神記念…
And God Remembered …
[創 8:1-3] 『神記念挪亞和挪亞方舟裡的一切走獸牲畜。神叫風吹地,水勢漸落。…水從地上漸退。過了一百五十天,水就漸消。』
[Gen 8:1-3] But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. …
At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,
1. 神記念受屈的人
[詩 9:12]…他記念受屈的人,不忘記困苦人的哀求。
God Remembers the Tears of the Righteous
Ps9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the
afflicted.
2. 神記念義人的禱告
[徒 10:4]哥尼流定睛看他,…天使說:「你的禱告和你的賙濟達到神面前,已
蒙記念了。
God Remembers the Prayers of the Righteous
Act10:4Cornelius stared at him … The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the
poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.
3. 神記念祂的約
[詩 105:8] 他記念他的約,直到永遠;他所吩咐的話,直到千代…
God Remembers His Covenants
Ps105:8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand
generations,
4. 記念我們為愛所作的
[太 26:13]我實在告訴你們,普天之下,無論在什麼地方傳這福音,也要述說這
女人所行的,作個紀念。
God Remembers what we have done in Love
[Mat26:13]I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world,
what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
5. 神不記念已赦免的罪孽
[結 18:21-22]「惡人若回頭離開所做的一切罪惡,謹守我一切的律例,行正直
與合理的事,… 他所犯的一切罪過都不被記念,因所行的義,他必存活。
God does not remember our Forgiven Sins
Eze18:21 But if a wicked man turns away from all the sins he has committed and
keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, … [22] None of the offenses he
has committed will be remembered against him. … he will live.
6. 神卻記念未悔改、未被赦免的罪孽
[何 9:9]以法蓮深深的敗壞,…耶和華必記念他們的罪孽,追討他們的罪惡。
God Remembers our un-repented & un-forgiven sins
Hos9:9They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will
remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.
♦ 我們的回應
[傳 12:1]你趁著年幼、衰敗的日子尚未來到,就是你所說,我毫無喜樂的那些年
日未曾臨近之先,當記念造你的主。
[賽 26:8]耶和華啊,我們在你行審判的路上等候你;我們心裡所羨慕的是你的
名,就是你那可記念的名。
Our Response
Ecc12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble
come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"—
Isa26:8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and
renown are the desire of our hearts.