双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：7月29日 平安之福

7月29日

平安之福

我们既因信称义，就藉着我们的主耶稣基督，得与神相和。

罗马书5:1

救赎之路只有一条，那就是神的道路。神已预备好通天的路，祂制定了简明的规则，祂为我们提供了方程式和指南针。

在祂的永恒之书中所指示的方法就是：接受主耶稣基督为救主。耶稣说：“从别处爬进去，那人就是贼，就是强盗。”十字架才是回天家之路。这是神的恩典，只有神的恩典才能带给我们救赎。

恩典，意味着我们不能经由努力得到救赎。我们无法靠自己进天堂，我们只能走神的道路，那就是在基督耶稣里接受我们不配得到的恩宠。

两千年前在伯利恒那个难忘的夜晚，天使们在犹大众山上空显现，齐声唱道：“在至高之处荣耀归与神，在地上平安归与祂所喜悦的人”（路加福音2:14）。

几个世纪过去了，世界仍然渴望和寻求天使在第一个圣诞节早晨所唱的“平安”。你或许会问：“祂的平安在哪里？”

让我告诉你：祂的平安在所有信靠祂恩典的人心里，因为世人只要相信基督就有平安。我可以对当今所有政府领导人说，除非基督进入人心里，带来祂的平安，否则就不可能有平安。

天堂没有嫉妒纷争，因为在那里有基督执掌王权。基督所在之处就没有纷争，祂说：“我留下平安给你们”（约翰福音14:27）这已经在人的经历中，在那些信靠祂恩典的人生活中一次次得到证实。

今日祷告：

天父，在祢的恩典中我信靠祢。我知道，靠自己我无法得到救恩，但在祢的恩典中我信靠祢。我领受祢赐给我的平安，祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

July 29

PEACE IS OUR PORTION

Therefore being justified by faith,we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.Romans 5:1

There is only one way of salvation,and that is God’s way.God has outlined the road to heaven.He has made the rules simple and plain.He has given us the equation and the compass.

The way outlined in His immutable Book is to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior.Jesus said that he who climbs up some other way is a thief and a robber.It is the way of the Cross that leads home.It is the grace of God and only the grace of God that brings salvation.

Grace implies that we cannot work for salvation.We cannot make our own way to heaven.We can only come God’s way and that is by receiving His unmerited favor in Christ Jesus.

On that memorable night two thousand years ago in Bethlehem,the angels hovered over the Judean hills and sang in unison,“Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace,good will toward men”(Luke 2:14).

The centuries have rolled by,and still the world longs for and looks for the peace that the angels sang about on that first Christmas morning.“Where is His peace?”you ask.

I’ll tell you where it is.It abides in the hearts of all who have trusted His grace.And in the same proportion that the world has trusted in Christ,it also has peace.I could say to the leaders of all governments today that there can be no peace until Christ has come to the hearts of men and brought His peace.

There is no discord,there is no strife in heaven,for Christ reigns supreme there.There is no conflict in the heart where Christ abides,for His words,“Peace I leave with you”(John 14:27),have been proven in the test tubes of human experience over and over again,in the lives of those who have trusted His grace.

Pray for the Day:

Father,I trust in Your grace.I know that I cannot earn my salvation,but I trust in Your grace.And I receive Your peace,in Jesus’Name,Amen.