2019年7月4日 星期四

出埃及記9:1-7


9:1 耶和華吩咐摩西說:「你進去見法老,對他說:『耶和華希伯來人的上帝這樣說:容我的百姓去,好事奉我。
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你若不肯容他們去,仍舊強留他們,
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耶和華的手加在你田間的牲畜上,就是在馬、驢、駱駝、牛群、羊群上,必有重重的瘟疫。
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耶和華要分別以色列的牲畜和埃及的牲畜,凡屬以色列人的,一樣都不死。』」
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耶和華就定了時候,說:「明天耶和華必在此地行這事。」
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第二天,耶和華就行這事。埃及的牲畜幾乎都死了,只是以色列人的牲畜,一個都沒有死。
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法老打發人去看,誰知以色列人的牲畜連一個都沒有死。法老的心卻是固執,不容百姓去。

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, so that they may worship me.” If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
The Lord set a time and said, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.

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    上帝會特別喜愛與眷顧屬於祂的人,這是一個不爭的事實,每一位嚐過主恩滋味的人,都會這樣說的!並且願意將榮耀歸給上帝,這是非常難忘的經驗,而且是越思考越感到甜蜜與感謝!

    詩人大衛曾經這樣寫過:「耶和華的使者在敬畏他的人四圍安營,搭救他們。你們要嘗嘗主恩的滋味,便知道他是美善;投靠他的人有福了!耶和華的聖民哪,你們當敬畏他,因敬畏他的一無所缺。少壯獅子還缺食忍餓,但尋求耶和華的甚麼好處都不缺。」(詩篇34:7-10

    親愛的弟兄姐妹,上帝的確愛我們,祂樂意我們來嚐嚐主恩的滋味,並且為祂誇口,將榮耀與讚美歸給祂!親愛的弟兄姐妹,不要遲疑了!這位在基督裡拯救我們的上帝,是何等的美好啊!





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