露出圣臂；地极的人都看见我们神的救恩了。How beautiful on the mountains 
are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! The watchmen shout and sing with joy, for before their very eyes 
they see the LORD returning to Jerusalem. Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song, for the LORD has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem. The LORD has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God.

成为报佳音，传平安与救恩的守望者，我们有福气亲眼看见耶和华归回的时候。As messengers and watchmen of the good news of peace and salvation, we have the privilege to see the return of the Lord. 

我是耶和华你的神，你是我的百姓 I am Jehovah God and you are my people

以赛亚书 51:12－13，15－16 Isaiah 51:12-13, 15-16

惟有我，是安慰你们的。你是谁，竟怕那必死的人？ 怕那要变如草的世人？ 却忘记铺张诸天、立定地基、创造你的耶和华？ 我是耶和华 － 你的神 －搅动大海，使海中的波浪咆哮 － 万军之耶和华是我的名。我将我的话传给你，用我的手影遮蔽你，为要栽定诸天，立定地基，又对锡安说：你是我的百姓。“I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear? Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone! I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safely in my hand. I stretched out the sky like a canopy 
and laid the foundations of the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, ‘You are my people!’”

耶和华救赎的民必归回 The redeemed of the Lord shall return

以赛亚书 51:10-11 Isaiah 51:10-11

使海与深渊的水干涸、使海的深处变为赎民经過之路的，不是你吗？（的确是您）耶和华救赎的民必归回，歌唱来到锡安；永乐必归到他们的头上。他们必得著欢喜快乐；忧愁叹息尽都逃避。Are you not the same today, the One who dried up the sea, making a path of escape through the depths 
so that your people could cross over? (Yes you are!) Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.

                    "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD"

耶和华的救恩与公义永远长存 The Lord’s salvation and righteous rule last forever

以赛亚书 51:4-6 Isaiah 51:4-6

我的百姓啊，要向我留心；我的国民哪，要向我侧耳；因为训诲必从我而出；我必坚定我的公理为万民之光。我的公义临近；我的救恩发出。我的膀臂要审判万民；海岛都要等候我，倚赖我的膀臂。你们要向天举目，观看下地；因为天必像烟云消散，地必如衣服渐渐旧了； 惟有我的救恩永遠长存；我的公义也不废掉。“Listen to me, my people, for my law will be proclaimed, and my justice will become a light to the nations. My mercy and justice are coming soon. My salvation is on the way. My strong arm will bring justice to the nations. All distant lands will look to me and wait in hope for my powerful arm. Look up to the skies above and gaze down on the earth below. For the skies will disappear like smoke and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing but salvation lasts forever and my righteous rule will never end!