【双语灵修】我们的心态OUR MINDSET

【双语灵修】我们的心态OUR MINDSET

罗马书8:5-11

因为随从肉体的人,体贴肉体的事;随从圣灵的人,体贴圣灵的事。 体贴肉体的就是死,体贴圣灵的乃是生命、平安。 原来体贴肉体的就是与神为仇,因为不服神的律法,也是不能服; 而且属肉体的人不能得神的喜欢。 如果神的灵住在你们心里,你们就不属肉体,乃属圣灵了。人若没有基督的灵,就不是属基督的。 基督若在你们心里,身体就因罪而死,心灵却因义而活。 然而叫耶稣从死里复活者的灵若住在你们心里,那叫基督耶稣从死里复活的,也必藉着住在你们心里的圣灵,使你们必死的身体又活过来。

五月二十八日

我们的心态

“随从圣灵的人,体贴圣灵的事。”—— 罗马书8:5

我们的人生基本上有两个可以追随的方向:我们自己的意愿或神的意愿。我们若相信基督,我们便应该以追随神的意愿为目标。

以下是一个自我检查的小测验,我们可以分开两栏写下自己的愿望。在其中一栏,我们记下每天的愿望中,有多少次是罪恶或自私的;在另一栏则记下有多少次是美好或敬虔的。然后,数数有多少次是为了满足我们邪恶的愿望的,和有多少次是为随从神的旨意,以及对邻舍表达爱心的。如果你的心思意念运作的方式和我的一样,第一栏会有很多例子,而第二栏的例子只是寥寥可数。

这就是基督徒生命中,在属灵和思想上经历到的挣扎。作为基督的信徒,我们已经重生,在灵里得到新生命的了。罪和死亡的权势所说的谎话,和虚假的承诺,不能再卡住我们。然而我们也仍未达到被完全改造的地步,我们的属灵生命是一项仍然在进行中的工程。

有两个律正在运行。其中一个是我们抗拒神的意愿,这样,我们便继续犯罪。另一个是我们已重生,正在靠赖圣灵的能力过生活的意愿。感谢主,藉着基督满足了律法的要求,祂作成的工,我们已被称为义,我们已在圣灵里得到永远的生命。所以,我们已从罪和死亡的咒诅中,被释放出来,并且蒙召靠赖圣灵过生活,好叫我们能够学像基督。在祂里面我们找到真正的生命。

祷告

神的灵啊,你是我们新生命的源头。求你充满我们,又引导我们的意愿和行为。求你不要任凭我们追随我们自己的意愿。奉耶稣的名祈求。阿们。

Romans 8:5-11

THURSDAY, MAY 28

OUR MINDSET

Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. —Romans 8:5

There are two basic directions we can follow in life: our own desires or God’s desires. If we believe in Christ, we should aim to follow God’s desires.

Here's a little test we can give ourselves. We can write down our desires in two columns. In one column we can note how many of our daily desires are for sinful or selfish things. In the other column we can note the desires we have for good or godly things. How many of our thoughts seek to satisfy our evil desires, and how many seek to do God’s will and show love to our neighbors? If your mind operates like mine, the first column will have lots of examples, and the second will have just a few.

This is the spiritual and mental struggle of the Christian life. As believers in Christ, we have been reborn to new life in the Spirit. We are no longer stuck in the realm of sin and death, with its lies and false promises, but we are not yet fully regenerated either. Our life in the Spirit is a work in progress.

Two systems are in operation. In one, our desires oppose God, and we continue to sin. In the other, we are newly reborn into a life powered by the Holy Spirit. Thankfully, we are justified by Christ’s fulfillment of the law and his finished work, and we are given eternal life through the Spirit. So we are freed from the curse of sin and death, and we are called to live by the Spirit so that we become like Christ. True life is found in him.

Spirit of God, you are the source of our new life. Fill us and guide our desires and actions. Do not leave us to our own desires, we pray. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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