2019年8月6日 星期二

出埃及記20:1-17



20:1 上帝吩咐這一切的話說:
20:2
「我是耶和華你的上帝,曾將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來。
20:3
「除了我以外,你不可有別的神。
20:4
「不可為自己雕刻偶像,也不可做甚麼形像彷彿上天、下地,和地底下、水中的百物。
20:5
不可跪拜那些像,也不可事奉它,因為我耶和華你的上帝是忌邪的上帝。恨我的,我必追討他的罪,自父及子,直到三四代;
20:6
愛我、守我誡命的,我必向他們發慈愛,直到千代。
20:7
「不可妄稱耶和華你上帝的名;因為妄稱耶和華名的,耶和華必不以他為無罪。
20:8
「當記念安息日,守為聖日。
20:9
六日要勞碌做你一切的工,
20:10
但第七日是向耶和華你上帝當守的安息日。這一日你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜,並你城裡寄居的客旅,無論何工都不可做;
20:11
因為六日之內,耶和華造天、地、海,和其中的萬物,第七日便安息,所以耶和華賜福與安息日,定為聖日。
20:12
「當孝敬父母,使你的日子在耶和華你上帝所賜你的地上得以長久。
20:13
「不可殺人。
20:14
「不可姦淫。
20:15
「不可偷盜。
20:16
「不可作假見證陷害人。
20:17
「不可貪戀人的房屋;也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢,並他一切所有的。」

 And God spoke all these words:
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before[a] me.
“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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    雖然教會稱這段經文的內容是「十誡」,但是原文沒有將她用一、二、三、…來條列,而且教會歷史上,不同宗派的「十誡」順序也有些不同,因此還是回歸原文來看這段經文,讓我們思考上帝頒布這些命令的意義。

    上帝一開始宣告自己是誰,這樣說:我是耶和華你的上帝,曾將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來。也因為這樣上帝才有權柄說出下面的話若不是上帝拯救他們脫離埃及的奴役,他們就無法屬於上帝了,上帝也沒有辦法要求他們遵守律例了!所以,是先有得救,才有守律法的必要!

    今天我們也像以色列人一樣,被耶穌基督從魔鬼與罪惡的奴役之下拯救出來,才可以成為上帝的兒女,才有必要遵守聖經的教導,成為屬乎上帝兒女的記號,而且是因為上帝賜下聖靈為印記,我們才能行在上帝的道中,這一切都要得救先!

    故此,律法是得救以後才要守的,不是守律法才可以得救




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