12月18日 救赎大工 The Finished Work

12月18日

救赎大工

The Finished Work

人若不重生，就不能见神的国。—— 约翰福音 3:3

Except a man to be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

—John 3:3

一个人得救是靠着相信基督在十字架上所成就的救赎事工，而非靠着身体的感知和对宗教的痴迷。但是你可能会问，“难道说在得救的信心上感觉就没有立足之地吗？”当然，得救的信心会有感觉的。但我们却不是靠着它来得救的。无论你有什么样的感觉，这都是由得救的信心所带给你的，但是感觉却从未拯救过一个灵魂。爱是感觉；喜乐是感觉；内心的平安是感觉；对他人的爱是感觉；关注失丧的人是感觉。但是这些感觉却无法让你重生。你唯一可以寻找并期待的一种体验就是相信基督。

A person is saved by trusting in the finished work of Christ on the cross, and not by bodily sensations and religious ecstasy. But you will say, “What about feeling? Is there no place in saving faith for feeling?” Certainly, there is room for feeling in saving faith. But we are not saved by it. Whatever feeling there may be is the result of saving faith, but feeling never saved a single soul. Love is feeling. Joy is feeling. Inward peace is feeling. Love for others is a feeling. Concern for the lost is a feeling. But these feelings are not conversion. The one experience that you can look for and expect is the experience of believing in Christ.

今日祷告

主啊，我感谢你所赐给我的这份救赎的礼物，它是永恒不变的，不像我的感觉那样飘摇不定。

Prayer for the day

Thank You, Lord, for Your gift of redemption, which does not fluctuate like my feelings.