4.10_竭诚为主：对罪的道德判断

对罪的道德判断因为知道我们的旧人，和他同钉十字架，使罪身灭绝，叫我们不再作罪的奴仆。—罗六6…ourold...

因为知道我们的旧人，和他同钉十字架，使罪身灭绝，叫我们不再作罪的奴仆。

—罗六6

…our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

—Romans 6:6

同钉十字架。我对罪下过这决心么？罪在我里面必须根除灭绝？这种对罪所作的道德判决，是要花很长时间的。可是，这却是我生命的转捩点。我看准了，耶稣基督既为世人的罪而死，照样地，罪也必须在我里面死去。不是要把罪约制、压抑或是抵挡，乃是要把它钉死在十字架上。没有人可以使别人下这决心；我们也许会在宗教意识里同意，但我们必须照保罗在此所强调的，作出决定。

要鼓起勇气，振作起来，花时间与神单独相对，作一个道德上的抉择，对主说：「主啊，让你的死成为我的死，直至我知道罪已在我里面死去。」要斩钉截铁，下定决心，把罪治死。

「对保罗来说，这不是一种属灵的期望，而是一个非常基本而肯定的经验。我肯不肯让神的灵鉴察我，直到我真知道罪的本相——就是在我里面与神的灵相争的事物？若肯的话，我接受神对罪的判断——就是与耶稣同死吗？我必须解决这个基本的意志问题，在神面前寻求清楚，否则不能算已「向罪死了」。

我有没有进入与基督同钉的最高福祉里，直到我血肉之躯，除了基督的生命以外，再无别的？「我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。」

Co-Crucifixion. Have you made the following decision about sin—that it must be completely killed in you? It takes a long time to come to the point of making this complete and effective decision about sin. It is, however, the greatest moment in your life once you decide that sin must die in you– not simply be restrained, suppressed, or counteracted, but crucified— just as Jesus Christ died for the sin of the world. No one can bring anyone else to this decision. We may be mentally and spiritually convinced, but what we need to do is actually make the decision that Paul urged us to do in this passage.

Pull yourself up, take some time alone with God, and make this important decision, saying, “Lord, identify me with Your death until I know that sin is dead in me.” Make the moral decision that sin in you must be put to death.

This was not some divine future expectation on the part of Paul, but was a very radical and definite experience in his life. Are you prepared to let the Spirit of God search you until you know what the level and nature of sin is in your life— to see the very things that struggle against God’s Spirit in you? If so, will you then agree with God’s verdict on the nature of sin— that it should be identified with the death of Jesus? You cannot “reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin” (Romans 6:11) unless you have radically dealt with the issue of your will before God.

Have you entered into the glorious privilege of being crucified with Christ, until all that remains in your flesh and blood is His life? “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…” (Galatians 2:20).

祈祷

「我的灵在生病」——何等适切地描述我今天的状况！求你控制它，帮助我在当中起来和超越它。

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