出埃及記15:1-18

15:1 那時，摩西和以色列人向耶和華唱歌說：我要向耶和華歌唱，因他大大戰勝，將馬和騎馬的投在海中。
15:2 耶和華是我的力量，我的詩歌，也成了我的拯救。這是我的上帝，我要讚美他，是我父親的上帝，我要尊崇他。
15:3 耶和華是戰士；他的名是耶和華。
15:4 法老的車輛、軍兵，耶和華已拋在海中；他特選的軍長都沉於紅海。
15:5 深水淹沒他們；他們如同石頭墜到深處。
15:6 耶和華啊，你的右手施展能力，顯出榮耀；耶和華啊，你的右手摔碎仇敵。
15:7 你大發威嚴，推翻那些起來攻擊你的；你發出烈怒如火，燒滅他們像燒碎秸一樣。
15:8 你發鼻中的氣，水便聚起成堆，大水直立如壘，海中的深水凝結。
15:9 仇敵說：我要追趕，我要追上；我要分擄物，我要在他們身上稱我的心願。我要拔出刀來，親手殺滅他們。
15:10 你叫風一吹，海就把他們淹沒；他們如鉛沉在大水之中。
15:11 耶和華啊，眾神之中，誰能像你？誰能像你─至聖至榮，可頌可畏，施行奇事？
15:12 你伸出右手，地便吞滅他們。
15:13 你憑慈愛領了你所贖的百姓；你憑能力引他們到了你的聖所。
15:14 外邦人聽見就發顫；疼痛抓住非利士的居民。
15:15 那時，以東的族長驚惶，摩押的英雄被戰兢抓住，迦南的居民心都消化了。
15:16 驚駭恐懼臨到他們。耶和華啊，因你膀臂的大能，他們如石頭寂然不動，等候你的百姓過去，等候你所贖的百姓過去。
15:17 你要將他們領進去，栽於你產業的山上─耶和華啊，就是你為自己所造的住處；主啊，就是你手所建立的聖所。
15:18 耶和華必作王，直到永永遠遠！

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:

“I will sing to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver
    he has hurled into the sea.

² “The Lord is my strength and my defense^[a];
    he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
³ The Lord is a warrior;
    the Lord is his name.
⁴ Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.^[b]
5 The deep waters have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.
⁶ Your right hand, Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand, Lord,
    shattered the enemy.

⁷ “In the greatness of your majesty
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
    it consumed them like stubble.
⁸ By the blast of your nostrils
    the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
⁹ The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
¹⁰ But you blew with your breath,
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.
¹¹ Who among the gods
    is like you, Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
    working wonders?

¹² “You stretch out your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.
¹³ In your unfailing love you will lead
    the people you have redeemed.
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.
¹⁴ The nations will hear and tremble;
    anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
¹⁵ The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,
the people^[c] of Canaan will melt away;
¹⁶     terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone—
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought^[d] pass by.
¹⁷ You will bring them in and plant them
    on the mountain of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,
    the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

¹⁸ “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”

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    對以色列人而言，經歷了上帝這麼大的拯救，可以說是生命的另一個階段的開始。不只是脫離埃及人的奴役，並且有上帝的同在與保守。所以，他們為了記念上帝的拯救，就寫下一首詩歌，不僅他們要唱，更是希望他們的子孫一直唱下去到永遠！

    這也讓我們體認到，禮拜雖然是一時的，卻是融入到永恆之中，是上帝與人相遇的時空！雖然上帝不受時空的限制，卻為了與我們相遇，親自降臨在其中，聆聽我們唱詩讚美，也對我們說話，透過講到者的宣告！這是上帝藉由耶穌基督，與我們在基督裡相遇與同行！

    親愛的弟兄姊妹，我們雖然沒有過紅海出埃及的經驗；但是主耶穌的拯救大恩，是勝過以色列人出埃及千千萬萬倍，因為我們是出死亡進永生！這比進迦南美地更實在、更浩大！我們因當高聲呼喊：哈利路亞！

箴言27:15-16

27:15 大雨之日連連滴漏，和爭吵的婦人一樣；
27:16 想攔阻她的，便是攔阻風，也是右手抓油。

¹⁵ A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
¹⁶ restraining her is like restraining the wind
    or grasping oil with the hand.

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   作者認為，爭吵的婦人的確讓人難以招架，就像下雨天的漏水一般，這邊擋住，那邊又滴滴答答，不知如何是好，就像風是擋不住一樣，就像油抓不到一樣！因為人無法掌握別人的性情，只有上帝有辦法！

    當然爭吵的婦人是因為心中有不平的事，又沒有人為她伸冤，所以會不顧一切的反抗、爭鬧，希望別人能夠注意！也因為如此，面對爭吵的婦人要用冷靜與理性的態度，幫助她將心中的不平得著撫平，這就要回歸到要給她尊嚴，而不是輕視她！

    人常常認為婦人家沒見世面，就輕看她們！在今天這樣可是大錯特錯了，因為今天的婦人有受教育，在社會上的工作表現不輸男性，又有細心和耐心，做事比男性更仔細和認真！因此，我們不要隨便輕看女性喔！

箴言27:14

清晨起來，大聲給朋友祝福的，就算是咒詛他。

If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse.

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          「祝福」本是好事，但是做得不得當就變成「咒詛」！所以，我們做任何事要看何不合宜，不是自己認為好不好。因為，我們做出去的，是讓別人來承受！就像這裡說的，清早起來給朋友或鄰舍大聲祝福，會使人受到驚嚇，這和咒詛就沒有兩樣了！

          這也發生在我們勸告人的事上，我們常常會要求被勸告者要聽我們的話，不然會吃虧、受很大的傷害！然而聽的人感到刺耳時，反而會反感，不聽勸告、更加執迷不悟！這反而是反效果，也無法使人悔改！

          說到這裡就想到《伊索寓言》中《北風和太陽》的故事，他們在比賽，誰能使人的大衣脫下來。北風很用力吹，人緊緊拉著大衣，怕被風吹走！太陽卻不是如此，他使自己大放熱氣，最後人受不了把大衣脫下！

          因此，我們要因勢利導、循循善誘，才能夠拯救人來歸向主耶穌，這就是聖靈在人心中的引導方式。使人看見上帝在基督裡的恩典是何等浩大，自然離棄罪惡來歸向上帝！

出埃及記14:15-31

14:15 耶和華對摩西說：「你為甚麼向我哀求呢？你吩咐以色列人往前走。
14:16 你舉手向海伸杖，把水分開。以色列人要下海中走乾地。
14:17 我要使埃及人的心剛硬，他們就跟著下去。我要在法老和他的全軍、車輛、馬兵上得榮耀。
14:18 我在法老和他的車輛、馬兵上得榮耀的時候，埃及人就知道我是耶和華了。」
14:19 在以色列營前行走上帝的使者，轉到他們後邊去；雲柱也從他們前邊轉到他們後邊立住。
14:20 在埃及營和以色列營中間有雲柱，一邊黑暗，一邊發光，終夜兩下不得相近。
14:21 摩西向海伸杖，耶和華便用大東風，使海水一夜退去，水便分開，海就成了乾地。
14:22 以色列人下海中走乾地，水在他們的左右作了牆垣。
14:23 埃及人追趕他們，法老一切的馬匹、車輛，和馬兵都跟著下到海中。
14:24 到了晨更的時候，耶和華從雲火柱中向埃及的軍兵觀看，使埃及的軍兵混亂了；
14:25 又使他們的車輪脫落，難以行走，以致埃及人說：「我們從以色列人面前逃跑吧！因耶和華為他們攻擊我們了。」
14:26 耶和華對摩西說：「你向海伸杖，叫水仍合在埃及人並他們的車輛、馬兵身上。」
14:27 摩西就向海伸杖，到了天一亮，海水仍舊復原。埃及人避水逃跑的時候，耶和華把他們推翻在海中，
14:28 水就回流，淹沒了車輛和馬兵。那些跟著以色列人下海法老的全軍，連一個也沒有剩下。
14:29 以色列人卻在海中走乾地；水在他們的左右作了牆垣。
14:30 當日，耶和華這樣拯救以色列人脫離埃及人的手，以色列人看見埃及人的死屍都在海邊了。
14:31 以色列人看見耶和華向埃及人所行的大事，就敬畏耶和華，又信服他和他的僕人摩西。

¹⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. ¹⁶ Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. ¹⁷ I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸ The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
¹⁹ Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, ²⁰ coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.
²¹ Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, ²² and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
²³ The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. ²⁴ During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. ²⁵ He jammed^[b] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”
²⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” ²⁷ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward^[c] it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. ²⁸ The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
²⁹ But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. ³⁰ That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. ³¹ And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.

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    上帝在緊要的關頭與以色列人同在，並且保護他們，為他們行了大奇事，使他們平安得經過紅海，並且讓埃及的追兵在他們面前被大海吞滅！

    而以色列因為這樣的事件也改變了，正如經文所說：「以色列人看見耶和華向埃及人所行的大事，就敬畏耶和華，又信服他和他的僕人摩西。」

    雖然這是一時的，但是他們的眼睛真的看見，讓他們不得不屈服下來！正如我們信主之初，上帝也讓我們經歷了許多奇事，用聖靈光照我們心裡的眼睛，使我們真正認識上帝是誰！更讓我們知道，惟有透過耶穌基督才能得上帝的拯救，沒有其他的拯救了！