GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP | 恩道堂

In beautiful poetic fashion, God describes the folly and desolation of sin in the lives of individuals and in society as a whole. We can see the damage sin can do in society when those who wish to depart from evil will make themselves as prey. It is a sad state when the social structure of a society forces people to commit evil, instead of righteousness. This kind of society is still true in many parts of the world. Only the light of the gospel can transform such evil culture.

God sees no man on earth who can redeem Israel from its fallenness, and by extension, the whole world (v.16). Men at his best is still a fallen man. Only the God-man Jesus can redeem this fallen world. Only He can pay the penalty of our sins and only He can change our hearts. He will come to Zion (v. 20) in righteousness to judge the wicked sinners and to redeem the contrite sinners.

The Bible, especially in OT, constantly reminds us to take seriously God’s warning against sin and equally to take seriously God’s promises of blessing under His Lordship. It is God’s way of convincing sinners the folly of sin and at the same time the glory of salvation. Sinners need to see both the folly of sin, which they love because it is glorious to them, and at the same time they need to see the glory of God as a better alternative to the glory of sin. Pray that when you share the gospel to non-Christians, and even when you remind believers and yourself of the gospel, always help them, and yourself, to see the folly of sin and its false glory, and at same time see a better greatness in God. When we evangelize, we should share both the consequence of sin and the glory of salvation.

神以一首优美的诗形容个人生命中以及整个社会之罪的愚昧与荒凉。我们能看到罪孽在社会中所致的损害，即想离开罪恶的人多会成为行恶的受害者。当社会的结构强迫人行恶而非鼓励行善，这是可悲的。这种社会如今仍普遍存在。只有福音的光照才能改变这种邪恶的文化。

神在世间见无人能拯救以色列及全世界脱离的堕落状态（16节）。即便处在最佳状态的人还是堕落的。唯有神人耶稣才能拯救这个堕落的世界。唯有耶稣才能偿还我们的罪债，也只有祂能更新我们的心意。祂会持公义来到锡安（20节）审判作孽的罪人，并拯救痛悔的罪人。