出埃及記8:20-32

8:20 耶和華對摩西說：「你清早起來，法老來到水邊，你站在他面前，對他說：『耶和華這樣說：容我的百姓去，好事奉我。
8:21 你若不容我的百姓去，我要叫成群的蒼蠅到你和你臣僕並你百姓的身上，進你的房屋，並且埃及人的房屋和他們所住的地都要滿了成群的蒼蠅。
8:22 當那日，我必分別我百姓所住的歌珊地，使那裡沒有成群的蒼蠅，好叫你知道我是天下的耶和華。
8:23 我要將我的百姓和你的百姓分別出來。明天必有這神蹟。』」
8:24 耶和華就這樣行。蒼蠅成了大群，進入法老的宮殿，和他臣僕的房屋；埃及遍地就因這成群的蒼蠅敗壞了。
8:25 法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「你們去，在這地祭祀你們的上帝吧！」
8:26 摩西說：「這樣行本不相宜，因為我們要把埃及人所厭惡的祭祀耶和華─我們的上帝；若把埃及人所厭惡的在他們眼前獻為祭，他們豈不拿石頭打死我們嗎？
8:27 我們要往曠野去，走三天的路程，照著耶和華─我們上帝所要吩咐我們的祭祀他。」
8:28 法老說：「我容你們去，在曠野祭祀耶和華─你們的上帝；只是不要走得很遠。求你們為我祈禱。」
8:29 摩西說：「我要出去求耶和華，使成群的蒼蠅明天離開法老和法老的臣僕並法老的百姓；法老卻不可再行詭詐，不容百姓去祭祀耶和華。」
8:30 於是摩西離開法老去求耶和華。
8:31 耶和華就照摩西的話行，叫成群的蒼蠅離開法老和他的臣僕並他的百姓，一個也沒有留下。
8:32 這一次法老又硬著心，不容百姓去。

²⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. ²¹ If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.
²² “‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land. ²³ I will make a distinction^[b] between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.’”
²⁴ And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.
²⁵ Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”
²⁶ But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? ²⁷ We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”
²⁸ Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
²⁹ Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
³⁰ Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, ³¹ and the Lord did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. ³² But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.

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    人是善變而且是說話不負責任的，就連貴為君王的埃及法老，也是一在改變他的心意，不願意放下自己的意念，讓以色列百姓可以去敬拜上帝，總是要約束不是屬於他的以色列百姓，好從其中獲得利益！

    其實人心的險惡也在這裡，充滿詭詐和自我中心，這是人罪性真真實實的展現！不僅法老會如此，我們也常常想要得一些罪中之樂，常常是以自己的慾望滿足為行事為人的法則，就像這個法老王一般！

    於是，有一些人認為：只要我敢，沒有什麼不可以！殊不知這樣的行為，會惹來天怒人怨！但是，他認為：自己有辦法，誰怕誰呢？其實這樣的做為是為自己種下禍因，上帝是公義的，必定會為受害者伸冤的！

出埃及記8:16-19

8:16 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『伸出你的杖擊打地上的塵土，使塵土在埃及遍地變作虱子（或譯：虼蚤；下同）。』」
8:17 他們就這樣行。亞倫伸杖擊打地上的塵土，就在人身上和牲畜身上有了虱子；埃及遍地的塵土都變成虱子了。
8:18 行法術的也用邪術要生出虱子來，卻是不能。於是在人身上和牲畜身上都有了虱子。
8:19 行法術的就對法老說：「這是上帝的手段。」法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。

¹⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.” ¹⁷ They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. ¹⁸ But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, ¹⁹ the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.

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    從行法術的人對法老說：「這是上帝的手段」。可以看出人再有辦法，或是有其他的勢力支持，也無法敵過上帝的力量和做為，都要在上帝和人的面前承認自己的無能！而越早有這樣的體認，就對我們有益，才不會一直站在敵對上帝的立場，最後被上帝擊打到無法收拾，就像埃及的法老一直硬心，最後要受到極大的傷害和苦難！

    當然，人的罪性驅使人和上帝敵對，是很正常的現象，也是人免不了要面對的！但是，屬於上帝的人，有一天會被聖靈啟示而曉悟，然後放下自己而順服，彰顯上帝的大能！

    親愛的弟兄姐妹，想想自己信主的過程，就不要害怕福音難傳，我們要在聖靈的引導下，心存有盼望得忍耐，我們帶領的對象，若是上帝所揀選的，必定會放下自己，來跟從耶穌基督的！所以，我們要心存盼望，並付上禱告的工夫，將來必定歡呼收割的！

出埃及記8章

               出埃及記8:1-15   , 

               出埃及記8章1-15節  ,

              出埃及記8:16-19   ,

              出埃及記8章16-19節    ,

              出埃及記8:20-32  ,

             出埃及記8:20-32  ,

出埃及記8:1-15

8:1 耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你進去見法老，對他說：『耶和華這樣說：容我的百姓去，好事奉我。
8:2 你若不肯容他們去，我必使青蛙糟蹋你的四境。
8:3 河裡要滋生青蛙；這青蛙要上來進你的宮殿和你的臥房，上你的床榻，進你臣僕的房屋，上你百姓的身上，進你的爐灶和你的摶麵盆，
8:4 又要上你和你百姓並你眾臣僕的身上。』」
8:5 耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在江、河、池以上，使青蛙到埃及地上來。』」
8:6 亞倫便伸杖在埃及的諸水以上，青蛙就上來，遮滿了埃及地。
8:7 行法術的也用他們的邪術照樣而行，叫青蛙上了埃及地。
8:8 法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「請你們求耶和華使這青蛙離開我和我的民，我就容百姓去祭祀耶和華。」
8:9 摩西對法老說：「任憑你吧，我要何時為你和你的臣僕並你的百姓祈求，除滅青蛙離開你和你的宮殿只留在河裡呢？」
8:10 他說：「明天。」摩西說：「可以照你的話吧，好叫你知道沒有像耶和華─我們上帝的。
8:11 青蛙要離開你和你的宮殿，並你的臣僕與你的百姓，只留在河裡。」
8:12 於是摩西、亞倫離開法老出去。摩西為擾害法老的青蛙呼求耶和華。
8:13 耶和華就照摩西的話行。凡在房裡、院中、田間的青蛙都死了。
8:14 眾人把青蛙聚攏成堆，遍地就都腥臭。
8:15 但法老見災禍鬆緩，就硬著心，不肯聽他們，正如耶和華所說的。

^1 [a]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. ² If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. ³ The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. ⁴ The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’”
⁶ So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. ⁷ But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
⁸ Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
⁹ Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
¹⁰ “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.
Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God. ¹¹ The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
¹² After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. ¹³ And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. ¹⁴ They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. ¹⁵ But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

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    古人說：「江山易改，本性難移！」

    可見要改變人心是很難的，要改變君王的心更是難！然而在人沒有辦法，在上帝沒有難成的事，上帝會一步一步讓法老屈服，法老的心似乎很硬，又會見縫插針，但是上帝必定可以使他屈服的！

    其實，我們的生命何嘗不是如此，上帝用著各種方法來熬煉與改變我們，最後讓我們「順服」！這講得倒容易，其實是不容易的，正如希伯來書說到主耶穌雖然是上帝兒子，還是因所受的苦難學了順從！（5:8）

    可見主耶穌都要通過「受苦」的陶造，所以基督徒不要逃避「受苦」的事情，也惟有經過受苦才會煉淨我們，正如使徒彼得說：「基督既在肉身受苦，你們也當將這樣的心志作為兵器，因為在肉身受過苦的，就已經與罪斷絕了。」(彼得前書4:1)

箴言27:6

朋友加的傷痕出於忠誠；仇敵連連親嘴卻是多餘。

Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
    but an enemy multiplies kisses.

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    真正的好友是互相砥礪，彼此雖然像競爭，卻是互乎相求進步，都希望對方今天比昨天好，明天比今日好！尤其是在真理的追求上，我們是日日趨近真理、接近完全，絕對不可以怠惰！在走天路的路程上，要日日求進步，要靠主恩典一天新似一天！

    也因為這樣我們要有屬靈的夥伴，不是一起沉淪，而是要互相提醒！也因為如此，我們必須要有教會的生活，互相提醒主耶穌的日子近了，是否有準備好迎接主的再來呢？

    親愛的弟兄姐妹，繞我們彼此成為守望者，因為夜已深了，那美好的黎明將近，主耶穌榮耀的光華將要再現！我們都是盼望那日快到的，我們要用嚴厲的話彼此提醒：「主耶穌要再來了，你能無愧得面對主耶穌嗎？」