对今日诗句的想法
恩典与自由并非为犯罪亮了绿灯(犹大书4节)。事实上，罪使我们做奴仆，辖制我们(约翰福音8:34)。然而当我们在洗礼中将旧我的罪与主耶稣同死同埋的时刻起，罪不再能够辖制我们，不再能够做我们的主人，因为神的恩典已经使我们得以自由(罗马书6:1-14)。因此，让我们寻求圣灵的力量洁净我们(希伯来书9:14)，寻求圣灵的大能使我们从罪中得自由(罗马书8:10-15)。让我们以自由祝福并建立他人。让我们使用自由，向神的工作献上我们的心灵与生命！
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Paul wrote to help the new believers keep their true freedom in Christ: freedom from trying to earn their righteousness through law-keeping (Galatians chapters 3 and 4). The law could not justify them before God. Only faith in Jesus offered them freedom to be all Christ had re-created by grace to be (Galatians 2:14-16; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18). They were God's children through faith, led by the Spirit to take on the character of Jesus (Galatians 5:16-27). We, too, must realize that since we are God's children, we have been freed from law-keeping and sin because of our faith in Jesus and our participation with him in baptism through faith (Galatians 3:26-29; Romans 6:3-14; 1 Corinthians 15:3-7). We must never return to justifying ourselves through works of any law, set of rules, or someone's religious expectation. To do so is to give up our freedom and return to the bondage. Paul begs us to rely on what Jesus did for us, not on works of the law. It is the cross of Christ and the empty tomb that liberate us from sin, death, and slavery to what cannot save us.
我的祷告
圣洁、公义的神啊，我的阿爸父，感谢你使我从罪的权势与辖制中得自由！愿你的圣灵赐予我力量，改变我，使我能够离弃过去的罪，在家庭、工作与世人中间活出具有品格与祝福的生命。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Holy and Righteous God, my Abba Father, thank you for freeing me from the guilt and power of sin! Thank you for liberating me from trying to earn my salvation through law-keeping. I trust that you will empower and transform me by your Spirit. By the Spirit's power, I know I can now leave my sinful past behind. I want to honor your grace by living a life of character and blessing in my family, in my work, and in your world. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
