Jan 12【每日活水】 SHEN 的应许比律/法更重要

 

加拉太书3:15~22

律/法和应许
15弟兄们,我且照着人的常话说:虽然是人的文约,若已经立定了,就没有能废弃或加增的。
 16所应许的原是向亚伯拉罕和他子孙说的。  SHEN 并不是说「众子孙」,指着许多人,乃是说「你那一个子孙」,指着一个人,就是 JI DU 。
17我是这么说,  SHEN 预先所立的约,不能被那四百三十年以后的律/法废掉,叫应许归于虚空。
 18因为承受产业,若本乎律/法,就不本乎应许;但  SHEN 是凭着应许把产业赐给亚伯拉罕
 19这样说来,律/法是为什么有的呢?原是为过犯添上的,等候那蒙应许的子孙来到,并且是藉天使经中保之手设立的。
20但中保本不是为一面作的;  SHEN 却是一位。
奴仆和儿子
21这样,律/法是与  SHEN 的应许反对吗?断乎不是!若曾传一个能叫人得生的律/法,义就诚然本乎律/法了。
 22但 Bible 把众人都圈在罪里,使所应许的因信 YS JI DU ,归给那信的人。
The Law and the Promise
15Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.
 16The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
17What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
19Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. 20A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.
22But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
 

内容观察

1.保罗如何解释律/法与 SHEN 所立的约之间的关系?(17节)

2.保罗说,律/法的有效期限到何时为止?(19节)

 

思考与默想

 

3.保罗如何说明 SHEN 赐下律/法的理由?
 

个人感受

4.看到保罗说律/法不能废掉 SHEN 预先所立的约,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我在哪些方面仍受律/法束缚,以致无法享受与 SHEN 的关系?

6.为了向赐下恩典应许的 SHEN 献上感谢,并从律/法完全得自由,我决心实践什么事情?

 
SHEN 预先所立的约(17节):指 SHEN 对亚伯拉罕的应许,早于 SHEN 赐给摩西的律/法。
四百三十年(17节):指 SHEN 给予亚伯拉罕应许,到 SHEN 在西奈山上赐予摩西律/法之间的时期。
罗3:20b“因为律/法本是要人认识罪。”

灵/修指南

保罗在书信中阐释,如果人是因信称义而得救,律/法对人来说还有什么意义。当时,加拉太信/徒受到律/法主义者的影响,很可能误以为必须透过遵守律/法来得救,所以这部分的论证十分重要。
保罗解释说,最初赐给人的救/恩就是从应许而来(18节),而因着 YS JI DU 这位应许的成就者到来,律/法便不再是必须的了。保罗说,律/法的基本功能不是拯救,而是使人知罪;律/法不是使人成义的方法,而是要使人知道自己的不义(19节;参罗3:20b)。此外,保罗清楚地解释说,即使在旧约时代,立约的选民也不是血统上的犹太人,而是相信与 SHEN 所立之约的人。我们必须借着 SHEN 的话语,查验自己是否拥有这样的信心。
让我们记住,律/法不会引导我们成义,但可以使我们意识到自己需要救/恩。信/徒得救的方法只有一个,就是倚靠 YS JI DU 。
 

内室dao告

愿我因信 YS JI DU 而得享真自由,并因着信心,成为主忠心的MEN TU。

 

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