11:1 「你要愛耶和華─你的上帝，常守他的吩咐、律例、典章、誡命。
11:2 你們今日當知道，我本不是和你們的兒女說話；因為他們不知道，也沒有看見耶和華─你們上帝的管教、威嚴、大能的手，和伸出來的膀臂，
11:3 並他在埃及中向埃及王法老和其全地所行的神蹟奇事；
11:4 也沒有看見他怎樣待埃及的軍兵、車馬，他們追趕你們的時候，耶和華怎樣使紅海的水淹沒他們，將他們滅絕，直到今日，
11:5 並他在曠野怎樣待你們，以致你們來到這地方；
11:6 也沒有看見他怎樣待流便子孫以利押的兒子大坍、亞比蘭，地怎樣在以色列人中間開口，吞了他們和他們的家眷，並帳棚與跟他們的一切活物。
11:7 惟有你們親眼看見耶和華所做的一切大事。」
Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. 2 Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm; 3 the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country; 4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea[a] as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them. 5 It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place, 6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them. 7 But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.
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摩西不僅引導第一代出埃及的以色列人，也領導第二代的以色列人，更看見了第三代以色列人！出埃及在曠野的時間有四十年之久，那悖逆的第一代，幾乎快凋零了，第二代也進入壯年，第三代更是成長了！
摩西這樣的心境和我在教會中的心境類似，因為信主四十多年來，面對弟兄姊妹也是三到四代的人了，一代一代的信仰模式也不盡相同，生活和語言、甚至喜愛的音樂也不同。
儘管如此，人是不一樣，上帝卻是都一樣，信仰的內容也相同！具有傳道人使命的我，更是盼望教會的老老少少不要偏離上帝在聖經中的教導，但這一切都是需要聖靈的引導，不是靠人的智慧，人無法一下子適應不同世代的人，但是聖靈可以！
感謝主讓我有時要講道、有時要上成人主日學、有時要上兒童主日學、有時要探訪年長兄姊、有時要面對年輕人、…，這一切都是聖靈在使用與操練我，感謝上帝的帶領！
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