Crying For Your Nation (Chinese/English)

 1 Samuel 15

11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.
我后悔立扫罗为王，因为他背离了我，没有执行我的命令。这使撒母耳忧伤，他整夜向耶和华呼求。

 Crying For Your Nation
Saul had been commanded to destroy Amalek, because of what that sinful people did to the children of Israel when they were coming out of Egypt. God saw what had happened and now it was time for payback.
扫罗奉命消灭亚玛力人，
因为这罪恶的民族在以色列子民出埃及时对他们所做的恶事。神看到了这一切，现在是报应的时候了。

In verse 9, Saul and the people, had not carried out the specific commands of the Lord. Saul had given the Lord… partial obedience, which in reality is disobedience.
在第9节中，扫罗和百姓没有执行耶和华的具体命令。扫罗对神的顺服只是部分的，实际上是不顺服。

Later on, in the book of Esther, the Jews faced extinction through the exploits of Haman, who was a direct descendant of Amalek. How often when we do not deal with sin in our lives does it come back to haunt us?
后来在以斯帖书中，犹太人因哈曼的阴谋面临灭绝，哈曼是亚玛力人的直系后裔。我们若不处理生活中的罪，它常常会回来困扰我们。

God was pretty angry at Saul’s sin and told Samuel-it made God really sad that He had made Him king-remember that the people kept asking for a king and the Lord agreed to their wishes. So be careful what you wish for. God had not made a mistake in placing Saul on the throne of Israel, the actions of Saul had made God very sad. Just imagine if he had totally obeyed the Lord.
神对扫罗的罪非常愤怒，并告诉撒母耳……祂为立扫罗为王感到非常悲伤……记住，百姓不断要求立王，耶和华应允了他们的愿望……所以要小心你所祈求的。神在立扫罗为以色列王时并未犯错，是扫罗的行为使神非常悲伤。试想若他完全顺服神会怎样。

What I want to focus on is Samuel’s reaction. Saul had caused God great sorrow, because of his disobedience… but look what it did to Samuel.
我想聚焦于撒母耳的反应。扫罗因不顺服使神大为忧伤，但看看这对撒母耳的影响。

Samuel’s heart was so grieved and greatly moved by the words of God and by the disobedience of Saul, that he cried all night to God. I wonder how often we do that?. Does what goes on in our countries make us cry to God all night?
撒母耳因神的话和扫罗的不顺服而心中忧伤，深受感动，整夜向神呼求。我们多久这样做一次？我们国家发生的事会让我们整夜向神呼求吗？

We watch the TV news and see the bills passed to promote all kinds of evil. Doesn’t it ever move us? Frankly church… the only thing it makes us do, is to move our mouths and say… “Isn’t it terrible, that these things are happening?”
我们看电视新闻，看到通过的法案促进各种邪恶……这从未触动我们吗？坦白说，教会……唯一让我们做的，就是动动嘴说：“这些事发生得多可怕。”

Isaiah the prophet says these words in chapter 1
先知以赛亚在第一章中说：

7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

7 你的国家荒凉，你的城邑被火焚烧；你的土地，异邦人在你面前吞噬，荒凉如被外人倾覆。
Your country is desolate church, and it is happening on your watch, you are watching whilst your land goes down the drain.
你的国家荒凉，教会啊，这发生在你的眼皮底下，你看着你的土地走向衰败。

Numbers 25 tells the story of Phinehas the Priest, who dealt with the sin in the camp. Drastic you might think?
民数记25章讲述了祭司非尼哈处理营中罪行的故事。你可能觉得这很极端？

Well look at what God says in verse 11
看看神在第11节中说了什么：

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
11 非尼哈，亚伦的孙子，以利亚撒的儿子，因他在他们中间为我发热心，使我转怒不向以色列子民发烈怒，免得我在嫉妒中消灭他们。

Samuel didn’t just pray, he also confronted Saul and then he dealt with Agag… I always thought he was quite old… but when he saw Agag… he saw sin and evil and reacted like any believer does when he/she is faced with sin, they go all out to kill it, before it kills them.
撒母耳不仅祈祷，他还面对扫罗，然后处理亚甲……我一直以为他年纪很大……但当他看到亚甲时，他看到罪恶和邪恶，像任何信徒面对罪时一样，竭尽全力除掉它，以免它害死自己。

Too many churches and pastors are treading on egg shells today. Like the Corinthian church had, maybe they are major donors to the church, and God forbid.. we don’t want to lose their money… do we? The church at Corinth didn’t want to deal with it. Paul did… you can be sure God will also. Too many pastors are running scared nowadays… it’s time to speak out in loving rebuke.
如今太多教会和牧师小心翼翼。就像哥林多教会一样，也许有些是大额捐献者，天哪……我们不想失去他们的钱……是吗？哥林多教会不想处理罪，保罗却做了……你可以肯定神也会这样做。如今太多牧师胆怯……是时候以爱心责备开口了。

It is time church to stop crying at the door and to start to get on our knees in repentance and to confront and deal with sin in our own camp. Only when the church is right itself before God, can blessing and revival come.
教会啊，是时候停止在门口哭泣，开始屈膝悔改，面对并处理我们自己营中的罪。只有当教会在神面前正确时，祝福和复兴才会到来。

Samuel and Phinehas were zealous for the sake of the Lord in the midst of the people. Are you prepared to do the same and be zealous for your God and cry out in prayer like Samuel, then take action like they both did to confront and deal with Sin?
撒母耳和非尼哈在众人中为耶和华发热心。你准备好这样做吗？为你的神发热心，像撒母耳一样呼求祷告，然后像他们一样采取行动，面对并处理罪？

Are you prepared to cry out in prayer all night to God for your nation, like Samuel did?
你准备好像撒母耳一样，为你的国家整夜向神呼求祷告吗？

Judgement Starts In The House Of God
审判从神的家开始

14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
14 我的子民，若以我的名自称，谦卑自己，祷告，寻求我的面，离弃他们的恶行，我就从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，医治他们的土地。

God bless you
神祝福你