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以赛亚书 5:1-7 在主的葡萄园的野猪
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 10th and 29th of October, 2017. Today's Zhengdao Jingwen is recorded in the 5th chapter of the Book of Isaiah, chapter 1, verse 7. The theme of Zhengdao is the wild boar in the vineyard.
Today, we are here to commemorate Martin Luther's 500 years of religious reform. Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever had the experience of having your work done, but someone else messed up your work? For example, in your workplace, a colleague who is not on good terms with you, or an irresponsible boss, has tampered with your business.
Or, perhaps at a wedding, a drunkard who is so drunk that he is blushing, has caused you to be unhappy? Or, perhaps at Thanksgiving, a self-righteous politician, has inadvertently caused a political uproar, and ruined the atmosphere?
Or, perhaps at a church, a pastor has spoken out against you, and ruined the atmosphere of peace and worship? Or, perhaps a person sitting at the podium, has not only committed a crime, but also has not only reformed himself.
In today's Zhengdao Jingwen, Isaiah Shinzhi sang a poem about his vineyard. In the 7th chapter of Isaiah Shinzhi's poem, he says,. His love is the vineyard. What does the vineyard of the vineyard mean?
In the 7th chapter, he says,. The vineyard of the Lord's vineyard is Israel. His beloved vine is the vine of the Jews. Today, the church is the vineyard of the vineyard, and we Christians are his beloved vine.
In this passage, Isaiah Shinzhi declares to the people of Israel, using the metaphor of the vineyard, everything that Jehovah has done for them. In the 1st and 2nd chapters, Isaiah Shinzhi says, What I love is the vineyard.
Jehovah has prepared a vineyard on this beautiful hilltop. It is the vine that he has personally ploughed, removed the stones, and carefully selected the finest grapes to plant in this vineyard. In addition, he has also built an observation tower in the vineyard.
He has observed the grapes planted in the vineyard day and night. He has also built a wine cellar. This means that his work, that is, the work of cultivation, is long-lasting. Isaiah Shinzhi has conveyed the faith of Jehovah, saying that he hopes to harvest good grapes.
In the 3rd chapter, Jehovah says, I will not abandon the vineyard. This means that he has done everything he can to cultivate these quality grapes. Jehovah hopes that the grapes he has planted will be of good quality.
He hopes to harvest good grapes. But in the end, what he gets are bad grapes, small and sour grapes. Jehovah not only asks the people of Jerusalem and Judah, Please judge between my vineyards. Why do I only get bad grapes?
Or wild grapes that cannot be eaten? Jehovah is an excellent God who cultivates grapes. He does not spare any effort to cultivate his people. This way, they will be able to receive good fruits. But they have disappointed Jehovah.
Jehovah says in the 5th chapter, Now I will tell you how I will deal with this vineyard. He will punish the people of Jerusalem and Judah. His punishment is severe. He says, I will remove the vines. I will demolish the walls.
I will destroy the vineyards. Here he is referring to the people of Jerusalem and Judah. They are willing to face the temptation and destruction of their enemies. In other words, Jehovah is no longer guarding the vineyards.
In addition, Jehovah says in the 6th chapter, I will no longer cut down, I will no longer cut down. In other words, he will no longer discipline his people. He will no longer punish them. In other words, he will no longer punish them.
He will no longer let the vineyards wither. He will no longer let the vineyards wither. He will no longer let the vineyards wither. He will no longer let the vineyards wither. Because it is the sin of the people of Jerusalem and Judah, Jehovah has decided to let them suffer and die.
When Jehovah's vineyards come into contact with bad grapes, in the age of redemption, Jehovah will remove their restrictions, proclaim their sins to them, and teach them to repent. This is also the case in the age of new leaves.
In the parable of the father and the son, the father who manages the vineyards is greedy. He has fallen, and is no longer afraid of God. These father and son think that they are the original owners of the vineyards, and act according to their own will.
They turn the vineyards into a profitable business. They provide a comfortable life for the people who work in the vineyards. They provide a good treatment to the people, and give them power and authority.
They are destroying the original vineyards. When God chose his people, and saved his son, and brought him back to his land, these ruined father and son declared that these were the wild boars from the vineyards.
So they refused them, and even killed them. Just 500 years ago, the Catholic Church put the wild boar's tusks on Martin Luther, Martin Luther was born into a wealthy family. His parents were religious, and very honest.
His father, Hans Luther, owned a mine in the local area. His income was enough to provide for Martin Luther to go to college and study. He hoped that his son would be able to develop his family in the legal world.
One day in July, 1505, Martin Luther was just a 20-year-old young man. On his way back to school, he was almost hit by a lightning bolt. When he was in danger, he cried out to the Savior of the mine, Father, don't let me die.
I am willing to become a priest. This is the meaning of a priest. At that time, he cried out to the Savior, but later denied the Savior in his prayer. He swore to become a priest, but later denied the Savior in his prayer.
He was once a follower of the Catholic Church, but later disowned by the Church. Martin Luther's life story was not ordinary. First, he gave up on his vow to St. Anna. He gave up the opportunity to obtain a doctorate in law, and became a priest, or a priestess.
This is how he became a priest. Martin Luther, however, was determined to become a priestess. He entered into the very strict Austen Church, and became a priestess. Martin Luther's studies in the church were very strict, and he was very obedient to the Church's rules.
He also had very high expectations of himself. A few years later, he became a priestess, and became a follower of the Church. Martin Luther once said to himself, I am a good priestess. I strictly follow all the Church's rules.
If a priestess enters Heaven by following the Church's rules, then that is not me. All the priests in the church can testify for me. If I were to live in the church for a longer period of time, then perhaps I would be murdered because of my long-term prayers, and my work in the church.
Even though Martin Luther was very devoted to his work, and was very diligent in his prayers, he knew that he would not enter Heaven. Because he knew that he was a sinner, he also knew that God was just and just.
Therefore, he sought God more earnestly. In the end, in his heart, he knew that because of his sin, he still did not deserve to enter Heaven. On the day that he became a priestess, he must hold on to the Holy Grail and Holy Cakes.
This means that he touched the body and blood of Jesus Christ. He felt that he was going to enter Heaven. So, on his first visit to Nyssa, he stood still and quietly. He wrote in his last memory, I am completely foolish and fearful.
I think, how can I serve my Lord? What am I? How can I be worthy to look up to God, the Almighty God? I kneel before Him, and worship Him. I, this humble sinner, how can I face this Eternal True God? Martin Luther not only prayed, but also spent a lot of time repenting every day, in order to ask God to forgive his sins.
He received the encouragement and support of his spiritual teacher, and the guidance of his spiritual teacher. He read the Bible day and night, and under the guidance of his spiritual teacher, he was baptized at the University of Wittenberg.
A year later, he obtained a degree from the University of Wittenberg, and became a professor of the Bible. Martin Luther began to preach, for 10 days. After 10 days and 22 days, he heard Jesus speaking on the cross, My God, my God, why did you leave me?
Martin Luther thought, Why Jesus? How did he know that he was in such despair? Martin Luther knew through this Christmas, why he was in such despair. Because Martin Luther himself was a sinner. In his eyes, he was a holy sinner.
Martin Luther was a non-sinner. In his eyes, he was a holy person. But Jesus was a non-sinner, a holy person. Why was he in such despair on the cross? I think the only answer is, Jesus Christ himself blinded our sins on the cross.
God is an innocent Jesus Christ, who bore our sins. Thus, God's love and anger was shown on the cross. After Martin Luther finished teaching this poem, he began to teach the book of Romans. In this book, he began to change his life, and he began to reform his religion.
Martin Luther said, In this way, I look forward to understanding Paul's book, the book of Romans. Everything went well. The only thing that Plaingood felt was the will of God. I always thought that the will of God meant that God did a great job.
It meant that he would punish the transgressors. Although I am an indispensable Taoist, in front of God, I am still a sinner with an unsettled conscience. I don't know if my good deeds can calm his anger.
Therefore, I do not love this righteous and righteous God. On the contrary, I hate him, and I am angry with him. But I still hold on to Paul's words, and I swear to make it clear. The meaning of this sentence is, I thought day and night, until I saw the will of God and the relationship between the will of others and the will of God.
Later, I understood that it was the will of God, God, through grace and mercy, that brought us together. I felt that I was reborn. The door of heaven opened, and I entered. All the words of the Bible had a new meaning.
The will of God made me smell the incense. Now, the will of God made me feel the sweetness of greater love. Paul's words made me enter the door of heaven. Because of this, Paul's words also started Martin Luther's religious reformation and his view of God.
Martin Luther, apart from being a Taoist, and a professor at a university, he was also a woodcutter. In other words, he was a woodcutter in the vineyard. He cultivated the vine. He cultivated the vine.
In the forest, in the forest of the woods, he was able to cultivate a good fruit. At this time, in the vineyard, a bad grape tree grew. A famous Taoist, a Taoist who was disqualified, came among them and sold these receipts.
These receipts were entrusted to him by Pope Leo XIV. By purchasing these receipts, he was able to enter heaven. A receipt was able to reduce the punishment in prison. Even, they were able to buy these receipts for those who had already died.
There is even a saying in Chinese, 银币叮当若竟相抵灵魂, 却要得跳出孽孕。. The receipts were not a good tool to make money. You could even buy the forgiveness of sin. But Martin Luther knew that only through the salvation of the heart, can one be forgiven of sin.
Martin Luther was very angry at the idea and practice of selling receipts. He strongly opposed it. As Isaiah said, he loved God, and hated the wrath of bad grapes. 500 years ago, on the 31st of October, 1517, on the 2nd of this week, Martin Luther posted a notice on the door of a local church, with 95 articles, listing the 95 points of opposition to receipts and punishments.
He also fought for academic debate. At that time, someone translated it into German, and with the newly developed printing press, published Martin Luther's 95 articles, and immediately spread to Germany and the whole of Europe.
This was the beginning of the religious reform. Martin Luther became a popular figure. At first, these 95 articles did not attract the attention of the Roman Catholic, that is, the rich man of the vineyard.
Martin Luther continued to write letters to local churches, with the help and guidance he received from the Bible. Of course, some agreed, and some opposed. Not long after, the rich man of the vineyard, that is, the Roman Catholic, ordered Martin Luther to stop speaking and writing.
However, Martin Luther did not ignore such an order. He was still a man of his word. In the end, the Roman Catholic appointed a high-ranking priest, named John Edgar. At a conference, Martin Luther and John Edgar had a long debate.
Martin Luther said, I, on the basis of this reliable and credible Bible and scroll, this scroll is higher than the Church or the Church Hall. This scroll is the word of God. We should place the Bible above the Church and the Church Hall.
John Edgar warned Martin Luther, that he was walking the path of John the Baptist, who was burned to death 100 years ago. Martin Luther did not know much about John the Baptist. At the break time of the debate, he found John the Baptist's book in the university library.
This is how he wrote it. John the Baptist's text was written by a Christian. Over the next few years, Martin Luther's vigorous writing and preaching on the Bible, he became more and more aware of the importance of the Gospel, and began to attack the Roman Catholic Catholicism.
In 1521, John the Baptist expelled Martin Luther from the Church. This is the end of Martin Luther's teaching. In this text, John the Baptist wrote,. This sentence is correct. But the Roman Catholic Catholicism did not realize that the wild boar was already trampling on the Lord's vineyard.
Because the vineyard was already in contact with the bad grapes. And the wild boar was trying to get the Lord's vineyard to be restored. In other words, the wild boar was trying to get the Lord's vineyard to be restored.
The old vineyard was surrounded by thorns, which hindered the development of religion. God had destroyed the vineyard 100 years ago. But the vineyard was still not restored. Instead, the old vineyard was rebuilt.
This is what God was thinking, and He chose Martin Luther to accomplish this task. The same thing could happen to us. We have forgotten that the Church belongs to God. It is not a social institution. The Church is God's home, His vineyard.
We should live for Him, shine for Him, and glorify Him. Otherwise, just as Isaiah said, God will no longer cut, will no longer cut, will no longer cut down, let Him destroy, fill up the economy, let Him be destroyed, let Him be destroyed.
This is God's judgment, God's punishment. John was a Jew. Today, his vineyard is a sign of God. It is a Christian vineyard. What he was hoping for was a fair justice. We Christians should obey, and in a fair and just way, accept good grapes, sweet grapes.
At the same time as Martin Luther, there was another reformer of religion, named John Calvin. His view on the Bible is as follows. If there is so much suffering, threatening the Church, destroying the Church, we should not doubt any of the disasters that have fallen on us.
Whether these disasters are the lack of true teaching of the Bible, or the wickedness of the world, or perhaps the misguidance of the wicked. All of these should be attributed to us, for we have transgressed the grace of God, and because of our negligence, and our neglect of His grace, we are unable to receive the good grapes that we should receive.
In other words, the decline of today's Church should be attributed to our lack of true teaching of the Bible, and our lack of pure worship. We have cultivated the so-called unholy people, and our lack of courage and justice.
These two religious reformers told us that it is because we have forgotten the grace of God, that is, we have deviated from the right path of God. We are more concerned with other things, such as our own wealth and glory.
We are more concerned with the feeling of peace and comfort in God, and we are more concerned with the grace and holiness of God. We have not received the fruit of the Holy Spirit, or the good grapes.
Therefore, God does not want you to be on this earth. He will tear it away, destroy it, and let the wild boars trample on the grapes, and the grapes will destroy it. When we return to Martin Luther's body, the Pope, in order to protect the old Church, in order to prevent Martin Luther from being imprisoned by the wild boars, they decided to cut off his church.
They thought this would threaten Martin Luther, and prevent him from spreading his teachings. But Martin Luther was fearless. He burned the Pope's will in public. Martin Luther's conflict with the Pope had already entered the White Sun.
He was no longer silent, nor did he preach more vigorously. When the new emperor of the Roman Empire, Charles V, sent Martin Luther to the place of his will, Hormuzes, to be the representative of all the palaces and cities of the empire, to receive the Holy Spirit, to give him one last chance to return.
This was called the Hormuzes Conference, which was held on the 4th of April, 1521. This conference, this Holy Spirit, was not only about Martin Luther's personal life, but also about the true origin of the grapes.
After many days of debate, would Martin Luther take back his teachings for his own safety? Or would he give up his faith in God? Martin Luther gave this answer at this conference. Unless someone can point out my mistakes through the Holy Spirit, I will not repent.
My faith is built on the Word of God. For me to turn away from my faith, that is a great mistake. This is my position. I have no choice but to ask God to help me. Of course, God has already helped Martin Luther.
He has given him a clear vision, and God's guidance, so that he will not be wronged. In front of the most powerful Roman Emperor of the time, Martin Luther made his sincere confession. Brothers and sisters, Martin Luther wrote in his book, The Holy Spirit, which is the stronghold of man, says thus, The devil may be arrogant, and kill, and hate, and hurt, but in the end, he must be purified, he must be purified, and rely on the Lord to be victorious.
The Lord is eternal. Martin Luther held on to his faith, as he wrote, and was ready to walk with the Lord. This is Martin Luther's position. What is your position? Thank you for listening. Goodbye.