羅馬書5:1-11

 

5:1 我們既因信稱義，就藉著我們的主耶穌基督得與上帝相和。
5:2 我們又藉著他，因信得進入現在所站的這恩典中，並且歡歡喜喜盼望上帝的榮耀。
5:3 不但如此，就是在患難中也是歡歡喜喜的；因為知道患難生忍耐，
5:4 忍耐生老練，老練生盼望；
5:5 盼望不至於羞恥，因為所賜給我們的聖靈將上帝的愛澆灌在我們心裡。
5:6 因我們還軟弱的時候，基督就按所定的日期為罪人死。
5:7 為義人死，是少有的；為仁人死，或者有敢做的。
5:8 惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死，上帝的愛就在此向我們顯明了。
5:9 現在我們既靠著他的血稱義，就更要藉著他免去上帝的忿怒。
5:10 因為我們作仇敵的時候，且藉著上帝兒子的死，得與上帝和好；既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。
5:11 不但如此，我們既藉著我主耶穌基督得與上帝和好，也就藉著他以上帝為樂。

 

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we^[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God. ³ Not only so, but we^[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵ And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

⁶ You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷ Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹ Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! ¹⁰ For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! ¹¹ Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

 

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    在基督徒的信仰有一個很重要的規則：就是我們透過主耶穌與上帝和好，英文是「reconciliation」，翻成中文是「復和」的意思。

 

    然而這個「復和」並不是人可以做到的，世人犯罪而悖逆上帝，世人捨棄與得罪上帝在先，因此人沒有資格說復和。也因此人與上帝的復和，的主動權只有上帝，而不是人！

 

    也因為這樣，上帝透過主耶穌來成就上帝與人之間復和的事情。上帝的作法是主耶穌來代替人償還對上帝的虧欠，使上帝的心意滿足，如此才合乎公平正義的要求，如此上帝才可以赦免人的罪，不再以憤怒對待人，如此上帝與人才可以復和，人才可以享受上帝的愛！也因此，人因為耶穌基督的寶血遮蓋，才能使上帝不再記念人的罪！

 

    因此，耶穌基督的寶血和死亡不是救我們脫離魔鬼，而是救我們脫離上帝的憤怒，讓我們享受上帝的慈愛！我們沒有虧欠魔鬼，我們只有虧欠上帝！有些講員，沒有好好閱讀聖經，沒有思考上帝在基督裡的作為，在此常常犯解經之錯誤！以至於沒有將榮耀歸給上帝，反倒和魔鬼糾纏不清呢！