Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 20: 12-17
MEDITATION
Exodus 20:12-17
12 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The First Four Commandments
a. These Commandments relate to God directly.
b. It concerns:
i. The Person of God (1st and 2nd Commandment)
ii. The name of God (3rd Commandment)
iii. The worship of God (4th Commandment)
2. The Next Six Commandments
a. These Commandments relate to Man directly.
b. These are straightforward commandments.
3. There must be a good and proper regard for Man observed
a. Parents are to be honoured (5th Commandment).
b. Life is sacred and murder is wrong (6th Commandment).
c. Marriage is sacred (7th Commandment).
d. Stealing is wrong (8th Commandment).
e. Lying is wrong (9th Commandment).
f. Coveting is wrong (10th Commandment).
经文:出埃及记 20:12-17
沉思
《出埃及记 20:12-17》
12 “当孝敬父母,使你的日子在耶和华你神所赐你的地上得以长久。
13 “不可杀人。
14 “不可奸淫。
15 “不可偷盗。
16 “不可作假见证陷害人。17 “不可贪恋人的房屋,也不可贪恋人的妻子、仆婢、牛驴并他一切所有的。”