Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
The Prophet Isaiah
Text: John 12: 39-41
THE PROPHET ISAIAH
God had many prophets. Isaiah was one of the most respected prophets of God. In his long prophetic book, he gave many prophetic glimpses of the life of the Messiah. He also recorded the fact that some would not believe in God’s Messiah.
“Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: ‘He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’ These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.”
John 12:39-41
1. Did Isaiah believe in the Messiah?
a. Yes, he did.
b. Through prophetic eyes, he saw the glory of the Messiah.
c. Thus, he wrote much about His birth, His life and ministry (Isaiah 7, 9, 11, 42, 49, 52, 53).
2. Isaiah described the punitive judgment of the LORD
a. “He has blinded their eyes”
i. Because the people had chosen to close their eyes.
ii. Hence, the LORD caused the eyes to remain shut.
b. “And hardened their hearts”
i. Because they had hardened their hearts first.
ii. God then caused their hearts to remain hardened.
3. Preventing false “last minute” responses
a. Many people make false “last minute responses”.
b. They make fake decisions.
i. They speak of “seeing”.
ii. They may speak of “understanding”.
iii. They may even speak of “turning to God”.
4. This is often confusing to people and thus God makes it very clear
a. If people were to reject Jesus, they would remain hardened and unrepentant.
b. He would not heal them, though they may make false claims of believing in Jesus at the last minute.
The LORD knows the human heart very well. He knows who the true believers really are!
经文：约翰福音 12: 39－41
先知以赛亚
上帝有许多先知。以赛亚是上帝的先知中最受尊敬的其中之一。在他的预言书中，他让我们多次瞥见关于弥赛亚的生命的预言。他也记载了一些人不信上帝的弥赛亚的这个事实。
“他们所以不能信，因为以赛亚又说：‘主叫他们瞎了眼，硬了心，免得他们眼睛看见，心里明白，回转过来，我就医治他们。’以赛亚因为看见他的荣耀，就指着他说这话。”
《约翰福音 12：39-41》