加拉太書2:11-18

2:11 後來，磯法到了安提阿；因他有可責之處，我就當面抵擋他。

2:12 從雅各那裡來的人未到以先，他和外邦人一同吃飯，及至他們來到，他因怕奉割禮的人，就退去與外邦人隔開了。

2:13 其餘的猶太人也都隨著他裝假，甚至連巴拿巴也隨夥裝假。

2:14 但我一看見他們行的不正，與福音的真理不合，就在眾人面前對磯法說：「你既是猶太人，若隨外邦人行事，不隨猶太人行事，怎麼還勉強外邦人隨猶太人呢？」

2:15 我們這生來的猶太人，不是外邦的罪人；

2:16 既知道人稱義不是因行律法，乃是因信耶穌基督，連我們也信了基督耶穌，使我們因信基督稱義，不因行律法稱義；因為凡有血氣的，沒有一人因行律法稱義。

2:17 我們若求在基督裡稱義，卻仍舊是罪人，難道基督是叫人犯罪的嗎？斷乎不是！

2:18 我素來所拆毀的，若重新建造，這就證明自己是犯罪的人。

But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong. When he first arrived, he ate with the Gentile believers, who were not circumcised. But afterward, when some friends of James came, Peter wouldn’t eat with the Gentiles anymore. He was afraid of criticism from these people who insisted on the necessity of circumcision. As a result, other Jewish believers followed Peter’s hypocrisy, and even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

When I saw that they were not following the truth of the gospel message, I said to Peter in front of all the others, “Since you, a Jew by birth, have discarded the Jewish laws and are living like a Gentile, why are you now trying to make these Gentiles follow the Jewish traditions?

“You and I are Jews by birth, not ‘sinners’ like the Gentiles. Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be made right with God by obeying the law.”

But suppose we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then we are found guilty because we have abandoned the law. Would that mean Christ has led us into sin? Absolutely not! Rather, I am a sinner if I rebuild the old system of law I already tore down.

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    這是保羅為真理爭戰的記載，也是我們這些傳講上帝話語之人的榜樣。的確，我們要把握任何機會，將上帝的話宣告出來，使人行在正確的路上！

加拉太書2:6-10

2:6 至於那些有名望的，不論他是何等人，都與我無干。上帝不以外貌取人。那些有名望的，並沒有加增我甚麼，

2:7 反倒看見了主託我傳福音給那未受割禮的人，正如託彼得傳福音給那受割禮的人。

2:8 （那感動彼得、叫他為受割禮之人作使徒的，也感動我，叫我為外邦人作使徒；）

2:9 又知道所賜給我的恩典，那稱為教會柱石的雅各、磯法、約翰，就向我和巴拿巴用右手行相交之禮，叫我們往外邦人那裡去，他們往受割禮的人那裡去。

2:10 只是願意我們記念窮人；這也是我本來熱心去行的。

And the leaders of the church had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.) Instead, they saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews. For the same God who worked through Peter as the apostle to the Jews also worked through me as the apostle to the Gentiles. In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews. Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.

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    傳福音要靠聖靈，不是靠有名望的人。有名望的人並不會使福音加分，反而有名望的人要維持名望，要靠福音加分！

加拉太書2:3-5

2:3 但與我同去的提多，雖是希臘人，也沒有勉強他受割禮；

2:4 因為有偷著引進來的假弟兄，私下窺探我們在基督耶穌裡的自由，要叫我們作奴僕。

2:5 我們就是一刻的工夫也沒有容讓順服他們，為要叫福音的真理仍存在你們中間。

And they supported me and did not even demand that my companion Titus be circumcised, though he was a Gentile.Even that question came up only because of some so-called believers there—false ones, really—who were secretly brought in. They sneaked in to spy on us and take away the freedom we have in Christ Jesus. They wanted to enslave us and force us to follow their Jewish regulations. But we refused to give in to them for a single moment. We wanted to preserve the truth of the gospel message for you.

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    保羅對於靠耶穌稱義的福音是十分堅持的，所以他一直防範因律法成義的假福音，希望這樣的假福音不要滲入教會之中。怪不得馬丁路德會高舉「在上帝恩典中，因著信靠耶穌，被上帝稱為義，而得拯救」的真理。

    今日教會是否在「改革中」，就是有沒有回歸保羅這樣的教導。保羅是一直保持「改革中」的精神，使教會真正得自由與釋放。

加拉太書2:1-2

2:1 過了十四年，我同巴拿巴又上耶路撒冷去，並帶著提多同去。

2:2 我是奉啟示上去的，把我在外邦人中所傳的福音對弟兄們陳說；卻是背地裡對那有名望之人說的，惟恐我現在，或是從前，徒然奔跑。

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    保羅在此說明自己傳福音外邦人，是教會所認同的，也是教會領袖們所領受的真理。這個真理是人因耶穌基督而得救，不是因為律法得救的。這也是保羅一生所努力的！

詩篇103篇

       詩篇103:1-22 ,

       詩篇 103:1-5  , 詩篇103:1-5  ,

       詩篇103:1 , 詩篇103:4 , 詩篇103:5  ,

      詩篇103:8-13  ,  詩篇103:8 ,

      詩篇103:9-14  ,    詩篇103:12  ,

      詩篇103:13  , 詩篇103:14  ,

      詩篇103:15-19  ,

       詩篇103:20-21  ,

詩篇103:9-14

103:9 他不長久責備，也不永遠懷怒。

103:10 他沒有按我們的罪過待我們，也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。

103:11 天離地何等的高，他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也是何等的大！

103:12 東離西有多遠，他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠！

103:13 父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人！

103:14 因為他知道我們的本體，思念我們不過是塵土。

He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

For he knows our frame;

he remembers that we are dust.

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    讀到這段經文，讓我們感受到上帝的慈愛。

    的確上帝在基督裡的慈愛勝過刑罰，他不對給我們機會來更新與改變，讓我們在各種困難和失敗中重新站立起來，祂真的顧念我們，耶和華的慈愛永遠常存！