What sins have you not been honest with God about? What’s holding you back from confessing them to Him?
你为什么对上帝不诚实？是什么阻止你向他忏悔？
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.Psalm 32:5
我向祢陈明我的罪，不隐瞒我的恶。-诗篇32篇5节
My three-year-old grandson’s day was off to a rotten start. He couldn’t find his favorite shirt. The shoes he wanted to wear were too hot. He fussed and fumed at his grandmother and then sat down to cry.
我三岁的孙子这天一开始就不怎么顺遂。先是找不到他最喜欢的上衣，后来他要穿的鞋子又让他很不舒服。最后，他焦虑地对祖母大发雷霆，然后坐下来放声大哭。
“Why are you so upset?” I asked. We talked for a while and after he calmed down, I gently inquired, “Have you been good for Grandma?” He looked thoughtfully at his shoes and responded, “No, I was bad. I’m sorry.”
我问他说：“你为什么这么生气？”我们谈了一会儿，等他冷静下来之后，我温柔地问他：“你可以对祖母生气吗？”他低头盯着他的鞋子，想了想说：“不可以。对不起！”
My heart went out to him. Instead of denying what he had done, he was honest. In the following moments we asked Jesus to forgive us when we do wrong and to help us do better.
他的话让我感到安慰。他没有否认自己做错事，反倒诚实地承认。接着，我带他一起祷告，求耶稣赦免我们的过错，让我们不再犯同样的错误。
In Isaiah 1, God confronts His people about wrongs they’d committed. Bribes and injustice were rampant in the courts, and orphans and widows were taken advantage of for material gain. Yet even then God responded mercifully, asking the people of Judah to confess what they’d done and turn from it: “Come now, let us settle the matter . . . . Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18).
在以赛亚书1章，上帝指出百姓所犯下的过错。他们的法庭充斥贿赂、不公，且为谋私利而欺压孤儿寡妇。但即使是这样的时刻，上帝仍怜悯他们，给他们机会承认过错并且悔改，祂说：“你们来，我们彼此辩论。你们的罪虽像硃红，必变成雪白。”（18节）
God longs for us to be open with Him about our sins. He meets honesty and repentance with loving forgiveness: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Because our God is merciful, new beginnings await!
上帝期盼我们能向祂敞开、坦承自己所犯的罪。当我们诚实地认罪悔改时，上帝就会慈爱地赦免我们。正如约翰一书1章9节说：“我们若认自己的罪，上帝是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切的不义。”因为上帝满有恩慈怜悯，我们必会有个崭新的开始！
Abba, Father, help me to turn away from the sin in my life and make a new beginning with You today.
阿爸天父，求祢帮助我转离生命中的罪恶，从今天起，就在祢里面重新开始。

Isaiah 1:12-18   NIV

1 When you come to appear before me,who has asked this of you,
this trampling of my courts? 13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!Your incense is detestable to me.New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—I cannot bear your worthless assemblies. 14 Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being.They have become a burden to me;I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer,I hide my eyes from you;even when you offer many prayers,I am not listening.Your hands are full of blood! 16 Wash and make yourselves clean.Take your evil deeds out of my sight;stop doing wrong. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice.Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause of the fatherless;plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”says the Lord.“Though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson,they shall be like wool.
以赛亚书 1:12-18
1 你们来朝见我，谁向你们讨这些，使你们践踏我的院宇呢？ 13 你们不要再献虚浮的供物！香品是我所憎恶的，月朔和安息日并宣召的大会也是我所憎恶的，做罪孽又守严肃会我也不能容忍。 14 你们的月朔和节期，我心里恨恶，我都以为麻烦，我担当便不耐烦。 15 你们举手祷告，我必遮眼不看，就是你们多多地祈祷我也不听，你们的手都满了杀人的血。16 “你们要洗濯，自洁，从我眼前除掉你们的恶行。要止住作恶， 17 学习行善，寻求公平，解救受欺压的，给孤儿申冤，为寡妇辨屈。”18 耶和华说：“你们来，我们彼此辩论。你们的罪虽像朱红，必变成雪白；虽红如丹颜，必白如羊毛。

INSIGHT

灵粮透视

The prophet Isaiah, whose name means “the Lord saves,” warned an unrepentant Judah of God’s impending judgment (Isaiah 1–12) through the Babylonian exile (39:6–7). He spoke of God’s grace (chs. 40–55) and a future glorious restoration for all who would repent (chs. 11; 56–66). Here in Isaiah 1, God calls His people to consider carefully their sinfulness (vv. 2–15). But He assures them that no matter how tainted and sinful they are (v. 18), God will cleanse, forgive, and bless them if they “are willing and obedient” (v. 19). He also warns of severe punishment if they fail to repent (v. 20).
先知以赛亚的名字意思是“耶和华拯救”。他警告不肯悔改的犹大国，上帝的审判即将来临（以赛亚书1-12章），百姓将被掳到巴比伦（39章6-7节）。然而，他也讲述上帝的恩典（40-55章），以及一切悔改之人将会得到荣耀的复兴（11、56-66章）。在以赛亚书第1章，上帝要祂的百姓仔细反省自己所犯的罪（2-15节）。但上帝也应许他们，无论他们多么败坏，罪孽多么深重（18节），如果他们“甘心听从”，上帝就会洁净、赦免并赐福给他们（19节）。但上帝也警告他们，若不悔改就必遭受严厉的刑罚（20节）。

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