双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：12月11日 洁净良心

12月11日

洁净良心

我们若在光明中行，如同神在光明中，就彼此相交，祂儿子耶稣的血也洗净我们一切的罪。

约翰一书1:7

基督的血洁净我们的良心；“何况基督藉着永远的灵，将自己无瑕无疵献给神，祂的血岂不更能洗净你们的心〔原文作良心〕除去你们的死行，使你们事奉那永生神吗？”（希伯来书9:14）。

我们每个人都有良心，它是我们每个思想、言语和行为的法官。它用无声的言语，指责或宽恕，定罪或宣告无罪。它或灵敏或迟钝、或落后或扭曲，就看我们是使用它还是滥用它。

圣经说，人的良心被罪玷污了。我们所有人都经历过犯罪后的愧疚感。我们知道良心会给心灵带来困扰和自责，会因失去与上帝相交而带来内心的痛苦。罪的影响可能会从身体上抹去，但它会在良心上留下永久的疤痕。我们的良心被罪玷污了。

人的良心往往是心理医生无法触及的，即便他使尽了所有的心理学技巧，也无法测透良心的堕落和深度。人自己也无法摆脱内心受罪重压的愧疚感。但在人的失败上，上帝却成功了。圣经说，基督的宝血有能力洁净人的良心，使他们脱离死行，去事奉永生的上帝。这不仅仅是理论；这是基督徒所经历的事实。

今日祷告：

天父，愿祢的真理、祢的公义、祢的光明和祢的平安充满我们的生命。求祢用基督的宝血洗净我们良心的罪；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

December 11

CLEANSED CONSCIENCES AND CHANGED LIVES

If we walk in the light,as he is in the light,we have fellowship one with another,and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.1 John 1:7

The blood of Christ cleanses our consciences;“How much more,then,will the blood of Christ,who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God,cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,so that we may serve the living God!”(Hebrews 9:14,NIV).

Each of us has a conscience which sits as a judge over our every thought,word,and deed.It speaks with a silent voice,accusing or excusing,condemning or acquitting.It can be sensitive,crude,undeveloped,or distorted,depending upon the way we have used or abused it.

The human conscience is defiled by sin,says the Bible.All of us have experienced the backlash of guilt after a transgression.We know the haunting of the heart,the self-reproach of the mind which conscience can bring,the internal suffering that can come from being out of fellowship with God.Sin’s effect may be erased from the body,but it leaves its permanent scar on the conscience.Our consciences are seared and defiled by sin.

The conscience of man is often beyond the reach of the psychiatrist.With all of his psychological techniques,he cannot sound its depravity and depth.Man himself is helpless to detach himself from the gnawing guilt of a heart weighed down with the guilt of sin.But where man has failed,God has succeeded.The Bible says that the blood of Christ has power to cleanse the conscience from dead works to serve the living God.This is not mere theory;it is a fact of Christian experience.

Pray for the Day:

Father,fill our lives with Your truth,Your righteousness,Your light,and Your peace.Cleanse our consciences from sin by the blood of Christ;in Jesus’Name,Amen.