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标  题: 神对饶恕的衡量

经  节: 你们饶恕人的过犯,你们的天父也必饶恕你们的过犯;你们不饶恕人的过犯,你们的天父也必不饶恕你们的过犯。(马太福音六章1415节)

你也许自认是能饶恕的人,不过,你现在面临对某位仁兄有心结,你很难饶恕他。当你正为难以饶恕苦恼时,你必须再回到当初神赦免你的情景。以弗所书二章指出,你原本是“外人”及“可怒之子”,但神赦免你的重罪与你对祂的悖逆。当你还作罪人的时候,基督就为你死(罗马书五:8)。既然如此,你怎能拒绝饶恕那些得罪你的人呢?饶恕不是属灵礼物,也不是一种技巧或遗传特质,饶恕是个选择。耶稣在十字架上,俯视那些冷酷嘲弄祂的人群,说:“父啊!赦免他们;因为他们所做的,他们不晓得。”(路加福音廿三:34)如此一来,我们怎能排拒那些侮辱冒犯我们的人呢?

耶稣告诉我们,我们饶恕人的量器与神赦免我们的量器是一样的。神的行事作法与我们的行事方法大大不同。神的赦免并非取决我们所定的标准,而是取决于祂在自己话语上所设立的标准。神的赦免是没有任何特例的。

若能真正了解神在我们生命中恩慈的赦免,我们自然愿以恩慈与怜悯的心饶恕他人(以弗所书四:32;歌罗西书三:13)。在你恳求神的赦免之前,花点时间检查自己的人际关系。你是否愿意神饶恕你,正如你现在饶恕其他人一样?


God’s
Measure for Forgivness

“For
if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. 15 “But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your
Father forgive your trespasses. (Matthew 6:14-15)

Perhaps you consider yourself a forgiving
person, but you are now facing someone whom you cannot forgive. Whenever you
struggle to forgive, you need to revisit what you were like when God first
forgave you. Ephesians 2 indicates you were a “foreigner” and a “child of
wrath.” Yet God forgave your most grievous sin and rebellion against Him. While
you were still rejecting God, Christ died for you (Rom. 5:8). This being so,
how can you refuse to forgive those who sin against you? Forgiveness is not a
spiritual gift, a skill, or an inherited trait. Forgiveness is a choice. Jesus
looked down on those who had ruthlessly and mockingly nailed Him to a cross,
yet He cried out: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do”
(Luke 23:34). How, then, can we refuse to forgive those who have committed
offenses against us?

Jesus said that the measure in which we
are forgiving is the same standard God will use in forgiving us. God’s ways are
very different from ours. God’s forgiveness is not based on standards we
determine, but on the standards He established in His Word. God allows for no
exceptions when it comes to forgiveness.

As we truly understand God’s gracious
forgiveness in our lives, we will naturally want to express this same
forgiveness to others (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13). Before you ask God for His
forgiveness, take a moment to examine the condition of your relationships.
Would you want God to forgive you in the same way you are presently forgiving
others?

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