讀經:羅馬書第七章

默想:「我真是苦啊!誰能救我脫離這取死(使我死亡)的身體呢?感謝神!靠著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。」(羅7:24-25)

默想一:基督徒信了主不是得救了嗎?怎麼還會軟弱、犯罪、跌到?就稱義而言,我們因信得救,但就成聖而言,我們還未完全,要等到主的再來。只要我們活在世上,就會受到來自世界引誘、個人私慾、魔鬼欺騙的影響。若仍要靠老我,我們會活得很辛苦。

默想二:基督徒正常的生活是什麼?就是得勝的生活。得勝不憑自己去爭戰,而要倚靠神。我們稱義是父神藉著聖子替我們成就的事;而成義或得勝是父神藉著聖靈在我們裡面作成的事。基督徒是因信基督有新的生命,也因聖靈的引導過得勝的生活。

禱告:天父上帝,感謝祢賜給我得勝的確據。求祢的聖靈內住我心,幫助我過得勝的生活。「神啊,求你鑒察我,知道我的心思;試煉我,知道我的意念;看在我裏面有什麼惡行沒有,引導我走永生的道路。」(詩139:23, 24)奉耶穌寶貴的名禱告,阿們!

Bible Reading: Romans 7.

Meditation:  “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to (brings me into) death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Rom 7:24-25)

Meditation one: Once Christians believed in the Lord, should that mean they have been saved? How can we still be weak, sin, and fall? As far as justified by faith is concerned, we are saved by faith, but as far as sanctification is concerned, we are not yet quite enough until the Lord comes again. As long as we live in this world, the temptation from the world, our own desire, and the devil’s deception can always affect us. If we still have to rely on the old selves, we will live a very hard way.

Meditation two: What is the normal life of a Christian? It is a victorious life? Victory is not to fight by your own, but to trust in God. Through what the God our Father has accomplished for us through His son, we can then be justified as righteous. Righteousness or victory is what the father did in us through the Holy Spirit. Christians have a new life because they believe in Christ, and they live a victorious life by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 

Prayer: God heavenly Father, thank You for giving me the assurance of victory. Please have the Holy Spirit to live in my heart and help me to live a victorious life. “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psa 139:23, 24) I pray in the precious name of Jesus, Amen!

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