申命記6:1-25

6:1 「這是耶和華─你們上帝所吩咐教訓你們的誡命、律例、典章，使你們在所要過去得為業的地上遵行，

6:2 好叫你和你子子孫孫一生敬畏耶和華─你的上帝，謹守他的一切律例誡命，就是我所吩咐你的，使你的日子得以長久。

6:3 以色列啊，你要聽，要謹守遵行，使你可以在那流奶與蜜之地得以享福，人數極其增多，正如耶和華─你列祖的上帝所應許你的。

6:4 「以色列啊，你要聽！耶和華─我們上帝是獨一的主。

6:5 你要盡心、盡性、盡力愛耶和華─你的上帝。

6:6 我今日所吩咐你的話都要記在心上，

6:7 也要殷勤教訓你的兒女。無論你坐在家裡，行在路上，躺下，起來，都要談論。

6:8 也要繫在手上為記號，戴在額上為經文；

6:9 又要寫在你房屋的門框上，並你的城門上。」

6:10 「耶和華─你的上帝領你進他向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓應許給你的地。那裡有城邑，又大又美，非你所建造的；

6:11 有房屋，裝滿各樣美物，非你所裝滿的；有鑿成的水井，非你所鑿成的；還有葡萄園、橄欖園，非你所栽種的；你吃了而且飽足。

6:12 那時你要謹慎，免得你忘記將你從埃及地、為奴之家領出來的耶和華。

6:13 你要敬畏耶和華─你的上帝，事奉他，指著他的名起誓。

6:14 不可隨從別神，就是你們四圍國民的神；

6:15 因為在你們中間的耶和華─你上帝是忌邪的上帝，惟恐耶和華─你上帝的怒氣向你發作，就把你從地上除滅。

6:16 「你們不可試探耶和華─你們的上帝，像你們在瑪撒那樣試探他。

6:17 要留意遵守耶和華─你們上帝所吩咐的誡命、法度、律例。

6:18 耶和華眼中看為正、看為善的，你都要遵行，使你可以享福，並可以進去得耶和華向你列祖起誓應許的那美地，

6:19 照耶和華所說的，從你面前攆出你的一切仇敵。

6:20 「日後，你的兒子問你說：『耶和華─我們上帝吩咐你們的這些法度、律例、典章是甚麼意思呢？』

6:21 你就告訴你的兒子說：『我們在埃及作過法老的奴僕；耶和華用大能的手將我們從埃及領出來，

6:22 在我們眼前，將重大可怕的神蹟奇事施行在埃及地和法老並他全家的身上，

6:23 將我們從那裡領出來，要領我們進入他向我們列祖起誓應許之地，把這地賜給我們。

6:24 耶和華又吩咐我們遵行這一切律例，要敬畏耶和華─我們的上帝，使我們常得好處，蒙他保全我們的生命，像今日一樣。

6:25 我們若照耶和華─我們上帝所吩咐的一切誡命謹守遵行，這就是我們的義了。』」

These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, ² so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. ³ Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^{[a] 5} Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ⁶ These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. ⁷ Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ⁸ Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ⁹ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
¹⁰ When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, ¹¹ houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, ¹² be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
¹³ Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. ¹⁴ Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; ¹⁵ for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. ¹⁶ Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. ¹⁷ Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. ¹⁸ Do what is right and good in the Lord’s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, ¹⁹ thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said.
²⁰ In the future, when your son asks you, “What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you?” ²¹ tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. ²² Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders—great and terrible—on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. ²³ But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. ²⁴ The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. ²⁵ And if we are careful to obey all this law before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.”

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    上帝是永恆的上帝，所以上帝與人的關係是永恆的！然而在摩西的時代尚未明白永恆的義意，所以用祖先與子孫來顯明上帝與人之間永恆的關係。也因此，我們的信仰式可以傳承的，不只是我們個人的信仰，也可以成為家族的信仰。

    當然信仰要從我們自己開始，自己先做榜樣讓兒女可以效法，而不是一味要求兒女應當如何。所以摩西一開始說：「這是耶和華─你們上帝所吩咐教訓你們的誡命、律例、典章，使你們在所要過去得為業的地上遵行，好叫你和你子子孫孫一生敬畏耶和華─你的上帝，謹守他的一切律例誡命，就是我所吩咐你的，使你的日子得以長久。」

    我們不能只說我們是信上帝的，更進一步要存著感恩的心來遵行：「以色列啊，你要聽！耶和華─我們上帝是獨一的主。你要盡心、盡性、盡力愛耶和華─你的上帝。我今日所吩咐你的話都要記在心上，也要殷勤教訓你的兒女。無論你坐在家裡，行在路上，躺下，起來，都要談論。也要繫在手上為記號，戴在額上為經文；又要寫在你房屋的門框上，並你的城門上。」

    這也告訴我們，敬畏耶和華的自然會愛慕耶和華的話語！也因此，對一些靈恩派人常常看重他們的經歷過於上帝的話語，這就有問題！我們要從上帝的話語來驗證我們的經歷，而不是用我們的經歷來肯定上帝的話語，正如摩西在這裡的教導！