出埃及记［第16章］
[人易忘恩，神恒施恩]
主讲: 郑伟健实习传道
21/02/2025
1. 人忘恩，发怨言（V1-3）
人在顺境中很容易忘记神的恩典，但在逆境中却迅速生出埋怨。这一章经文让我们看到，以色列百姓刚刚经历了神施行的大能、带领他们过红海，唱诗赞美还没多久，他们的信心就被饥饿和环境吞噬了。
2. 神抱怨，仍施恩（V4-12）
令人感动的是，虽然以色列百姓不断发怨言，神却没有立刻惩罚他们。相反，神回应他们的需要，并藉此试验他们的信心和顺服。
2. 神降粮食，显父恩典（V13-15）
“到了晚上，有鹌鹑飞来……早晨露水过后，野地上有如白霜的小圆物……这就是耶和华给你们吃的食物。”（出 16:13-15）神不仅供应吗哪，还赐下鹌鹑，使百姓看到神的同在与大能。
2. 量器均平，各得饱足（V16-18）
经文详细记载，神吩咐百姓“按着各人的饭量收取”，多收的没有余，少收的也不缺，这显示 了神供应的精准和公义。神的供应总是充足而恰当，正如他一次次的恩典显示；反观我们的抱怨和贪求，只会使我们失去内心的平安。
3私藏残粮，违抗主命（V19-30）
虽然神透过摩西设立了关于收取玛那及守安息日的明确规定，但百姓还是屡次违背神的命令，甚至因贪心留下过夜的玛那，结果生虫变臭。神还特意指出安息日的意义，提醒他们要有规律地依靠神的供应。我们要明白，神的命令是为我们好，遵守祂的安排才能真正享受他的祝福，得着安息；任由私欲和贪心作祟，只会使我们偏离真正的安息。
经文描述玛那“样子像芫荽子，颜色是白的，滋味如同搀蜜的薄饼。”神吩咐摩西将满俄梅珥的玛那留作纪念，使后世看见当日神如何带领以色列人出埃及，赐他们食物，即便在旷野漂泊四十年。
这是一种传承，信仰的传承，感恩的传承。我们也要在家中、在教会中留下一些“吗哪”，让后人看见神的信实。
Exodus 16
Man is easily ungrateful, but God is always gracious
21/02/2025
The Morning Devotion Speaker: IP Asher
1. People are ungrateful and complain (V1-3)
It is easy for people to forget God’s grace in good times, but they quickly develop complaints in times of adversity. This chapter shows us that the Israelites had just experienced the power of God, leading them across the Red Sea, and not long after singing praises, their faith was swallowed up by hunger and the environment.
2. God hears resentment, but still shows mercy (V4-12)
What is touching is that although the Israelites continued to complain, God did not punish them immediately. Instead, God responded to their needs and thereby tested their faith and obedience.
1. God sends food, showing Father’s grace (V13-15)
"In the evening, quails came flying... In the morning, after the dew, there were small round substance like white frost on the field... This is the food the Lord gave you to eat." (Exodus 16:13-15) God not only provided manna, but also gave quails, so that the people could see God's presence and power.
2. If the measures are equal, everyone will be satisfied (V16-18)
The scriptures record in detail that God commanded the people to "gather according to each person's appetite." Those who collected more would have nothing left over, and those who collected less would have no shortage. This shows the accuracy and righteousness of God's supply. God’s supply is always sufficient and appropriate, as His grace shows time and time again; on the other hand, our complaining and greed will only cause us to lose our inner peace.
3. Hiding leftover food secretly, disobeying the Lord’s command (V19-30)
Although God through Moses set up clear regulations on collecting manna and observing the Sabbath, the people still repeatedly disobeyed God's command and even left the manna overnight out of greed, which resulted in vermin and stinking. God also specifically pointed out the significance of the Sabbath, reminding them to rely on God’s provision regularly. We must understand that God’s commands are for our own good. Only by obeying His arrangements can we truly enjoy His blessings and find rest. Allowing selfish desires and greed to do so will only deviate us from true rest.
The scripture describes the manna as “looking like coriander seeds, white in colour, and tasting like wafers mixed with honey.” God commanded Moses to fill an omer with manna as a remembrance so that future generations could see how God led the Israelites out of Egypt and gave them food even though they wandered in the wilderness for forty years.
This is a kind of inheritance, the inheritance of faith, and the inheritance of gratitude. We also need to leave some “manna” at home and in the church so that future generations can see God’s faithfulness.