【双语灵修】我的信仰真实吗？IS MY FAITH REAL?

加拉太书5:16-26

我说，你们当顺着圣灵而行，就不放纵肉体的情欲了。 因为情欲和圣灵相争，圣灵和情欲相争，这两个是彼此相敌，使你们不能做所愿意做的。 但你们若被圣灵引导，就不在律法以下。 情欲的事都是显而易见的，就如奸淫、污秽、邪荡、 拜偶像、邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、恼怒、结党、纷争、异端、 嫉妒、[a]醉酒、荒宴等类。我从前告诉你们，现在又告诉你们：行这样事的人必不能承受神的国。 圣灵所结的果子，就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、 温柔、节制；这样的事没有律法禁止。 凡属基督耶稣的人，是已经把肉体连肉体的邪情私欲同钉在十字架上了。

我们若是靠圣灵得生，就当靠圣灵行事。 不要贪图虚名，彼此惹气，互相嫉妒。

10月23日

我的信仰真实吗？

我们若是靠圣灵得生，就当靠圣灵行事。 (加拉太书5:25)

初次造访大峡谷时，我们走到护栏旁边，俯瞰下方约5000英尺深的科罗拉多河。作为世界自然奇观之一，大峡谷令人叹为观止，却也暗藏危险。不遵守安全准则的人，可能会付出生命代价，多年来已有许多人不慎坠亡。数年后，我们重返峡谷，安全地徒步下至河岸又返回。

神创造了一个美好的世界，但使用世间万物有正误之分。由于罪性，我们总是倾向以错误的方式，使用和体验这个世界。

神赐下律法，是为教导我们如何正确与祂及世间万物建立关系。当圣灵开启我们的心窍明辨是非，赐予我们悔罪的恩典，以及追随基督的信心时，我们便经历了所谓的归正。

对所有在基督里的人来说，神的律法如同保护栏和道路，防止我们以错误和罪恶的方式思考行事。当我们开始爱慕而非抵触神的律法时，便知我们的归正是真实的，信心是真诚的。

祷告

天父啊，感谢你的律法与恩典。当我们竭力在生活中尊荣你时，求你帮助我们持守真道。奉耶稣基督的名祷告。阿们。

Galatians 5:16-26

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23

IS MY FAITH REAL?

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. —Galatians 5:25

On our first visit to the Grand Canyon we made our way to the guardrail and peered down to the Colorado River some 5,000 feet below us. Considered to be one of the natural wonders of the world, the Grand Canyon is stunning. It can also be dangerous. People who do not follow safety guidelines risk their lives. Over the years many have fallen to their death. Years later we returned to the canyon and safely hiked pathways down to the river and back up again.

God created a world that was good. But there is a right way and a wrong way to use the things of this world. Because of sin, our tendency is to use and experience the things of this world in wrong ways.

God gave us his law to teach us the right way to relate to him and the things of this world. And when the Holy Spirit opens our hearts and minds to understand right from wrong, and we are given the grace to repent of our sin, and the faith to follow Christ, we experience what is called conversion.

For all who are in Christ, God’s law functions like a guardrail and a path. It keeps us from thinking and acting in wrong and sinful ways. When we come to love God’s law rather than resenting it, we know our conversion is genuine and our faith is real.

Heavenly Father, thank you for your law and your grace. Help us to embrace your ways as we seek to honor you in every part of our lives. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.