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Psalm 24 How to Enter Into 詩篇24 – 如何進入進入

Thirsday, 7th December 2023

Rev Daniel Xi An Poon

V1-2 The Earth is the Lord’s 全地都屬耶和華

V1-2 “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the waters.” David was proclaiming that all belongs to the Lord. Do we know that everything belongs to God? We must enter into God then we can receive abundance.

V1-2「地和其中所充滿的，世界和住在其間的，都屬耶和華。他把地建立在海上，安定在大水之上。」大衛宣告一切都屬於主。我們知道一切都屬於神嗎？我們必須進入神裡面，才能得到神的豐盛。

V3-6 To Set Apart and Seek the Lord 分別尋求耶和華

V3 “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?” Secondly we must set ourselves apart for the Lord. The priests walked at the front and proclaimed, people followed them. The people set their mind to become godly people and they will be blessed by the Lord. To set ourselves apart is also about no longer living under the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. To have clean hand and pure heart.

V3「誰能登耶和華的山？誰能站在他的聖所？」其次，我們必須為主分別為聖。祭司們走在前面宣講，人們跟隨在他們後面。當人立志要成為聖潔的人，他們就會蒙神祝福。讓自己分別為聖也意味著不再活在分別善惡樹下。

V4 “He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully.” Before a priest enter the holy temple, they must wash their hands, to say that they no longer touch the unclean things of this world. People live in complain and judgement, it’s different to believe that God rules and reigns. We see easily the problems of others, but we are blind to our own problems. We thought we bring out the issues to resolve problems, but what do we actually bring out? An atmosphere of peace or quarrel? We tend to only believe in God when we want to. But we don’t see that God is always with us, we forgot to ask God first before we take action. We must learn to let God rule and reign, He will be responsible for what He allowed it to happen. Do not follow our flesh desires but seek God, wait upon God, and let God do the Work.

V4「就是手潔心清，不向虛妄，起誓不懷詭詐的人。」祭司進入聖殿前必須洗手，以表示不再接觸世間的不潔之物。人們活在抱怨和評判中，與相信神做王掌權是不同的。我們很容易看到別人的問題，卻看不到自己的問題。我們以為提出問題是為了解決問題，但我們實際上提出了什麼？和平的氣氛還是爭吵的氣氛？我們往往只在願意的時候才相信神。但我們沒有看到神一直與我們同在，我們忘記在採取行動之前先求神。我們必須學會讓神來掌管，祂會對祂允許發生的事情負責。不要隨從肉體的慾望，而是尋求神，等候神，讓神來做工。

V5 “He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.” How are we made righteous? It’s not by our ‘doing’. This is not how it works in the Kingdom of God. No one is righteous in this world. Jesus saved us and made us righteous, it’s never about what we do or who we are. No one is in the position to judge or criticise another person, instead of trying to change others, we should learn to pray for them.

V5 「他必蒙耶和華賜福，又蒙救他的神使他成義。」我們怎樣才能成義呢？這不是我們「做」的。在神的國度裡，情況並非如此。這個世界上沒有人是完全的義人。耶穌拯救了我們並使我們成義，這與我們做了什麼或我們是誰無關。沒有人能夠評斷或批評別人，我們不應該試圖改變別人，而應該學會為他們禱告。

V6 “This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah”Let God be God, seek God always. Jacob tried hard to seek God no matter what, even in his sleep he sought God and connected with God.

V6「這是尋求耶和華的族類，是尋求你面的雅各。（細拉）」讓神成為神，不要停止尋求神。雅各無論如何都努力尋求神，甚至在睡夢中也尋求神，與神交通。

V7-10 To Prepare and Welcome the Lord 要預備迎接耶和華

V7 “Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.” Stop looking at the things on earth, stop complaining about what’s happening to us. Lift our head up and see the sky, see the eternity, and enter into our Lord. Connect with God first, not see the problems of this world bigger than they are. When we lift our head up, we can see God’s creations, we will no longer be afraid.

V7「眾城門哪，你們要抬起頭來！永久的門戶，你們要被舉起！那榮耀的王將要進來！」不要再專注地上的事情，不要再抱怨我們身上發生的事。抬起頭來，看見天空，看見永恆，進入我們的主裡面。先與神聯結，不要把這個世界的問題看得比神上更大。當我們抬起頭，看到神的創造時，我們就不再害怕。

V8 “Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.” When we have questions in life, when we come across problems in life, we want to receive solutions, we want to seek answers, but do we really follow Jesus? Do we really know who our true King is? We tend to blame things on others and not willing to spend time in the Word of God.

V8「榮耀的王是誰呢？就是有力有能的耶和華，在戰場上有能的耶和華。」當我們在生活中遇到疑問時，當我們遇到生活中的問題時，我們想要得到解決方案，我們想要尋求答案，但是我們真的跟隨耶穌了嗎？我們真的知道誰才是我們真正的王嗎？我們傾向於將事情歸咎於別人，而不願意花時間在神的話語上。

V9 “Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.” Are we preparing ourselves to welcome God? Are we living a life of testimony that people will know God through us? We are not defeated, we are not failures, because our God is great. We are not to hide our problems, but to show our God receives the victory.

V9「眾城門哪，你們要抬起頭來！永久的門戶，你們要把頭抬起！那榮耀的王將要進來！」我們預備好自己迎接神了嗎？我們是否活出見證的生命，讓人透過我們認識神？我們沒有被打敗，我們不是失敗，因為我們的神是偉大的。我們不要隱藏我們的問題，而是要表明我們的神已經獲得了勝利。

V10 “Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.” Do we know who our God is? It’s time for us to enter into our Lord, do not just stand outside and watch. God wants us to receive abundance, but we must take the step into Him.

V10「榮耀的王是誰呢？萬軍之耶和華，他是榮耀的王。（細拉）」我們知道我們的神是誰嗎？現在是我們進入主裡面的時候了，不要只是站在外面觀看。神要我們得著豐盛，但我們必須進入到祂裡面。