Daily Devotion - Apr 3 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(c]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening 四月三日 經文: 我們都如羊走迷，各人偏行己路。耶和華使我們眾人的罪孽都歸在祂身上。（以賽亞書五十三：6） 上帝所有百姓都當向祂承認自己曾跌倒過。因此，從第一個進入天國的人至最後一個將要進入的人，都要說：「我們都如羊走迷。」這一認罪，雖是一致，卻也是各自不同和互相迥異的：「我們各人都偏己路。」每個人有其特有的罪。每人都有罪，但是每人都有異於其兄弟的、特殊的過犯。「各人偏行己路」表示各人的罪行是他自己所獨有的或他的罪行在別人身上是不一定覺察到的。這一認罪是不受限制的，沒有一句話可以削減其力量，也沒有任何一言語可以提出藉口。這認罪是承認放棄所有的自以為義。這是自覺有罪無可原諒之人的告白。他們手握已破碎的背逆武器，並且呼求：「我們都如羊走迷，各人偏行已路。」但是，下一句幾乎轉變成一首詩歌：「耶和華使我們眾人的罪孽都歸在祂身上。」這是三句中最悲哀的一句，但其中卻湧流出安慰。此話集中了所有的悲慘，也顯露了憐憫；憂傷達到巔峰，疲憊的靈魂尋得安息。被壓傷的救主醫治了破碎心靈。謙卑的懺悔藉單單凝視十架上的基督產生了確實的信心。 Evening, April 3 Scripture: "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."(Isaiah 53:6) Here a confession of sin common to all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and therefore, in common chorus, they all say, from the first who entered heaven to the last who shall enter there, "All we like sheep have gone astray." The confession, while thus unanimous, is also special and particular: "We have turned every one to his own way." There is a peculiar sinfulness about every one of the individuals; all are sinful, but each one with some special aggravation not found in his fellow. It is the mark of genuine repentance that while it naturally associates itself with other penitents, it also takes up a position of loneliness. "We have turned every one to his own way," is a confession that each man had sinned against light peculiar to himself, or sinned with an aggravation which he could not perceive in others. This confession is unreserved; there is not a word to detract from its force, nor a syllable by way of excuse. The confession is a giving up of all pleas of self-righteousness. It is the declaration of men who are consciously guilty—guilty with aggravations, guilty without excuse: they stand with their weapons of rebellion broken in pieces, and cry, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way." Yet we hear no dolorous wailings attending this confession of sin; for the next sentence makes it almost a song. "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort. Strange is it that where misery was concentrated mercy reigned; where sorrow reached her climax weary souls find rest. The Saviour bruised is the healing of bruised hearts. See how the lowliest penitence gives place to assured confidence through simply gazing at Christ on the cross! www.glorypress.com