Oct 25【每日活水】在神面前活出圣洁

 

出埃及记19:16~25

16 到了第三天早晨,在山上有雷轰、闪电,和密云,并且角声甚大,营中的百姓尽都发颤。 
17 摩西率领百姓出营迎接 神,都站在山下。 
18 西奈全山冒烟,因为耶和华在火中降于山上。山的烟气上腾,如烧窑一般,遍山大大地震动。 
19 角声渐渐地高而又高,摩西就说话, 神有声音答应他。
20 耶和华降临在西奈山顶上,耶和华召摩西上山顶,摩西就上去。 
21 耶和华对摩西说:「你下去嘱咐百姓,不可闯过来到我面前观看,恐怕他们有多人死亡; 
22 又叫亲近我的祭司自洁,恐怕我忽然出来击杀他们。」 
23 摩西对耶和华说:「百姓不能上西奈山,因为你已经嘱咐我们说:『要在山的四围定界限,叫山成圣。』」
24 耶和华对他说:「下去吧,你要和亚伦一同上来;只是祭司和百姓不可闯过来上到我面前,恐怕我忽然出来击杀他们。」 
25 于是摩西下到百姓那里告诉他们。
16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. 
17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 
18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 
19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.
20 The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up 
21 and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the Lord and many of them perish. 
22 Even the priests, who approach the Lord, must consecrate themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”
23 Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’ ”
24 The Lord replied, “Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the Lord, or he will break out against them.”
25 So Moses went down to the people and told them.
 

内容观察

1.当神降临在西奈山上,发生了什么事?(18~19节)

2.神吩咐摩西什么事?(21~22节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.神对摩西强调圣洁的终极原因是什么?
 

个人感受

4.看到神希望祂的百姓不忘记要与世界分别、活出圣洁,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾没能活出神百姓的圣洁?

6.为了使自己分别为圣,活出神百姓的身分和样式,我决定要怎么做?

密云(16节)、火(18节):云和火是彰显神临在的表征。
免得耶和华忽然出来击杀他们(22,24节):以色列百姓若是越界,就会遭到可怕的惩罚,因为神所在的地方不可近前。
利20:26   “你们要归我为圣,因为–我耶和华是神圣的;我把你们从万民中分别出来,作我的子民。”

灵修指南

神降临在西奈山并召摩西上山顶(18,20节)。神吩咐摩西下去警告百姓不可靠近,免得他们遭受死亡,又要求祭司把自己分别为圣(21~22节)。两天前,神已经叫百姓分别为圣,而这里再次对祭司强调了圣洁的重要。因为神是圣洁的,不喜悦不洁,所以不洁之物无法在祂面前站立。神希望祂所拣选的百姓能够拥有圣洁的意识,并追求成圣。摩西将神的话告诉百姓,以免他们被圣洁的神击杀。虽然神的百姓生活在堕落、不洁的世界,却不能忘记自己与世界有所分别的身分(参利20:26)。神今天也希望我们能像以色列的百姓和祭司一样,使自己分别为圣,活出圣洁。盼望我们都能定睛在神而非世界的身上,竭力活出神百姓应有的圣洁生活。
 

内室祷告

愿我全心敬拜仰望神,竭力使自己成圣,每天在神面前活出圣洁

 

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