双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：9月11日 唯有耶稣

九月十一日

唯有耶稣

“神是信实的，你们原是被祂所召，好与祂儿子我们的主耶稣基督一同得分。”

—-林前1:9

问题依然是这样：“上帝怎么可能是公义的？也就是说，在本性上忠于自己，在圣洁上也忠于自己，却为罪人辩护呢？”因为每个人都必须承担自己的罪，全人类都无能为力。既然每个人都患有相同的疾病，唯一的解决办法就是有一个无罪的人自愿在身体和灵性上去死，在上帝面前作为代替者。这个无罪的人必须承受人的审判、刑罚和死亡。但这样一个人在哪里呢？当然，地球上没有。只有一种可能，上帝自己的儿子是宇宙中唯一能够用自己的身体担当整个世界罪恶的人。只有上帝的儿子是无限的，因此能够为所有人而死。

今日祷告

主耶稣，神的羔羊，我感谢赞美祢，因祢的爱，竟愿意在十字架上为我的罪受苦并死亡。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

September 11

Only Jesus

God . . . is the one who invited you into this wonderful friendship with his Son, even Christ our Lord.

—1 Corinthians 1:9 (TLB)

The question remains, “How can God be just-that is, true to Himself in nature and true to Himself in holiness-and yet justify the sinner?” Because each man had to bear his own sins, all mankind was excluded from helping, since each was contaminated with the same disease. The only solution was for an innocent party to volunteer to die physically and spiritually as a substitution before God. This innocent party would have to take man’s judgment, penalty, and death. But where was such an individual? Certainly, there was none on earth. There was only one possibility. God’s own Son was the only personality in the universe who had the capacity to bear in His own body the sins of the world. Only God’s Son was infinite and thus able to die for all.

Prayer for the day

Lord Jesus, Lamb of God, in adoration I thank You for the love that made You willing to suffer and die on the cross for my sin.