珍惜救贖的代價Treasuring Redemption’s Price
[每日靈修] 11/27/2018,
駱鴻銘編譯
在保羅寫給加拉太人的書信中可以找到理解耶穌從十字架上呼喊的關鍵：「基督既為我們受（原文作成）了咒詛，就贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛；因為經上記著：『凡掛在木頭上都是被咒詛的。』」（加拉太書三13）。
受詛咒，就是要離開上帝的面，被置於營外，要被剪除離開祂的一切福祉。在十字架上，耶穌受了詛咒。也就是說，祂代表受了詛咒的猶太民族背約者，並將此咒詛完全背負在自己的肩上。作為上帝的羔羊，罪的背負者，祂被剪除離開上帝的面。
在十字架上，耶穌代表我們經歷被遺棄的境遇。上帝離棄了耶穌，使祂脫離一切的恩賜，一切的恩典、一切的平安。
上帝太聖潔了，以至於無法望著罪孽。當耶穌被掛在十字架上時，父神離棄了祂的兒子，詛咒祂到地獄的坑裏。這就是兒子的「降到陰間」。在這裏，上帝的忿怒發在祂身上。祂的喊叫聲是受咒詛著的喊叫聲。為我們喊的。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
默想耶穌在骷髏地為你做了什麼。為背負你罪的神羔羊而感恩。
進一步研讀：
太廿七46 約在申初，耶穌大聲喊著說：「以利！以利！拉馬撒巴各大尼？」就是說：「我的神！我的神！為什麼離棄我？」
加三13 基督既為我們受（原文作成）了咒詛，就贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛；因為經上記著：「凡掛在木頭上都是被咒詛的。」
加三10 凡以行律法為本的，都是被咒詛的；因為經上記著：「凡不常照律法書上所記一切之事去行的，就被咒詛。」
Treasuring Redemption’s Price
The key to understanding the cry of Jesus from
the cross is found in Paul’s letter to the Galatians: “Christ redeemed us from
the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is
everyone who is hung on a tree’” (Gal. 3:13, NIV).
To be
cursed is to be removed from the presence of God, to be set outside the camp,
to be cut off from His benefits. On the cross, Jesus was cursed. That is, He
represented the Jewish nation of covenant breakers who were exposed to the
curse and took the full measure of the curse on Himself. As the Lamb of God,
the Sin Bearer, He was cut off from the presence of God.
On
the cross, Jesus entered into the experience of forsakenness on our behalf. God
turned His back on Jesus and cut Him off from all blessing, from all keeping,
from all grace, and from all peace.
God
is too holy to even look at iniquity. God the Father turned His back on the
Son, cursing Him to the pit of hell while He hung on the cross. Here was the
Son’s “descent into hell.” Here the fury of God raged against Him. His scream
was the scream of the damned. For us.
Coram
Deo
Reflect
on what Jesus did for you on Calvary. Give thanks for the Lamb of God who bore
your sin.
Passages
for Further Study
Matthew
27:46
Galatians
3:13
Galatians
3:10