Dec 10【每日活水】效法神的性情

 

出埃及记34:1~9

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耶和华吩咐摩西说:「你要凿出两块石版,和先前你摔碎的那版一样;其上的字我要写在这版上。 
明日早晨,你要预备好了,上西奈山,在山顶上站在我面前。 
谁也不可和你一同上去,遍山都不可有人,在山根也不可叫羊群牛群吃草。」 
摩西就凿出两块石版,和先前的一样。清晨起来,照耶和华所吩咐的上西奈山去,手里拿着两块石版。 
耶和华在云中降临,和摩西一同站在那里,宣告耶和华的名。 
耶和华在他面前宣告:「耶和华,耶和华,是有怜悯有恩典的 神,不轻易发怒,并有丰盛的慈爱和诚实, 
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。」 
摩西急忙伏地下拜, 
说:「主啊,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你在我们中间同行,因为这是硬着颈项的百姓。又求你赦免我们的罪孽和罪恶,以我们为你的产业。」
The New Stone Tablets
The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 
Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 
No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 
maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 
“Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
 

内容观察

1. 神告诉摩西,他是怎样的一位神?(6~7节)

2. 看见神显现并宣告自己的属性,摩西作何反应?(8~9节)

 

思考与默想

 

3. 神为什么向摩西详细描述他的属性?
 

个人感受

4. 看到神如此宣告自己的属性,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5. 我何时曾经历神的慈爱、信实和赦免?

6. 为了效法神的性情,以慈爱和信实来善待邻舍,我决定要怎么做?

为干代的人存留慈爱……直到三、四代(7节):和神无限的慈爱相比,神的震怒极为微小,并不是指一个人的罪责要追究至后三代,而是罪的后果所会产生的影响力。

灵修指南

摩西照着神的吩咐预备好了两块石版,上了西奈山。神在云中降临,他从摩西前面经过,显出自己的荣耀(1~5节),后来神也显明了自己的属性,他称自己是“有怜悯,有恩惠的神,不轻易发怒,且有丰盛的慈爱和信实”,又说他要施慈爱直到永远,赦免人的罪孽、过犯和罪恶(6~7节)。摩西听见这些,急忙俯伏在地敬拜神,并求神赦免以色列人的罪,接纳他们为他的产业(8~9节)。摩西恳求满有怜悯和恩惠的神宽恕硬着颈项的百姓,并与他们同行。如今作为神百姓的我们,也要向这位满有怜悯和恩惠的神所赐的救恩献上感恩,并且效法神的性情,在这地上彰显神的慈爱和信实,怜悯和恩惠。
 

内室祷告

愿我学像神的性情,在这地上彰显出他的蔽爱和信实、怜悯和恩惠。

 

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