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Text: Exodus 6: 1-3

MEDITATION

Exodus 6:1-3

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
2 And God spoke to Moses and said to him: “I am the LORD.
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The Context must be remembered

a. Pharaoh had become harsher towards the children of Israel.

b. The children of Israel were bitter, angry and upset with Moses.

c. Moses was also just as upset as he spoke to God in prayer (Exodus 5).

2. Important word of instruction from God to Moses

a. Reiteration of what God would do.

i. God would cause the Pharaoh to release the children of Israel.

ii. He will “with a strong hand” drive the children of Israel out of Egypt.

b. An important reminder as to who God is.

i. He is the LORD.

ii. He had appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

iii. He revealed Himself as “God Almighty”.

c. The name “LORD”

i. God was not known by this name to their forefathers.

ii. He would now help the children of Israel know Him as the “LORD”.

3. Significance of this new name

a. The children of Israel must find their own faith in God as their forefathers did.

b. They must establish their knowledge and trust in God as the LORD.

经文：出埃及记 6：1-3

沉思

《出埃及记 6：1-3》
1耶和华对摩西说：“现在你必看见我向法老所行的事，使他因我大能的手容以色列人去，且把他们赶出他的地。”
2神晓谕摩西说：“我是耶和华。

3我从前向亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各显现为全能的神，至于我名耶和华，他们未曾知道。

在生活里有意义地应用

1．必须记得事情的景况

a．法老更加苛刻地对待以色列人

b．以色列人对摩西感到仇恨、愤怒和懊恼

c．当摩西向上帝祈祷时, 他也感到同样懊恼《出埃及记 5》

2．上帝给摩西的重要指示

a 重申上帝会行的事

i．祂会令法老释放以色列人

ii．祂会以“大能的手”把以色列人赶出埃及

b．关于上帝的一个重

要提醒

i．祂是耶和华

ii．祂曾经向亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各显现

iii．衪显现自己为“全能的神”

c．“耶和华”这名字

i．他们的祖先未曾知道上帝这名字

ii．祂现在会帮助以色列人认识祂为“耶和华”

3．这新名字的重大意义

a．以色列人必须像他们的祖先一样去找寻在上帝里的信心

b．他们必须要建立知识和信靠上帝为耶和华