October 28, 2014

Justification by Faith

If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life —Romans 5:10

I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves me— repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of on the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? It is never that! I am made right with God because, prior to all of that, Christ died. When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals, the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ instantly places me into a right relationship with God. And as a result of the supernatural miracle of God’s grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, or because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done. The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don’t know how it was accomplished.

The salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the sacrificial death of Jesus. We can be born again solely because of the atonement of our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all of our experience (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19). The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves— they have been accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has already done— “It is finished!” (John 19:30).


因信稱義

因為我們作仇敵的時候,且藉著神兒子的死,得與神和好,既已和好,就更要因他得生得救了。 (羅五10)

我不是因我的信得救,我是因著信,知道自己得救。悔改不能救我;悔改只表示我體會神在基督耶穌裡所成就的。最危險的是把重點放在果效,而不放在基因上。因為我順服,所以與神和好--我的成聖。不!我與神和好,是因為在一切以先,基督死了。當我轉向神,憑信心接納神所啟示我--耶穌基督救贖的大能--就立時進入與神和好的境地;又憑著神恩典超然的神蹟,我立在稱義的地位上。這不是因為我認罪,不是因為我悔改,而是因為主耶穌所成就的。神的靈帶來一道透澈的光芒,於是我知道自己得救了,雖然我不知道這到底怎樣發生的。

神的救贖並不建基於人的​​邏輯,乃建基於耶穌的捨身。我們得以重生,是因為主的救贖。有罪的人可以成為新造的人,不是由於他們悔改,不是由於他們相信,乃是由於神在主耶穌里奇妙的工作,這是一切經歷之首。稱義成聖的穩固保障,是神自己。我們不必去做什麼,因為一切已在救贖中作成了。神奇妙的作為使超然的成為自然,我們可以認識主耶穌已春泥果酒的--[成了]。

祈禱◆主啊,因著在你這位眾光之父裡,[沒有改變,也沒有轉動的影兒],我便歡喜快樂。願你使我能辨別你的統治和管理。

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