一线希望

“亚当....生了一个儿子，形像样式和自己相似，就给他起名叫塞特。” - 创 5:3

该隐杀亚伯以后，亚当和夏娃一定伤心欲绝（创4:8）。然而，他们仍然倚靠神的应许。

夏娃生下另一个儿子赛特时，她说：“神另给我立了一个儿子....”这里的“儿子”一词也是“后裔”的意思，表明对神所赐应许的信赖（创3:15）。尽管我们知道，救恩的路还有很长，但我们也能在这里看到一线希望，因为赛特长大后也有了孩子，我们读到：“那时，人才求告耶和华的名。”

我们看到另一线希望，是赛特被称作亚当之子，“形像样式和自己相似”。这句话与创世记1:27的话相呼应，表明我们恩慈、信实的神，天上的父正在更新人类。

当我们在圣诞节庆祝基督的来临，盼望祂的再来，完成修复世界的工作时，愿我们喜乐地事奉我们的主，每天呼求祂的名。我们知道，神的儿子亲自来住在我们中间，完成祂救恩的应许，我们就可以全心敬拜祂，歌唱“齐来虔诚同崇拜，主基督！”

亲爱的神，感谢你让我们的救主耶稣来到，带给我们盼望。当我们继续在生命和世界的罪中挣扎时，愿我们忠诚地敬拜，喜乐地服事你。阿们。

25亚当又与妻子同房，她就生了一个儿子，起名叫塞特，意思说：“神另给我立了一个儿子代替亚伯，因为该隐杀了他。”
26塞特也生了一个儿子，起名叫以挪士。那时候，人才求告耶和华的名。
1亚当的后代记在下面。当神造人的日子，是照着自己的样式造的，
2并且造男造女。在他们被造的日子，神赐福给他们，称他们为人。
3亚当活到一百三十岁，生了一个儿子，形象样式和自己相似，就给他起名叫塞特。
4亚当生塞特之后，又在世八百年，并且生儿养女。
5亚当共活了九百三十岁就死了。

Glimmers Of Hope

"Adam . . . had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth." - Genesis 5:3

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Adam and Eve must have been devastated when Cain murdered Abel (Genesis 4:8). Nevertheless, they continued to rely on the promise of God.

When Eve had another son, Seth, she said, “God has granted me another child . . .” The word for “child” here also means “offspring,” indicating reliance on the promise God had made (Genesis 3:15). Although we know salvation was a long way off, we can also see a glimmer of hope here, for as Seth grew up and also had children, we read, “At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.”

We see another glimmer of hope where Seth is described as a son of Adam “in his own likeness, in his own image.” This reference echoes the words of Genesis 1:27, indicating that our gracious and faithful God and heavenly Father was renewing humankind.

As we celebrate the coming of Christ at Christmas and long for his coming again to complete the work of restoring God’s world, may we serve our Lord joyfully and call on his name each day. Knowing that God’s Son himself came to live among us to fulfill God’s promise of salvation, we can worship him with all our heart, singing, “O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!”

Prayer

Dear God, thank you for the hope you give us in the coming of Jesus, our Savior. As we continue to struggle against sin in our lives and in the world, may we faithfully worship and joyfully serve you. Amen.