【双语灵修】内心的诫命THE HEART COMMAND
罗马书 7:7-12
这样，我们可说什么呢？律法是罪吗？断乎不是。只是非因律法，我就不知何为罪。非律法说“不可起贪心”，我就不知何为贪心。 然而罪趁着机会，就藉着诫命叫诸般的贪心在我里头发动，因为没有律法罪是死的。 我以前没有律法是活着的，但是诫命来到，罪又活了，我就死了。那本来叫人活的诫命，反倒叫我死；因为罪趁着机会，就藉着诫命引诱我，并且杀了我。这样看来，律法是圣洁的，诫命也是圣洁、公义、良善的。
8月28日
内心的诫命
“非律法说‘不可起贪心’，我就不知何为贪心。” - 罗马书 7:7
大多数人都认同，我们最近讨论的这些诫命——关于促进公义、诚实、尊重他人及其财产等等，为社会群体生活提供了清晰且实用的界限。类似的准则在世界各地的各类社会中都能找到。
我们甚至可能像古代以色列许多属神的子民那样，认为遵守这些诫命是可能的。然而，律法并不能满足神对我们内心的要求。使徒保罗与自己内心的黑暗搏斗时，痛苦地意识到了这一点。尽管他曾经以为自己能努力遵守这些诫命，但当他读到“不可起贪心”时，他的心被刺痛了。神命令我们不仅要通过行为，更要发自内心去彰显爱。按照这个标准，我们都在“爱人”这件事上亏欠了神。
感谢神，我们的内心的顽疾是可以医治的。保罗在《罗马书》5章8节说：“唯有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死。”唯有耶稣才能完全满足律法中，关于完美顺服与爱的要求。既然我们因着耶稣为我们所做的牺牲而蒙赦免，圣灵便赐给我们一颗新心，使我们转而爱神，并爱邻舍。
我们在基督里的新生命，使我们超越了流于表面的外在顺服。藉着全然信靠耶稣，我们那颗躁动不安的心，唯独在祂里面得着了真正的安息与满足，从而赋予了我们真诚去爱他人的生命能力。
祷告
主耶稣，感谢你拯救了我们。求你的灵充满我们的心，使我们能像你爱我们那样去爱别人。阿们。
Romans 7:7-12
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
THE HEART COMMAND
I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” —Romans 7:7
Most people agree that the commandments we have been discussing lately—about promoting justice, honesty, respect for others and their property, and more—offer clear, practical boundaries for living together in society. Guidelines like these are found in all kinds of societies around the world.
We might even think, like many of God’s people in ancient Israel did, that keeping these commands is possible. But the law doesn’t satisfy God’s requirements for our hearts. The apostle Paul painfully realized this when he wrestled with the darkness in his own heart. Though he thought he had been able to keep these commandments through his actions, he was cut to the heart when he read, “You shall not covet.” God commands that we show love not only through our actions but also with our hearts. By this standard, we are all guilty of failing to love others.
Thankfully, our heart problem can be solved. “While we were still sinners,” Paul writes in Romans 5:8, “Christ died for us.” Jesus is the only one who could ever satisfy the demands of God’s law for perfect obedience and love. And since we are forgiven through Jesus’ sacrifice for our sake, the Holy Spirit gives us new hearts directed toward loving God and our neighbors.
Our new life in Christ moves us beyond mere outward obedience. By trusting Jesus, our restless hearts find true satisfaction in him alone, so that we can truly love others.
Jesus, thank you for rescuing us. By your Spirit, fill our hearts so that we can love others as you have loved us. Amen.