旧约 - 弥迦书(Micah)第3章

Then I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice,
you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
who eat my people's flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?"
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, if one feeds them, they proclaim 'peace'; if he does not, they prepare to wage war against him.
Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them.
The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God."
But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.
Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right;
who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness.
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us."
Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.
弥迦书第三章   第 3 章 

  弥 3 章 > 领袖的权力大,责任更大! 

  3 章 弥迦谴责了领袖、祭司和先知(“雅各的领袖”和“统治者”)的罪。他们的责任应是教导人们弃恶从善,可是他们占尽了他们本应服事的百姓的便宜。所有的罪都是恶的,但导致别人步入歧途就更罪加一等。 

  弥 3:2-4> 这些领袖在干什么?!他们还记得有神吗── 

  3:2-4 这些领袖毫不怜悯和尊重他们本应服事的百姓,反而苦待他们来满足自己的私欲。然而一旦他们陷入了困境,他们又向神求助。我们不要像他们那样,把神当成电灯开关,只是在有需要的时候才打开。我们不能这样,要始终如一地信靠神。 

  弥 3:5-7> 有利可图就说好话,我还不至于──肯定吗? 

  3:5-7 弥迦信守神对他的呼召,去宣讲神的话语。相形之下,那些假先知所讲的信息只同他们得到的好处密切相联。并不是所有宣称有从神而来的信息的人说的都是真话。弥迦预言说,终有一天假先知将为他们的行为而感到羞愧。 

  弥 3:8> 为神作见证要靠圣灵的力量,我也可以求圣灵作工?我求了吗? 

  3:8 弥迦把自己在事奉上的能力归功于主的灵。我们的能力也来自同一源泉。耶稣告诉门徒说,当圣灵临到他们时,他们就会得着能力,为祂去作见证(参徒 1:8 )。我们靠自己的能力无法有效地作见证,因为恐惧会阻止我们去为神说话。只有靠圣灵的能力,我们才能为主而活并作见证。 

  弥 3:11> “拿人家的手软,吃人家的嘴短”,在神的家中也有这事? 

  3:11 弥迦警告他那个时代的领袖、祭司和先知要避免受贿。牧师在今天允许那些奉献最多的人控制教会,这本身就是在受贿。若牧师因害怕失去金钱或会友,而在该伸张正义的时候避口不言的话,这样的教会就危险了。我们应该记住,犹大国就是因为其宗教领袖的行为而遭毁灭的。这也同样在警告有钱人,不要使用金钱来影响或操纵神的仆人,因为这也是贿赂。 

  弥 3:12> 邪恶的领袖受到谴责,百姓呢? 

  3:12 1 章 6 节说耶路撒冷会像撒马利亚一样地遭殃,结果该城于公元前 586 年在尼布甲尼撒挥军前来攻城时被毁(参王下 25 章)。弥迦谴责腐败的领袖,但这并不是说百姓就是无可指摘的。同样的,他们也没有归向神、寻求公义,而是纵容了腐败。──《灵修版圣经注释》