本乎恩，因着信
多特信经上说：“神若令众人灭亡，留在罪和死的咒诅之下，祂也不算不公义。”在我们今天的经文中，保罗说：“因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀。”在罗6:23保罗又说：“因为罪的工价乃是死....”
毫无疑问，不管你是纽约的设计师，阿姆斯特丹的游船操作员，肯尼亚的农民，还是巴西的工厂工人——你都是一个罪人，亏缺了神的荣耀。我们都无法将自己从罪的泥潭中拯救出来。我们被困在这种痛苦中，对于挣脱困境束手无策。
然而，还有希望。神的话能让我们了解更多。我们虽然不能赚得义，但神在耶稣基督里藉着信心使相信祂的人称义了。
罗马书 6:23也宣告了这个好消息，完整的信息是：“罪的工价乃是死。惟有神的恩赐，在我们的主基督耶稣里乃是永生。”约翰福音3:16也宣告了神这恩典和怜悯的好消息：“神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，叫一切信他的不至灭亡，反得永生。”
思想、默记这些话并反覆默想。神在耶稣里的恩典赐给我们生命！
主耶稣，感谢你藉着你爱的牺牲使我们与神和好。帮助我们为你而活，与他人分享这个好消息。阿们。
罗马书 3:19-26
19我们晓得律法上的话都是对律法以下之人说的，好塞住各人的口，叫普世的人都伏在神审判之下。
20所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在神面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。
21但如今，神的义在律法以外已经显明出来，有律法和先知为证，
22就是神的义因信耶稣基督加给一切相信的人，并没有分别。
23因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀，
24如今却蒙神的恩典，因基督耶稣的救赎，就白白地称义。
25神设立耶稣做挽回祭，是凭着耶稣的血，藉着人的信，要显明神的义。因为他用忍耐的心宽容人先时所犯的罪，
26好在今时显明他的义，使人知道他自己为义，也称信耶稣的人为义。
By Grace And Through Faith
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” — Romans 3:23-24
As the Canons of Dort say, “God would have done no one an injustice” if he had left all people “in sin and under the curse” of death. For “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” says Paul in our reading for today, and in Romans 6:23 Paul adds, “For the wages of sin is death... ”
It’s clear, whether you’re a designer in New York, a tour boat operator in Amsterdam, a farmer in Kenya, or a factory worker in Brazil—you’re a sinner who falls short, deprived of God’s glory. We are all incapable of saving ourselves from the quagmire of sin. We are stuck in this misery and totally unable to do any good that could help us earn our way out.
Yet there’s hope. There’s more to be learned as we read God’s Word. There’s a righteousness that we can’t earn but that “is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.”
This good news is also announced in Romans 6:23, which reads in full, “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” John 3:16 also declares the good news of God’s grace and mercy: “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
Hear these words and let them sink in. Repeat them often. God’s gifts in Jesus give us life!
Lord Jesus, thank you for making us right with God through your loving sacrifice for us. Help us to live for you and share this good news with others. Amen.
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