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12月18日 尊荣福惠的施与者
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Honor the Giver of Gifts, December 18
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“他们在你家里看见了什么”(王下20:15)。[1]{FH 364.1}
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What have they seen in your house??2 Kings 20:15.{FH 364.1}[1]
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我们研究一下希西家的事例。他在病入膏肓的垂死之际求告上帝。上帝就加给他十五年的寿命。“那时,巴比伦王……听见希西家病而痊愈,就送书信和礼物给他。希西家听从使者的话,就把他宝库的金子,银子,香料,贵重的膏油和他武库的一切军器,并他所有的财宝,都给他们看。他家中和他全国之内,希西家没有一样不给他们看的。于是先知以赛亚来见希西家王,问他说:‘这些人说什么?他们从哪里来见你?……他们在你家里看见了什么?’希西家说:‘凡我家里所有的,他们都看见了;我财宝中没有一样不给他们看的’”(王下20:12-15)。[2]{FH 364.2}
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Study the case of Hezekiah. He had been sick unto death. He had appealed to the Lord, and God had added to his life fifteen years. “At that time ... [the] king of Babylon sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? ... What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them....”{FH 364.2}[2]
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这些使节的来访是对希西家感恩和奉献之心的考验。……上帝让希西家在垂死之际康复,并加给他寿命。巴比伦听说了他奇妙的复原。他们惊讶日头怎么会倒退十度,作为上帝话语应验的征兆。他们派遣使者去见希西家,对他的康复表示祝贺。这些使者的来访使他有机会高举天上的上帝。他完全可以向他们指出万神之神。但希西家心中充满骄傲和虚荣。他在自我陶醉之余在对方贪婪的目光前展示了上帝厚赐给祂子民的财宝。……他的不慎为民族的灾难预备了道路。使者们回去汇报了希西家的财富,于是巴比伦的国王和他的谋臣们就策划用耶路撒冷的财富来充实自己的国家。[3]{FH 364.3}
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The visit of the ambassadors to Hezekiah was a test of his gratitude and devotion.... God had raised him from a bed of death, giving him a new lease of life. The Babylonians had heard of his wonderful recovery. They marveled that the sun had been turned back ten degrees, as a sign that the word of the Lord should be fulfilled. They sent messengers to Hezekiah to congratulate him on his recovery. The visit of these messengers gave him an opportunity to extol the God of heaven. How easy it would have been to point them to the God of gods. But pride and vanity took possession of Hezekiah’s heart, and in his self-exaltation he laid open to their covetous eyes the treasures with which God had enriched His people.... His indiscretion prepared the way for national disaster. The ambassadors carried to Babylon the report of Hezekiah’s riches, and the king and his counselors planned to enrich Babylon with the treasures of Jerusalem.{FH 364.3}[3]
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如果希西家利用他的机会为以色列上帝的权能,良善和怜悯作见证,使者们的汇报就会象光明穿透黑暗。但他抬高自己过于万军之耶和华,未能将荣耀归给上帝。……[4]{FH 364.4}
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Had Hezekiah improved the opportunity given him to bear witness to the power, the goodness, the compassion, of the God of Israel, the report of the ambassadors would have been as light piercing darkness. But he magnified himself above the Lord of hosts and failed to give God the glory....{FH 364.4}[4]
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但愿那些领教了上帝所行奇事的人都能赞美祂,并述说祂大能的作为。然而上帝所救援过的人往往象希西家一样,忘记了他们一切福惠的施与者。——《时兆》1902年10月1日[5]{FH 364.5}
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Oh, that those for whom God has done marvelous things would show forth His praises and tell of His mighty works. But how often those for whom God works are like Hezekiah—forgetful of the Giver of all their blessings.—Signs of the Times, October 1, 1902.{FH 364.5}[5]
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