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Cultural, social, and religious norms vary with the #ChangingTimes. Women used to wear clothing which covered their whole bodies. Parents used to arrange marriages for their children. It was considered imperative to go to church on Sundays. These practices are passé now. What has remained the same throughout the centuries are the Bible and God’s commandments. The Ten Commandments given by our #UnchangingGod to Moses still apply to us today. Let us listen to Rev. Leo Jaime Son as he tells us what it means to obey the first four commandments today.

出埃及之后，上帝在以色列人的旅程中，将他自己多次多方彰显自己，让百姓认识他。上帝借艰熬炼他们，借着供应施恩给他们，借神迹让他们尝到主是美善的。我们要从这一章里，看到我上帝是丰富的上帝，并乐意供应人的需要，我们要用信心接受，用行动顺服，就知道他是美善的。

出埃及之後，上帝在以色列人的旅程中，將祂自己多次多方彰顯自己，讓百姓認識祂。上帝藉艱難熬煉他們，藉著供應施恩給他們，藉神蹟讓他們嚐到主是美善的。我們要從這一章裏，看到我上帝是豐富的上帝，並樂意供應人的需要，我們要用信心接受，用行動順服，就知道祂是美善的。

George Mϋeller was a missionary in England who took in more than 10,000 children into the orphanages he established in the 1800s. He never asked for funds to support his orphanages; he relied solely on God’s provision to meet the needs of his orphanages. There had been times when Mϋeller, his wife, and his staff had nothing to serve the orphans for their next meal. Mϋeller didn’t waste time grumbling. He continued to pray and thank God for the food they would eat – and God sends the food in miraculous ways.

Do you desire to always be grateful to God like Mϋeller?

出 13:17-18，15:13

出13:17-18，15:13

What is the biggest problem that you have encountered? Is it as big as facing the Red Sea with panic and dread as you helplessly watch the arrival of your former Egyptian masters who want you back as slaves? Listen to Rev. William Jonathan Ong as he tells us why we can trust our #UnchangingGod in whatever trial the #ChangingTimes bring to your life.

以色列民所经历的第一个逾越节是在距今大约3500年前的埃及，那时以色列民已经在埃及做奴隶四百多年了！我们知道创世记最后一章讲到约瑟死在埃及，他的尸骨停放在埃及。『出埃及记的13:19摩西带了约瑟的骸骨同去，因为约瑟曾经叫以色列人严肃地起誓说：“神必定眷顾你们；你们要把我的骸骨从这里也一同带去。”』 约瑟还在世时，雅各一家70人下埃及，并且在埃及繁衍生息，生养众多。不过当以色列人越来越多时，埃及新王的安全感降低了，因此才开始了对以色列民长达几百年的奴役。有受苦就有呼求！因此才有了“大导演”耶和华神的救赎计划。从法老杀婴、呼召摩西、赐下使命、法老心硬、降下十灾、到设立逾越节，耶和华听见以色列民的呼求，祂也知道他们所遭受的苦难。这第一个逾越节就是在法老屡次反悔放以色列民离开埃及的背景下，耶和华要降下最严重的击杀埃及所有长子之灾的前夕，包括人和牲畜的头生。让我们带着想象力进入当时的这种处境，这第一个逾越节前是一场大灾难来临前的恐慌和紧张，但同时也是自由与生命的向往。