Daily Devotion - Nov 11 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

上帝釋放我們

經文: ��「罪必不能作你們的主，因為你們不在律法之下，乃在恩典之下。」（羅馬書六︰14）�'^�Z�

若是可能，罪總想在人心中做王，它無法容忍不能坐心中寶座的位。有時候，我們會害怕罪勝過我們，於是來到上帝面前，求上帝莫讓我們被罪擄去，上帝肯定的回答︰「罪絕不會在你身上掌王權。」是的，罪或許會乘虛而入傷害我們，但絕不致於轄制我們。這是何等令人安慰的話！�

若我們在律法之下，罪就會使盡全力，將我們擄於祂的權勢之下，因為律法叫我們知罪，又付上代價。若我們活在恩典之下，就有新約的保證，永生上帝絕不會離開我們，而且祂應許要潔淨我們，並釋放我們從各樣罪惡習慣的綑綁中出來，不再迷途、遊蕩在外。�

若為了永生，我們仍要像奴隸一般地工作，我們將會毫無盼望，像昔日的以色列民僅滿足於服事埃及人。其實，我們是屬上帝的自由人，就要拿出勇氣，與罪惡爭戰，戰勝世界的誘惑與老我的腐敗，確定自己沒有給罪作奴僕、把自己獻給不義作肢體。上帝讓我們透過耶穌，可以戰勝一切，而且永遠得勝，阿門。�


The LORD's Free Men

Scripture: "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace" (Romans 6:14).

Sin will reign if it can: it cannot be satisfied with any place below the throne of the heart. We sometimes fear that it will conquer us, and then we cry unto the LORD, "Let not any iniquity have dominion over me." This is His comforting answer: "Sin shall not have dominion over you." It may assail you and even wound you, but it shall never establish sovereignty over you.

If we were under the law, our sin would gather strength and hold us under its power; for it is the punishment of sin that a man comes under the power of sin. As we are under the covenant of grace, we are secured against departing from the living God by the sure declaration of the covenant. Grace is promised to us by which we are restored from our wanderings, cleansed from our impurities, and set free from the chains of habit.

We must lie down in despair and be "content to serve the Egyptians" if we were still as slaves working for eternal life; but since we are the LORD's free men, we take courage to fight with [our] temptations, being assured that sin shall never bring us under its sway again. God Himself giveth us the victory through our LORD Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.


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