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Text: Exodus 6: 4-5

MEDITATION

Exodus 6:4-5

4 I have also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were strangers.
5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Understanding why the children of Israel were so discouraged

a. Because of the hardship they were enduring.

b. Because of a lack of knowledge of God.

c. Because of a lack of faith in the LORD.

d. Because of a lack of personal experience with God.

2. Important knowledge to teach the children of Israel

a. God has established His covenant with them (through their forefathers).

b. The land of Canaan was promised to Abraham and then confirmed twice, with Isaac and Jacob.

i. This was called “the land of pilgrimage”.

ii. They were strangers in the land.

c. The suffering of the children of Israel.

i. God had heard their groaning.

ii. He knows that Egypt had kept them in bondage.

iii. Their sorrows had not gone unnoticed by the LORD.

c. The Covenant that God had given

i. He had not forgotten the Covenant.

ii. He has remembered it.

iii. God was promising that He would fulfil what He had promised.

iv. The children of Israel must be patient as they wait upon God.

经文：出埃及记 6：4-5

沉思

《出埃及记 6：4-5》
4我与他们坚定所立的约，要把他们寄居的迦南地赐给他们。

5我也听见以色列人被埃及人苦待的哀声，我也纪念我的约。

在生活里有意义地应用

1．了解以色列人为什么会这么沮丧

a．因为他们饱受艰苦

b．因为缺少对上帝的认识

c．因为缺少在上帝里的信心

d．因为缺少跟上帝的亲身经历

2．教导以色列人的重要知识

a 上帝与他们已立了约（透过他们的祖先)

b．迦南地已经被应许赐给亚伯拉罕，然后再两次与以撒和雅各确认

i．这叫做“寄居之地”

ii．他们本是这地方的陌生人

c．以色列人的苦难

i．上帝听见他们的哀声

ii．祂知道埃及人苦待他们

iii．他们的哀伤并没有被上帝忽略

d．上帝所赐的约

i．祂没有忘记立的约

ii．祂也纪念它

iii．祂应许祂会完成祂之前所应许的事

iv．以色列人必须要有耐心地等待上帝