【双语灵修】与过去和解

哥林多后书 5:16-19

所以，我们从今以后，不凭着外貌[a]认人了。虽然凭着外貌认过基督，如今却不再这样认他了。 若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。 一切都是出于神，他藉着基督使我们与他和好，又将劝人与他和好的职分赐给我们。 这就是神在基督里叫世人与自己和好，不将他们的过犯归到他们身上，并且将这和好的道理托付了我们。

1月9日

星期五

与过去和解

“旧事已过，都变成新的了。一切都是出于神，他藉着基督使我们与他和好……” - 林后 5:17-18

我花过很多时间与人交谈，他们总因为那些无法改变的往事而深陷羞愧、愤怒或极度的失望。我自己也曾经有过这样的时刻—反覆回想那些我希望能够重新改写的瞬间。但沉溺于过去，就像开车时一味盯着后视镜：你会错过前方的路况，很可能酿成事故！

福音没有无视我们的过去，而是要救赎它。耶稣会在我们生命的破碎之处与我们相遇，并对我们说：“你已经不在这种境地里了。”这不是说我们要忘记发生过的一切，而是我们不再让那些瞬间掌控自己的身份。

写下这段经文的使徒保罗，曾有一段充满暴力的过去，但他在基督里找到了平安与人生的意义。我们也可以寻着同样的平安—不是因为我们配得，而是因为基督早已为我们付清了代价。

在基督里成为新造的人，代表我们学会以神看待我们的眼光看待自己：得蒙赦免、得到自由、成为全新的人。你已经不再是过去的你了，并且因着耶稣，你的故事不会在羞愧中结束，而是会在恩典中继续向前。

祷告

耶稣啊，感谢你使我成为新造的人。求你帮助我放下过去，拥抱你赐予我的自由。愿你用恩典塑造我的未来。阿们。

2 Corinthians 5:16-19

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9

MAKING PEACE WITH THE PAST

The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ. . . . —2 Corinthians 5:17

I’ve spent a lot of time in conversations with people who are holding on to shame, anger, or deep disappointment over things they can’t go back and change. I have also been there myself—replaying moments that I wish I could rewrite. But living in the past is like trying to drive while staring in the rearview mirror. You miss what’s in front of you, and you’re likely to crash!

The gospel doesn’t ignore our past. It redeems it. Jesus meets us in the broken places of our lives and says, “You don’t live there anymore.” That doesn’t mean we forget everything that happened, but we no longer let those moments hold power over our identity.

The apostle Paul, who wrote this passage, had a violent past. Yet he found peace and purpose in Christ. That same peace is available to us—not because we have earned it, but because Christ has already paid for it.

Newness in Christ means learning to see ourselves the way God sees us: forgiven, free, and made new. You are not who you were. And because of Jesus, your story doesn’t end in shame. It moves forward in grace.

Jesus, thank you for making me new. Help me to release the past and to embrace the freedom you’ve given me. Shape my future with your grace. Amen.