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好人

靈命日糧2013年3月2日

http://traditional-odb.org/2013/03/02/好人/

讀經: 羅馬書3章10-18節

你們得救是本乎恩，也因著信。這並不是出於自己，乃是上帝所賜的。—以弗所書2章8節

在傑瑞的追思禮拜上，牧師說：「傑瑞是個好人，他愛家人，對妻子忠誠，他在軍隊為國家效忠。他是個好爸爸、好爺爺，也是很棒的朋友。」

但牧師接著對在場的親友說，即便如此，傑瑞的一切善行並不能確保他上天堂。如果傑瑞還活著，他肯定會第一個這樣告訴他的親友。

因為傑瑞相信聖經上所說：「世人都犯了罪，虧缺了上帝的榮耀」（羅馬書3章23節）；「罪的工價乃是死」（6章23節）。當傑瑞的人生旅程來到了終點，他的永恆歸宿，與他在世上是否有好行為無關，而是全靠耶穌替他受死，償還了罪的贖價。傑瑞相信每個人都需要親自接受上帝白白賜給我們的恩典，也就是我們在主基督耶穌裡得到的永恆生命（6章23節）。

傑瑞的確是個好人，但他永遠都「不夠好」，我們也是如此。唯有信心能使我們因著恩典得到救贖，而這份救贖與我們自身的努力毫無關係，這乃是上帝的恩賜！

（以弗所書2章8節）
「感謝上帝，因祂有說不盡的恩賜。」（哥林多後書9章15節）

基督救贖已經完全，
憑我所作毫無助益，
屈膝敬拜在主腳前，
歸榮耀於神子耶穌。Hess

我們得救並非出於善行，乃是上帝的救贖。

A Good Man

March 2, 2013 — by Cindy Hess Kasper

http://odb.org/2013/03/02/a-good-man-2/

Read: Romans 3:10-18

By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. —Ephesians 2:8

“Jerry was a good man,” the pastor said at Jerald Stevens’ memorial service. “He loved his family. He was faithful to his wife. He served his country in the armed services. He was an excellent dad and grandfather. He was a great friend.”

But then the pastor went on to tell the friends and family gathered that Jerry’s good life and good deeds were not enough to assure him a place in heaven. And that Jerry himself would have been the first to tell them that!

Jerry believed these words from the Bible: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23) and “the wages of sin is death” (6:23). Jerry’s final and eternal destination in life’s journey was not determined by whether he lived a really good life but entirely by Jesus dying in his place to pay sin’s penalty. He believed that each of us must personally accept the free gift of God, which is “eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (6:23).

Jerry was a good man, but he could never be “good enough.” And neither can we. It is only by grace that we can be saved through faith. And that has absolutely nothing to do with our human efforts. “It is the gift of God” (Eph. 2:8).

“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor. 9:15).

Christ’s work for my salvation is complete!No work of mine can add to what He’s done;I bow to worship at the Master’s feet,And honor God the Father’s only Son. —Hess

We are not saved by good works, but by God’s work.

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