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出埃及记 15:1-21 我们欢庆
On that day, Moshe led about 2 million Israelis and their families to cross the Red Sea safely. When they looked back, they saw that the dead of the Egyptians were all by the sea. They saw what Jehovah did to the Egyptians, which is to judge the Egyptians.
The Israelis revered Jehovah and believed in him and his wife, Moshe. At that time, they sang hymns to Jehovah and praised Jehovah. Martin Luther said, In addition to praising Jehovah, Jehovah should also receive the highest praise.
The combination of language and Jehovah is a gift from God to mankind. We should use Jehovah to praise Jehovah. On October 31, Martin Luther published 95 articles on the Day of Religious Reform. Today, we will sing the hymns written by Martin Luther to commemorate this day.
Brothers and sisters, friends, peace be with you. May the grace of God be with you. Welcome to listen to the news of the Day of Religious Reform on November 1. Today, the words of God are recorded in Exodus 15, verse 1 -21.
The title is, We Celebrate. Yes, the Israelites should celebrate. They should celebrate the salvation of Jehovah and bring them out of Egypt and leave the life of slavery. In these 15 chapters, we see that Moshe and the Israelites celebrate their salvation.
Let us look at the four aspects of the celebration of the salvation of the Israelites. On the first aspect, who do the Israelites celebrate their salvation? Of course, Moshe and the Israelites sing to Jehovah.
What do they sing to Jehovah? What do the Israelites sing to Jehovah? In the second and third chapters, it is recorded that they sing to Jehovah for seven reasons. The first reason is, Jehovah is my power.
He is the source of my life. The Israelites survive because of Jehovah's power. Likewise, because of Jehovah's power, we stand up for our Lord and stand up for the truth. Therefore, in the Church, we celebrate together.
The life of a Christian is not based on our own power, our own willpower. It is based on the power of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have the patience and willpower to do His will. Just as St. Paul said in the book of Galatians, I have been doing my best to follow Him, that is, Jesus Christ, and to do my best to serve the Lord in me.
The second reason why the Israelites celebrate their salvation is, Jehovah is my pastor. When we celebrate, we use songs of praise to praise Him, to praise Him for His great salvation. The Lord Jesus Christ is our song of praise.
We thank Him all the time. Especially at this time, because of Jehovah's work, the Moses and the Israelites were able to sing this song. The third reason is, Jehovah became my salvation. In the Red Sea, Jehovah's salvation and His divinity are in harmony.
They are connected. Jehovah, through the Red Sea, poured out His all-pervading God and the things that He has done. This is consistent. Jehovah renewed His divinity. He saved us. When we saw Jehovah, He was on the cross for us.
When we were at the Last Supper, we saw the broken bread, which was Jehovah's body. We took up the cup of blessed blood. We were blessed. We received His grace. When we saw Jehovah resurrected from the dead, we knew that the Lord Jesus Christ became our salvation.
We should celebrate. The fourth reason for celebrating is, Jehovah is my God. We celebrate because He is the God who is with us. He is not a God who is impenetrable, or who is far away from us. He is our God.
He belongs to us. He is close to us. He is with us at all times. He lives in our hearts. The fifth reason for celebrating is, Jehovah is my Father's God. He is the God of our ancestor Abraham. He is the God of Abraham's career.
Jehovah will have a King come out of Abraham's womb. Therefore, those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, when they have Abraham's letter in their hearts, they should believe that we are obedient to the Lord Jesus Christ, and not that we are connected to God through flesh and blood, but that we are connected to Him through the Holy Spirit.
Those who have Abraham's letter in their hearts, are those who have Jehovah's career in their hearts. Jehovah is our God. Therefore, we should praise and respect Him, because He is the God of all people.
He has saved us. We should praise and worship Him. The sixth reason for celebrating is, Jehovah is a warrior. The Israelites saw Jehovah as their warrior. He did not deprive the Israelites of a single soldier, nor did He deprive the Israelites of a single group of Israelite soldiers.
This is all thanks to Jehovah's greatness. Jehovah is a warrior. He wiped out the Israelite army. Jehovah is a warrior of the Israelites. Today, the Lord Jesus Christ is also our warrior. Because we stand on the same front line, fighting Satan's temptations and the evil temptations, we can receive His words and the Holy Spirit's guidance.
This way, we will not be tempted by Satan's temptations and the evil temptations, and we will not be trampled by Satan. This is all because the Lord Jesus Christ is our warrior. The seventh reason for celebrating is, His name is Jehovah.
Jehovah's name poured out to Moses in the tomb, and it is the God of eternal freedom, eternal freedom, and eternal life. All the heavens and earth are named after Him, as the third chapter of the Bible says.
Therefore, we celebrate because God is the One who is eternal, who is eternal in the present, and eternal in the future. He, Jehovah, is the God we celebrate. Not us. Now, what do we celebrate? The fourth and fifth chapter.
They celebrate Jehovah's salvation. Jehovah drowns the Pharaoh's army in the sea, like a stone deep in a tunnel. And us? The Lord Jesus Christ has trampled our enemy, Satan, under His feet. He has made us free from the clutches of the devil and the world.
Our flesh, like Jesus, is nailed to the cross, giving us a new life. God has given us His only begotten Son, Jesus. He has given us all that we want. Are we not celebrating? We celebrate because He is the God of all.
He defeated Satan and saved us. So, how did God save us? How did Jehovah save Israel? Moses said in the sixth and twelfth chapter, Jehovah used the right hand of a great man to reach out his right hand.
Here, we may ask, why the right hand? This may have been taught by Moses, but we also know that Jehovah's right hand is of a great man. King David says in the book of Psalms 110, Jehovah said to my Lord, You sit at my right hand.
Messiah is the right hand of God. The Lord Jesus is that Messiah. He sits at the right hand of God. He is far above all enemies, the powerful, the powerful, and all that is famous. God has given us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
His right hand has saved us. We should celebrate.
Not only that,.
God has also used His Spirit to save us, to save the Israelites. In the eighth chapter, 墨西哥送到 ,耶和華吹的氣 ,也就是指耶和華的靈 ,使水直立如碟如牆 ,第十節 ,交鋒一吹 ,喊就把埃及人淹沒。. 這是一幅畫出聖靈在我們的救贖當中做工的圖畫。. 從前我們不能行的事 ,現在通過聖靈祂在我們身上做工 ,使我們領受神的話語和教導。.
正如主耶穌在約翰福音第三章就這麼說道, 人若不是從水和聖靈生 ,就不能進神的國。. 聖靈給我們新聖靈 ,脫離死亡的困境。. 上帝是如何拯救我們呢? 那就是三位一體的聖父、聖子、聖靈的真神。. 可是埃及法老卻對耶和華的大人視若無睹。. 他在第九節自傲的說 ,我要追趕 ,我要追上 ,我要分獵物 ,我要拔出刀來。. 他四次說了我要 ,可見他是多麼的傲慢。. 他似乎蠻有信心的 ,以為勝利在望。. 他甚至說 ,我要在他們身上撐我的心願 ,我要親手殺滅他們。.
是的 ,今天在這世上作惡的人 ,對那些相信主的話語的人說, 我們將殲滅你們 ,將你們從基督手中奪過來。. 朋友們 ,弟兄姊妹們 ,不用懼怕 ,我們看見了耶和華在紅海中的大能。. 他是信實的 ,他將會領我們戰勝那黑暗之君王。. 我們歡慶 ,因為耶和華的義風義氣就把作惡的人摧倒了。. 這樣偉大的上帝 ,我們不僅稱頌到 ,誰能像我們的耶和華呢? 我們歡慶 ,第一 ,祂就是那自由擁有的耶和華。. 我們歡慶 ,第二 ,祂的救恩。.
我們歡慶 ,第三 ,祂的右手 ,祂的獨生子耶穌基督 ,聖靈的妻。. 那我們歡慶的 ,為的是什麼呢? 是的 ,為的是拯救我們在罪惡中的盧浦。. 就如對耶和華沒有信心 ,並且懼怕 ,只會申訴的以色列人。. 為什麼這偉大的上帝 ,要像我們這樣 ,這些低微又卑鄙的罪人施展這宏偉的救恩呢? 在十三節 ,耶和華親口這麼說了。. 你憑此愛領了你所屬的百姓 ,這就是他信實的愛 ,也就是上帝信實的愛。. 事業的愛 ,他滿有恩典的向他的百姓 ,伸展他奇異的恩典。.
這就是我們歡慶的原因 ,神的恩典。. 奇妙的愛 ,是多麼的神奇 ,美妙 ,偉大 ,不可言論 ,不可比喻。. 這恩典 ,是值得我們反覆的去理會。. 每時每刻 ,沉聚在這恩典中 ,勝過我們生命中的一切。. 所以我們歡慶 ,我們歌頌這奇妙、信實的救恩。. 上帝給予我們的恩典 ,是永不休止的。. 接下來以色列人 ,也就是我們 ,又歡慶什麼呢? 未來的凱旋 ,未來的勝利。. 這是什麼呢? 就是他的聖所。. 以色列人的應許之地 ,就是我們未來的天家 ,上帝的居所。.
到那個時候 ,我們會平安的與他同在。. 但是在這之前 ,以色列人將面對他們在路途中的敵人, 比如菲利斯、摩羯、迦南等外邦人。. 這些外邦人將驚駭的恐懼以色列人。. 不過 ,最終的勝利是屬於以色列人 ,是屬於我們的。. 所以我們應當歡慶 ,等候他 ,等候耶和華。. 所屬的百姓過去。. 主耶穌的復活 ,是上帝的敵人的凶兆。. 因為耶和華的綁匕的大門 ,第十六節。. 敵人將會繼續的住在這驚駭恐懼中。. 我們歡慶過去的勝利。.
主耶穌的死和復活。. 我們也歡慶未來的凱旋 ,那上帝定居的聖所。. 我們是耶和華所屬的百姓 ,第十三和第十六節。. 祂將領我們 ,並把我們放置在祂的產業的山上 ,第十七節。. 在那聖所 ,我們將與上帝同在 ,直到永遠 ,第十八節。. 這聖所是耶和華為自己所造的。. 祂親手所建立的聖所 ,祂已造成了。. 在這聖所 ,祂必作王 ,直到永永遠遠。. 講到這地 ,也就是指以色列人身居在其中的沙漠。. 而不是那地 ,也就是以色列人的應許之地 ,我們的天堂 ,我們的聖所。.
這地是以色列人必經之處 ,乾燥的 ,缺乏食水和糧食 ,並且有虎視眈眈的敵人。. 同樣的 ,我們會經歷過去的勝利 ,我們有未來凱旋的盼望。. 我們將和那坐在寶座上的君王 ,永永遠遠的同在。. 所以我們現在可以歡慶 ,稱頌耶和華。. 這是不是很奇妙呢? 那至高的上帝 ,自在永在的神 ,祂是戰士。. 祂大人的右手 ,祂的靈 ,屬為祂的百姓 ,在聖所中與我們同在 ,永永遠遠的同享天樂。. 這一切完全是出自於上帝的恩典 ,是祂先愛我們。.
本來是不配得祂的救贖的 ,因為祂的愛 ,祂的慈愛 ,我們得以脫離這罪惡 ,可以得到永生。. 這樣 ,我們應當歡慶。. 就如亞倫的姐姐 ,女先知衛麗安 ,帶著眾婦女們起鼓跳舞歌頌耶和華 ,因她大大戰勝 ,將馬和騎馬的投在海中。. 弟兄姊妹們 ,朋友們 ,我們在這裡歡慶 ,耶和華已取得光榮的勝利。. 在十字架上和耶穌的復活 ,我們的罪已得赦免。. 耶穌的保險已屬於我們 ,作為祂的百姓的代價。. 現在 ,通過上帝賜予我們的聖靈 ,領我們到祂完美的聖所 ,所以我們歌頌我們過去的勝利 ,還有將來的凱旋。.
所以 ,弟兄姊妹們 ,朋友們 ,不要在這短暫的廝喪立足 ,迎合和效法這廝喪的價值觀和生活方式 ,並和他們一同歡慶 ,比如財富、成就、金錢等等。. 反而 ,不來教會與弟兄姊妹們一同歡慶主耶穌的勝利。. 不 ,我們要對這世界上說不。. 因為我們的歡慶 ,是我們在主耶穌面前得勝的生命。. 祂的聖所和祂的國度 ,我們要在主裡面 ,主耶穌裡面 ,一起與祂生活。. 這就是為什麼主耶穌告訴我們 ,一個巨人悔改 ,並且相信 ,在天庭他們歡喜歡慶 ,因為在完美的居所添加了一丁。.
所以 ,弟兄姊妹們 ,朋友們 ,離去這廝喪的物質、親屬和凡人的生活 ,我們目前的身軀會腐敗 ,但神的真理依然永在 ,祂的國度是永恆的。. 讓我們一起歡慶吧!
Amen!