收穫法律的益處Reaping the Benefits of theLaw
[每日靈修] 11/25/2018,
駱鴻銘編譯
讓我們繼續在之前的默想中所開始的實驗。請研讀使徒保羅對這段經文的摘錄。這聽起來像是一個相信上帝的律法在基督徒生活中沒有絲毫地位的人所說的嗎？仔細閱讀保羅的著作，你會發現他的心就像大衛一樣，渴望上帝的律法。
律法驅使我們到福音那裏。福音使我們免受律法的詛咒，但反過來又引導我們回到律法中去尋找它的本意。上帝的律法仍然是我們腳前的燈。沒有它，我們會顛仆、絆倒並在黑暗中摸索。
對於基督徒來說，上帝律法的最大好處是它所具有的啟示性。律法向我們揭示出誰是立法者。它告訴我們，在神看來，什麼是討祂喜悅的。我們必須尋求上帝的律法——渴望它——並且喜愛它。任何不符合律法的事都是對父、子、聖靈的冒犯。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
請作這個禱告：「感謝神賜下祢的律法，作我腳前的燈。請賜給我一顆渴望和喜愛祢法律的心。」
進一步研讀：
羅七8 然而罪趁著機會，就藉著誡命叫諸般的貪心在我裡頭發動；因為沒有律法，罪是死的。
羅七12 這樣看來，律法是聖潔的，誡命也是聖潔、公義、良善的。
羅七22 因為按著我裡面的意思（原文作人），我是喜歡神的律；
Reaping
the Benefits of the Law
Let’s
continue the experiment we began in the previous meditation. Study the excerpts
from the apostle Paul that accompany this reading. Does this sound like a man
who believed the law of God has no place in the Christian life? Read Paul’s
writings carefully and you will find a man whose heart longed for the law of
God as much as David’s.
The
law drives us to the gospel. The gospel saves us from the curse of the law, but
in turn directs us back to the law to search its spirit. The law of God is
still a lamp to our feet. Without it we stumble and trip and grope in
darkness.
For
the Christian, the greatest benefit of the law of God is its revelatory
character. The law reveals to us the Lawgiver. It teaches us what is pleasing
in His sight. We need to seek the law of God—to pant after it—and to delight in
it. Anything less is an offense against the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit.
Coram
Deo
Pray
this prayer: “Thank You for Your law, which is a lamp to my feet. Give me a
heart that longs for and delights in Your law.”
Passages
for Further Study
Romans
7:8
Romans
7:12
Romans
7:22