成為新造的人Becoming a New Creation
[每日靈修] 2/24/2019, 駱鴻銘編譯
身為基督徒，我們是新造的人（新的創造）。我們的石心已經變成了肉心。在這個比喻中，肉心是取其積極義，而非貶義。我的心曾經是冷漠、頑固、死的，對上帝的事是冥頑不靈、無動於衷的，如今它卻以活潑的屬靈生命跳動著。在生物學上我曾經算是個活物，在屬靈上卻是死的。如今我在生物學上是活的，而在靈性上也是活的。我是一個新人。
我的新我和舊我之間，有一種徹底的不連續（radical
discontinuity）。然而，這種徹底的不連續，卻非絲毫不相干（total discontinuity）。舊人和新人之間的關聯依然存在。這個舊人受了致命的打擊。他肯定會徹底滅亡，但卻還沒有死透。
基督徒生命中的衝突是一種與罪的爭戰。如果我們在基督裏，罪就不再統治我們了，但罪仍在我們裏面。重生把我們從「原罪」（original sin）的束縛中釋放出來，但我們敗壞的本性，在天堂的這一邊卻還沒有完全消滅。
保羅談到在肉體和靈魂之間進行的戰爭。「因為情慾和聖靈相爭，聖靈和情慾相爭，這兩個是彼此相敵，使你們不能做所願意做的。」（加五17）
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
感謝上帝，祂已經把新的肉心植入到你的屬靈生命中。你如今要順著聖靈而行，還是要繼續放縱肉體的情慾呢？
進一步研讀：
加五16～17 我說，你們當順著聖靈而行，就不放縱肉體的情慾了。因為情慾和聖靈相爭，聖靈和情慾相爭，這兩個是彼此相敵，使你們不能做所願意做的。
林後五17 若有人在基督裏，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。
Becoming a New Creation
As
Christians, we are new creations. Our hearts of stone have been turned into
hearts of flesh. In this metaphor, flesh is used as a positive figure, not a pejorative
one. Where once my heart was cold and recalcitrant, dead and inert to the
things of God, now it throbs and pulsates with spiritual life. Once I was
biologically alive but spiritually dead. Now I am biologically alive and
spiritually alive as well. I am a new person.
There
is radical discontinuity between my new self and my old self. This radical
discontinuity, however, is not total discontinuity. A link between the old man
and the new man remains. The old man has been dealt a mortal blow. His total
destruction is certain, but he is not yet dead.
The
conflict of the Christian life is a struggle with sin. Sin no longer has
dominion over us if we are in Christ, yet sin is still in us. Regeneration
liberates us from the bondage of original sin, but our corrupt nature is not
totally annihilated this side of heaven.
Paul
speaks of the warfare that goes on between the flesh and the spirit. “For the
flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are
contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish” (Gal.
5:17).
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Thank
God for the new heart of flesh He has implanted in your spiritual being.
Passages
for Further Study
Galatians
5:16–17
2
Corinthians 5:17