403 中翻英 (103) With the precious blood of Christ, our sins are redeemed. 惟靠基督的寶血, 才能贖我們的罪. 5/31/2023

 403 中翻英 (103)                With the precious blood of Christ,   our   sins   are   redeemed.                                                                                                                                                                                                   惟靠基督的寶血, 才能贖我們的罪.                                                                                        5/31/2023

五月三十一日的曠野筵席呈現出對有基督信仰者最珍貴的菜餚.   惟有  基督在十字架上流下的寶血, 才能贖我們的罪.  

「知道你們得贖...... 不是憑著能坏的金銀等物，乃是憑著基督的寶血，如同無瑕無疵, 無玷污的羔羊之血。」（彼前   1:18-19   新國際版）

罪在神面前樹起了三方面的難題。先是它借著背逆，進入了這世界，构成了神和人之間的隔离，由于這重攔阻，神就不能与人類有交通了。因此，神首先說：「他們都在罪惡之下」（羅3:9）。第二方面，因著罪在人里面构成了一個障礙，使人不能与神有交通，于是在人里面就引起了犯罪的感覺。在此，人受醒覺了的良心之推動，就能對自己說：「我得罪了天」（路15:18）。不止這樣，由于罪在我們心里給撒但預備了控告我們的地位，因而第三方面，那控告我們弟兄的（啟11:10），如今便可以實在的說：「你犯罪了！」

然而，主耶穌為要救贖我們，并把我們帶回神的旨意中，祂就必需在關乎罪，犯罪，并撒但的控告這三方面，進行一些工作。祂為多人流出的寶血，已經完全應付了這些難題，這就是說，寶血滿足了神，遮蓋了我們的罪，并且徹底擊敗了我們的大控告者。

May 31

"Knowing that you were not redeemed ..... with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish, and without blemish."                                                  (1 Peter 1:18-19 NIV)

Sin makes human being three problems in front  of  God. First, it entered this world by rebellion,  creating a separation between God and man. Due to this big hindrance, God could not communicate with man. Therefore, first God said, "They are all under sin" (Romans 3:9). Second, because sin makes  a   hindrance   within human being, preventing them from having fellowship with God, then attracting  them to act sin. Hence,  it  moved by an conscience touching  to them,  they can say to themself,    "I have sinned against heaven" (Luke 15:18). Furthermore, sin has prepared Satan in our hearts to do accusing, so thirdly, the accuser  who accusere our brethren (Revelation 11:10) can now literally say, "You have sinned!"

However, in order for the Lord Jesus to redeem us and bring us back to God's will, He had to do something  against  sin, acting   sin, and Satan's accusation. His blood, shed for many, has fully met these three problems, that is to say, it has satisfied God, covered our sins, and defeated our great accuser once for all.