我们的喜乐
回顾神和亚伯拉罕所立的约，保罗指出，我们没有任何可夸的。相信和接受神的恩赐，与赚取工价完全不同。信心带来称义，这是神给我们的礼物。我们不可能挣到它，也不可能赚取它的一丝一毫。
多特信经解释说：“但凡真实相信，并藉着基督之死从罪恶与灭亡中得蒙拯救的人，只是有神在基督里从永远赐给他们的恩典才得此恩典，并非由于他们自己的任何功德。”这是个永恒的，神圣的计划。
我们作为靠基督之死得蒙救赎的信徒，是何等蒙福！正如一首圣诗唱道：“你的信实极其广大无边，千万亿载你的恩惠永存。”神在永恒里关心我们的福祉。因着耶稣牺牲的爱，我们领受到一个礼物：那就是神再也不数算我们的罪了！这正是我们喜乐的缘由！
基于神话语的真理，多特信经能帮助我们明白神恩典的礼物，以及我们喜乐的缘由。为了神在基督里的礼物，你如何表达你的感恩呢？你又如何与他人分享你在这一切之中的喜乐呢？
我们在天上的父，为着你永远洗去我们的罪而来的喜乐感谢你。愿我们的生命洋溢着喜乐，激励他人来接受你这令人激动的救恩礼物。求你因耶稣的名求使我们称义！阿们。
罗马书 4:1-8
1如此说来，我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕凭着肉体得了什么呢？
2倘若亚伯拉罕是因行为称义，就有可夸的，只是在神面前并无可夸。
3经上说什么呢？说：“亚伯拉罕信神，这就算为他的义。”
4做工的得工价，不算恩典，乃是该得的。
5唯有不做工的，只信称罪人为义的神，他的信就算为义。
6正如大卫称那在行为以外蒙神算为义的人是有福的，
7他说：“得赦免其过、遮盖其罪的，这人是有福的！
8主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的！”
Our Rejoicing
“Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.” — Romans 4:8
Looking back to God’s covenant with Abraham, Paul shows there is no reason for us to do any boasting. Believing and accepting God’s gift is totally different from working for wages. Faith leads to righteousness, and this is credited to us as a gift. We could not possibly earn it or work for any part of it.
The Canons of Dort explain: “All who genuinely believe and are delivered and saved by Christ’s death from their sins and from destruction receive this favor solely from God’s grace—which God owes to no one—given to them in Christ from eternity.” It’s an eternal, divine plan.
As believers who are delivered and saved by Christ’s death, we are blessed! As a hymn puts it beautifully, “Great is thy faithfulness, O God... blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!” God has had our best interests at heart from eternity. Because of Jesus’ self-sacrificing love, we receive the gift of never having our sins count against us! Now, there’s a reason for rejoicing!
Based on the truths of God’s Word, the Canons of Dort help us understand God’s gifts of grace and our reasons for rejoicing. How do you show your gratitude for God’s gifts in Christ? What do you do to share your joy in all this with others?
Father in heaven, thank you for the joy of having our sins washed away forever. May our lives ring with rejoicing, inspiring others to believe in your breathtaking gift of salvation. Make us righteous in Jesus’ name! Amen.
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