羅馬書8:26-30

 

8:26 況且，我們的軟弱有聖靈幫助；我們本不曉得當怎樣禱告，只是聖靈親自用說不出來的歎息替我們禱告。
8:27 鑒察人心的，曉得聖靈的意思，因為聖靈照著上帝的旨意替聖徒祈求。
8:28 我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛上帝的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。
8:29 因為他預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法他兒子的模樣，使他兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。
8:30 預先所定下的人又召他們來；所召來的人又稱他們為義；所稱為義的人又叫他們得榮耀。

 

²⁶ In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. ²⁷ And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[i] have been called according to his purpose. ²⁹ For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. ³⁰ And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

 

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    對基督徒而言我們真正的盼望是「得榮耀」，這是上帝對我們的旨意！這樣的旨意，不是我們努力換取的，是上帝樂意成全的！正如保羅在此所說：「我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛上帝的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。」

 

    也因為如此，我們的救贖是順序的，可以閱讀：「救恩過程」（https://kk1591.blogspot.com/2014/02/blog-post_1909.html）。

 

    故此我們成為耶穌基督的門徒，是多麼有福啊！