在与神相合中，盼望更美的事[5月24日罗马书]

罗马书｜之十三: 在与神相合中，盼望更美的事

5月24日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 罗5:1-11

课题: 恩典, 苦难与试炼, 确据, 平安/安息/和睦, 忍耐,

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被称为义（在基督里被赐予那尊高的地位）和与神和好（在基督里与神和好的关系）原是分不开的信仰经历，也是二合一的。一个是讲道地位，一个是讲到关系。地位与关系是属灵的事实，也当化为属灵的经验。事实与经验的融合是我们的信仰当继续取得的结果，也是心里的能力的来源。特别，今天经文说到我们在“与神和好”的根基下已得以站在神的恩典中的经历。确实上，“与神和好”是我们这唯独靠信心进入神恩典的信徒当要深思、确认，以及享受的信仰经历。我们不能单以字面理解圣经所说的“与神和好”，而将此留在一种观念。我们也不能无根无极的单凭感觉来体感神那浩大的恩典，以免我们落入一种经不起考验的“感觉信仰”。当我们客观的认识了基督十字架废掉了我们与神之间的冤仇之后，我们的内心也当确实的经历与享受这和好的能力。试问：我们是否单以信基督的救赎就已经站在神的恩典了吗（需要凭感觉或加上而外的条件吗）？那临到我们的基督之恩有多大呢？那这恩典今日如何在我们心中运行呢？再就是当苦难与患难临到时，我们能否经历到这恩典那而外与加倍的扶持呢？最后，这恩典最终将我们的心灵塑造成怎样的样式呢？是叫我们成为一个自我中心的必胜主义者，还是叫我们成为一个以神为中心的敬虔者？主的恩典是叫我们一直盼望着今生的胜利与荣耀，还是盼望着那永远极重无比的荣耀呢？在此，我们要认识在基督里“与神和好”的事实、性质、能力、经历与结果，然后从此处发展我们的信仰经验。事实上，与神和好不是一个“入门”信念而已，那乃是“尽情享受这新关系”的信念，以至叫那在基督恩典中的人继续盼望在基督里那更美好之事。这就如同一个父亲与失散的孩子相认之后，这并非结束，乃是父子关系发展的开始。但很多时候，很多信徒不能盼望与期待那更美好之事，主要原因有两个：① 是我们的是非与功德观使我们无形中削弱神在我们心中的爱，以至不敢期待神会如此无限的恩待我们这仍有软弱的罪人，或没有显然的功德的信徒（换句话：我们对人对己都常有“自有应得”或“赚取赏赐”的想法，不完全相信神竟会无条件的恩待我们）。基于这理由，我们在许多事上便会无形中靠己，不靠恩，以至进到劳苦重担里；② 就是当患难临到时，不仰望与确认在当中更浩大之恩，反倒以肉体来承受苦楚，以至越忍受越痛苦。有些信徒因此就落入找寻自己的解脱法，以至进到更无能失败中。其实，主应许说：“我的恩典够你用，因为我的能力是在人的软弱上显得完全《林后12:9》”。在一个已经与神和好的关系里，无知与不依靠的心就是我们最大的仇敌了，那就如同一个控告与说谎者在我们旁边，常常指出我们的软弱为“神不会祝福我”的论点，也叫我们在患难临到时使我们误以为只能靠自己，而无形中进入更无能的状态中。在这又被控告又被欺骗的光景中，一个信徒明显会失去的就是那从恩典而来的喜乐。因此，我们在此要认清仇敌的谎言，要认识与享受那已经赏给我们的福分。

Being justified (being blessed with the most honorable position in Christ) and reconcile with God (being made reconciled with God through Christ) are inseparable experiences in faith, and they are a combo. One talks about the position, another talks about the relationship. Both position and relationship are spiritual truth, and they should translate into spiritual experience. The merging of truth and experience is the outcome we need to pursue in our faith, as they are also the source of strength in our hearts. In particular, today’s scripture mentions that it is in this foundation of “reconciliation with God” that we have gained access into this grace in which we now stand. Actually, “reconciliation with God” is something believers like us, who’ve entered God’s grace solely by faith, have to meditate deeply on, confirm and enjoy. We cannot understand “reconciliation with God” from the bible literally, for it will then remain as a theory. We also cannot use our feelings to feel the great grace of God without foundation, or it will fall into a “feeling-based faith” that cannot stand the test. When we’ve come to know objectively that the Cross of Christ has abolished the enmity between God and us, we also need to experience and enjoy the power of this reconciliation in our hearts. Try asking: Do we stand in God’s grace only by believing in Christ’s redemption (or do we add feelings or additional conditions)? How great is the grace of Christ that has come upon us? How is this grace moving in our hearts today? Also, in the face of trials and sufferings, can we experience the additional and double-fold support from this grace? Finally, what will this grace eventually shape our hearts into? Does it turn us into a self-centered triumphalist person, or it makes us a God-centered godly person? Does Lord’s grace always call us to hope for the victory and glory of this life, or the eternal glory that far outweighs them all? Here, we need to know the truth, nature, power, experience and outcome of “reconciliation with God”, and extend the experience of our faith through here. Actually, having reconciled with God is not an “introductory” belief, it is a belief that enables one to “enjoy this new relationship to one heart’s content”, so much so that it causes the person standing in the grace of Christ to hope for more beautiful things in Christ. This is like a father who’s separated from his child who later comes to recognize one another; this is not the end but the beginning of the growth of this father-son relationship. Often, there are two main reasons why many believers cannot look forward and anticipate the more beautiful things: ① It’s our sense of right vs wrong and self-merited mindset that cause us to unknowingly weaken God’s love in our hearts, thus we do not dare to anticipate that God will treat sinners like us, who are still as weak or do not have obvious merits, with such infinite grace (in another word: whether it’s to ourselves or others, we often have the mindset of “you reap what you sow” or “earning the prize”, and we’re unable to have complete confidence that God truly treats us graciously with no condition).  For this reason, we will unconsciously rely on self instead of grace in many things, and we will eventually be wearied and burdened; ② When sufferings come, do not look upon and confirm the greater grace in it. Instead, endure the pain with flesh, and the more one endures, the more painful it becomes. Some believers eventually take things in their own hands, entering into helpless failures. Actually, the Lord promised us, “My grace is sufficient of you, for my power is made perfect in weakness <2 Co 12:9>.” In a relationship that has reconciled with God, our greatest enemy is ignorance and the heart of not relying on Him. This is like an accuser or deceiver standing beside us, always pointing at our weakness as the argument that “God will not bless me”, misleading us into thinking that in sufferings we can only rely on self, leading us into powerless state. Under such acussed and deceived situation, the most apparent thing a believer will lose is the joy from the grace. Therefore, we need to discern the lies of the enemy, know and enjoy the blessings that have already given to us.

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