Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
 
Day 
Day 121

Text: Exodus 20: 1-6

MEDITATION

Exodus 20:1-6

1 And God spoke all these words, saying:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The Ten Commandments declared to Israel at Mount Sinai

a. These were the words that God spoke.
b. They are known as the Ten Commandments.

2. Introductory words

a. He was indeed the LORD their God.
b. He had brought them out of the land of Egypt.
c. They had been in bondage to Egypt for hundreds of years.

3. The First Commandment

a. Israel shall worship no other gods.
b. He was the LORD God who had delivered them out of bondage.
c. He had every right to make this demand.

4. The Second Commandment

a. Israel must never make any carved image.
b. God cannot be represented by any kind of image.
i. The heavens (sun, moon, stars)
ii. The earth (animals, creeping things)
iii. The seas (sea creatures)

5. To worship the carved images would incur the wrath of God

a. This would be deemed as iniquity.
b. To worship carved images would be compared to hatred of God.
c. God reserves the right to punish up to the 3rd or 4th generation.

6. Those who love the LORD God

a. They will worship no other god.
b. They will not make carved images for worship.
c. They will keep God’s commandments carefully.
d. They would be shown great mercy from the LORD God.

经文:出埃及记 20:1-6

沉思

《出埃及记 20:1-6》
1神吩咐这一切的话说:
2 “我是耶和华你的神,曾将你从埃及地为奴之家领出来。
3 “除了我以外,你不可有别的神。
4 “不可为自己雕刻偶像,也不可做什么形象仿佛上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。
5 不可跪拜那些像,也不可侍奉它,因为我耶和华你的神是忌邪的神。恨我的,我必追讨他的罪,自父及子,直到三四代;

6 爱我守我诫命的,我必向他们发慈爱,直到千代。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 上帝在西奈山向以色列颁布十诫

a.这是上帝所说的话
b.此话语称为“十诫”

2. 十诫之序言

a.上帝确实是以色列的神,他们的上帝
b.祂曾将他们从埃及地领出来
c.他们在埃及为奴了几百年

3.第一诫

a.以色列除了上帝以外,不可有别的神
b.祂是领他们从为奴之家出来的上帝
c.因此祂有权颁布诫命

4. 第二诫

a.以色列不可为自己雕刻偶像
b.人不能造任何形象来代表上帝
i.天上(太阳、月亮、星星)
ii.地下(动物、爬虫类)
iii.海中(海底的动物)

5. 敬拜这些偶像将引起上帝的怒气

a.这将被认为是“罪”
b.崇拜偶像就像是憎恨上帝
c.上帝有权追讨他的罪,自父及子,直到三四代

6. 爱上帝的人

a.他们将不崇拜别的神
b.他们不会雕刻偶像并崇拜它们
c.他们会谨慎地尊守上帝的诫命
d.上帝必向他们发慈爱,直到千代