Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》

My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
 
Day 
Day 149

Text: Exodus 23: 6-8

MEDITATION

Exodus 23:6-8

6 “You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.
7 Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. Strict orders given I

a. The plight of the poor must be given full consideration.
b. The poor must be given full justice.
c. There must be no perversion of judgment in a dispute.

2. Strict orders given II

a. Concerning the “innocent and righteous”.
b. All must keep away from anything that is false.
c. The innocent and righteous are not to end up killed by the law.
d. The wicked would not be justified in any way by the Lord.

3. Bribery

a. This is out of the question.
b. What bribery often does:
i. It blinds the discerning.
ii. It perverts the words of the righteous.

UPHOLDING JUSTICE IN THE LAND

1. The law courts must uphold justice.

2. All officers of the law must protect the innocent and the righteous.

3. Every citizen must seek to practise what is good and just in the sight of God.

经文:出埃及记 23:6-8

沉思

《出埃及记 23:6-8》
6“不可在穷人争讼的事上屈枉正直。
7当远离虚假的事。不可杀无辜和有义的人,因我必不以恶人为义。

8不可受贿赂,因为贿赂能叫明眼人变瞎了,又能颠倒义人的话。

在生活里有意义地应用

1.严格命令之一

a.必须要充分考虑到穷人的困境
b.必须要给予穷人充分的公道
c.不可在争讼的事上屈枉正直

2.严格命令之二

a.关于那些“无辜和有义的人”
b.所有人都必须远离虚假的事
c.无辜和有义的人不应最终在法律下处死
d.上帝在任何情况下都不会以恶人为义

3.贿赂

a.这是万万不可的
b.贿赂常常会:
i.使明眼人变瞎
ii.颠倒义人的话

维护地区的正义

1.法院必须维护正义

2.所有法律执行者必须要保护无辜和有义的人

3.每位公民都必须实行在上帝眼里良好和正义的事