3:23 但這因信得救的理還未來以先,我們被看守在律法之下,直圈到那將來的真道顯明出來。
3:24 這樣,律法是我們訓蒙的師傅,引我們到基督那裡,使我們因信稱義。
23 Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed.24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
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保羅在這裡說到律法(舊約)的功能:「我們被看守在律法之下,…,律法是我們訓蒙的師傅,引我們到基督那裡,使我們因信稱義。」
從保羅這樣的論述我們可以清楚,只有到基督那裏,我們才可以因信稱義!因為因信稱義是上帝的恩典,只有上帝才可以是我們因信稱義!稱義是上帝的作為,不是人靠著遵行律法可以得到的!也就是說,因信稱義不是人操控的!
上帝是透過律法來保守那些上帝預定要因信稱義的人,使他們看見稱義不是靠著努力行律法,那是行不通的,看見自己的無能,才會渴望上帝在基督裡的拯救大能!這就是律法的功能!
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