4月8日 未曾改变的人性 Unchanging Human Nature

4月8日：

未曾改变的人性

Unchanging Human Nature

看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的。

——约 1:29

Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the world’s sin.
—John 1:29 (TLB)

在主耶稣被钉十字架之时，人的罪也达到了它的极致。在这髑髅地，罪性得以完全的彰显，这是从未有过的黑暗和丑恶。我们看到人类的恶心昭然若揭，心的朽坏暴露无遗。有些人说，人类自那日之后有所转变，如果今日基督再来，他将不用再为人类献祭，而将受到荣耀的回馈。其实不然，基督每天都会来到我们中间，在我们没有打开的圣经里，在我们没有参加的聚会中，在每次我们面对人们的需要时。我深信如果基督今日再来，他仍会如同两千年前一样为我们的罪献祭。罪从未消减，人性也未曾转变。

At the cross of Christ, sin reached its climax. Its most terrible display took place at Calvary. It was never blacker or more hideous. We see the human heart laid bare and its corruption fully exposed. Some people have said that man has improved since that day, that if Christ came back today, He would not be crucified but would be given a glorious reception. Christ does come to us every day in the form of Bibles that we do not read, in the form of churches that we do not attend, in the form of human need that we pass by. I am convinced that if Christ came back today, He would be crucified more quickly than He was two thousand years ago. Sin never improves. Human nature has not changed.

今日祷告

天父啊，藉着耶稣的献祭，请拿去我有罪的心思和行为。

Prayer for the day

Father, take away my thoughts and deeds that crucify Jesus afresh.