晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W2-3)

第二週．週三

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晨興餧養

羅五５　　『盼望不至於蒙羞；因為神的愛已經藉著所賜給我們的聖靈，澆灌在我們心裏。』

１～２　　『所以，我們既本於信得稱義，就藉著我們的主耶穌基督，對神有了和平。我們又藉著祂，因信得進入現在所站的這恩典中，並且因盼望神的榮耀而誇耀。』

哦，神的愛已經澆灌在我們心裏！我們也許遭受患難、貧窮和壓抑，但我們無法否認神的愛在我們裏面與我們同在。我們能否認基督為我們死了麼？基督為我們這樣不虔的罪人死了。從前我們是仇敵，但基督在十字架上流血，使我們與神和好。這是何等的愛！神若將祂自己的兒子賜給我們，祂必不會作甚麼事傷害我們。神是主宰一切的，祂知道甚麼對我們最有益。選擇是在於祂，不在於我們。無論我們的愛好如何，神為我們所計畫的，將是我們的分。與我們有關的一切，我們的父都豫備好了。我們只該禱告：『主，照你的意思行。我只要你所要的。我將一切完全交在你手中。』當我們重新領悟神是這樣愛我們，而祂的愛已藉著聖靈澆灌在我們心裏時，我們對祂就有這樣的反應。（羅馬書生命讀經，一一九至一二○頁。）

信息選讀

羅馬五章二節說，『我們…因信得進入現在所站的這恩典中。』恩典是我們所站的範圍，我們必須留在恩典所在之處。不要問我你該站在那裏，你必須站在恩典中。每當你覺得你在恩典的範圍之外，就要立刻回來。你快要和妻子爭吵，並覺得你是在恩典的範圍之外時，就要停下你所作的，回到恩典的範圍，並站在那裏。

我們不需要作甚麼罪惡的事，就可能與恩典隔絕。我們只需要留在一地太久，就會覺得我們已從恩典的範圍遷入另一領域。在這樣的情形中，我們該作甚麼？我們該禱告：『主，赦免我，將我帶回恩典的範圍。』我們回到恩典範圍的路，與我們原初進入恩典的路一樣。我們藉著本於信得稱義，進入恩典的範圍。我們只是向神承認我們的罪，接受主耶穌作我們的救主，應用祂的血，我們就得稱義了。神的稱義將我們帶進我們所站的這恩典中。每當我們行為不當，並覺得我們在恩典之外，我們就必須重複同樣的禱告：『神阿，赦免我，用寶血潔淨我。』你若這樣作，就會立即被帶回恩典中。

我們既本於信得稱義，並站在恩典的範圍裏，就藉著我們的主耶穌基督，對神有了和平。（1。）保羅不是說，我們與神有了和平，乃是說對神有了和平。這意思是我們仍在向著神的路上；我們還沒有走完我們的路。在屬靈的世界裏，我們先進門，然後走路。本於信得稱義乃是開門，給我們入口進入寬廣的享受境地。我們一旦經過了稱義的門，就需要走平安（和平）的路。罪人沒有平安；三章十七節說，我們作罪人的時候，平安的路，我們未曾知道。然而今天，我們走在平安的路上。

你若朝著某個方向行動，裏面不覺得平安，你就該停下；總要隨著平安而行。照著路加七章五十節，那有罪的女人一得救，主耶穌就叫她平平安安的走罷。…無論你往那裏去，你必須走平安的路。你若沒有平安，就不要去。無論你作甚麼，要平平安安的作。你若沒有平安，就不要行動。恩典是為著給我們站立，平安是為著給我們走路。你留在某地若沒有恩典，就不要留在那裏。你朝著某個方向若沒有平安，就不要行走。要站在恩典中，行在平安裏。（羅馬書生命讀經，一二○至一二一頁。）

參讀：羅馬書生命讀經，第九篇。

WEEK 2 — DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 5:5 And hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

1-2 Therefore having been justified out of faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and boast because of the hope of the glory of God.

Oh, the love of God has been poured into our hearts! Although we may be afflicted, poor, and depressed, we cannot deny the presence of God’s love within us. Can we deny that Christ died for us? Christ died for ungodly sinners such as we. Once we were enemies, but Christ shed His blood on the cross to reconcile us to God. What love is this! If God has given us His own Son, surely He will not do anything to hurt us. God is sovereign. He knows what is best for us. The choice is His, not ours. Regardless of our preference, what God has planned for us will be our portion. Everything related to us has been prepared by our Father. We should simply pray, “Lord, have Your way. I simply want what You want. I leave everything entirely in Your hands.” This is our response to God when we realize afresh that He loves us so and that His love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. (Life-study of Romans, p. 101)

Todays Reading

Romans 5:2 says, “We have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand.” Grace is the realm in which we stand. We must stay where the grace is. Do not ask me where you should stand. You must stand in grace. Whenever you sense that you are out of the realm of grace, return to it immediately. If you are about to quarrel with your wife and sense that you are out of the realm of grace, stop what you are doing, return to the realm of grace, and stand there.

We need not do anything sinful to be cut off from grace. We only need to stay in a place too long, and we will sense that we have moved from the realm of grace into another sphere. What should we do in such a case? We should pray, “Lord, forgive me. Bring me back to the realm of grace.” We return to the realm of grace by the same way through which we entered it originally. We entered the realm of grace through justification by faith. We simply confessed our sins to God, received the Lord Jesus as our Savior, and applied His blood, and we were justified. God’s justification brought us into this grace in which we stand. Whenever we act wrongly and sense that we are out of grace, we must repeat the same prayer: “O God, forgive me. Cleanse me with the precious blood.” If you do this, you will be brought back to grace instantly.

Since we have been justified out of faith and stand in the realm of grace, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ (v. 1). Paul does not say that we have peace with God but peace toward God. This means that we are still on the way toward God. We have not finished our journey. In the spiritual world we first enter the gate and then walk along the way. Justification by faith is the opening of the gate, giving us an access, an entry, into a wide field of enjoyment. Once we have passed through the gate of justification, we need to walk the way of peace. Sinners have no peace. Romans 3:17 says that when we were sinners, we did not know the way of peace. Today, however, we are walking in the way of peace.

If you are moving in a certain direction and do not sense the peace within, you should stop. Always go along with the peace. According to Luke 7:50, the Lord Jesus told the sinful woman, once she had been saved, to go in peace… Wherever you go, you must take the way of peace. If you have no peace, do not go. Whatever you do, do it in peace. If you have no peace, do not act. Grace is for our stand, and peace is for our walk. If you do not have the grace to stay in a certain place, do not stay there. If you have no peace to take a certain direction, do not walk. Stand in grace and walk in peace. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 101-102)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 9