接受十字架的贖罪Accepting the Atonement of the Cross
[每日靈修] 12/28/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
使徒保羅甚至不在基督被釘十字架的現場，但他宣稱這一行動是一種宇宙性的和超自然的行動。這是神學上的救贖的真實劇碼。在這裏，一位擔當了祂子民罪孽的人，被上帝律法的咒詛所追討。對於保羅來說，被釘十字架是所有歷史的關鍵點。保羅並不滿足於介紹這一事件。在肯定被釘十字架的歷史性的同時，保羅補充了使徒對此事件意義的解釋。他提出了關於基督之死的命題。
放在教會面前的問題是：使徒對於十字架的命題性解釋是否正確？保羅的觀點僅僅是一世紀猶太學者對此事的猜測，還是一種由上帝親自默示的觀點？
它有什麼不同？這不是微不足道的事情，或是基督教教義的迂腐觀點。在這裏，生死悠關的是救恩本身。拒絕聖經中的贖罪觀就是拒絕贖罪本身。拒絕贖罪就是拒絕基督。拒絕基督就是在你的罪孽中滅亡。
請讓我們不要用一種姑息的態度來軟化這一點。讓我們把話說清楚。教會中那些否認基督的死是超自然贖罪行動的教師，根本就不是基督徒。他們是基督的敵人，他們把耶穌踩在腳下，並重新釘死祂。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
請做出這個宣告：「天父，我毫無保留地接受耶穌基督在十字架上的超自然贖罪。」
進一步研讀：
加六14 但我斷不以別的誇口，只誇我們主耶穌基督的十字架；因這十字架，就我而論，世界已經釘在十字架上；就世界而論，我已經釘在十字架上。
約三16～17 神愛世人，甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信祂的，不至滅亡，反得永生。 因為神差祂的兒子降世，不是要定世人的罪，乃是要叫世人因祂得救。
羅八3 律法既因肉體軟弱，有所不能行的，神就差遣自己的兒子，成為罪身的形狀，作了贖罪祭，在肉體中定了罪案。
來十12 但基督獻了一次永遠的贖罪祭，就在神的右邊坐下了。
Accepting the Atonement of the
Cross
The
apostle Paul wasn’t even present at the crucifixion of Christ, yet he declared
that this act was an act of cosmic and supernatural proportions. This was a
real drama of theological redemption. Here the curse of God’s law was visited
on a man who bore the sins of His people. For Paul, the crucifixion was the
pivotal point of all history. Paul was not satisfied to give an account of the
event. While affirming the historicity of the crucifixion, Paul added the
apostolic interpretation of the meaning of the event. He set forth propositions
about the death of Christ.
The
issue before the church is this: Is the apostolic propositional interpretation
of the cross correct or not? Is Paul’s view merely a first-century Jewish
scholar’s speculation on the matter, or is it a view inspired by God Himself?
What
difference does it make? This is not a trifling matter or a pedantic point of
Christian doctrine. Here nothing less than salvation is at stake. To reject the
biblical view of atonement is to reject the atonement itself. To reject the
atonement is to reject Christ. To reject Christ is to perish in your sin.
Please
let us not soften this with an appeasing dance. Let us be clear. Those teachers
in the church who deny that the death of Christ was a supernatural act of
atonement are simply not Christians. They are enemies of Christ who trample
Jesus underfoot and crucify Him afresh.
Coram
Deo
Make
this declaration: “Heavenly Father, I accept without reservation the
supernatural atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross.”
Passages
for Further Study
Galatians
6:14
John
3:16–17