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第二周　周四
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1叁 “救主以色列的神啊，你实在是自隐的神”——赛四五15：
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2一 信徒可能认识神是全能的神，是公义的神，是满有恩典和怜恤的神，却不认识神是一位自隐的神。
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3二 神在祂的子民中间，也在他们个人的生活里作了许许多多的事，但神却把自己隐藏起来：
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41 神喜欢隐藏，我们却喜欢显扬；神不求外在的显明，但我们没有外在的显明就不满意。
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52 在迦密山顶，神是明显地与以利亚同在，但神一从祂显明的同在中隐退，以利亚就受不了——王上十九9～18：
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6a 神知道以利亚愿意神是一位显明的神；他不知道神是愿意自隐的。
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7b 神不在大风和烈风里，不在地震里，也不在火里；神乃是在“微小柔细的声音”里对以利亚说话——12节。
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8c 神以微小柔细的声音对以利亚说话，指明神将以利亚引进新约时代；在新约时代神对祂的子民说话不是发声如雷，乃是以微小柔细的声音说话——参约壹二27。
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9d 以利亚对神说，只剩下他一个忠信者；但神非常柔细地回答以利亚说，祂为自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的——王上十九18，参罗十一2～5。
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10e 以利亚以为看得见的才算得数，但神是一位自隐的神；神在暗中为祂自己留下七千得胜者，是未曾向巴力屈膝的；神的活动隐藏到连申言者以利亚都不知道。
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11三 圣经启示，神有一个脾气，就是不乐意显扬；祂不愿意在明处作事，乃喜欢在暗中作工——太十七1～9，约二十14～17，路二四13～37，约二十24～29，赛三九2～8：
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121 “你们虽然没有见过祂，却是爱祂，如今虽不得看见，却因信入祂而欢腾，有说不出来、满有荣光的喜乐”；信徒没有见过祂，却是爱祂，这是个奇迹，也是个奥秘——彼前一8。
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132 主复活后给祂的跟从者主要的训练，就是叫他们认识祂是一位自隐的神。
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143 神经纶的一切是以基督为其中心与普及，不在看得见的范围，乃在看不见之信的气氛和范围里——林后四13、16～18，五7，来十一1，弗三17上，提前一4下。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
15赛四五15 救主以色列的神啊，你实在是自隐的神。
15Isa. 45:15 Surely You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
16王上十九12 地震后有火，耶和华也不在火中；火后有微小柔细的声音。
161 Kings 19:12 And after the earthquake, a fire—Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire, a gentle, quiet voice.
17〔神的儿女可能〕认识神是全能的神，是公义的神，是满有恩典和慈爱的神，却不认识神是一位自隐的神。
17[God’s children] know Him as the almighty One, as the righteous One, as One full of grace and compassion, but as the One who hides Himself, He is unknown to them.
18以赛亚〔在以赛亚四十五章十五节的〕表达是非常重的。他这话不是凭空说的，也不是想像出来的；乃是他根据许多的事实所产生出来的发表。他把那些事实都看过、都研究过了，就得到一个结论：“神啊，你实在是自隐的神。”当申言者看看神所作的事，看看以色列人在神手中的遭遇，看看神百姓的经历，就叫他不能不承认，神的确是一位自隐的神。以赛亚为什么会得到这一个结论？……那是因为神在以色列人中间，在以色列人身上，作了许许多多的事，但神却把自己隐藏起来。祂一直在作事，却一直是隐藏的。许多事都是祂作的，以色列人却不知道作事者是谁。所以有一天以赛亚就惊叹说，“神啊，你实在是自隐的神。”（李常受文集一九五六年第二册，八至九页）
18[Isaiah’s statement in Isaiah 45:15] is most emphatic. He is not talking empty words, the fruit of his own imagination; his utterance is based on an accumulation of facts. He has looked at those facts, he has studied those facts, and then he has come to his conclusion: “You are a God who hides Himself, / O God.” What he has seen of God’s doings, what he has observed happen to Israel under the hand of God, what he has beheld of the experiences of God’s people—all these observations have forced the prophet to acknowledge that God is a God who hides Himself. Why did Isaiah come to this conclusion?… It was because God did countless things in the midst of the children of Israel and countless things in their personal lives, yet He concealed Himself. He was ceaselessly working, yet He was always hidden. Very much was being done by Him, yet the Israelites were utterly ignorant as to who the doer was. Then one day Isaiah exclaimed, “Surely You are a God who hides Himself, / O God.” (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “A God Who Hides Himself,” p. 3)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
19我们的个性与神的个性截然不同。神喜欢隐藏，我们却喜欢显扬；神不求外在的显明，但我们没有外在的显明就不满意。
19Our personalities are diametrically opposed to God’s personality. He likes concealment; we like display. He does not crave outward manifestations; we cannot be content without them.
20“以利亚是与我们性情相同的人”（雅五17），他受不住神这个试验。在迦密山顶，神是明显地与他同在。但神一隐退，以利亚就受不了。他就心灰意冷跑到山洞里去。当神问他说，“你在这里作什么？”他回答说，“我为耶和华万军之神大发妒忌；因为以色列人背弃了你的约，拆毁了你的坛，用刀杀了你的申言者，只剩下我一个人，他们还寻索要夺我的命。”（王上十九9~10）神知道以利亚的难处；祂知道以利亚愿意神是一位显明的神，但他不晓得神是自隐的神。于是神给他一个说明。在那里“有烈风大作”（11上），以利亚以为神在其中，但“耶和华却不在风中”（11中）。风后有地震，以利亚以为神必定在其中，但“耶和华却不在其中”（11下）。地震后有火；以利亚以为神是烈火，神该在其中了，但“耶和华也不在火中”（12上）。火后有微小柔细的声音，神就在其中（12下）。以利亚对神说，“只剩下我一个人。”（14）但神非常柔细地回答说，“有七千人是未曾向巴力屈膝的。以利亚，我是隐藏的神。我为自己留下了七千人，这是你所不知道的。”（参18）以利亚以为看得见的才算得数，但神是一位自隐的神。……神为祂自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的，但神的活动隐藏到连申言者以利亚都不知道。
20“Elijah was a man of like feeling with us” (James 5:17), and he did not stand this test. On Mount Carmel God was obviously with him, but when God withheld His manifest presence, Elijah could not bear it. He became depressed and crept into a cave. When God asked him, “What are you doing here?” he answered, “I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life” (1 Kings 19:9-10). God knew Elijah’s difficulty; He knew Elijah wanted Him to be a God who would manifest Himself; he had not realized that God is a God who hides Himself. So God gave him a demonstration. There arose “a great, strong wind” (v. 11). Elijah thought, The Lord is in this. But “Jehovah was not in the wind” (v. 11). The wind was followed by an earthquake. Elijah thought, Surely the Lord is in this. But “Jehovah was not in the earthquake” (v. 11). Then came a fire, and Elijah thought, The Lord is a consuming fire; He will be in this. But “Jehovah was not in the fire” (v. 12). After the fire came a gentle, quiet voice—and the Lord was in that (v. 12). Elijah said to Him, “I alone am left” (v. 14), but the Lord very gently answered, “There are seven thousand persons who have not bowed down to Baal. Elijah, I hide Myself; you did not know that I had preserved those seven thousand souls” (cf. v. 18). Elijah had reckoned only with what he could see, but God is a God who hides Himself… He had preserved for Himself seven thousand persons who had not bowed the knee to Baal, but so hidden was His activity that not even the prophet Elijah knew anything about it.
21你若把圣经好好地读过，就看见神有一个脾气，就是不乐意显扬。祂不愿意在明处作事，乃喜欢在暗中作工。祂造了宇宙，祂就隐藏在宇宙中人所不知道的地方，以致人找不着祂。祂住在一个人里面，但……就连祂的门徒与祂同在三年半，还未能真正地认识祂。这在在告诉我们，祂是一直把自己隐藏着。有一刻祂把自己显出来，随后又隐藏回去（李常受文集一九五六年第二册，九至一○、一三至一四页）。
21If you study the Scriptures carefully, you will see that God has the kind of temperament that dislikes ostentation. He likes to work secretly rather than openly. He created the universe and then hid Himself in it, until we do not know where to find Him. He took up His abode in a man, but…even His disciples, during their three and a half years in His company, did not arrive at a true knowledge of Him. All this tells us that He was continually hiding Himself. He would manifest Himself for a moment and then would conceal Himself again. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “A God Who Hides Himself,” pp. 3-4, 6-7)
22参读：自隐的神。
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今日要点
23主题：借着认识自隐的神，过隐藏的生活
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24引经：赛四五15，王上十九12
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251.神要信徒认识祂是自隐的神：
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26a.周三说到隐藏是神的属性，在旧约王上十九章，神在迦密山顶明显地与以利亚同在，但神一隐退，以利亚就受不了，他就心灰意冷地跑到山洞里去，神知道以利亚愿意神显明，在王上十九12神说，『地震后有火，耶和华也不在火中；火后有微小柔细的声音』，神不在大风、烈风、地震或火中，却是在微小柔细的声音里对以利亚说话。
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27b. 在以利亚的事例中可见，他以为看得见的才算数，但神在暗中为祂自己留下七千人，是未向巴力屈膝的，甚至神这样的活动隐藏到以利亚都不知道，所以圣经启示神有一个不显扬的脾气；人的生命喜好显扬，而神的生命却喜欢隐藏。
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282.借着认识自隐的神，过隐藏的生活：
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29a.在以利亚之后的申言者以赛亚，在赛四五15说，『救主以色列的神阿，你实在是自隐的神』，他为什么会这样断定呢？他不是凭空说的，乃是根据许多的事实产生出来的发表，所得到的结论，神在祂子民中间，也在他们生活中作了许多事，但神却把自己隐藏起来。
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30b. 信徒可能认识神是全能的神、公义的神、满有恩典和怜恤的神，却不认识神是一位自隐的神，国度子民若要过隐藏的生活，就需要认识神的脾气和性格，主在复活后也训练门徒习惯祂看不见、隐藏的同在，我们也要从看得见的范围，转到看不见的范围，虽看不见，却因信入祂而欢腾。
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31应用：每天早晨一起床，就该杜绝一切外面世界的事物，给主15分钟的时间，操练从物质的范围，转到神圣奥秘的范围，借着回到灵里，使我们能不断接受灵里生命的供应，而使我们的生活、说话、行动，都经历主的同在与供应。
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