司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning
三月十一日
經文: 「叫罪因著誡命更顯出是惡極了。」（羅馬書七：13）
「勿以善小而不為，勿以惡小而為之」，所謂樹德務滋，除惡務盡。在剛剛信耶穌的時候，基督徒對罪非常的敏感，對上帝也是異常的敬畏，惟恐犯什麼錯，得罪上帝。但不知曾幾何時，這些基督徒慢慢地對罪不再那麼敏感，當初會令他心裡不安的小出軌，如今似乎也不算是什麼大事。他逐漸與這個世界同流合污了，原先屬靈的敏銳觸角，也漸漸被世上許多不法的事磨鈍了，看到社會上許多光怪陸離的罪惡亂象，也見怪不怪，甚至自己沾染其中，也不覺得有何罪惡感，再也沒有出污泥而不染，或做中流砥柱的心志與決心。
下焉者，逐漸滑跌而渾然不覺，起先是順手牽羊，後來是搶銀行；起先是犯小錯，後是犯大罪。上焉者，在節骨眼上，仍然懸崖勤馬，尚知節制；但對小節不拘，以致小錯連連不斷。這情況，我們都要謹慎，常自我省察，免得陷入罪惡泥沼而無法自拔。生活中的小罪沒關係嗎？鐵杵磨針，滴水穿石，終究會出大紕漏。而且這些過犯都會令我們的救主擔憂痛心，如有讓祂重釘十字架。若你把這些小錯放在永�的天平衡量，你就發現這是多麼不值得，恨不得趕緊遠離這些錯誤，狠狠地棄它如破履。因為就是這些過錯罪惡使得救主耶穌，為我們頭戴荊棘冕，為我們掛在十架上，如此，你是否看出，帶有毒鈎的「罪」是如何窮凶惡極了？
Morning, March 11
Scripture: "Sin ... exceeding sinful."(Romans 7:13)
Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God. But alas! very soon the fine bloom upon these first ripe fruits is removed by the rough handling of the surrounding world: the sensitive plant of young piety turns into a willow in after life, too pliant, too easily yielding. It is sadly true, that even a Christian may grow by degrees so callous, that the sin which once startled him does not alarm him in the least. By degrees men get familiar with sin. The ear in which the cannon has been booming will not notice slight sounds. At first a little sin startles us; but soon we say, "Is it not a little one?" Then there comes another, larger, and then another, until by degrees we begin to regard sin as but a little ill; and then follows an unholy presumption: "We have not fallen into open sin. True, we tripped a little, but we stood upright in the main. We may have uttered one unholy word, but as for the most of our conversation, it has been consistent." So we palliate sin; we throw a cloak over it; we call it by dainty names. Christian, beware how thou thinkest lightly of sin. Take heed lest thou fall by little and little. Sin, a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows its deadliness? Sin, a little thing? Do not the little foxes spoil the grapes? Doth not the tiny coral insect build a rock which wrecks a navy? Do not little strokes fell lofty oaks? Will not continual droppings wear away stones? Sin, a little thing? It girded the Redeemer's head with thorns, and pierced his heart! It made him suffer anguish, bitterness, and woe. Could you weigh the least sin in the scales of eternity, you would fly from it as from a serpent, and abhor the least appearance of evil. Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be "exceeding sinful."
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