Thursday, April 13, 2023

355 中翻英 (95) "Do we count ourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus?" (Romans 6:11). "我們有沒有向罪看自己是死的,向上帝在基督耶穌裡, 却當看自己是活的?” 4/13/2023

355  中翻英 (95) "Do we count ourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus?" (Romans 6:11).                    "我們有沒有向罪看自己是死的,向上帝在基督耶穌裡, 却當看自己是活的?” 4/13/2023

親愛的主內訪友,我們是在罪中死了的人, 豈能仍在罪中活著呢?  豈不知我們在受洗歸入基督信仰的人,是受洗歸入祂的死嗎?  所以, 我們藉著洗禮歸入死, 和他一同埋葬, 原是叫我們一舉一動有新生的樣式, 像基督藉著父的榮耀從死裡復活一樣。(羅馬書 6:4)

“所以你們也要向罪看自己是死的,向神在基督耶穌裡看是活的”(羅馬書 6:11)。

“看見”是什麼意思? 我肯定的告訴你,這不是裝的! 希臘語 “看” 的意思是做會計或簿記。 會計是我們人類在世界上可以做的最準確的事情之一。 畫家能像照相機一樣準確地描繪風景嗎? 歷史學家能保證他所記載的是絕對正確的嗎? 製圖者能保證他所畫的一切都非常精確嗎? 他們最多只能靠這麼近。 那麼,人能絕對確定什麼? 那是數學! 在數學中,沒有錯誤的餘地。 一把椅子加另一把等於兩把椅子。 在倫敦是這樣,在Corner City是這樣,在紐約是這樣,在新加坡也是這樣,在世界任何地方,一加一等於二。

難道上帝的斷言不真實嗎? 他會告訴我在我的書中輸入一些不准確的數字嗎? 當然不是。 在這種情況下,他告訴我們要視自己向罪死是基於:在基督裡,我們向罪死是一個事實,而且是一個永遠可靠的事實

April 13

"In the same way,count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Romans 6:11).

What does "see" mean? I tell you for sure, that's not a pretense! The Greek word "to see" means to do accounting or bookkeeping. Accounting is one of the most accurate things we humans can do in the world. Can a painter paint a landscape as accurately as a camera? Can the historian guarantee that what he records is absolutely correct? Can the mapmaker guarantee that everything he draws is done with perfect precision? They can only get so close at best. What, then, can man be absolutely sure of? That's math! In mathematics, there is no room for error. One chair plus another equals two chairs. It is true in London, it is true in Corner City, it is true in New York, it is also true in Singapore, anytime anywhere in the world, one plus one equals two.

Could God's assertion be less than true? Will He tell me to enter some inaccurate figures in my books? Of course not. In this case, He tells us to regard ourselves as dead to sin on the basis of this: In Christ, it is a fact that we are dead to sin, and it is an eternally reliable fact.


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