We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Love, and do what you will.
Augustine

God shows us the importance of the commandment [to honor our parents in Exodus 20] in several different ways: 1. First of all, notice that He puts it first in the list of our horizontal responsibilities. Our vertical responsibilities are addressed in commands one through four to Him, but when He begins to express our horizontal responsibilities, our responsibilities in our human relations with one another, the very first thing He says is, “Honor your father and your mother.” 2. Secondly, it is interesting. If we were to go ahead and read the laws all the way up through Exodus 24, you would find that God attaches the same penalty to disobedience of parents that He attaches to blasphemy and idolatry and the worship of false gods. In both cases, blasphemy and idolatry, worship of false gods, and in the case of disobedience to parents, in the laws of Moses the death penalty is given. 3. Thirdly, notice that this command flows out of and is closely connected to what is said in the first four commands. The first four commands basically said, “Worship God only. Revere God only.” And then the fifth commandment, what is the first word out of God’s mouth to us about our parents? “Revere your parents.” Isn’t it fascinating that He could spend four commands, and especially the first two commands, claiming to Himself the exclusive right to our reverence, to our worship, and to our adoration. And then in the very first word out of His mouth to us in how we relate to one another, He can say, “Revere your father and mother.”
Ligon Duncan

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 诗篇 116

116
为出死入生而赞美 神
我爱耶和华,
因为他听了我的声音和我的恳求。
他既向我侧耳,
我一生要求告他。
死亡的绳索缠绕我;
阴间的痛苦抓住我;
我遭遇患难愁苦。
那时,我便求告耶和华的名,说:
耶和华啊,求你救我的灵魂!
 
耶和华有恩惠,有公义;
我们的 神以怜悯为怀。
耶和华保护愚人;
我落到卑微的地步,他救了我。
我的心哪!你要仍归安乐,
因为耶和华用厚恩待你。
 
主啊,你救我的命免了死亡,
救我的眼免了流泪,
救我的脚免了跌倒。
我要在耶和华面前行活人之路。
10 我因信,所以如此说话;
我受了极大的困苦。
11 我曾急促地说:
人都是说谎的!
 
12 我拿什么报答耶和华向我所赐的一切厚恩?
13 我要举起救恩的杯,
称扬耶和华的名。
14 我要在他众民面前向耶和华还我的愿。
 
15 在耶和华眼中,
看圣民之死极为宝贵。
16 耶和华啊,我真是你的仆人;
我是你的仆人,是你婢女的儿子。
你已经解开我的绑索。
17 我要以感谢为祭献给你,
又要求告耶和华的名。
18-19 我要在他众民面前,
在耶和华殿的院内,
耶路撒冷当中,
向耶和华还我的愿。
 
你们要赞美耶和华!