從迷惘到信靠
五個禍
「為本家積蓄不義之財……有禍了！」（6、9節）
經文
哈巴谷書二5-11
5迦勒底人因酒詭詐，狂傲，不住在家中，擴充心欲，好像陰間。他如死不能知足，聚集萬國，堆積萬民都歸自己。
6這些國的民豈不都要提起詩歌並俗語譏刺他說：禍哉！迦勒底人，你增添不屬自己的財物，多多取人的當頭，要到幾時為止呢？
7咬傷你的豈不忽然起來，擾害你的豈不興起，你就作他們的擄物嗎？
8因你搶奪許多的國，殺人流血，向國內的城並城中一切居民施行強暴，所以各國剩下的民都必搶奪你。
9為本家積蓄不義之財、在高處搭窩、指望免災的有禍了！
10你圖謀剪除多國的民，犯了罪，使你的家蒙羞，自害己命。
11牆裡的石頭必呼叫；房內的棟梁必應聲。
信息分享
我們要繼續來思想「從迷惘走向信靠」必須採取的步驟。現在我們來到第七個步驟：要記得不管情況多麼黑暗和艱難，都是掌管在神的手中。
哈巴谷書二章5-20節提到「五個禍」，今天我們要看這「五個禍」中的第一個。這些「禍」不單說出迦勒底人的毀滅，也說出所有選擇犯罪的人的結局。所有邪惡的事情都要受神的審判。雖然迦勒底人會興起和繁盛，但他們繁盛的界限已經由神清楚劃下。
第一個禍（6-8節）是關於迦勒底人如何企圖沒收神百姓的財產，結果自己經歷財產被掠奪的報應。第二個禍（9-11節）指出迦勒底人剝削窮人而致富後所得到的懲罰。他們以不義手段所建成的房屋，向他們發出反對的呼聲，而他們罪惡的生活最終導致他們走向死亡。
迦勒底人吸取了教訓，其他民族也因他們而領悟到：最終得勝的是公義。我曾經聽過一個年青人在電視上說：「我希望這一代的人能認識一個名叫『踢』的人，因為他會給你們帶來很多的刺激。」我很想回應他說：「年青人，我建議你認識另一個名叫『回踢』的人。他總是站在那個名叫『踢』的人較為後邊的地方，而且總是踢最後一腳。」
「最終得勝的永遠都是公義」
進深研究
約翰五1-30；詩一零三6；羅二2
1. 對於祂的審判耶穌宣告了甚麼？
2. 是甚麼在管轄神的審判？
祈禱
天父，我知道您以我們的行為來回應我們，或得著結果、或是承擔後果。服從您的律法將得著結果，破壞它們的必須承受後果。我決意要得著結果，求您幫助我。奉耶穌的名祈求，阿們。
From Confusion to Confidence
"The five woes"
Bible reading:
Habakkuk 2:5-11
5 indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
6 "Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, "'Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion!
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their prey.
8 Because you have plundered many nations, the peoples who are left will plunder you. For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
9 "Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
Message
We continue examining the steps we must take in order to move from confusion to faith, and now we come to the seventh: keep in mind that no matter how dark and difficult things may appear, God is always in control.
The verses before us today are the first of "the five woes" (2:5-20). These "woes" spell out not only the doom of the Chaldeans, but the end of all those who choose the way of sin. Everything that is evil is under God's judgment. Though the Chaldeans would rise up and flourish, the boundaries of their prosperity were clearly drawn up by God.
The first woe (vv.6-8) has to do with the way in which the Chaldeans will find their attempts at the sequestration of God's people flung back in their faces as they themselves experience what it means to be stripped of their possessions. The second woe (vv.9-11) spells out the punishment the Chaldeans will receive for getting rich at the expense of the poor. The very houses they have built through unjust gain will cry out against them and the eventual cost of their sinful lifestyle will be the forfeiture of their own lives.
The Chaldeans would learn - and through them the other nations - that righteousness always has the last word. I once heard a young man say on television: "I would like to get this generation acquainted with this guy called 'Kick' - he gives you lots of thrills." I felt like saying: "Young man, I suggest you get acquainted with another guy called 'Kick Back'. He is always a little behind the first guy - and always has the last kick."
"Righteousness always has the last word"
Prayer
O Father, I know You have designed the universe to respond with either results or consequences. When I obey Your Laws I get results, when I break them I get consequences. I am determined to get results. Help me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Further study
John 5:1-30
Psalm 103:6
Romans 2:2
1. What did Jesus declare about His judgment?
2. What governs the judgment of God?
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