【双语灵修】晓得我们的罪KNOWING OUR SIN

罗马书 3:19-26

8月2日

晓得我们的罪

“因为律法本是叫人知罪。” - 罗马书 3:20

当我坐在飞机上，等待飞机滑向跑道时，我并必能够完全察觉飞机何时开始移动。但如果我望向窗外，把目光锁定在一个静止的参照物，飞机是否在前行就一目了然。

在某种程度上，十诫就像那个参照物，标示出我们在神的世界里，究竟活得如何。遗憾的是，诫命往往并未显出我们在朝着积极的方向前进。相反，它们显明了我们是何等容易偏离神，走向败坏。尽管神赐下这些法则，是为了让我们在祂的世界里得生命、享福乐，但我们却常常软弱，无法完完全全地去爱祂、顺服祂。诚如今天的经文《罗马书》3章所说：“世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀。”既然我们没有一个人能达到神那圣洁的标准，我们便都是违背祂律法的罪人。因着我们的罪，我们理应受神公义的审判。

我们无法靠自己赢得救恩，也无法修复我们与神之间那破裂的关系。这是个坏消息。但好消息是：“唯有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死。”《罗马书》5:8唯有信靠耶稣基督—祂完全顺服了神的律法，并为我们舍命作了挽回祭，才能洗净我们的罪，使我们得以称义。

十诫清晰地向我们显明，我们是罪人。同时，也指引我们通往那得救的唯一道路：耶稣。

祷告

父神，你的诫命显明我们犯了罪，且无法自救。求你感动我们，使我们信靠你的儿子耶稣，因为祂是唯一能拯救我们的救主。阿们。

Romans 3:19-26

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2

KNOWING OUR SIN

Through the law we become conscious of our sin. —Romans 3:20

When I am sitting in an airplane and waiting for us to taxi out to a runway, I can’t always tell when the plane starts to move. But if I look outside and focus on a still object, I can see whether the plane is moving.

In some ways the Ten Commandments are like that, acting as a landmark to show us how we are living in God’s world.

Unfortunately the commandments do not reveal movement in a positive direction. They show us how easily we can stray away from God toward destruction. Though God has given us these instructions for living and prospering in his world, we fall short in loving and obeying him. Indeed, as Romans 3 says in our passage for today, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Since none of us can live up to God’s holy standards, we are all sinners who have broken God’s law. We deserve God’s just punishment for our sins.

We can’t earn our salvation, and we can’t fix our rebellious relationship with God. That’s the bad news. But the good news is this: “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Only faith in Jesus Christ, who obeyed God’s law perfectly and gave his life as a sacrifice for us, can wash away our sins and make us right with God.

The Ten Commandments show us clearly that we are sinners. At the same time, they point us to the only way we can find salvation: through Jesus.

Father God, your commandments show that we have sinned and cannot save ourselves. Move us to faith in your Son, Jesus, the only one who can ever save us. Amen.