罗马书［第2章］
Book of Romans 2
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罗马书［第2章|Book of Romans 2【论断与判断！】
24/11/2021
引言 :【论断】这字在整本圣经共出现24次！
马太福音 7:1 “你们不要论断人，免得你们被论断。 7:2 因为你们怎样论断人，也必怎样被论断；你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们。 除了在福音书耶稣说过6次之外，保罗则在不同的书信中引用这字多达14次。雅各书提到4次。但基本上都是同一个概念，论断是不好的，神不要我们这样做。因为只有神才是那位真正可以执行判断者。
一、真理的判断（V1-6）
1.人的论断难免神的判断（v1-3）
什么是论断？原文κρίνω 的意思可以翻译成批评、挑剔、谴责、宣判、裁决、判罪等。 人为什么会论断他人？ 很常我们是居于对方和自己的理解很对立，而自己又觉得自己是站在真理的角度，所以就开始论断对方。
第二节说到神以真理作【审判】κρίμα，这字的原文和【论断】κρίνω也是同一个字根，也可以翻译成【判断】。【论断与判断】，而这两个字在英文中更是同样被翻成Judgment；很显然，当不同的身份者使用这字的时候，意义截然不同。论断是居于个人有限的知识，去断定他人的状态。而且在掌握一些吻合的证明下，就下了百分百的定论，一心判定对方就是这么坏！这就是一种论断。论断中带有给对方定罪，指责对方的不是，给予否定式的评价。能够被论断的人固然是问题者，但是在神眼中论断人的人也是一样有问题，而且是相等。
但是神是全能全知的神，祂的【判断】或【审判】就绝对准确，因为祂完全知道人的真相。无论是看得见的、看不见的、还没有行出来的，只是心中的意念，神都知道。甚至可以说连将来要发生的事情，神都全然知道。因此，神作审判官来判断人的是非对错，自然有着绝对的标准。但是人呢？当然是相反的，人的论断很常就是分别善恶树的果子，是神所厌恶的。例如耶稣指责假冒为善的法利赛人，是一种判断而非论断。但是，当罪人批评主的时候，那就是论断而非判断！
当一位属灵长辈，本着爱心而指正犯错的后辈的时候，那是否就是【判断】而非【论断】呢？这一点值得我们留心。做长辈的不要倚老卖老，自以为这是像主一样在责备犯罪的人。但是作为晚辈的也可以学习听取长辈的指正，要看为是被【判断】，而非被【论断】，这才是生命树的生命。
2.神的恩慈为了领人诲改（v4-6）
神有无限的恩典与恩慈，人是悔改还是不悔改？人心若是刚硬不悔改，只好等待神的公义行审判，遭受各样对等的刑法。刑法不是因为神没有恩典，事实上正好相反，就是因为神有慈爱和恩典，所以才以管教、灾难、疾病、痛苦等事情来对待人。神是在给人机会、等人悔改，而不是直接要了罪人的命。
你有什么“陈年老罪”，还没有悔改的吗？神今天仍然在等候你悔改！你愿意吗？神是按我们所行的来断定和回应我们，你想得到什么呢？就在乎我们怎么对神和对人？能够快速谦卑悔改的人，越快速蒙神提升。
二、谁能得永生（V7-11）
这是神的判断！
1.恒心行善的人（v7）
人常有偶尔的善行，这事很好。但是这还不是神想要的，神要人恒心行善，就是成为人生命的一种自己自发的生命。是人的being，而不是doing，不是人做了什么，而是身体灵魂都自然活出属神爱的榜样。
好人才能行好事？行好事的才是好人？到底何者为先？ 信主靠主的人才能成为好人，好人还要加上有【恒心】行善，寻求荣耀、尊贵和不能朽坏之福，才神得神赏赐永生的人。
2.顺从真理的人（v8-11）
患难与荣耀、困苦或平安？这是人的最怕和最盼！人怕受苦，人盼望平安和荣耀。但是两者的表现是相对的，背弃真理或听从真理，这就是两种显而易见的生命。你是哪一种生命呢？
有人蒙祝福，得着丰盛的生命；也有人受困苦，经历缺乏的人生，其实神都可以在其中行驶神迹。一切都在乎人以什么态度回应神？
三、神如何审判（V12-15）
有法才有罪！知法犯法罪加一等。神给人律法，神就让人按着祂的标准成为蒙福胜万民之人；但是人背弃了神的准则，人就只好面对审判。但是，对于那些还不认识主，或者不知道有神的诫命的人，原来神早已把是非之心，所谓良心的本能已经放置在人里面。当人做某件事情有内心的一点不安，就要反省查验，因为神神放在人里面的“基本律法”，是要个人留心自己的所作所为。因为有一天都要面对神的审判！
四、活出真信仰（V16-29）
福音的里面包含审判！审判是因为人犯罪。人犯了什么罪？违背神的律法、违背真理的罪。 这里说了许多关于【知道与行道】的问题；许多犹太人都熟悉律法，甚至可以教导律法，他们知道什么是神的要求，什么是好，什么是坏。但是只会讲而不会行。这是宗教，并非真信仰！
保罗特别强调，外表的信仰不是真信仰，只有真心的活出信心的生活才是真正的信仰。 这里又再一次的提醒我们过去一个月多，在主日崇拜中一连串的信息，不都是环绕在这一个主题吗？真基督徒、真爱主、真实的信心进入神国。我们从列王纪下、从诗篇78篇、一直到今天读罗马书第二章，圣灵都继续在提醒我们思想这个信息。由此可见，神真的真的很在乎我们对神的心。
总结：到时必判断真假！
弟兄姐妹，我们今天依然可以坐在教会中，坐在家里，一面做着手中的事，一面轻松的听晨祷信息。但是我们的内心和信仰是认真踏实的吗？还有不多时候，末后大灾难的考验会越来越频密的出现。如果现在我们都无法认真的活出真实的信仰，到时候恐怕就难以站立了。
真的假不了，假的立不住，终究会被淘汰。弟兄姐妹，要起来，认真爱主，立定心志，要比以前更爱主，更热心服事主。
Romans 2: Judgment & JUDGMENT
GK611 Morning Devotion
24/11/2021
Speaker: Reverend David Tan
Introduction: [Judgment] This word appears 24 times in the entire Bible!
Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.
7:2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
In addition to Jesus saying it 6 times, Paul quotes this word as many as 14 times in different epistles. The book of James mentions it 4 times. But it is basically the same concept that judging is bad, and God does not want us to do it. For God alone is the One who can truly execute judgment.
1. The Judgment of Truth (V1-6)
(1) The judgment of man is hardly exempt from the judgment of God (V1-3)
What is judgment? The original meaning of κρίνω can be translated as criticism, picky, condemnation, pronouncement, verdict, conviction, etc.
Why do people judge others?
Very often we start to judge the other person because we live in opposition to our own understanding, and we feel that we are standing for the truth, therefore, we started judging them.
Verse 2 speaks of God as [Judgment] κρίμα with truth, which is also the same root word as [Judgment] κρίνω in the original language, which can also be translated as [Judgment]. [Judgement and Judgment], and these two words are even more equally translated as Judgment in English; obviously, when different identities use this word, the meaning is very different. Judgment is to determine the state of others based on one's limited knowledge. And with some matching proofs, one makes a 100% conclusion and is bent on determining that the other person is that bad! This is a kind of judgment, in which the judgment is made to condemn the other person, to accuse the other person of something wrong, and to give a negative evaluation. Those who can be judged though are problematic, but those who judge people in God's eyes are just as problematic, and equally so.
But God is the omniscient and omnipotent God, and His [judgment] or [judgment] is absolutely accurate, because He knows the truth about people completely. Whether it is something visible, something invisible, or something that has not yet been done, but only the thoughts of the heart, God knows it all. We can even say that God knows all the things that will happen in the future. Therefore, God is the judge to judge the right and wrong of man, and naturally has absolute standards. But what about man? Of course, it’s the opposite. Man's judgment is often the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It is an abomination to God. For example, when Jesus accused the Pharisees of being hypocrites, it was a fair judgment and not a judgement based on own understanding. But when sinners criticize the Lord, it is an judgment out of criticism and not a fair judgment!
When a spiritual elder corrects an wrongdoing junior in love, is that a [fair judgment] rather than a [criticism kind judgement]? This is something we should pay attention to. Elders should not think that they are chastising the sinner like the Lord. But those who are younger can also learn to listen to the correction of their elders, and see it as being [fair judgement], not [cristicism kind of judgement], which is the life of the tree of life.
(2) God's kindness for the purpose of leading people to repentance (V4-6)
God is infinitely gracious and merciful, but does man repent or not? If a man's heart is hardened and does not repent, he will have to wait for God's righteous judgment and suffer all kinds of penalties that are equal to his own. The penalties are not because God is not gracious, but in fact the opposite. It is because God is loving and gracious that He deals with man with things like discipline, calamity, sickness, and suffering. God is giving man a chance and waiting for them to repent, not just killing the sinner.
Do you have any "old sins" that you have not yet repented of? God is still waiting for you to repent today! Are you willing? God is judging and responding to us according to what we do, what do you want to get out of it? It depends on how we treat God and people. Those who are quick to humble themselves and repent, the quicker they will be lifted up by God.
2. Who Can Have Eternal Life (V7-11) This is God’s judgment!
(1) Those who are persistent in doing good (V7)
It is good that people often do good deeds occasionally. But this is not what God wants. God wants man to be persistent in doing good, that is, to become a kind of spontaneous life of his own in his life. It is the being of man, not the doing, not what man does, but the natural living out of the example of God's love in body and spirit.
Only good people can do good things? Only those who do good things are good people? What comes first? Only those who believe in the Lord can be good, and only those who have the perseverance to do good and seek glory, honor, and blessings that cannot perish will be rewarded by God with eternal life.
(2) The one who obeys the truth (V8-11)
Trouble and glory, hardship or peace? These are man's greatest fears and hopes! Man fears suffering, and man hopes for peace and glory. But the two manifestations are relative, turning away from the truth or obeying the truth, and these are the two obvious lives. Which kind of life are you?
Some people are blessed with abundant life, while others suffer and experience a life of lack, in which God can actually perform miracles. It all depends on what attitude one has in response to God.
3. How God Judges (V12-15)
There is law before there is sin! To know the law and break it is an added sin. God gave man the law, and God made him a blessed above all nations for those who do according to His standard; but if man turns away from God's standard, he will have to face judgment. However, for those who do not yet know the Lord, or who do not know that there is a commandment of God, it turns out that God has already placed in man the heart of right and wrong, the so-called instinct of conscience. When a person has a little bit of inner turmoil in doing something, he should reflect on it and examine it, because the "basic law" that God has placed in man is for individuals to be careful about what they do. For one day all will face the judgment of God!.
4. Living the True Faith (V16-29)
The gospel contains judgment in it! Judgment is because man sins. What sins have men committed? The sin against the law of God, against the truth.
Much is said here about [knowing and doing]; many Jews were familiar with the law, and could even teach it, and they knew what God required, what was good and what was bad. But they would only speak and not do. This is religion, not true faith!
Paul especially emphasized that outward faith is not true faith, but only a life of sincere living out of faith is true faith.
Here we are reminded once again that the series of messages in the Sunday services over the past month or so have not all been centered on this one theme. True Christian, true love for the Lord, and true faith into the kingdom of God. We have been reminded of this message by the Holy Spirit from 2 Kings, from Psalm 78, all the way to today's reading in Romans chapter 2. This shows that God really, really cares about our heart for God.
Conclusion: The time will come when the truth will be revealed!
Brothers and sisters, we can still sit in church today, in our homes, doing the business at hand while listening to the morning prayer message with ease. But are our hearts and faith serious and down-to-earth? There is not much time left before the trials of the end-time tribulation will come more and more frequently. If we are not able to live our faith seriously and authentically now, I am afraid we will not be able to stand when the time comes.
The true cannot be faked, and the false cannot stand, and will eventually be eliminated. Brothers and sisters, rise up, love the Lord earnestly, set your hearts and minds to love Him more than before, and serve Him more fervently.
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