3:9 這卻怎麼樣呢?我們比他們強嗎?決不是的!因我們已經證明:猶太人和希臘人都在罪惡之下。
3:10 就如經上所記:沒有義人,連一個也沒有。
3:11 沒有明白的;沒有尋求上帝的;
3:12 都是偏離正路,一同變為無用。沒有行善的,連一個也沒有。
3:13 他們的喉嚨是敞開的墳墓;他們用舌頭弄詭詐,嘴唇裡有虺蛇的毒氣,
3:14 滿口是咒罵苦毒。
3:15 殺人流血,他們的腳飛跑,
3:16 所經過的路便行殘害暴虐的事。
3:17 平安的路,他們未曾知道;
3:18 他們眼中不怕上帝。
3:19 我們曉得律法上的話都是對律法以下之人說的,好塞住各人的口,叫普世的人都伏在上帝審判之下。
3:20 所以凡有血氣的,沒有一個因行律法能在上帝面前稱義,因為律法本是叫人知罪。
9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written:
“There is no one righteous, not
even one;
11 there is
no one who understands;
there
is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
they
have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not
even one.”[b]
13 “Their throats are
open graves;
their
tongues practice deceit.”[c]
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d]
14 “Their
mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e]
15 “Their feet are swift
to shed blood;
16 ruin and
misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace
they do not know.”[f]
18 “There is
no fear of God before their eyes.”[g]
19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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保羅在這裡引用了舊約的《詩篇》、《箴言》、《傳道書》、《以賽亞書》、…的經文,讓我們知道人心是何等的悖逆上帝,受到罪惡何等的控制,是無法達到律法的要求!所以他可以勇敢地宣告:「沒有義人,連一個也沒有。」「所以凡有血氣的,沒有一個因行律法能在上帝面前稱義,因為律法本是叫人知罪。」
也因為這樣,不贊同有些傳道人說的:「只要有一顆願意的心,就會蒙上帝的賜福,討上帝的喜悅,會被聖靈來充滿,大有能力來服事主和人,為主做美好的見證!」
如果照保羅的說法,這是不可能的!因為,人為罪惡所轄制,怎麼會有一顆願意的心呢?除非經歷在基督裡的救恩,讓聖靈重生,使石心變成肉心,人才可以活出討上帝喜悅的生命!然而這些不是靠我們自己的努力,而是要聖靈的工作在我們身上!這一切都要靠上帝的恩典,不是靠自己的決心!
親愛的弟兄姊妹,我們不要被一些說詞很漂亮的傳道人欺騙,要回到聖經,看看聖經怎樣說,在末後的世代,有許多擄掠人心的假教師,不能不小心分辨,以免偏離了聖經的教訓而不知!
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