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神的帐幕在人间

2026-04-27 in , /by

出埃及记40章 17-19节     第二年正月初一日，帐幕就立起来。摩西立起帐幕，安上带卯的座，立上板，穿上闩，立起柱子， 在帐幕以上搭罩篷，把罩篷的顶盖盖在其上，是照耶和华所吩咐他的。

摩西用五章经文来描述神所要建立的帐幕，从百姓的奉献到帐幕建成，其中还包括了祭司和大祭司的制服。〈出埃及记〉35-40章，形容以色列人在出埃及后的第二年月初一日，建立了神所要的帐幕，神在以色列人中间终于有了自己的家。原来神是如此盼望和他们住在一起，神所盼望的就是成为以色列人当中的一份子。你能够想像，神也希望成为你家的一份子吗？神盼望成为我们生活中的一份子。耶和华不只是高高在上的神，祂更要成为我们生命中最要好的朋友。

「以马内利」不只是一个说词，那是神最深切的心愿，神要与我们同在，与我们同行。只有当你对某人爱得刻骨铭心，你才会渴望朝朝暮暮和对方在一起，这就是神对我们的爱。有个父亲写信给他的女儿，他说：「女儿，你要记住，天下不会再有男人像我那样爱你。我是天下第一个最爱你的男人，也是最后一个。」当然，他的意思不是要女儿一辈子和他在一起，而是提醒她，不管发生何事，父亲永远等着要帮助她，成为她的力量。父神也是如此，期望我们永远明白祂爱我们，祂对我们的爱永远不会改变。

Let Grace Begin with You

2026-04-26 in /by

Most people keep a pot of anger on low boil. But you aren’t most people. Look at your feet. They’re wet, grace soaked. Jesus has washed your feet. He has washed the grimiest parts of your life.

To accept grace is the vow to give it. You don’t endorse the deeds of your offender when you forgive them. Jesus didn’t endorse your sins by forgiving you. The grace-defined person still sends thieves to jail and expects the ex to pay child support. Grace sees the hurt full well. But it refuses to let hurts poison the heart.

Where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows. So go ahead. Set your feet in the basin. Let the hands of God wipe away every dirty part of your life. Then look across the room and wash someone else’s feet. Let grace begin—and continue—in you.

复造法版

2026-04-26 in , /by

出埃及记34章1-3节    耶和华吩咐摩西说：「你要凿出两块石版，和先前你摔碎的那版一样，其上的字我要写在这版上。明日早晨，你要预备好了，上西奈山，在山顶上站在我面前。谁也不可和你一同上去，遍山都不可有人，在山根也不可叫羊群牛群吃草。」

摩西又要上山了，这一次也是四十昼夜。没饭吃，没水喝的四十昼夜(出34:28)。〈阿摩司书〉4章11节，主耶和华说：「人饥饿非因无饼，干渴非因无水，乃因不听耶和华的话。」摩西的经历很可以印证神的话，他两个四十天在山上见神，都是这样过来的，虽然无饼无水，但是他的身体十分健朗，上下山一点无碍。

他的健康不仅没有受到影响，他的脸反而因为亲近神而有了神的光辉。他自己不知道，但是亚伦和以色列众人看见摩西的面皮发光，就怕挨近他。因此，摩西跟他们讲话时，就用帕子蒙上脸；但摩西进到耶和华面前与祂说话就揭去帕子，及至出来的时候，便用帕子蒙上脸，再将耶和华所吩咐的告诉以色列人。

使我得见祢的面

2026-04-24 in , /by

出埃及记32章34节     现在你去领这百姓，往我所告诉你的地方去，我的使者必在你前面引路，只是到我追讨的日子，我必追讨他们的罪。

耶和华神在山上告诉摩西，以色列人在山下造了一只金牛犊，向它下拜献祭。摩西求神不要降祸于祂的百姓，神应允了他。当摩西手里拿着两块神亲手写的法版下山时，就看见牛犊，又看见人跳舞，便发烈怒，把两块版扔在山下摔碎了，又将他们所铸的牛犊用火焚烧，磨得粉碎，撒在水面上，叫以色列人喝。

摩西责备亚伦，亚伦却把责任都推给百姓。摩西就站在营门中，说：「凡属耶和华的，都要到我这里来！」于是利未的子孙都到他那里聚集。他对他们说：「耶和华以色列的神这样说：『你们各人把刀跨在腰间，在营中往来，从这门到那门，各人杀他的弟兄与同伴并邻舍。』」利未的子孙照摩西的话行了。那一天百姓中被杀的约有三千。摩西说：「今天你们要自洁，归耶和华为圣，各人攻击他的儿子和弟兄，使耶和华赐福于你们。」(出32:26-29)

这段经文让我们看了不解，摩西为何要叫他们杀自己人呢？只为了拜偶像吗？拜偶像是这么严重的死罪吗？你认为呢？

As I Have Done to You

2026-04-24 in /by

Victoria Ruvolo doesn’t remember the 18-year-old boy leaning out the window, of all things, holding a frozen turkey. He threw it at her windshield. Crashing through the glass, it shattered Victoria’s face like a dinner plate on concrete.

John 13:14-15 (NKJV) says, “Since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet…do as I have done to you.” Victoria Ruvolo did. Months later, she stood face to face with her offender in court. He was no longer cocky. He as trembling, tearful, and apologetic. Six months behind bars, five years’ probation. Everyone in the courtroom objected to the light sentence. He sobbed, but she spoke. The light sentence was her idea. She said, “I forgive you, and I want your life to be the best it can be.” Grace does this. Grace chooses to give the forgiveness that’s been received.

Where Grace Abounds

2026-04-24 in /by

If hurts were hairs, we’d all look like grizzlies! So many hurts. When teachers ignore your work, their neglect hurts. When your girlfriend drops you, when your husband abandons you, when the company fires you, it hurts. Rejection always hurts. People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately, sometimes randomly. So where do you turn? Hitman.com? Jim Beam and friends? Pity Party Catering Service? Retaliation has its appeal, but Jesus has a better idea.

Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But grace chooses to see God’s forgiveness even more. Hebrews 12:15 (NIV) urges us to, “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” You see, where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. But where grace abounds, forgiveness grows. Forgiveness may not happen all at once. But it can happen with you.

拜金牛犊的后果

2026-04-23 in , /by

出埃及记32章34节     现在你去领这百姓，往我所告诉你的地方去，我的使者必在你前面引路，只是到我追讨的日子，我必追讨他们的罪。

耶和华神在山上告诉摩西，以色列人在山下造了一只金牛犊，向它下拜献祭。摩西求神不要降祸于祂的百姓，神应允了他。当摩西手里拿着两块神亲手写的法版下山时，就看见牛犊，又看见人跳舞，便发烈怒，把两块版扔在山下摔碎了，又将他们所铸的牛犊用火焚烧，磨得粉碎，撒在水面上，叫以色列人喝。

摩西责备亚伦，亚伦却把责任都推给百姓。摩西就站在营门中，说：「凡属耶和华的，都要到我这里来！」于是利未的子孙都到他那里聚集。他对他们说：「耶和华以色列的神这样说：『你们各人把刀跨在腰间，在营中往来，从这门到那门，各人杀他的弟兄与同伴并邻舍。』」利未的子孙照摩西的话行了。那一天百姓中被杀的约有三千。摩西说：「今天你们要自洁，归耶和华为圣，各人攻击他的儿子和弟兄，使耶和华赐福于你们。」(出32:26-29)

这段经文让我们看了不解，摩西为何要叫他们杀自己人呢？只为了拜偶像吗？拜偶像是这么严重的死罪吗？你认为呢？

Enough of the Frenzy

2026-04-22 in /by

Attempts at self-salvation guarantee nothing but exhaustion. We scamper and scurry, trying to please God, collecting merit badges and brownie points, scowling at anyone who questions our accomplishments. The result? The weariest people on earth. We so fear failure that we create the image of perfection. Call us the church of hound-dog faces and slumped shoulders. Stop it! Once and for all, enough of this frenzy.

Hebrews 13:9 (NCV) says, “Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules.” In Matthew 11:28 (NASB) Jesus said, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” There is no fine print. A second shoe isn’t going to drop. God’s promise has no hidden language. Let grace happen. You have his unending affection. Stretch yourself out in the hammock of grace. You can rest now.

以色列人拜金牛犊

2026-04-22 in , /by

出埃及记32章13节    「求祢记念祢的仆人亚伯拉罕、以撒、以色列，祢曾指著自己起誓说：『我必使你们的后裔像天上的星那样多，并且我所应许的这全地，必给你们的后裔，他们要永远承受为业。』」

当以色列人出埃及后，聚集在西乃山下时，摩西教导他们耶和华的律例典章，又和他们立约，他们说：「耶和华所吩咐的，我们都必遵行。 (出24:3/7) 」但是这样的美好关系能持续多久呢？是什么原因使他们背弃自己的约呢？

耶和华对摩西说：「你上山到我这里来，住在这里，我要将石版并我所写的律法和诫命赐给你，使你可以教训百姓。」摩西和他的帮手约书亚起来，上了神的山。摩西对长老说：「你们在这里等著，等到我们再回来。有亚伦、户珥与你们同在，凡有争讼的，都可以就近他们去。」摩西上山，有云彩把山遮盖。耶和华的荣耀停于西奈山，云彩遮盖山六天，第七天他从云中召摩西。耶和华的荣耀在山顶上，在以色列人眼前，形状如烈火。摩西进入云中上山，在山上四十昼夜。(出24:12-18)

摩西在众人眼前上山，四十昼夜，专心领受神的律法和诫命。他把照顾百姓的责任交给亚伦，其他的长老也上山和神亲近过。百姓也见过神在山上颢的大荣耀，这些，能不能使百姓持守对神的敬畏呢？

Salvation is Not Earned

2026-04-21 in /by

I became a Christian about the same time I became a Boy Scout, and I made the assumption that God grades like the Boy Scouts do: on a merit system. Good scouts move up. Good people go to heaven.

So, I resolved to amass of multitude of spiritual badges. I worked toward the day when God, amid falling confetti and dancing cherubim, would drape my badge-laden sash across my chest and welcome me into his eternal kingdom, where I would humbly display my badges for eternity.

But some thorny questions surfaced. How many badges does he require? How good is good? And then I was corrected. Ephesians 2:8 (NASB) says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” Unearned. A gift. Our merits merit nothing. So let grace happen, for Heaven’s sake.