請我們先禱告 主，我們接受你是光，求你再赦免我們的虧欠、錯誤、我們的不絕對、不忠心。我們真是都需要你的赦免！ 　 詩歌:237♫ 　 神的基督是我的義， 我的美麗，我的錦衣， 　 　 在寶座前服此盛裝， 我能抬頭歡樂歌唱。 　 　 借你救贖，我已脫去 我罪、我過、我恥、我懼； 　 　 審判大日我敢站立， 誰能控告你所稱義？ 　 今日經節及註解： 羅五12～21 重點經節 羅3:22 羅2:24 羅5:17 就是神的義，借着信耶穌基督，歸與一切信的人，並沒有分別。 但因神的恩典，借着在基督耶穌里的救贖，就白白的得稱義。 若因一人的過犯，死就借着這一人作了王，那些受洋溢之恩，並洋溢之義恩賜的，就更要借着耶穌基督一人，在生命中作王了。 　 生命供應 稱義是什麼？稱義的意思就是神的義已經顯明出來。雖然神的義存在了多少世代，卻沒有向我們顯明；直到我們相信主，並呼求祂的名，然後神的義才向我們顯示出來。神的義顯示出來，就是顯明出來。我們相信主耶穌，神的義就向我們顯明出來。 照着我們的經歷，不是神先稱許我們，乃是我們先稱許神。我們不知道神花了多少時間使我們確信祂的義。我們是悖逆的，並且說，"我不喜歡神。神不對。"在我們得救以前，我們都這樣想。許多人頂撞神說，"神若是對的，為什麼地上有這麼多可憐的人？神若是對的，為什麼國際間沒有公理？"他們承認有神，但宣稱祂不是義的。我們許多人能見證同樣的事，承認我們以為神是錯的，以為祂不是義的。然而，神一直忍耐我們，為我們作許多事，直到祂最終使我們確信祂的義。誰先稱義誰？我們先稱義神。當神使我們確信祂的義，我們就稱義祂，並悔改流淚說，"神，赦免我。我是罪惡、不潔的。我需要你的赦免。"我們呼求主耶穌的名時，我們不但被擺在基督裡面，也被擺在基督上面。現今我們在作我們平息處的基督上面，在這裡神與我們能彼此稱義。我們宣告："神，你是義的。我對你沒有問題。" 然後神回答："親愛的孩子，我對你也沒有問題。"首先我們稱許神，然後神稱許我們。我們稱義神，然後神稱義我們。 因此，沒有可夸的。我們沒有人有什麼可夸的。我們得稱義，不是借着行的律，乃是借着信的律。（羅三27。）這信不是起源於我們，乃是出於活的基督。（羅馬書生命讀經，六七、七一至七二、七四頁。） 　 問答: 1、 人如何能被稱義？（參讀羅三22注1第三段。） 2、 人被稱義的結果是什麼？（參讀 羅五18注4。） 3、 人如何信耶穌？（參讀 羅三22注1第二段。） 　 明天:凡基督所經歷的，現今都成了我們的歷史 Are You Right with Man and with God? 　 Let's Pray: Lord, we receive You as light. Forgive us again for our shortcomings and mistakes and for our not being absolute and our not being faithful. We really need Your forgiveness! 　 Hymn:295 　 1. God's Christ, who is my righteousness, My beauty is, my glorious dress; Midst flaming worlds, in this arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. 4. Bold can I stand in every way, For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully, by Thee, absolved I am From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 　 Today's Verses and Footnotes: Rom 5:12-21 Key Verses: Rom 3:22 　 Rom. 3:24 　 Rom. 5:17 　 　 Even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ to all those who believe, for there is no distinction. Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. For if by the offense of the one death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. 　 Life Supply: What is justification? Justification means that the righteousness of God has been manifested. Although the righteousness of God has existed for ages, it was not manifested to us until we believed in the Lord and called on His name. Then the righteousness of God was revealed to us. When God's righteousness is revealed, it is manifested. It is manifested to us when we believe in the Lord Jesus. According to our experience, it was not God who firstly approved us, but we who approved God. We do not know how much time God spent to convince us of His righteousness. We were rebellious and said, "I don't like God. God is not right." We all thought this way before we were saved. Many people speak against God saying, "If God is right, why are there so many poor people on the earth? If God is right, why is there no justice among the nations?" They admit that there is God, but claim that He is not righteous. Many of us can testify the same thing, confessing that we thought God was wrong, that He was not righteous. However, God has been patient with us, doing many things for us until He finally convinced us of His righteousness. Who justified whom first? We firstly justified God. When we were convinced by God of His righteousness, we justified Him and wept in repentance, saying, "God, forgive me. I'm so sinful and unclean. I need Your forgiveness." When we called on the name of the Lord Jesus, we not only were put into Christ but upon Christ. Now we are upon Christ as our propitiation place where God and we can justify one another. We declare, "God, You are righteous. I have no problem with You." Then God replies, "Dear child, I have no problem with you either." Firstly, we approved God; then God approved us. We justified God; then God justified us. Because of this, boasting is excluded. None of us has anything of which to boast. We have not been justified by the law of works, but by the law of faith (3:27). This faith does not originate with us; it is of the living Christ. (Life-Study of Romans, pp.57, 60-61, 63) 　 Questions: 1. How can man be justified? (See Rom. 3:22 note 1, paragraph 3) 2. What is the issue of justification? (See Rom. 5:18 note 2) 3. How do we believe in Jesus? (See Rom. 3:22 note 1, paragraph 2) 　 Tomorrow: Whatever Christ Passed through Has Become Our History