QT 18/11/2025 Tue. Micah 1 “The God Who Comes Down” “从天而降的上帝”
QT 18/11/2025 Tue. Micah 1 “The God Who Comes Down”
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📖 Scripture Focus:
“Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.”
— Micah 1:2 (ESV)
💡 Reflection: “The God Who Comes Down”
The book of Micah opens not with comfort but confrontation. God calls all nations — “Hear, you peoples, all of you” — to listen as He bears witness against sin. The prophet describes God “coming down and treading upon the high places of the earth” (v.3). The imagery is awe-inspiring: mountains melting, valleys splitting, the very earth trembling before His holiness.
It’s easy to think judgment belongs to “those people” — the wicked nations, the corrupt rulers, the unbelievers out there. But Micah makes it clear: God begins with His own people (v.5 — “this is for the transgression of Jacob”). His judgment starts not because He despises them, but because He loves them too much to leave them in rebellion.
God’s holiness demands justice. His love demands restoration. When the Lord “comes down,” it’s both terrifying and gracious. He exposes sin so that healing can begin.
❤️ Gospel Connection
Centuries after Micah’s prophecy, God came down again — in Jesus Christ.
This time, He didn’t come to destroy but to save. The same God who once walked the mountains in judgment now walks among sinners in mercy. At the cross, judgment and mercy met: God punished sin, but took the punishment Himself.
What a stunning reversal — the Judge becomes the Savior.
🙏 Application
(1) Listen before you speak. God calls His people to “hear.” Are you attentive to His Word, or distracted by the noise of life?
(2) Let conviction lead to confession. God’s exposure of sin is an invitation to repentance, not condemnation.
(3) Rest in the Redeemer. When you feel the weight of your failures, remember that Jesus bore them all. His coming down means your lifting up.
🕊️ Prayer
Holy God, help me to listen when You speak. Search my heart and show me what needs to change. Thank You for sending Jesus, who bore my judgment so I could receive Your mercy. Teach me to walk humbly, live justly, and love mercy — just as You desire. In Jesus’ name, amen.
QT 18/11/2025 星期二. 弥迦书 1 “从天而降的上帝”
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/mic/1/
📖 经文焦点：
万民哪！你们都要听；地和地上所遍满的，你们要聆听；主耶和华要指证你们的不是，主必从他的圣殿指证你们的不是。——弥迦书1:2
💡 默想：“降临的上帝”
弥迦书的开篇并非安慰，而是直面冲突。上帝呼召万国万民——“万民哪，你们都要听”——聆听祂对罪恶的控诉。先知描述神「降临，践踏地上的高处」（第3节）。这景象令人敬畏：群山消融，山谷裂开，大地因祂的圣洁而震动。
我们常以为审判只属于「那些人」——邪恶的国度、腐败的统治者、远离信仰的异教徒。但弥迦宣告：上帝先审判自己的子民（第5节——“这是为雅各的过犯”）。祂的审判并非出于厌弃，而是因深爱而不能容忍他们悖逆。
上帝的圣洁要求公义，祂的爱渴求复兴。当主“降临”时，既显威严又满恩典。祂揭露罪孽，为的是开启医治。
❤️ 福音联结
弥迦预言数百年后，上帝再度降临——借着耶稣基督。
这次祂不是来毁灭，而是来拯救。那位曾为审判而行走山间的上帝，如今满怀怜悯行走在罪人中间。在十字架上，审判与怜悯相遇：上帝惩罚了罪，却亲自承担了刑罚。
何等惊人的逆转——审判者竟成了救主。
🙏 应用
(1) 先听后说。神呼召祂的子民“听”。你是否专注于祂的话语，还是被生活的喧嚣所分散？
(2) 让觉悟引领认罪。神揭露罪恶是邀请悔改，而非定罪。
(3) 在救赎主里安息。当你感到失败的重担时，请记住耶稣已承担了一切。祂的降临意味着你的升起。
🕊️ 祷告
圣洁的上帝，求祢助我聆听祢的启示。求祢察验我心，指明当改之处。感谢祢差遣耶稣担当我的刑罚，使我得享祢的怜悯。求教导我谦卑而行，秉公而立，以慈爱为怀——正如祢所喜悦的。奉耶稣的名祈求，阿们。
