Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 34: 7
MEDITATION
Exodus 34:7
7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The Attributes of the LORD God
a. These must be carefully understood.
b. A proper understanding would lead us to:
i. Revere God.
ii. This is often called “The fear of the Lord”.
iii. There should always be a holy regard for God.
2. The Appropriate Actions of God must also be carefully noted
a. Mercy
i. God will show mercy.
ii. Because He is essentially merciful.
b. Keeping mercy for thousands
i. God’s mercy is limitless.
ii. His store of mercy is not exhausted though He shows mercy to thousands.
c. Forgiveness
i. For iniquity (evil, wickedness)
ii. For transgression (the breaking of God’s laws)
iii. For sin (when we fail to do what God commands)
3. The unrepentant guilty
a. There are those who would not repent.
b. They are not sorry for their sins.
c. God will have to judge them.
i. The guilty will not be cleared of their sins.
ii. Their sins remain unforgiven.
d. The iniquity
i. The evil of their ways.
ii. The wickedness of the people.
iii. Their sinful deeds.
iv. These will have a severe impact on their children.
v. The impact of iniquity can even reach to the third or fourth generation.
Sin, transgression and iniquity are not to be taken lightly. Thank God that He is merciful and gracious. He can and will forgive all our sins if we repent and seek His forgiveness!
经文:出埃及记 34:7
沉思
《出埃及记 34:7》
7为千万人存留慈爱,赦免罪孽、过犯和罪恶;万不以有罪的为无罪,必追讨他的罪,自父及子,直到三四代。”