{"id":13485,"date":"2024-10-27T19:26:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T02:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sanbi.us\/pmac\/?p=13485"},"modified":"2024-10-27T19:26:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T02:26:13","slug":"%e3%83%a2%e3%83%bc%e3%82%bb%ef%bc%9a%e7%a5%9e%e3%81%ae%e7%9c%9f%e5%ae%9f%e3%81%a8%e6%81%b5%e3%81%bf%e3%81%ae%e8%a8%bc%e3%81%97%ef%bc%88%e6%9c%ac%e5%a4%9a%e4%b8%80%e7%b1%b3%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sanbi.us\/pmac\/%e3%83%a2%e3%83%bc%e3%82%bb%ef%bc%9a%e7%a5%9e%e3%81%ae%e7%9c%9f%e5%ae%9f%e3%81%a8%e6%81%b5%e3%81%bf%e3%81%ae%e8%a8%bc%e3%81%97%ef%bc%88%e6%9c%ac%e5%a4%9a%e4%b8%80%e7%b1%b3%ef%bc%89\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\uff1a\u795e\u306e\u771f\u5b9f\u3068\u6075\u307f\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\uff08\u672c\u591a\u4e00\u7c73\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13492\" 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\u304a\u306f\u3088\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01 \u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3064\u3082\u308a\u3067\u3001\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\u3092\u3001\u304a\u5206\u304b\u3061\u5408\u3044\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Before, I get into character, I just want to mention that there will be very few biblical references made in this message today but what I say as Moses is from the Bible.\u3000 \u3000\u3000\u305d\u306e\u524d\u306b\u3001\u4eca\u65e5\u306e\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b8\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u8056\u66f8\u306e\u5f15\u7528\u306f\u307b\u3068\u3093\u3069\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3068\u3057\u3066\u8a9e\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306f\u3001\u8056\u66f8\u306b\u66f8\u304b\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3060\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3092\u3001\u304a\u4f1d\u3048\u3057\u3066\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>So, please go back and read Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, on your own, to verify that what I said is biblical.\u3000 \u3067\u3059\u304b\u3089\u3001\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\u3001\u30ec\u30d3\u8a18\u3001\u6c11\u6570\u8a18\u3001\u7533\u547d\u8a18\u3092\u8aad\u307f\u8fd4\u3057\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u8a00\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u304c\u8056\u66f8\u7684\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u307f\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Now, I will get into character, and will speak as if I am Moses. \u305d\u308c\u3067\u306f\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3064\u3082\u308a\u3067\u8a71\u3092\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Greetings, people in the Lord!\u00a0 My name is Moses.\u3000 \u4e3b\u306b\u3042\u308b\u7686\u3055\u3093\u3001\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f\uff01 \u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Today, I would like to share with you my testimony of faith in Jesus Christ.\u3000 \u4eca\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u79c1\u306e\u4fe1\u4ef0\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\u3092\u5206\u304b\u3061\u5408\u3044\u305f\u3044\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>As I share with you my testimony, you will notice that there are three main parts to my life story as it relates to my journey of faith with God.\u3000 \u79c1\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\u3092\u5206\u304b\u3061\u5408\u3046\u6642\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u3068\u306e\u79c1\u306e\u4fe1\u4ef0\u306e\u65c5\u306b\u95a2\u9023\u3059\u308b\u7269\u8a9e\u306b\u306f\u3001\uff13\u3064\u306e\u4e3b\u8981\u306a\u90e8\u5206\u304c\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u304a\u6c17\u3065\u304d\u306b\u306a\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>The first part has to do with my life before my encounter with God.\u3000 \u6700\u521d\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u3068\u51fa\u4f1a\u3046\u524d\u306e\u79c1\u306e\u4eba\u751f\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>The second part has to do with my encounter with God and putting my faith in Him.\u3000 \u3000\u3000\u7b2c\u4e8c\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u3068\u306e\u51fa\u4f1a\u3044\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u4fe1\u4ef0\u3092\u7f6e\u304f\u3053\u3068\u306b\u95a2\u4fc2\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>And the third part has to do with my life lived with God; trusting and obeying Him.\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u7b2c\u4e09\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u3068\u5171\u306b\u751f\u304d\u305f\u79c1\u306e\u4eba\u751f\u3001\u3059\u306a\u308f\u3061\u795e\u69d8\u3092\u4fe1\u983c\u3057\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u5f93\u3046\u3053\u3068\u306b\u95a2\u4fc2\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>So, here is my testimony of faith in Jesus Christ.\u3000 \u305d\u308c\u3067\u306f\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u4fe1\u3058\u308b\u79c1\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\u3092\u3057\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I was born into a family of slaves living in Egypt, a country not our own.\u3000 \u79c1\u306f\u81ea\u56fd\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306b\u4f4f\u3080\u5974\u96b7\u306e\u5bb6\u5ead\u306b\u751f\u307e\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I am the youngest of three children born to my parents.\u00a0 I have an older sister and brother.\u3000 \u79c1\u306f\u4e21\u89aa\u306e\u9593\u306b\u751f\u307e\u308c\u305f\uff13\u4eba\u306e\u5b50\u4f9b\u306e\u672b\u3063\u5b50\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u79c1\u306b\u306f\u59c9\u3068\u5144\u304c\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>My ancestors were not always slaves.\u00a0 In fact, my great grand uncle, Joseph, was once the vizier of Egypt,\u3000 \u79c1\u306e\u5148\u7956\u306f\u5e38\u306b\u5974\u96b7\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u308f\u3051\u3067\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002\u5b9f\u969b\u3001\u5927\u4f2f\u7236\u306e\u30e8\u30bb\u30d5\u306f\u304b\u3064\u3066\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306e\u5bb0\u76f8\u3067\u3042\u308a\u3001<\/p>\n<p>and with God\u2019s guidance he was able to help many people to survive a severe famine.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306e\u5c0e\u304d\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u5f7c\u306f\u591a\u304f\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u3092\u52a9\u3051\u3001\u6df1\u523b\u306a\u98e2\u9949\u3092\u4e57\u308a\u5207\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>My family of 70 direct descendants of my great-great grandfather Jacob, also known as Israel, came to Egypt, during that famine.\u3000 \u79c1\u306e\u66fd\u7956\u7236\u30e4\u30b3\u30d6\uff08\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3082\u77e5\u3089\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff09\u306e\u76f4\u7cfb\u306e\u5b50\u5b6b\uff17\uff10\u4eba\u304b\u3089\u306a\u308b\u79c1\u306e\u5bb6\u65cf\u306f\u3001\u305d\u306e\u98e2\u9949\u306e\u6700\u4e2d\u306b\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306b\u3084\u3063\u3066\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>My great grandfather, Levi, was one of Joseph\u2019s older brothers, and the third son of Israel, who had twelve sons.\u3000 \u79c1\u306e\u66fd\u7956\u7236\u30ec\u30d3\u306f\u30e8\u30bb\u30d5\u306e\u5144\u306e\u4e00\u4eba\u3067\u3001\uff11\uff12\u4eba\u306e\u606f\u5b50\u3092\u6301\u3064\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u4e09\u7537\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>However, after 300 years from the time of Joseph, the pharaohs (Egyptian kings) and the Egyptians had forgotten him and what he had done to save them.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u30e8\u30bb\u30d5\u306e\u6642\u4ee3\u304b\u3089\uff13\uff10\uff10\u5e74\u3082\u7d4c\u3064\u3068\u3001\u30d1\u30ed\uff08\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306e\u738b\uff09\u3082\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u3082\u3001\u30e8\u30bb\u30d5\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3082\u3001\u30e8\u30bb\u30d5\u304c\u81ea\u5206\u305f\u3061\u3092\u6551\u3046\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3057\u3066\u304f\u308c\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3082\u5fd8\u308c\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>By the time I was born, we had become a great big family of thousands of people, known as Hebrews, descendants of the twelve sons of Israel.\u3000 \u79c1\u304c\u751f\u307e\u308c\u308b\u9803\u306b\u306f\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306f\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\uff11\uff12\u4eba\u306e\u606f\u5b50\u306e\u5b50\u5b6b\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30d8\u30d6\u30eb\u4eba\u3068\u547c\u3070\u308c\u308b\u4f55\u5343\u4eba\u3082\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u304b\u3089\u306a\u308b\u5927\u5bb6\u65cf\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Because we had become such a large family is the very reason why we were made slaves.\u3000 \u305d\u3093\u306a\u5927\u5bb6\u65cf\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3053\u305d\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306f\u5974\u96b7\u306b\u3055\u308c\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>We as Hebrews became the slave labor for the pharaohs, building storage cities, such as Pithom and Raamses.\u3000 \u79c1\u9054\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u4eba\u306f\u30d1\u30ed\u306e\u5974\u96b7\u52b4\u50cd\u8005\u3068\u306a\u308a\u3001\u30d4\u30c8\u30e0\u3084\u30e9\u30e0\u30bb\u30b9\u306a\u3069\u306e\u8caf\u8535\u90fd\u5e02\u3092\u5efa\u8a2d\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Yet, my family continued to grow strong in numbers, causing the Egyptians to fear us.\u3000 \u305d\u308c\u3067\u3082\u79c1\u306e\u5bb6\u65cf\u306f\u6570\u3092\u5897\u3084\u3057\u7d9a\u3051\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u306b\u6050\u308c\u3089\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Thus, by the time I was born, the pharaoh gave a command that baby boys born to the Hebrews were to be killed.\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u305f\u3081\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u751f\u307e\u308c\u308b\u9803\u306b\u306f\u3001\u30d1\u30ed\u306f\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u4eba\u3068\u306e\u9593\u306b\u751f\u307e\u308c\u305f\u7537\u306e\u5b50\u3092\u6bba\u3059\u3088\u3046\u306b\u547d\u3058\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>My parents did not want to kill me but they couldn\u2019t keep me and not be found out for hiding me,\u3000 \u4e21\u89aa\u306f\u79c1\u3092\u6bba\u3057\u305f\u304f\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304c\u3001\u79c1\u3092\u96a0\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3070\u308c\u306a\u3044\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306f\u3067\u304d\u305a\u3001<\/p>\n<p>so they put me in a basket when I was 3 months old, and placed me in the Nile River.\u3000 \u751f\u5f8c\uff13\u30f6\u6708\u306e\u79c1\u3092\u304b\u3054\u306b\u5165\u308c\u3066\u30ca\u30a4\u30eb\u5ddd\u306b\u6d41\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>By God\u2019s grace, I was placed into the care of Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, who found me in the basket.\u3000 \u795e\u306e\u6075\u307f\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u30d1\u30ed\u306e\u5a18\u306b\u9810\u3051\u3089\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Thus, she named me Moses, because she drew me out of the water.\u3000 \u5f7c\u5973\u306f\u79c1\u3092\u6c34\u304b\u3089\u5f15\u304d\u4e0a\u3052\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u79c1\u3092\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3068\u540d\u3065\u3051\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>So, I did not grow up as a slave but actually as a prince in Pharaoh\u2019s household.\u3000 \u3060\u304b\u3089\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u5974\u96b7\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u30d1\u30ed\u306e\u5bb6\u306e\u738b\u5b50\u3068\u3057\u3066\u6210\u9577\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>This allowed me to receive the best education, military training, and opportunities to develop leadership skills.\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u304a\u304b\u3052\u3067\u79c1\u306f\u6700\u9ad8\u306e\u6559\u80b2\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u3001\u8ecd\u4e8b\u8a13\u7df4\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u3001\u6307\u5c0e\u529b\u3092\u990a\u3046\u6a5f\u4f1a\u3092\u5f97\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>However, I never lost sight of my own people, and was fully aware of my Hebrew lineage.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u6c11\u65cf\u3092\u898b\u5931\u3046\u3053\u3068\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u4eba\u306e\u8840\u7b4b\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u5341\u5206\u306b\u81ea\u899a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, when I had become quite old, about 40 years old to be exact, I decided to reach out to my own people.\u3000\u305d\u306e\u305f\u3081\u3001\u304b\u306a\u308a\u6b73\u3092\u3068\u3063\u305f\u6642\u3001\u6b63\u78ba\u306b\u306f\uff14\uff10\u6b73\u304f\u3089\u3044\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u4ef2\u9593\u306b\u624b\u3092\u5dee\u3057\u4f38\u3079\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>However, that didn\u2019t go at all the way I had hoped.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u305d\u308c\u306f\u79c1\u306e\u671f\u5f85\u901a\u308a\u306b\u306f\u307e\u3063\u305f\u304f\u3044\u304b\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I saw an Egyptian beating one of my people, a Hebrew man.\u3000\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u304c\u540c\u80de\u306e\u4e00\u4eba\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u4eba\u3092\u6bb4\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u3092\u898b\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t bear to just see that and do nothing, so after making sure no one was watching me, I killed that Egyptian and hid him in the sand.\u3000 \u305d\u308c\u3092\u898b\u3066\u3044\u306a\u304c\u3089\u3001\u4f55\u3082\u3057\u306a\u3044\u306e\u306f\u5fcd\u3073\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u8ab0\u306b\u3082\u898b\u3089\u308c\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u304b\u3089\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u305d\u306e\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u3092\u6bba\u3057\u3066\u7802\u306e\u4e2d\u306b\u96a0\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>The next day, I saw two of my Hebrew brethren fighting each other.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u305d\u306e\u7fcc\u65e5\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u4eba\u306e\u540c\u80de\u304c\uff12\u4eba\u4e89\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u3092\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Again, I couldn\u2019t bear to watch that, so I stepped in to stop them.\u3000 \u79c1\u306f\u305d\u308c\u3092\u898b\u3066\u3044\u3089\u308c\u305a\u306b\u3001\u5f7c\u3089\u306e\u4ef2\u88c1\u306b\u5165\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p><strong>But one of them said to me, \u201cWho made you a\u00a0prince or a judge over us? Are you\u00a0intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?\u201d (Exodus 2:14) \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u305d\u306e\u3046\u3061\u306e\u4e00\u4eba\u304c\u79c1\u306b\u8a00\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3001\u300c\u3060\u308c\u304c\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3092\u7acb\u3066\u3066\u3001\u308f\u308c\u308f\u308c\u306e\u3064\u304b\u3055\u3001\u307e\u305f\u88c1\u5224\u4eba\u3068\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3002\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u3073\u3068\u3092\u6bba\u3057\u305f\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306f\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3092\u6bba\u305d\u3046\u3068\u601d\u3046\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff12\u7ae0\uff11\uff14\u7bc0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I heard this, I got scared, and I ran away from Egypt, \u79c1\u306f\u3053\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u805e\u3044\u305f\u6642\u3001\u6050\u308d\u3057\u304f\u306a\u308a\u3001\u305d\u306e\u307e\u307e\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u9003\u3052\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>because I knew that if Pharaoh found out that I killed an Egyptian, he would kill me.\u3000\u3000\u3000\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u3092\u6bba\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u304c\u30d1\u30ed\u306b\u77e5\u308c\u305f\u3089\u3001\u5f7c\u306b\u6bba\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I ended up in the land of Midian.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u30df\u30c7\u30a2\u30f3\u306e\u5730\u306b\u305f\u3069\u308a\u7740\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>There, I was taken in by the family of a man named Jethro, who was the priest of Midian, and who had seven daughters.\u3000 \u305d\u3053\u3067\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u30df\u30c7\u30a2\u30f3\u306e\u796d\u53f8\u3067\u3042\u308a\u3001\uff17\u4eba\u306e\u5a18\u3092\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u30a8\u30c6\u30ed\u3068\u3044\u3046\u796d\u53f8\u306e\u5bb6\u65cf\u306b\u5f15\u304d\u53d6\u3089\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>In time, Jethro became my father-in-law, when I married his daughter Zipporah.\u3000 \u3084\u304c\u3066\u30a8\u30c6\u30ed\u306f\u79c1\u306e\u7fa9\u7236\u3068\u306a\u308a\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u5f7c\u306e\u5a18\u30c1\u30c3\u30dd\u30e9\u3068\u7d50\u5a5a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>God gave two sons to us: Gershom and Eliezer.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306f\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u4e8c\u4eba\u306e\u606f\u5b50\u3092\u304a\u4e0e\u3048\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff1a \u30b2\u30eb\u30b7\u30e7\u30e0\u3068\u30a8\u30ea\u30a8\u30bc\u30eb\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I was hiding out in the wilderness far away from Egypt and my people the sons of Israel (Israelites).\u3000 \u79c1\u306f\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u3082\u3001\u79c1\u306e\u540c\u80de\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u304b\u3089\u3082\u9060\u304f\u96e2\u308c\u305f\u8352\u91ce\u306b\u96a0\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>While the Israelites continued to labor as slaves in Egypt, I lived the life of a shepherd in the wilderness, away from trouble and human drama for 40 years.\u3000 \u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u304c\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u3067\u5974\u96b7\u3068\u3057\u3066\u50cd\u304d\u7d9a\u3051\u3066\u3044\u308b\u9593\u3001\u79c1\u306f\uff14\uff10\u5e74\u9593\u3001\u8352\u91ce\u3067\u7f8a\u98fc\u3044\u306e\u751f\u6d3b\u3092\u9001\u308a\u3001\u30c8\u30e9\u30d6\u30eb\u3084\u4eba\u9593\u30c9\u30e9\u30de\u304b\u3089\u9060\u3056\u304b\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>But one day that all changed.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3042\u308b\u65e5\u3001\u3059\u3079\u3066\u304c\u5909\u308f\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>As I was leading my father-in-law\u2019s flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God,\u3000 \u79c1\u304c\u7fa9\u7236\u306e\u5bb6\u755c\u306e\u7fa4\u308c\u3092\u7387\u3044\u3066\u8352\u91ce\u306e\u897f\u5074\u306b\u5411\u304b\u3044\u3001\u795e\u306e\u5c71\u30db\u30ec\u30d6\u306b\u3055\u3057\u304b\u304b\u3063\u305f\u6642\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3001<\/p>\n<p>the angel of the lord appeared to me in blazing fire from the midst of a bush.\u3000 \u4e3b\u306e\u5fa1\u4f7f\u3044\u304c\u3001\u67f4\u306e\u4e2d\u304b\u3089\u71c3\u3048\u76db\u308b\u708e\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u79c1\u306e\u524d\u306b\u73fe\u308c\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>That bush was amazing, for it was burning with fire, yet it was not burning up.\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u67f4\u306f\u9a5a\u304f\u3079\u304d\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3001\u706b\u3067\u71c3\u3048\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306b\u3082\u304b\u304b\u308f\u3089\u305a\u3001\u71c3\u3048\u5c3d\u304d\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I had to go closer to look at it for it was so marvelous to see.\u3000 \u3042\u307e\u308a\u306e\u7d20\u6674\u3089\u3057\u3055\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u8fd1\u3065\u3044\u3066\u898b\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u3089\u306a\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>But as I approached that burning bush, God called to me from the midst of the bush and said, \u201cMoses, Moses!\u201d\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u305d\u306e\u71c3\u3048\u308b\u67f4\u306b\u8fd1\u3065\u304f\u3068\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u67f4\u306e\u4e2d\u304b\u3089\u300c\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3088\u3001\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3088\u300d\u3068\u79c1\u3092\u547c\u3093\u3060\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>So, I responded, \u201cHere I am.\u201d\u3000 \u305d\u3053\u3067\u79c1\u306f\u300c\u3053\u3053\u306b\u3044\u307e\u3059 \u300d\u3068\u7b54\u3048\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p><strong>And then God said, \u201cDo not come near here;\u00a0remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.\u201d (Exodus 3:5) \u305d\u3057\u3066\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3001\u300c\u3053\u3053\u306b\u8fd1\u3065\u3044\u3066\u306f\u3044\u3051\u306a\u3044\u3002\u8db3\u304b\u3089\u304f\u3064\u3092\u8131\u304e\u306a\u3055\u3044\u3002\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u7acb\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u305d\u306e\u5834\u6240\u306f\u8056\u306a\u308b\u5730\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3042\u308b\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff13\u7ae0\uff15\u7bc0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.\u201d (Exodus 3:6)\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u5148\u7956\u306e\u795e\u3001\u30a2\u30d6\u30e9\u30cf\u30e0\u306e\u795e\u3001\u30a4\u30b5\u30af\u306e\u795e\u3001\u30e4\u30b3\u30d6\u306e\u795e\u3067\u3042\u308b\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff13\u7ae0\uff16\u7bc0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I then hid my face, for I was afraid to look at God.\u00a0 I was awestruck.\u3000\u79c1\u306f\u81ea\u3089\u306e\u9854\u3092\u96a0\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u795e\u69d8\u3092\u898b\u308b\u306e\u304c\u6016\u304b\u3063\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u305d\u306e\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u754f\u6016\u3092\u62b1\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Then God said:\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u3053\u3046\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>Exodus 3:7-10\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff13\u7ae0\uff17\u7bc0\uff0d\uff11\uff10\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have surely\u00a0seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.\u00a0<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>So I have come down\u00a0to deliver them from the\u00a0power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a\u00a0good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of\u00a0the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.\u00a0<sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>Now, behold,\u00a0the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them. <sup>10\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh,\u00a0so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.\u201d\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306b\u3044\u308b\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u6c11\u306e\u60a9\u307f\u3092\u3001\u3064\u3076\u3055\u306b\u898b\u3001\u307e\u305f\u8ffd\u3044\u4f7f\u3046\u8005\u306e\u3086\u3048\u306b\u5f7c\u3089\u306e\u53eb\u3076\u306e\u3092\u805e\u3044\u305f\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u5f7c\u3089\u306e\u82e6\u3057\u307f\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<sup>8<\/sup>\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u4e0b\u3063\u3066\u3001\u5f7c\u3089\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u3073\u3068\u306e\u624b\u304b\u3089\u6551\u3044\u51fa\u3057\u3001\u3053\u308c\u3092\u304b\u306e\u5730\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u4e0a\u3063\u3066\u3001\u826f\u3044\u5e83\u3044\u5730\u3001\u4e73\u3068\u871c\u306e\u6d41\u308c\u308b\u5730\u3001\u3059\u306a\u308f\u3061\u30ab\u30ca\u30f3\u3073\u3068\u3001\u30d8\u30c6\u3073\u3068\u3001\u30a2\u30e2\u30ea\u3073\u3068\u3001\u30da\u30ea\u30b8\u3073\u3068\u3001\u30d2\u30d3\u3073\u3068\u3001\u30a8\u30d6\u30b9\u3073\u3068\u306e\u304a\u308b\u6240\u306b\u81f3\u3089\u305b\u3088\u3046\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002<sup>9<\/sup>\u3044\u307e\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u306e\u53eb\u3073\u304c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306b\u5c4a\u3044\u305f\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u307e\u305f\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u3073\u3068\u304c\u5f7c\u3089\u3092\u3057\u3048\u305f\u3052\u308b\u3001\u305d\u306e\u3057\u3048\u305f\u3052\u3092\u898b\u305f\u3002<sup>10<\/sup>\u3055\u3042\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3092\u30d1\u30ed\u306b\u3064\u304b\u308f\u3057\u3066\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u6c11\u3001\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3055\u305b\u3088\u3046\u300d\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was listening to what God was saying regarding the Israelites in Egypt, and I was glad to know that God called them \u201cMy people\u201d\u3000 \u79c1\u306f\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306b\u3044\u308b\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u8a9e\u3063\u3066\u304a\u3089\u308c\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u805e\u304d\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u5f7c\u3089\u3092\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u6c11 \u300d\u3068\u547c\u3070\u308c\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u559c\u3073\u3001<\/p>\n<p>and that He had heard their cries for help and that He was going to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians.\u3000\u3055\u3089\u306b\u52a9\u3051\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u308b\u5f7c\u3089\u306e\u53eb\u3073\u3092\u805e\u304d\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u306e\u529b\u304b\u3089\u6551\u3044\u51fa\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u308d\u3046\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I was happily listening until He said, \u795e\u69d8\u304c\u3053\u3046\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u308b\u307e\u3067\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u559c\u3093\u3067\u8033\u3092\u50be\u3051\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3001<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTherefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh,\u00a0so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.\u201d Exodus 3:10) \u300c\u3055\u3042\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3092\u30d1\u30ed\u306b\u3064\u304b\u308f\u3057\u3066\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u6c11\u3001\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3055\u305b\u3088\u3046\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff13\u7ae0\uff11\uff10\u7bc0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had to protest, so I said to God, \u79c1\u306f\u3053\u306e\u3053\u3068\u306b\u6297\u8b70\u3057\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u3089\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u8a00\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWho am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?\u201d (Exodus 3:11) \u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3044\u3063\u305f\u3044\u4f55\u8005\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u304c\u30d1\u30ed\u306e\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3078\u884c\u3063\u3066\u3001\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3059\u306e\u3067\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff13\u7ae0\uff11\uff11\u7bc0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I truly wondered at that time, who I was that the God of my ancestors would come to me and speak to me and send me to bring His people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u6642\u3001\u5148\u7956\u306e\u795e\u304c\u79c1\u306e\u3068\u3053\u308d\u306b\u6765\u3066\u8a9e\u308a\u304b\u3051\u3001\u795e\u306e\u6c11\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u9023\u308c\u51fa\u3059\u305f\u3081\u306b\u79c1\u3092\u9063\u308f\u3059\u3068\u306f\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u3044\u3063\u305f\u3044\u4f55\u8005\u306a\u306e\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3068\u5fc3\u304b\u3089\u601d\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>But God said to me, \u3057\u304b\u3057\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly\u00a0I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you:\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u5fc5\u305a\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3068\u5171\u306b\u3044\u308b\u3002\u3053\u308c\u304c\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3092\u3064\u304b\u308f\u3057\u305f\u3057\u308b\u3057\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/p>\n<p><strong>when you have brought the people out of Egypt,\u00a0you shall\u00a0worship God at this mountain.\u201d (Exodus 3:12) \u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u6c11\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3057\u305f\u3068\u304d\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u306f\u3053\u306e\u5c71\u3067\u795e\u306b\u4ed5\u3048\u308b\u3067\u3042\u308d\u3046\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff13\u7ae0\uff11\uff12\u7bc0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But I had a lot of questions about this mission that God had given to me, and I came up with various excuses why I was not the right person for the job.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304b\u3089\u4e0e\u3048\u3089\u308c\u305f\u3053\u306e\u4f7f\u547d\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u591a\u304f\u306e\u7591\u554f\u3092\u62b1\u304d\u3001\u81ea\u5206\u304c\u3053\u306e\u4ed5\u4e8b\u306b\u9069\u4efb\u3067\u306a\u3044\u7406\u7531\u3092\u8272\u3005\u3068\u8a00\u3044\u8a33\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I asked God how I was to convince the Israelites that He had sent me to them.\u3000 \u79c1\u306f\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u3092\u9063\u308f\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u4eba\u306b\u3069\u3046\u7d0d\u5f97\u3055\u305b\u305f\u3089\u3044\u3044\u306e\u304b\u3068\u5c0b\u306d\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>To this, God revealed Himself in a special way by stating that He was, \u3053\u306e\u3053\u3068\u306b\u5bfe\u3057\u3066\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u7279\u5225\u306a\u65b9\u6cd5\u3067\u79c1\u306b\u73fe\u308c\u3001\u8a00\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI AM WHO\u00a0I AM\u201d; and He said, \u201cThus you shall say to the sons of Israel, \u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u6709\u3063\u3066\u6709\u308b\u8005\u300d\u3002\u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u307e\u305f\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u305f\u3001\u300c\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u306b\u3053\u3046\u8a00\u3044\u306a\u3055\u3044\u3001<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I AM has sent me to you.\u2019\u201d\u300e\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u6709\u308b\u300d\u3068\u3044\u3046\u304b\u305f\u304c\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3092\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u306e\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3078\u9063\u308f\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u300f\u3068\u300d\u3002<\/p>\n<p>God gave me specific instructions on how to gather the elders of Israel together and to talk to them,\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306f\u79c1\u306b\u3001\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u9577\u8001\u305f\u3061\u3092\u96c6\u3081\u3066\u5f7c\u3089\u3068\u8a71\u3059\u65b9\u6cd5\u3068\u3001<\/p>\n<p>and to then go to Pharoah together with them to ask to be allowed to go a\u00a0three days\u2019 journey into the wilderness in order to sacrifice to God Almighty.\u3000 \u5168\u80fd\u306e\u795e\u306b\u6367\u3052\u308b\u751f\u8d04\u3092\u6367\u3052\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3001\uff13\u65e5\u306e\u9053\u306e\u308a\u306e\u8352\u91ce\u3092\u884c\u304f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u53ef\u3057\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3046\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3001\u5f7c\u3089\u3068\u4e00\u7dd2\u306b\u30d1\u30ed\u306e\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3078\u884c\u304f\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3068\u5177\u4f53\u7684\u306b\u6307\u793a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>God even made it known that Pharaoh would not permit them to do so, and therefore God would stretch out His hand\u3000\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u30d1\u30ed\u304c\u305d\u3046\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u53ef\u3057\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3001<\/p>\n<p>and strike Egypt with all kinds of miracles until the king would let them go.\u3000 \u307e\u305f\u738b\u304c\u5f7c\u3089\u3092\u89e3\u653e\u3059\u308b\u307e\u3067\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u5fa1\u624b\u3092\u5dee\u3057\u4f38\u3079\u3001\u3042\u3089\u3086\u308b\u5947\u8de1\u3092\u3082\u3063\u3066\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u3092\u6253\u305f\u308c\u308b\u3068\u3092\u4f1d\u3048\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I still was not convinced that I could carry on this mission that God had given to me, so I continued to give Him my objections and excuses for not being able to do the job.\u3000 \u305d\u308c\u3067\u3082\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u306b\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u3053\u306e\u4f7f\u547d\u3092\u9042\u884c\u3067\u304d\u308b\u3068\u78ba\u4fe1\u3067\u304d\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u305d\u306e\u4ed5\u4e8b\u304c\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3078\u306e\u53cd\u8ad6\u3084\u8a00\u3044\u8a33\u3092\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u8a00\u3044\u7d9a\u3051\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Each time, God gave me more resources and miracles which He would perform through me in order to complete the mission.\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u5ea6\u306b\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u305d\u306e\u4f7f\u547d\u3092\u5b8c\u9042\u3059\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3001\u3055\u3089\u306b\u591a\u304f\u306e\u30ea\u30bd\u30fc\u30b9\u3068\u3001\u79c1\u3092\u901a\u3057\u3066\u6210\u3055\u308c\u308b\u5947\u8de1\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in my final desperation, I blurted out to God, \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u6700\u5f8c\u306b\u81ea\u66b4\u81ea\u68c4\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u5411\u304b\u3063\u3066\u3053\u3046\u6f0f\u3089\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3001<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, Lord, now\u00a0send\u00a0the message\u00a0by whomever You will.\u201d (Exodus 4:13)\u300c\u3042\u3042\u3001\u4e3b\u3088\u3001\u3069\u3046\u304b\u3001\u307b\u304b\u306e\u9069\u5f53\u306a\u4eba\u3092\u304a\u3064\u304b\u308f\u3057\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u300d\u3002\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff14\u7ae0\uff11\uff13\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p>Boy did that get God angry.\u00a0 That definitely was not the right response to God.\u3000 \u305d\u308c\u306f\u795e\u69d8\u3092\u6012\u3089\u305b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u305d\u308c\u306f\u9593\u9055\u3044\u306a\u304f\u795e\u3078\u306e\u6b63\u3057\u3044\u5bfe\u5fdc\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>He finally said to me:\u3000\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u3064\u3044\u306b\u79c1\u306b\u3053\u3046\u8a00\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>Exodus 4:14-17\uff08\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\uff14\u7ae0\uff11\uff14\u7bc0\uff0d\uff11\uff17\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIs there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that\u00a0he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold,\u00a0he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.\u00a0<sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>You are to speak to him and\u00a0put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.\u00a0<sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>Moreover,\u00a0he shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.\u00a0<sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>You shall take in your hand\u00a0this staff,\u00a0with which you shall perform the signs.\u201d\u300c\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u5144\u5f1f\u30ec\u30d3\u3073\u3068\u30a2\u30ed\u30f3\u304c\u3044\u308b\u3067\u306f\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u5f7c\u304c\u8a00\u8449\u306b\u3059\u3050\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u898b\u3088\u3001\u5f7c\u306f\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306b\u4f1a\u304a\u3046\u3068\u3057\u3066\u51fa\u3066\u304d\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3002\u5f7c\u306f\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3092\u898b\u3066\u5fc3\u306b\u559c\u3076\u3067\u3042\u308d\u3046\u3002<sup>15<\/sup>\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306f\u5f7c\u306b\u8a9e\u3063\u3066\u8a00\u8449\u3092\u305d\u306e\u53e3\u306b\u6388\u3051\u306a\u3055\u3044\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u53e3\u3068\u5171\u306b\u3042\u308a\u3001\u5f7c\u306e\u53e3\u3068\u5171\u306b\u3042\u3063\u3066\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u306e\u306a\u3059\u3079\u304d\u3053\u3068\u3092\u6559\u3048\u3001<sup>16<\/sup>\u5f7c\u306f\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306b\u4ee3\u3063\u3066\u6c11\u306b\u8a9e\u308b\u3067\u3042\u308d\u3046\u3002\u5f7c\u306f\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u53e3\u3068\u306a\u308a\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306f\u5f7c\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3001\u795e\u306b\u4ee3\u308b\u3067\u3042\u308d\u3046\u3002<sup>17<\/sup>\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306f\u305d\u306e\u3064\u3048\u3092\u624b\u306b\u57f7\u308a\u3001\u305d\u308c\u3092\u3082\u3063\u3066\u3001\u3057\u308b\u3057\u3092\u884c\u3044\u306a\u3055\u3044\u300d\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With those words from God, I went to Jethro my father-in-law to ask to be allowed to go to Egypt to see my family, the Israelites, and he let me go in peace.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u304b\u3089\u306e\u305d\u306e\u8a00\u8449\u3092\u80f8\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u7fa9\u7236\u30a8\u30c6\u30ed\u306e\u3068\u3053\u308d\u3078\u884c\u304d\u3001\u79c1\u306e\u5bb6\u65cf\u3067\u3042\u308b\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u306b\u4f1a\u3046\u305f\u3081\u306b\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306b\u884c\u304f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u3057\u3066\u304f\u308c\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306b\u983c\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Just as God said, the king of Egypt would not let the Israelites go.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306e\u8a00\u8449\u901a\u308a\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306e\u738b\u306f\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u4eba\u3092\u884c\u304b\u305b\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>It took ten miracles by God to make the Egyptian king to realize that the pagan idols he worshipped\u3000\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306e\u738b\u304c\u3001\u81ea\u5206\u304c\u5d07\u62dd\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7570\u6559\u306e\u5076\u50cf\u306f\u3001\u552f\u4e00\u7121\u4e8c\u306e\u5b58\u5728\u3067\u3042\u308b\u795e\u306b\u6575\u308f\u306a\u3044\u3053\u3068\u3092\u609f\u308b\u306b\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u3088\u308b\uff11\uff10\u306e\u5947\u8de1\u304c\u5fc5\u8981\u3060\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>were no match for the one and only true God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u5076\u50cf\u306f\u552f\u4e00\u306b\u3057\u3066\u771f\u306e\u795e\u3001\u30a2\u30d6\u30e9\u30cf\u30e0\u3001\u30a4\u30b5\u30af\u3001\u30e4\u30b3\u30d6\u306e\u795e\u306b\u306f\u6575\u308f\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>After the last miracle that God performed in which the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast were struck down, did the Egyptian king let the Israelites go out of Egypt.\u3000 \u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u738b\u304c\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u8131\u51fa\u3055\u305b\u305f\u306e\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u884c\u3063\u305f\u6700\u5f8c\u306e\u5947\u8de1\u306e\u5f8c\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Even in this act of God, we all saw God\u2019s judgment and mercy.\u3000\u3053\u306e\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u884c\u70ba\u306b\u304a\u3044\u3066\u3082\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306f\u7686\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u88c1\u304d\u3068\u6190\u308c\u307f\u3092\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>For all the Israelites and the few Egyptians who feared God and followed His commandments were spared from losing their firstborn.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u3092\u754f\u308c\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u6212\u3081\u306b\u5f93\u3063\u305f\u5168\u3066\u306e\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u4eba\u3068\u6570\u5c11\u306a\u3044\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u306f\u7686\u3001\u521d\u5b50\u3092\u5931\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3092\u514d\u308c\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>This miraculous work of God was to be remembered through what my people the Israelites still celebrate till now in what is called the Passover.\u3000 \u3053\u306e\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u5947\u8de1\u7684\u306a\u5fa1\u696d\u306f\u3001\u308f\u304c\u6c11\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u4eba\u304c\u4eca\u65e5\u307e\u3067\u795d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u904e\u8d8a\u306e\u796d\u308a\u3068\u547c\u3070\u308c\u308b\u3082\u306e\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u8a18\u61b6\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Thus, after these things, I led the Israelites out of Egypt.\u3000 \u3053\u3046\u3057\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Our destination was to be the land that God had promised to our ancestor, Abraham, called the Promised Land,\u3000 \u79c1\u9054\u306e\u76ee\u7684\u5730\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u5148\u7956\u30a2\u30d6\u30e9\u30cf\u30e0\u306b\u7d04\u675f\u3057\u305f\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3001<\/p>\n<p>which was in the land of Canaan, known as the land of milk and honey.\u3000 \u4e73\u3068\u871c\u306e\u56fd\u3068\u3057\u3066\u77e5\u3089\u308c\u308b\u30ab\u30ca\u30f3\u306e\u5730\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Right away our faith in God was challenged as we were chased by the Egyptian army and we were pinned in by the Red Sea that was in front of us.\u3000 \u79c1\u9054\u304c\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8ecd\u306b\u8ffd\u308f\u308c\u3001\u76ee\u306e\u524d\u306e\u7d05\u6d77\u306b\u91d8\u4ed8\u3051\u306b\u3055\u308c\u305f\u6642\u3001\u3059\u3050\u306b\u79c1\u9054\u306e\u795e\u69d8\u3078\u306e\u4fe1\u4ef0\u304c\u554f\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>But God rescued us by parting the Red Sea, so that we could walk across to the other side on dry land.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u7d05\u6d77\u3092\u5272\u3063\u3066\u79c1\u9054\u3092\u52a9\u3051\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306f\u4e7e\u3044\u305f\u9678\u5730\u3092\u6b69\u3044\u3066\u5411\u3053\u3046\u5cb8\u306b\u6e21\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Then, we watched as God wiped out the Egyptian army by returning the sea waters to its rightful place.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u6d77\u306e\u6c34\u3092\u5143\u3042\u308b\u5834\u6240\u306b\u623b\u3059\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3088\u308a\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8ecd\u3092\u4e00\u6383\u3055\u308c\u308b\u306e\u3092\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, in spite of seeing all of these wonderful miracles of God, due to our lack of faith and disobedience toward God,\u3000\u60b2\u3057\u3044\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3001\u3053\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u7d20\u6674\u3089\u3057\u3044\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u5947\u8de1\u3092\u76ee\u306e\u5f53\u305f\u308a\u306b\u3057\u305f\u306b\u3082\u304b\u304b\u308f\u3089\u305a\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306e\u4fe1\u4ef0\u5fc3\u306e\u6b20\u5982\u3068\u795e\u69d8\u3078\u306e\u4e0d\u5f93\u9806\u304c\u539f\u56e0\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3063\u305f\u3001<\/p>\n<p>my generation, those 20 years old and older, which included me, were not allowed to enter that Promised Land.\u3000 \u79c1\u3092\u542b\u3080\uff12\uff10\u6b73\u4ee5\u4e0a\u306e\u4e16\u4ee3\u306f\u3001\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u306b\u5165\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Thus, we wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.\u3000 \u3053\u3046\u3057\u3066\u79c1\u9054\u306f\uff14\uff10\u5e74\u9593\u3001\u8352\u91ce\u3092\u3055\u307e\u3088\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Yet, even throughout all this, God did not abandon us.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u305d\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u4e2d\u3067\u3082\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u79c1\u9054\u3092\u898b\u6368\u3066\u3089\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>He provided food for us in the form of manna, which was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306f\u30b3\u30ea\u30a2\u30f3\u30c0\u30fc\u306e\u5b9f\u306e\u3088\u3046\u3067\u767d\u304f\u3001\u5473\u306f\u871c\u5165\u308a\u306e\u30a6\u30a8\u30cf\u30fc\u30b9\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u30de\u30ca\u3092\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>God provided this for us six days a week except on the Sabbath (a day of rest), and He did so for 40 years until we entered the Promised Land.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306f\u3001\u5b89\u606f\u65e5\uff08\u4f11\u606f\u65e5\uff09\u3092\u9664\u304f\u9031\uff16\u65e5\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u3053\u308c\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u304c\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u306b\u5165\u308b\u307e\u3067\u306e\uff14\uff10\u5e74\u3082\u306e\u9593\u3001\u305d\u3046\u3057\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>He also provided quail as meat for us to eat, besides the livestock that we cared for throughout our time in the wilderness.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306f\u307e\u305f\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u304c\u8352\u91ce\u3067\u4e16\u8a71\u3057\u305f\u5bb6\u755c\u306e\u4ed6\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u304c\u98df\u3079\u308b\u8089\u3068\u3057\u3066\u30a6\u30ba\u30e9\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>He also provided us with water . . . in the wilderness!\u3000 \u4e3b\u306f\u307e\u305f\u3001\u8352\u91ce\u3067\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u6c34\u3092&#8230;&#8230;\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<\/p>\n<p>He also gave us rules, 613 commandments to be exact, by which we might live as His people.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306f\u307e\u305f\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u304c\u795e\u306e\u6c11\u3068\u3057\u3066\u751f\u304d\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306e\u30eb\u30fc\u30eb\u3001\u6b63\u78ba\u306b\u306f\uff16\uff11\uff13\u306e\u6212\u3081\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, God remained with us throughout those 40 years in the wilderness, making His presence known to us through a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.\u3000 \u6700\u3082\u91cd\u8981\u306a\u3053\u3068\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u8352\u91ce\u3067\u306e\uff14\uff10\u5e74\u9593\u3092\u901a\u3057\u3066\u79c1\u9054\u3068\u5171\u306b\u3044\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u308a\u3001\u663c\u306f\u96f2\u306e\u67f1\u3001\u591c\u306f\u706b\u306e\u67f1\u3092\u901a\u3057\u3066\u795e\u306e\u5b58\u5728\u3092\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>These visible manifestations of God\u2019s presence with us were important for our protection from others and for our own faith and morale.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u9054\u3068\u5171\u306b\u304a\u3089\u308c\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u76ee\u306b\u898b\u3048\u308b\u5f62\u3067\u793a\u3059\u3053\u3068\u306f\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u3092\u4ed6\u8005\u304b\u3089\u5b88\u308a\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u81ea\u8eab\u306e\u4fe1\u4ef0\u3068\u58eb\u6c17\u3092\u9ad8\u3081\u308b\u305f\u3081\u306b\u91cd\u8981\u3060\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>As I indicated, I myself was not allowed to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land.\u3000 \u5148\u306b\u8ff0\u3079\u305f\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u81ea\u8eab\u306f\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u3092\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u306b\u5c0e\u304f\u3053\u3068\u306f\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>This is because on one occasion, I failed to honor God and obey His command in which I was to speak to the rock from which God would bring forth water.\u3000 \u3068\u3044\u3046\u306e\u3082\u3001\u3042\u308b\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u795e\u69d8\u3092\u656c\u308f\u305a\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u6c34\u3092\u3082\u305f\u3089\u3059\u5ca9\u306b\u8a9e\u308a\u304b\u3051\u3088\u3068\u3044\u3046\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u547d\u4ee4\u306b\u5f93\u308f\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I blurted out, \u201cListen now, you rebels; \u305d\u306e\u4ee3\u308f\u308a\u306b\u79c1\u306f\u601d\u308f\u305a\u300c\u305d\u3080\u304f\u4eba\u305f\u3061\u3088\u3001\u805e\u304d\u306a\u3055\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<p>shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?\u201d, and in anger I struck the rock twice (Numbers 20:10-11).\u308f\u308c\u308f\u308c\u304c\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u3001\u3053\u306e\u5ca9\u304b\u3089\u6c34\u3092\u51fa\u3055\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u3089\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3042\u308d\u3046\u304b\u300d\u3002\uff08\u6c11\u6570\u8a18\uff12\uff10\u7ae0\uff11\uff10\u7bc0\uff0d\uff11\uff11\u7bc0\uff09\u3068\u8a00\u3044\u3001\u6012\u308a\u306b\u4efb\u305b\u3066\u5ca9\u3092\u4e8c\u5ea6\u3001\u53e9\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I can truly say that leading the Israelites was not an easy task.\u00a0 Sometimes they got me really angry.\u3000 \u6b63\u76f4\u306b\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u3092\u7387\u3044\u308b\u306e\u306f\u7c21\u5358\u306a\u3053\u3068\u3067\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002 \u6642\u306b\u3001\u305d\u308c\u306f\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u79c1\u3092\u6012\u3089\u305b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>It taught me how God felt about me and my people when we refused to trust Him and obey Him.\u3000\u79c1\u9054\u304c\u795e\u69d8\u3092\u4fe1\u983c\u3057\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306b\u5f93\u3046\u3053\u3068\u3092\u62d2\u3093\u3060\u6642\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u3084\u79c1\u306e\u6c11\u3092\u3069\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u601d\u3063\u3066\u304a\u3089\u308c\u305f\u304b\u3001\u6559\u3048\u3089\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Some people may think it was cruel of God to not allow me to enter the Promised Land with my people after all those years of being with them and leading them.\u3000 \u4f55\u5e74\u3082\u6c11\u3068\u5171\u306b\u3042\u308a\u3001\u6c11\u3092\u5c0e\u3044\u3066\u304d\u305f\u306e\u306b\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u6c11\u3068\u5171\u306b\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u306b\u5165\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u306e\u306f\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u6b8b\u9177\u306a\u884c\u70ba\u3060\u3068\u601d\u3046\u4eba\u304c\u3044\u308b\u304b\u3082\u3057\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/p>\n<p>However, God was merciful and gracious toward me throughout my lifetime, and He was kind to me even in my death.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u79c1\u306e\u751f\u6daf\u3092\u901a\u3057\u3066\u3042\u308f\u308c\u307f\u6df1\u304f\u3001\u6075\u307f\u6df1\u3044\u65b9\u3067\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>As God prepared me for my death, I went up to the top of Pisgah, that is Mount Nebo.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u306b\u6b7b\u3092\u3082\u305f\u3089\u3055\u308c\u305f\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u30d4\u30b9\u30ac\u306e\u9802\u3001\u3059\u306a\u308f\u3061\u30cd\u30dc\u5c71\u306b\u767b\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>From there God showed me the Promised Land, and reminded me of His promise to give that land to the Israelites.\u3000 \u305d\u3053\u304b\u3089\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u3092\u79c1\u306b\u793a\u3057\u3001\u305d\u306e\u5730\u3092\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306e\u6c11\u306b\u4e0e\u3048\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u795e\u69d8\u306e\u7d04\u675f\u3092\u79c1\u306b\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u3055\u305b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>And then, I died in the land of Moab, and God provided for my burial, and therefore only God knows where I was buried.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u30e2\u30a2\u30d6\u306e\u5730\u3067\u6b7b\u306b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u306e\u57cb\u846c\u3092\u5099\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u3069\u3053\u306b\u57cb\u846c\u3055\u308c\u305f\u304b\u306f\u795e\u3060\u3051\u304c\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>So, as I look back on my life, I am glad to know that I did not die being known as:\u3000 \u3060\u304b\u3089\u3001\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u4eba\u751f\u3092\u632f\u308a\u8fd4\u308b\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u3053\u3046\u547c\u3070\u308c\u3066\u6b7b\u306a\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u5b09\u3057\u304f\u601d\u3046\u306e\u3067\u3059\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>A prince of Egypt, or a murderer of an Egyptian, or a shepherd in the wilderness.\u3000 \u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u306e\u738b\u5b50\u3001\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u4eba\u6bba\u3057\u3001\u8352\u91ce\u306e\u7f8a\u98fc\u3044\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Nor as a spokesman for a nation, or miracle worker, or as a prophet.\u3000 \u56fd\u6c11\u306e\u4ee3\u5f01\u8005\u3068\u3001\u5947\u8de1\u3092\u8d77\u3053\u3059\u8005\u3001\u9810\u8a00\u8005\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Not even as a man who saw a glimpse of God\u2019s glory, or one who never entered the Promised Land.\u3000 \u795e\u306e\u6804\u5149\u3092\u57a3\u9593\u898b\u305f\u8005\u3001\u307e\u305f\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u5730\u306b\u5165\u3089\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u8005\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I am simply known in my death as \u201cMoses\u00a0the servant of the\u00a0Lord\u201d (Deuteronomy 34:5).\u3000\u79c1\u306f\u305d\u306e\u6b7b\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u305f\u3060\u300c\u4e3b\u306e\u50d5\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u300d\u3068\u3057\u3066\u77e5\u3089\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff08\u7533\u547d\u8a18\uff13\uff14\u7ae0\uff15\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p>However, I am not talking to you as a dead man this morning.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u4eca\u671d\u3001\u6b7b\u4eba\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306b\u8a71\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u306e\u3067\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/p>\n<p>For in God\u2019s great mercy and grace, I was allowed to stand in the Promised Land, in what is now called Israel, with God\u2019s Son Jesus Christ.\u3000 \u795e\u69d8\u306e\u5927\u3044\u306a\u308b\u3042\u308f\u308c\u307f\u3068\u6075\u307f\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u795e\u306e\u5fa1\u5b50\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3068\u5171\u306b\u4eca\u65e5\u3001\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u3068\u547c\u3070\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7d04\u675f\u306e\u571f\u5730\u306b\u7acb\u3064\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3089\u3002<\/p>\n<p>The occasion is referred to as \u201cJesus\u2019 Transfiguration\u201d and recorded in the New Testament in Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9.\u3000 \u3053\u306e\u51fa\u6765\u4e8b\u306f\u300c\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u306e\u5909\u5bb9\u300d\u3068\u547c\u3070\u308c\u3001\u65b0\u7d04\u8056\u66f8\u306e\u30de\u30bf\u30a4\u306b\u3088\u308b\u798f\u97f3\u66f8\uff11\uff17\u7ae0\u3001\u30de\u30eb\u30b3\u306b\u3088\u308b\u798f\u97f3\u66f8\uff19\u7ae0\u3001\u30eb\u30ab\u306b\u3088\u308b\u798f\u97f3\u66f8\uff19\u7ae0\u306b\u8a18\u9332\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>On that particular occasion, Elijah and I were privileged to meet Jesus before He went to the cross to die for all of our sins,\u3000 \u305d\u306e\u7279\u5225\u306a\u6a5f\u4f1a\u306b\u3001\u30a8\u30ea\u30e4\u3068\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u9054\u306e\u7f6a\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u5341\u5b57\u67b6\u306b\u304b\u304b\u3063\u3066\u6b7b\u306a\u308c\u308b\u524d\u306b\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u306b\u4f1a\u3046\u6a5f\u4f1a\u306b\u6075\u307e\u308c\u3001<\/p>\n<p>and we were speaking to Him about His \u201cexodus\u201d in which He would accomplish our deliverance in Jerusalem.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u79c1\u9054\u306f\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u304c\u30a8\u30eb\u30b5\u30ec\u30e0\u3067\u79c1\u9054\u306e\u89e3\u653e\u3092\u6210\u3057\u9042\u3052\u308b\u300c\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u300d\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u3068\u8a71\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>All of this of course speaks to the certainty of the resurrection of the dead that the Bible teaches.\u3000 \u3082\u3061\u308d\u3093\u3001\u3053\u308c\u3089\u3059\u3079\u3066\u306f\u3001\u8056\u66f8\u304c\u6559\u3048\u308b\u6b7b\u8005\u306e\u5fa9\u6d3b\u306e\u78ba\u304b\u3055\u3092\u7269\u8a9e\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>For as Jesus said, God is not the God of the dead but of the living.\u3000 \u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u304c\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u305f\u3088\u3046\u306b\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u6b7b\u8005\u306e\u795e\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u751f\u304d\u3066\u3044\u308b\u8005\u306e\u795e\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3089\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Well, I am here to tell you that that moment with Jesus was greater than all that God had allowed me to do during the 120 years of my life here on this earth.\u3000 \u3055\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u3053\u3053\u3067\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u3068\u306e\u305d\u306e\u77ac\u9593\u306f\u3001\u3053\u306e\u5730\u4e0a\u3067\u306e\uff11\uff12\uff10\u5e74\u306e\u4eba\u751f\u306e\u9593\u306b\u795e\u69d8\u304c\u79c1\u306b\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u305f\u5168\u3066\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3088\u308a\u3082\u5927\u3044\u306a\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3068\u304a\u4f1d\u3048\u3057\u305f\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>For all that I did was done in order to point people to Jesus Christ.\u3000 \u79c1\u304c\u3057\u305f\u3053\u3068\u306f\u5168\u3066\u3001\u4eba\u3005\u306b\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u6307\u3057\u793a\u3059\u305f\u3081\u306b\u306a\u3055\u308c\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3089\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I am truly honored to be mentioned by Jesus and in the Bible in the following manner.\u3000 \u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u307e\u305f\u8056\u66f8\u306b\u304a\u3044\u3066\u3001\u6b21\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u8a00\u53ca\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3092\u5fc3\u304b\u3089\u5149\u6804\u306b\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>As the author of the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, I am blessed to know the following two things.\u3000 \u8056\u66f8\u306e\u6700\u521d\u306e\uff15\u66f8\uff1a\u5275\u4e16\u8a18\u3001\u51fa\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u8a18\u3001\u30ec\u30d3\u8a18\u3001\u6c11\u6570\u8a18\u3001\u7533\u547d\u8a18\u306e\u8457\u8005\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u6b21\u306e2\u3064\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u77e5\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3067\u304d\u3066\u5e78\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Jesus said to the Jews, the very descendants of the people that I led out of Egypt, who lived in Israel during His time here on earth:\u3000 \u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u306f\u3001\u307e\u3055\u306b\u79c1\u304c\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3057\u305f\u6c11\u306e\u5b50\u5b6b\u3067\u3042\u308a\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u304c\u3053\u306e\u5730\u4e0a\u306b\u304a\u3089\u308c\u305f\u6642\u4ee3\u306b\u30a4\u30b9\u30e9\u30a8\u30eb\u306b\u4f4f\u3093\u3067\u3044\u305f\u30e6\u30c0\u30e4\u4eba\u305f\u3061\u306b\u5411\u304b\u3063\u3066\u8a00\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>John 5:45-47\uff08\u30e8\u30cf\u30cd\u306e\u798f\u97f3\u66f8\uff15\u7ae0\uff14\uff15\u7bc0\uff0d\uff14\uff17\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>45\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cDo not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is\u00a0Moses, in whom you have set your hope.\u00a0<sup>46\u00a0<\/sup>For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for\u00a0he wrote about Me.\u00a0<sup>47\u00a0<\/sup>But\u00a0if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?\u201d <sup>45<\/sup>\u300c\u308f\u305f\u3057\u304c\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u7236\u306b\u8a34\u3048\u308b\u3068\u3001\u8003\u3048\u3066\u306f\u3044\u3051\u306a\u3044\u3002\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u3092\u8a34\u3048\u308b\u8005\u306f\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u304c\u983c\u307f\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u305d\u306e\u4eba\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002 <sup>46<\/sup>\u3082\u3057\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u305f\u304c\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3092\u4fe1\u3058\u305f\u306a\u3089\u3070\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u3092\u3082\u4fe1\u3058\u305f\u3067\u3042\u308d\u3046\u3002\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u306f\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u66f8\u3044\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<sup>47<\/sup>\u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u306e\u66f8\u3044\u305f\u3082\u306e\u3092\u4fe1\u3058\u306a\u3044\u306a\u3089\u3070\u3001\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3066\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u8a00\u8449\u3092\u4fe1\u3058\u308b\u3060\u308d\u3046\u304b\u300d\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t even know about it at the time, but all I had written were to point people to Jesus Christ.\u3000 \u5f53\u6642\u3001\u79c1\u306f\u305d\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u77e5\u308a\u3082\u3057\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u79c1\u304c\u66f8\u3044\u305f\u3082\u306e\u306f\u5168\u3066\u3001\u4eba\u3005\u306b\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u6307\u3057\u793a\u3059\u305f\u3081\u306e\u3082\u306e\u3060\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>John in the Gospel (Good News) that he wrote concerning Jesus Christ put it this way:\u3000 \u30e8\u30cf\u30cd\u306f\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u66f8\u3044\u305f\u798f\u97f3\u66f8\uff08\u30b0\u30c3\u30c9\u30fb\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\uff09\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u3001\u3053\u3046\u8ff0\u3079\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>John 1:14, 17\uff08\u30e8\u30cf\u30cd\u306e\u798f\u97f3\u66f8\uff11\u7ae0\uff11\uff14\u7bc0\u3001\uff11\uff17\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong><sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0the Word\u00a0became flesh, and\u00a0dwelt among us, and\u00a0we saw His glory, glory as of\u00a0the only begotten from the Father, full of\u00a0grace and\u00a0truth.\u00a0<sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>For\u00a0the Law was given through Moses;\u00a0grace and\u00a0truth\u00a0were realized through Jesus Christ. <sup>14<\/sup>\u305d\u3057\u3066\u8a00\u306f\u8089\u4f53\u3068\u306a\u308a\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u305f\u3061\u306e\u3046\u3061\u306b\u5bbf\u3063\u305f\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u305f\u3061\u306f\u305d\u306e\u6804\u5149\u3092\u898b\u305f\u3002\u305d\u308c\u306f\u7236\u306e\u3072\u3068\u308a\u5b50\u3068\u3057\u3066\u306e\u6804\u5149\u3067\u3042\u3063\u3066\u3001\u3081\u3050\u307f\u3068\u307e\u3053\u3068\u3068\u306b\u6e80\u3061\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3002<sup>17<\/sup>\u5f8b\u6cd5\u306f\u30e2\u30fc\u30bb\u3092\u3068\u304a\u3057\u3066\u4e0e\u3048\u3089\u308c\u3001\u3081\u3050\u307f\u3068\u307e\u3053\u3068\u3068\u306f\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u3068\u304a\u3057\u3066\u304d\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And, I am here to tell you that it is God\u2019s grace and truth through Jesus Christ that has saved me as well.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u901a\u3057\u305f\u795e\u306e\u6075\u307f\u3068\u771f\u7406\u304c\u79c1\u3092\u3082\u6551\u3063\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3063\u305f\u306e\u3060\u3068\u3001\u3053\u3053\u306b\u304a\u4f1d\u3048\u3057\u305f\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>For you see, God allowed me to lead the Hebrews out of slavery from Egypt, \u3068\u3044\u3046\u306e\u3082\u3001\u795e\u306f\u79c1\u306b\u30d8\u30d6\u30e9\u30a4\u4eba\u3092\u30a8\u30b8\u30d7\u30c8\u304b\u3089\u306e\u5974\u96b7\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3059\u3053\u3068\u3092\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001<\/p>\n<p>but Jesus Christ leads all of us who believe and follow Him out of slavery from sin and death.\u3000\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u306f\u3001\u4fe1\u3058\u5f93\u3046\u79c1\u9054\u306e\u5168\u3066\u3092\u3001\u7f6a\u3068\u6b7b\u306e\u5974\u96b7\u304b\u3089\u5c0e\u304d\u51fa\u3055\u308c\u308b\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>For God who is both just and loving has made it clear to us in His word:\u3000 \u516c\u6b63\u3067\u611b\u306b\u6e80\u3061\u305f\u795e\u306f\u3001\u5fa1\u8a00\u8449\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u3001\u3053\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u660e\u3089\u304b\u306b\u3057\u3066\u304a\u3089\u308c\u308b\u304b\u3089\u3067\u3059\uff1a<\/p>\n<p>Romans 6:23\uff08\u30ed\u30fc\u30de\u4eba\u3078\u306e\u624b\u7d19\uff16\u7ae0\uff12\uff13\u7bc0\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. \u7f6a\u306e\u652f\u6255\u3046\u5831\u916c\u306f\u6b7b\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002\u3057\u304b\u3057\u795e\u306e\u8cdc\u7269\u306f\u3001\u308f\u305f\u3057\u305f\u3061\u306e\u4e3b\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u30fb\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u6c38\u9060\u306e\u3044\u306e\u3061\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None of us merit God\u2019s grace and eternal life.\u3000 \u79c1\u9054\u306f\u8ab0\u3072\u3068\u308a\u3068\u3057\u3066\u3001\u795e\u306e\u6075\u307f\u3068\u6c38\u9060\u306e\u547d\u306b\u5024\u3059\u308b\u8005\u306f\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/p>\n<p>However, God offers us abundant and eternal life through Jesus Christ.\u3000 \u3057\u304b\u3057\u3001\u795e\u69d8\u306f\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u901a\u3057\u3066\u79c1\u9054\u306b\u8c4a\u304b\u306a\u6c38\u9060\u306e\u547d\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u308b\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Through faith in Jesus Christ as God\u2019s Son who as our Savior has died for our sins and rose from the dead, \u6551\u3044\u4e3b\u3068\u3057\u3066\u79c1\u9054\u306e\u7f6a\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u6b7b\u306a\u308c\u3001\u6b7b\u304b\u3089\u3088\u307f\u304c\u3048\u3089\u308c\u305f\u795e\u306e\u5fa1\u5b50\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u30fb\u30ad\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u3092<\/p>\n<p>we are set free from the bondage to sin and evil and death.\u3000\u4fe1\u3058\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u79c1\u9054\u306f\u7f6a\u3068\u60aa\u3068\u6b7b\u3078\u306e\u675f\u7e1b\u304b\u3089\u89e3\u653e\u3055\u308c\u308b\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>And this is the testimony of God\u2019s grace for everyone who has encountered Jesus, and has placed their faith in Him and who now walks in trust and obedience to Him.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3053\u308c\u304c\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u3068\u51fa\u4f1a\u3044\u3001\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u306b\u4fe1\u4ef0\u3092\u7f6e\u304d\u3001\u4eca\u3084\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u3078\u306e\u4fe1\u983c\u3068\u5f93\u9806\u306e\u3046\u3061\u306b\u6b69\u3080\u5168\u3066\u306e\u4eba\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u795e\u306e\u6075\u307f\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>We all have a testimony of God\u2019s truth and grace to share with others.\u3000 \u79c1\u9054\u306f\u7686\u3001\u795e\u306e\u771f\u7406\u3068\u6075\u307f\u306e\u8a3c\u3057\u3092\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Your story may not be written in the Bible as mine was, but your story is part of God\u2019s story, HIStory,\u3000 \u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u7269\u8a9e\u306f\u79c1\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306b\u8056\u66f8\u306b\u66f8\u304b\u308c\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u304b\u3082\u3057\u308c\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c\u3001\u3042\u306a\u305f\u306e\u7269\u8a9e\u306f\u795e\u306e\u7269\u8a9e\u3001HIStory\u306e\u4e00\u90e8\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3001<\/p>\n<p>and it is to be shared with others, so that they too may come to know Jesus and then to make Him known to others.\u3000 \u305d\u3057\u3066\u3001\u305d\u308c\u306f\u4ed6\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u3068\u5206\u304b\u3061\u5408\u3046\u3079\u304d\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3042\u308a\u3001\u305d\u3046\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u3067\u5f7c\u3089\u3082\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u3092\u77e5\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306b\u306a\u308a\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\u69d8\u3092\u4ed6\u306e\u4eba\u3005\u306b\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306b\u306a\u308b\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>That is the calling that all of us have as those who have encountered God (Jesus), and who now live for Him.\u3000 \u305d\u308c\u304c\u3001\u795e\uff08\u30a4\u30a8\u30b9\uff09\u3068\u51fa\u4f1a\u3044\u3001\u795e\u306e\u305f\u3081\u306b\u751f\u304d\u308b\u79c1\u9054\u3001\u5168\u3066\u306e\u4f7f\u547d\u306a\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray.\u3000 \u304a\u7948\u308a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u672c\u65e5\u306e\u304a\u3082\u3061\u304b\u3048\u308a<\/p>\n<p>\uff11\uff09\u30e1\u30c3\u30bb\u30fc\u30b7\u3099\u306e\u4e2d\u3066\u3099\u53c2\u7167\u3057\u305f\u8056\u53e5:\u51fa\u30a8\u30b7\u3099\u30d5\u309a\u30c8\u8a18 1 \u7ae0\u201420 \u7ae0\u3001\u6c11\u6570\u8a18 20 \u7ae0 8 \u7bc0\u201413 \u7bc0\u3001 \u7533\u547d\u8a18 34 \u7ae0 1 \u7bc0\u20147 \u7bc0\u3001\u30eb\u30ab\u306b\u3088\u308b\u798f\u97f3\u66f8 9 \u7ae0 28 \u7bc0\u201436 \u7bc0\u3001\u30e8\u30cf\u30cd\u306b\u3088\u308b\u798f\u97f3\u66f8 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