打開我們的耳朵聽Opening Our Ears to Hear
[每日靈修] 11/29/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
上帝對以賽亞說：「你去告訴這百姓說：『你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白；看是要看見，卻不曉得。』要使這百姓心蒙脂油，耳朵發沉，眼睛昏迷；恐怕眼睛看見，耳朵聽見，心裏明白，回轉過來，便得醫治。」（賽六9～10）。
保羅在羅馬書第一章中闡述了這種審判：「他們既然故意不認識神，神就任憑他們存邪僻的心，行那些不合理的事；」（第28節）。
可以降臨在我們身上的最嚴厲的懲罰是把我們交給罪或遺棄給罪。這預告了上帝在最後審判中的判決：「不義的，叫他仍舊不義；污穢的，叫他仍舊污穢」（啟廿二11）。
每當上帝的話語被宣告出來時，它就會改變所有聽見這話的人。聽見上帝的話的人，沒有人會不受影響的。對那些積極傾聽的人來說，恩典就會增長。對於那些拒絕它或對它無動於衷的人來說，老繭會被添加到他們的靈魂裏，沉澱的鈣質會加添到他們的耳朵中。眼睛變得越來越黯淡，耳朵越來越重，天國的奧秘也越來越晦澀。有耳可聽的，就應當聽。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
求上帝打開你的耳朵聽祂的聲音；清除你屬靈的眼睛，讓你用心去理解。
進一步研讀：
賽六9～10 他說：「你去告訴這百姓說：你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白；看是要看見，卻不曉得。 要使這百姓心蒙脂油，耳朵發沉，眼睛昏迷；恐怕眼睛看見，耳朵聽見，心裡明白，回轉過來，便得醫治。」
羅一28 他們既然故意不認識神，神就任憑他們存邪僻的心，行那些不合理的事；
Opening
Our Ears to Hear
God
said to Isaiah: “Go and tell this people: ‘Be ever hearing, but never
understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the heart of this
people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they
might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed” (Isa. 6:9–10, NIV).
This
type of judgment is articulated by Paul in Romans 1: “Since they did not think
it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved
mind, to do what ought not to be done” (v. 28, NIV).
The
worst punishment that can befall us is to be given over or abandoned to our sin
by God. This anticipates God’s verdict at the final judgment: “Let him who does
wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile” (Rev.
22:11, NIV).
Every
time God’s Word is proclaimed it changes all of those within its hearing. No
one ever remains unaffected by God’s Word. To those who hear it positively,
there is growth in grace. To those who reject it or are indifferent to it,
calluses are added to their souls and calcium to their hearts. The eye becomes
dimmer and dimmer, the ear heavier and heavier, and the mystery of the kingdom
more and more obscure. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Coram
Deo
Ask
God to open your ears to hear His voice, to clear your spiritual eyes, and to
let you understand with your heart.
Passages
for Further Study
Isaiah
6:9–10
Romans
1:28