神有沒有向你說話?
希伯來書一章1至3節
1神既在古時藉著眾先知多次多方的曉諭列祖,
2就在這末世藉著他兒子曉諭我們;又早已立他為承受萬有的,也曾藉著他創造諸世界。
3他是神榮耀所發的光輝,是神本體的真像,常用他權能的命令托住萬有。他洗淨了人的罪,就坐在高天至大者的右邊。
信息分享
這是一封寫給第一世紀希伯來基督徒的書信,它與新約其他書信有很多不同的地方。它沒有在信首指出誰是作者,反而以「神」來作為書信的開頭。讀者一開始便被帶到神的面前,面對面地認識神。神當然是萬物之源起,包括這受造的世界和整個救恩計劃,都是始於神自己。
作者一開始便指出神的第一項工作,是發出祂的話語。對於這個事實,我們可能已經耳熟能詳,於是便忽略它是有關神的其中一個最重要真理。詩篇一一五篇描述異教徒所信奉的偶像,是「有口卻不能言,有眼卻不能看,有耳卻不能聽…有喉嚨也不能出聲」;然而我們的神卻不單能發出言語,祂更是一個永活和慈愛的神。
神為何要說話呢?祂如果不向我們說話,我們怎能認識祂呢?神首先藉著眾先知,再藉著祂的兒子向人說話。舊約時代雖然出現過許多先知,但他們只得著神的一部分啟示。然而,耶穌基督卻是神的最終啟示,也是最完全的啟示。只有耶穌基督才能宣稱「凡見過我的,就是見過父」。
神已經向人類說話,你有沒有聽見祂的話呢?祂不單是向全世界說話,更是在我們各人的心中,個別地向我們說話。我們必須張開耳朵並敞開心靈來聆聽祂的話語。
禱告:
「主啊,我願意隨時聆聽你說話,你要向我說甚麼呢?」
HAS GOD SPOKEN TO YOU?
Hebrews 1:1-3
1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Message
In many ways this letter to the Hebrew Christians of the first century is different from all the other epistles. It begins without telling us who wrote it. It begins with the word 'God'. We are brought face to face with him. God of course is the beginning of everything-the world, salvation and all that has ever existed.
What has God done? He has spoken. We are accustomed to this fact, yet this is one of the most wonderful truths about our God. Psalm 115 describes the gods of the heathen as being unable to speak, see or hear. Our God does all that and more. He is living and he is loving.
Why was it necessary for God to speak? How would we know about him if he had not spoken to us? He spoke through the prophets and then through his Son. The prophets were many, but gave only parts of God's revelation. Jesus Christ is the final, complete revelation of God. He alone was able to say 'he that has seen me has seen the Father'.
God has spoken. Have you been listening to what he has been saying? He has not only spoken to the whole world, but he wants to speak to each individual heart also. Our ears and our hearts should always be open to his voice.
'I am listening Lord for thee
What hast thou to say to me?'

