十二月十四日 司布真每日灵修
「我已经与基督同钉十字来。」(加二20) 主耶稣基督成为世人的代表,祂在十字架上代替所有属祂的人死。祂的所有圣徒都能藉着祂得着神的义,从罪的审判中被赎出来。外邦人的使徒保罗很乐意地知道,他既为基督所拣选,就等于已与基督同钉十字架了。
他不仅是根据教义如此相信,也充满信心地接受,将盼望建立在这个信念上。他相信藉着基督代死的功劳,他已满足了神公义要求,并且已经与神和好了。
亲爱的读者,一个人若看见自己已经与主同钉十字架,这是何等有福的事!他能感觉到,「我已经死了。律法处死了我,但我已经脱离律法的权势;我的中保已为我担当咒诅;并且因祂的代死,律法所要求的刑罚已完全执行了,因为我与基督同钉十字架。
」 保罗不仅相信基督的死,也实际感受它的能力,他愿将旧人败坏的本性钉在十字架上。当他再看见罪中之乐时,他说:「我不能再享受这些快乐,因我向这些事已经死了。
」这也该是每个基督徒的经历。既接受了基督,对这世界来说,他就像一个完全死了的人一样。在此同时,他却能与使徒一样说:「我如今活着」,他是向神活着。基督徒的生活是一个难解的谜,是世人不能了解的,甚至连他自己也不能了解。
他死了,却又仍然活着!与基督同钉死,但又与基督一同复活!能与那受苦流血的主联合,能向世界和罪死,这真是令人振奋的经历。哦,我们当以此为乐! Evening, December 14 Scripture: "I am crucified with Christ.
"(Galatians 2:20) The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what he did as a great public representative person, and his dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all his people.
Then all his saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine vengeance for all their sins.
The apostle of the Gentiles delighted to think that as one of Christ's chosen people, he died upon the cross in Christ.
He did more than believe this doctrinally, he accepted it confidently, resting his hope upon it.
He believed that by virtue of Christ's death, he had satisfied divine justice, and found reconciliation with God.
Beloved, what a blessed thing it is when the soul can, as it were, stretch itself upon the cross of Christ, and feel, "I am dead; the law has slain me, and I am therefore free from its power, because in my Surety I have borne the curse, and in the person of my Substitute the whole that the law could do, by way of condemnation, has been executed upon me, for I am crucified with Christ.
" But Paul meant even more than this.
He not only believed in Christ's
