【双语灵修】神重新创造祂的子民GOD RE-CREATES HIS PEOPLE

出埃及记 20:1-21

神吩咐这一切的话说： “我是耶和华你的神，曾将你从埃及地为奴之家领出来。

“除了我以外，你不可有别的神。

“不可为自己雕刻偶像，也不可做什么形象仿佛上天、下地和地底下、水中的百物。 不可跪拜那些像，也不可侍奉它，因为我耶和华你的神是忌邪的神。恨我的，我必追讨他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代； 爱我守我诫命的，我必向他们发慈爱，直到千代。

“不可妄称耶和华你神的名，因为妄称耶和华名的，耶和华必不以他为无罪。

“当记念安息日，守为圣日。 六日要劳碌做你一切的工， 但第七日是向耶和华你神当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可做。 因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福于安息日，定为圣日。

“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。

“不可杀人。

“不可奸淫。

“不可偷盗。

“不可作假见证陷害人。

“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。”

众百姓见雷轰、闪电、角声、山上冒烟，就都发颤，远远地站立， 对摩西说：“求你和我们说话，我们必听；不要神和我们说话，恐怕我们死亡。” 摩西对百姓说：“不要惧怕，因为神降临是要试验你们，叫你们时常敬畏他，不致犯罪。” 于是百姓远远地站立，摩西就挨近神所在的幽暗之中。

星期一

三月二十三日

神重新创造祂的子民

“我是耶和华你的神，曾将你从埃及地为奴之家领出来。” - 出 20:2

当我们思想神的信实时，最先想到的大概不会是十诫。毕竟神的律法主要作用之一，是指出我们是罪人。律法帮助我们明白自己需要神拯救我们脱离罪恶，我们需要认罪和求主的赦免。

当神首次将祂的律法颁布给祂的子民时，他们是刚从埃及为奴之地被释放出来的，但他们仍未能脱离作罪的奴仆。神呼召他们过新生命的生活，成为万国的祝福，他们需要学习怎样去做。

我们也是一样。神律法的功用是作我们每天生活的指南，提醒我们要尽心、尽性、尽力和尽意去爱主，并要爱人如己。律法的最终目的是指引我们归向耶稣得救赎，又指示我们应如何生活，来感谢那独一和信实的真神。

神知道那些最先听到十诫的子民很快会远离祂，不守他们的承诺，然而他们重新被造的关键，乃是那位信实的神，祂会永远追寻和守护他们。

神的信实是历世历代都不变的，就如祂曾在旷野追寻和关顾祂的子民，神现今也是每天信实地追寻和关顾我们。

祷告

主啊，我们为你的律法感谢你。作为你重新创造的子民，愿我们能遵从你的律法，我们蒙恩得救，在这个需认识你是那位独一和信实的真神的世界中，为你而活。阿们。

Exodus 20:1-21

MONDAY, MARCH 23

GOD RE-CREATES HIS PEOPLE

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.” —Exodus 20:2

When we think about the faithfulness of God, the Ten Commandments are probably not among the first things that come to mind. After all, one of the main uses of God’s law is to show us that we are sinners. The commandments help us to see that we need God to save us from sin and that we need to confess our sins and ask the Lord for forgiveness.

When God first gave his law to his people, they had been rescued from slavery in Egypt, but they were still dealing with being slaves to sin. God was calling them to live a new life in him that would serve as a blessing to all nations, and they needed to learn that.

So do we. God’s commands are designed to be a guide for daily living, reminding us to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind, and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. The law ultimately points us to Jesus for salvation and shows us how to live in gratitude to the one, true, faithful God.

God knew that his people who first heard the Ten Commandments would soon wander from him and break their promises. But at the heart of their new creation is the faithful God who will always seek them and watch over them.

God is faithful from one generation to the next. Just as he sought after and cared for his people in the desert, God faithfully seeks after and cares for us every day.

Lord, thank you for your commandments. May we follow them as your recreated people—saved by grace to live for you in a world that still needs to know you as the one, true, faithful God. Amen.