Dec 10【每日活水】效法神的性情

 

出埃及记34:1~9

复造法版
(申10‧1-5)
1  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。 
2  明日早晨,你要预备好了,上西奈山,在山顶上站在我面前。 
3  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。」 
4  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。 
5  耶和华在云中降临,和摩西一同站在那里,宣告耶和华的名。 
6  耶和华在他面前宣告说:「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, 
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。」 
8  摩西急忙伏地下拜, 
9  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
1  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. 
2  Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 
3  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.”
4  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. 
5  Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 
6  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, 
7  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.”
8  Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 
9  “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.”
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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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