It means there are things holding back.

這意味著有事情在阻礙著我們。

And if you want newness in your life, you have to break out of something.

如果你想讓自己的生活充滿新意，你就必須突破一些東西。

We all want to overcome.

我們都想克服困難。

We all want to grow.

我們都希望成長。

We all want to go to higher ground.

我們都想去更高的地方。

That's what our heart is.

這就是我們的心。

Tonight I'm going to look at some of the most crucial, biblical, spiritual, and practical keys for new beginnings in your life.

今晚，我將探討一些最關鍵的、符合聖經的、屬靈的和實用的關鍵因素，為你的人生帶來新的開始。

So what does this have to do with that?

那麼，這又有什麼關係呢？

Well the context of that law, the law of the firstborn, is Exodus.

長子律法的背景是《出埃及記》。

It's Exodus 13, so that's one chapter after Passover, the Exodus, when it begins.

這是出埃及記第 13 章，所以是逾越節之後的一章，也就是出埃及記開始的時候。

So this is all about their leaving Egypt.

所以，這一切都是為了讓他們離開埃及。

After hundreds of years, generations of slavery, they are set free.

經過幾百年、幾代人的奴役，他們獲得了自由。

This is the time they're leaving oppression, and frustration, and darkness, and misery, and alienation.

這是他們離開壓迫、挫折、黑暗、苦難和疏離的時刻。

All that for blessing, for the promised land.

這一切都是為了祝福，為了應許之地。

It's the day of their new beginning.

這是他們新開始的一天。

And what law that does God give them on that day?

那一天，上帝給了他們什麼律法？

It's the law of the firstborn, or the law of the first fruit.

這是長子的法則，或者說是第一個果實的法則。

The first fruit is holy to the Lord.

初熟的果實對主來說是聖潔的。

That's a principle in the Bible.

這是《聖經》中的原則。

The first, not that other part is not, but there's something special about the first.

第一部分不是其他部分，但第一部分有其特殊之處。

The first fruit of the womb is especially holy.

子宮裡的第一個果實尤其神聖。

If you remember when Messiah was born, he was the firstborn and so he was dedicated in a special way to be dedicated, so they were dedicated to the Lord.

如果你還記得彌賽亞出生的時候，他是長子，所以他是以一種特殊的方式獻給主的，所以他們是獻給主的。

So what's the connection?

這之間有什麼聯繫？

God told Moses to tell Pharaoh, Israel is my firstborn.

上帝讓摩西告訴法老，以色列是我的長子。

Israel is my firstborn, he said.

他說，以色列是我的長子。

And on the day that they leave, that Israel leaves Egypt, God gives them the law of the firstborn, or the first fruit.

在以色列人離開埃及的那一天，上帝給了他們長子或第一個果子的律法。

Why?

為什麼？

Because the exodus is a birth.

因為出埃及記是一種誕生。

It's the birth.

是出生。

It's Israel coming out of Egypt.

這是以色列人走出埃及。

It's a birth.

這是一個誕生。

It's a national birth of Israel.

這是以色列民族的誕生。

It's kind of, you could say it's a, a new birth, a second birthday, but it's a birth out of the womb of Egypt.

你可以說這是一種新生，是第二次生日，但這是從埃及子宮裡誕生的。

They are born as a nation.

他們生來就是一個民族。

And one of the most, the one who's most critical on earth for this coming out is the man named Moses, or in Hebrew Mosheh.

其中最關鍵的一個人就是摩西，希伯來語叫摩西。

What does Mosheh mean?

摩西是什麼意思？

It means to bring forth.

意思是產生。

So here God is bringing forth the nation as a birth out of Egypt and the one who's leading it is named bring forth in Hebrew.

是以，在這裡，上帝讓這個民族從埃及誕生，而上司這個民族的人在希伯來語中被命名為 "誕生"。

So here is, it says Israel's my firstborn and now is the birth.

是以，這裡說以色列是我的長子，現在是出生的時候了。

And now at that same moment he says now for you every firstborn you must especially dedicate to the Lord.

現在，在同一時刻，他又說，現在你們每一個長子都要特別獻給主。

You see this principle throughout the Bible.

聖經》中處處體現了這一原則。

The first fruit.

第一顆果實

Passover is linked to the first fruit.

逾越節與第一個果實有關。

The next celebration, Shavuot or Pentecost, is also linked to the first fruit.

下一個慶祝活動，沙武節或聖靈降臨節，也與第一個果實有關。

And tabernacles also link to the first fruit of their harvest.

而帳幕也與他們收穫的第一批果實聯繫在一起。

The first fruit is given to God, is dedicated especially to God.

第一個果實是獻給上帝的，是特別獻給上帝的。

And it stands for all the that's coming.

它代表著即將發生的一切。

So the first fruit represents the rest.

是以，第一顆果實代表了其餘的果實。

That's why it's called the first fruit.

這就是它被稱為第一果的原因。

It's the first of all the fruits.

它是所有水果中的第一種。

So we have this principle.

是以，我們有了這個原則。

You already are, you partake in it anyway.

你已經是了，反正你也參與了。

For instance when you tie, that's the principle of the first fruit.

例如，當你打領帶時，這就是第一個果實的原理。

It's not supposed to be the end of your giving of that week.

這不應該是你那一週奉獻的終點。

It's supposed to be the beginning of your giving.

這應該是你奉獻的開始。

It's the first part on the first day, or the way, however you do it.

這是第一天的第一部分，或者說是方法，不管你怎麼做。

The first fruit belongs to God.

第一個果實屬於上帝。

You know back then they might, you would have, you might have fruits to actually give.

你知道，那時他們可能會，你可能會，你可能會有水果來實際給予。

Now you have money that represents that.

現在你有了代表這一點的錢。

So, but as the principle is as you bless the first part to God, the rest of everything else is blessed.

所以，但原則是，當你把第一部分祝福給上帝時，其餘的一切都會得到祝福。

God blesses the rest.

上帝保佑其他人。

Now Passover, I mean think about it.

現在是逾越節，我是說想想看。

It's all about the first fruit, the firstborn.

這一切都與第一個果實、長子有關。

It's the firstborn son that was either killed on that judgment or saved on Passover.

長子要麼在審判時被殺，要麼在逾越節時得救。

And then during the Feast of Passover you have a day called Yom Reshit.

在逾越節期間，有一天被稱為 "贖罪日"（Yom Reshit）。

Try it.

試試吧

Reshit.

Reshit.

Or Yom Bikurim.

或 Yom Bikurim。

And that means the day of the first fruit.

這意味著第一個果實的日子。

It happened during Passover.

事情發生在逾越節期間。

They go out into their fields and they would lift up the first fruit of the new harvest.

他們走出田野，摘下新收穫的第一批果實。

It had been winter.

那是一個冬天。

This is the very first fruit of the new harvest lifted to God.

這是新收穫的第一顆果實，是上帝賜予的。

The next festival, Shavuot Pentecost, you also have first fruits lifted to God.

在下一個節日--聖靈降臨節（Shavuot Pentecost），你們也要把初熟的果實獻給上帝。

In fact that, on that day God sanctified the first fruits of the first believers, 120 of them.

事實上，在那一天，上帝使第一批信徒的初熟果實（120 個）成聖。

They were the first fruits of everybody who would get saved.

他們是每個將得救的人的第一個果實。

And he, he pours his spirit on them.

他把自己的精神傾注在他們身上。

It was the day of first fruits.

這是初熟日。

And then, and so the firstborn is the first fruit.

然後，長子就是第一個果實。

It allows the rest to come.

它能讓其他的東西到來。

See the first is of anything is what makes the rest possible.

你看，任何事情都是先有了第一步，才有了後面的可能。

The first begins so all the rest can come.

有了第一個開始，才有後面的一切。

The first is the beginning of something new.

首先是新事物的開始。

The second, third, fourth, and the rest, that's not as new as the first.

第二個、第三個、第四個和其他的，都不如第一個新。

The first is the beginning.

首先是開始。

So the first is always linked to newness, new beginnings.

是以，"第一 "總是與 "新"、"新開始 "聯繫在一起。

So here is this law of the first fruit of firstborn.

這就是長子的第一個果實的法則。

When is it given to Israel?

什麼時候給以色列的？

Just when at the time of its birth.

就在它誕生的時候。

And in the month in Hebrew called Nisan, which means the beginning.

在希伯來語中，這個月叫做尼散月，意思是開始。

Now the word for firstborn in this, in this law of the firstborn is the word bikor.

在長子律法中，"長子 "的意思是 "bikor"。

Try it.

試試吧

Bikor literally means to break open, to burst forth.

Bikor 的字面意思是 "裂開"、"迸發"。

Because the firstborn is the one who breaks open the womb.

因為長子是打開子宮的人。

So it means to break forth.

是以，它的意思是破土而出。

So in order to be born you have to break forth in some way.

是以，要想出生，就必須以某種方式破土而出。

You know, you know some people think about birth is just a, birth is a traumatic thing.

你知道，你知道有些人認為出生是一件很痛苦的事情。

You're, it's a breaking forth.

你，這是一次突破。

And when you were born again you spiritually had to break forth.

當你重生後，你的靈性必須爆發出來。

It may not have been just a natural or a, or was a natural.

它可能不是天生的，也可能是後天的。

It may not have been a very smooth thing.

這可能不是一件非常順利的事情。

It could be traumatic.

這可能會造成創傷。

But it's a, you had to break forth in some way.

但是，你必須以某種方式突破自己。

You had to break out.

你必須突圍。

Being born is not an easy thing.

出生並不是一件容易的事。

It's breaking forth.

它正在破土而出。

So when God does a new thing it's a breaking forth.

是以，當上帝做一件新的事情時，它就是一種突破。

If you're going to live in newness in your life, new things, it requires breaking forth.

如果你要在生活中活出新意，創造新事物，就需要打破常規。

Breaking out.

突破。

It means there are things holding back.

這意味著有事情在阻礙著我們。

And if you want newness in your life you have to break out of something.

如果你想讓自己的生活充滿新意，你就必須突破一些東西。

You have to break forth from something.

你必須從某些東西中掙脫出來。

It's kind of like the Red Sea holding back the Israelites.

這有點像紅海阻擋了以色列人的腳步。

And all of a sudden it opens up.

突然間，它打開了。

It breaks forth and they pass through.

它破土而出，他們穿越而過。

It's like a birth.

就像出生一樣。

And so new things in your life come through your life as breakthrough.

這樣，你生命中的新事物就會作為突破口出現在你的生活中。

And, and so they often require actions of breakthrough.

是以，它們往往需要突破性的行動。

Or first fruit actions of change, of repentance.

或者說是改變、悔改的初果行動。

And this opens up a secret here that can change your life if you apply it.

這揭示了一個祕密，如果你加以運用，它將改變你的生活。

That all, that comes from all this.

這一切，都源於這一切。

The power of the first fruit.

第一顆果實的力量

And that is, and that to translate it in your life for change, it's the power of the first step.

這就是，在你的生活中將其轉化為改變，這就是第一步的力量。

The first fruit of anything is the first step.

萬事開頭難。

The key, that key can make the difference between a walk of victory and breakthrough or of miss blessings.

鑰匙，這把鑰匙可以決定是走在勝利和突破的路上，還是錯過祝福。

That we don't take the first step.

我們沒有邁出第一步。

The first step is key in anything.

萬事開頭難。

Messiah said, not one jot or tittle shall pass from the Word of God.

彌賽亞說過，上帝的道一點一滴都不可廢去。

Right?

對不對？

Well the word jot is, of course it wasn't, you know, that's an English word.

當然，"小不點 "這個詞不是，你知道，那是個英語單詞。

That comes from a Greek word.

這個詞來自希臘語。

It's a translation of the word iota.

這是對 iota 一詞的翻譯。

That's the little thing.

這就是小事。

Well that word iota is a translation of the Hebrew word yod, which is the, the y.

iota 是希伯來語 yod 的音譯，也就是 "y"。

We get the y from all these things.

我們從所有這些事情中獲得 Y。

And so, and the thing about the yod is that it's the smallest letter.

是以，"yod "的特點是它是最小的字母。

It looks like an apostrophe.

看起來像個撇號。

That's the yod.

這就是 "陽"。

It's the smallest letter.

這是最小的字母。

And yet the greatest words in the Bible begin with it.

然而，《聖經》中最偉大的話語都是以它開頭的。

For instance, I'll give you some.

比如，我給你舉幾個例子。

Yahweh, Yehovah.

雅威，耶和華。

That's, the name of God begins with a little, little thing.

這就是，上帝的名字從一件小事開始。

Yeshua begins with a little, little apostrophe.

耶書亞（Yeshua）的開頭是一個很小很小的撇號。

Yisrael, little thing.

伊斯雷爾，小東西

Yerushalayim, Jerusalem, little thing.

耶路撒冷，耶路撒冷，小東西。

All of it.

所有的一切

So saying that the greatest things start out with this little stroke.

所以說，最偉大的事情都是從這小小的一筆開始的。

And the greatest things in your life start out with one step.

人生中最偉大的事情都是從一步開始的。

One little step.

一小步

Messiah called Peter.

彌賽亞召喚彼得

And what did Peter have to do?

彼得必須做什麼？

Now, think about all that Peter's going to do in his life.

現在，想想彼得一生要做的事吧。

Peter is going to become the leader of the apostles.

彼得將成為使徒們的領袖。

Peter is going to, going to become the great Simon Peter.

彼得將成為偉大的西門彼得。

The rock he's going to become.

他將成為一塊石頭

The one who writes the epistles.

寫書信的人。

All that.

所有這些

Famous for the rest of history.

名垂青史

But the only thing he had to do when Messiah called him was drop his net.

但當彌賽亞召喚他時，他唯一要做的就是放下他的網。

The whole, everything that he would ever do was key to dropping his net.

從頭到尾，他要做的每一件事都是他落網的關鍵。

If he didn't drop his net the rest of Peter would never have happened.

如果他不放棄他的網，彼得的其他事情就不會發生。

The first step, the first fruit is the most important.

第一步，第一顆果實是最重要的。

God called Moses.

上帝召喚摩西

What was Moses doing?

摩西在做什麼？

Moses was a shepherd when God called him.

上帝召喚摩西時，他還是個牧羊人。

But Moses is going to do everything.

但摩西什麼都會做。

Moses is going to, going to go to Pharaoh.

摩西要去見法老。

Moses is going to call down the ten plagues.

摩西將降下十災。

Moses is going to, the ten commandments, the law, the Red Sea, the miracles, the priesthood, the Bible begins with Moses.

摩西要去，十誡、律法、紅海、神蹟、聖職，《聖經》從摩西開始。

All that.

所有這些

But it all was hanging, all that was hanging on one thing.

但這一切都懸而未決，都懸在一件事上。

Moses, take off your shoes.

摩西，把鞋脫了

All he had to do was take off his shoes.

他只需脫掉鞋子。

But if he didn't take off his shoes all that would never have happened through Moses.

但如果他不脫鞋，這一切就不會通過摩西發生。

Take off your shoes.

脫鞋

And so in our lives, in your life, the most important thing is the first step.

是以，在我們的生活中，在你的生活中，最重要的是邁出第一步。

If you don't take the first step the rest will never happen.

如果不邁出第一步，後面的事情就永遠不會發生。

The first step therefore, the first fruit is holy to the Lord.

是以，第一步、第一顆果實對主來說是聖潔的。

And one of the key things why believers never know newness or change or the victory, why many of them don't, is because they never take the first step.

為什麼信徒們永遠不知道新意、改變或勝利，為什麼他們中的許多人不知道，其中一個關鍵原因就是他們從未邁出第一步。

Why?

為什麼？

Because they never took it before.

因為他們以前從未服用過。

See when, what is the first step?

看什麼時候，第一步是什麼？

A first step is a step you haven't taken before.

第一步是你以前從未邁出的一步。

You know if you're walking from here to there it's not a first step.

你知道，如果你從這裡走到那裡，那就不是第一步。

Only the first, if you know it's, you've done that before.

只有第一個，如果你知道它是，你以前做過。

Whatever you've done before that's not a first step.

無論你以前做過什麼，那都不是第一步。

The first step is when you're, you're taking an action of a new beginning you've never done before.

第一步是當你，你正在採取一個你從未做過的新開始的行動。

And that, and the reason why we often avoid it is because we're not comfortable because it's something new.

而這，也是我們經常回避它的原因，因為這是一個新事物，我們會感到不自在。

Second, you know, and also if Moses, imagine now if God told Moses now all the things he's going to be doing.

其次，你知道，還有摩西，想象一下，如果上帝現在告訴摩西他將要做的所有事情。

And he's going to be leading, he's going to be overseeing like two million Jewish people.

他將上司和管理兩百萬猶太人。

You know and they say, listen overseeing any two million of people is a, is a hard thing.

你知道，他們說，聽著，監督任何兩百萬人都是一件很難的事情。

But Jewish people, it says for every Jewish, two Jewish people you have three opinions you know.

但猶太人，它說每兩個猶太人就有三種意見，你知道嗎？

So that means you have with two million you have three million opinions.

也就是說，有了 200 萬條意見，就有了 300 萬條意見。

And Moses is over, sometimes he would just say Lord just take these people from me.

摩西有時會說，主啊，把這些人從我身邊帶走吧。

I can't take it.

我受不了了

And he's 80 years old.

他已經 80 歲了。

So, so he could not handle being told all those things.

所以，所以他無法接受別人告訴他這些事情。

But when Moses says right there the first thing is just take off your shoes.

但摩西說，第一件事就是脫掉鞋子。

You can handle that.

你能處理好的。

Take the first step and that will lead to all the rest.

邁出第一步，就會有後面的一切。

But the first, if you want growth and victory you gotta, we have to master the key of the first step or the new step.

但首先，如果你想要成長和勝利，就必須掌握第一步或新的一步的關鍵。

Let me, let me give you another way of looking at this.

讓我，讓我給你另一種方式來看待這個問題。

You cannot live a life of righteousness today.

今天，你無法過上正直的生活。

You can't.

你不能。

You only have today.

你只有今天。