双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：4月11日 神的赦免

4月11日

神的赦免

“你该认识耶和华，因为他们从最小的到至大的都必认识我。我要赦免他们的罪孽，不再记念他们的罪恶。”

耶利米书31:34

无所不知的神有一个独特的能力，是我们所不具备的：那就是祂有遗忘的能力。有恩典的神可以忘记我们的罪，并在他的记忆中彻底清除我们的罪。我们在他的眼里，好像是从未犯过罪的人。

用神学的语言来说，这叫称义。经上说，“我们既因信称义，就借着我们的主耶稣基督得与神相和。”（罗马书5:1）

我们只有和神建立友谊和团契，才有可能得到真正的喜乐。我们也只有通过十字架上的主耶稣基督，才能和神建立友谊和团契。神说，我愿意赦免你，但是，只能是在十字架之下。神又说，我愿意和你有团契，但是，只能是在十字架之上。所以，我们必须来到十字架面前，悔改认罪，这样，因着信心，我们才能得到赦免和救恩。

当我们诚心来到基督的面前悔改，神就称我们为义。这就好比天国的账簿里已经记下：因为耶稣基督的缘故，我们已经称义，罪债都已还清。

今日祷告：

父啊，谢谢祢赦免了我的罪。主啊，求祢差遣我把福音传给世界上的人，使他们也罪得赦免；奉耶稣基督的名，阿门。

April 11

OUR GOD FORGETS!

…They shall all know me,from the least of them unto the greatest of them,saith he Lord:for I will forgive their iniquity,and I will remember their sin no more.Jeremiah 31:34

The omniscient God has the unique ability that we do not have:He has the ability to forget.The God of grace forgets our sins and wipes them completely from His memory forever!He places us in His sight as though we had never committed one sin.

In theological language,this is called justification.The Bible says’“Therefore being justified by faith,we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”(Romans 5:1).

There is no possibility of true happiness until we have established friendship and fellowship with God.And there is no possibility of establishing this fellowship apart from the Cross of His Son,Jesus Christ.God says,“I will forgive you,but I will forgive only at the foot of the Cross.”He says,“I will fellowship with you,but I will fellowship with you only at the Cross.”That is the reason it is necessary for us to come to the Cross in repentance of our sin and by faith in His Son to find forgiveness and salvation.

When we come to Christ,God imparts His righteousness to us.It is as if an accounting entry had been made in the books of heaven,declaring us righteous for Christ’s sake.The Divine Bookkeeper cancels our debt!

Pray for the Day:

Father,thank You for forgiving my sin.Send me,O Lord,into the world to offer that forgiveness through the Gospel to others;in Jesus’Name,Amen.