罗马书［第4章］
Book of Romans 4
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罗马书［第4章|Book of Romans 4【我们的“义父”】
26/11/2021
引言 :千古伟人的牵连！
我们今天所读的圣经是两千年前的著作；所说的亚伯拉罕更是距离我们四千多年前的人物，但是这位伟大的人物却是和我们息息相关，因为是我们的信心之父。是因信称义的鼻祖，又是我们的父，所以我称之为【我们的“义父”！】
一、信神的就算为义（V1-5）
亚伯拉罕【信神】是指信神什么？
信有神、信神所说的应许、信神叫他离开故乡，往应许之地，他毫无质疑、没有多问就离开了自己熟悉的故乡。亚伯拉罕信神和他立约就必守约。信神让他的后裔要成为大国，子孙要多如繁星或海沙。他都完全相信！所以神称他为义。这【义】是指公义、正直。神是公义与正直的神，因为亚伯拉罕信神所说的，他也就被神称为公义正直的人。这里的【义】和我们一般所理解的罪人因为信主而成为无罪的义人的【义】是有点分别的。
上一章说到世人都犯了罪，没有义人，连一个也没有。所以亚伯拉罕也是罪人之一，但是亚伯拉罕犯的是什么罪呢？圣经没说，也许就是亚当后裔的这种全人类的罪。但是当他信神所说的一切，神就称他为义，这里基本上还没有牵涉到蒙耶稣代死赎罪的恩典。也没有关系到神的律法诫命，亚伯拉罕是否遵守诫命？因为律法是在亚伯拉罕死后六百多年才颁布，所以在亚伯拉罕的年代并不存在行不行律法的问题。
意思说，当神称你为义你就是无罪的义人，关键在于【神说话，人相信】！信神就是称义。对我们而言，我们也是因为信神而算为义！不单是信神的应许，我们还加上信耶稣为我们的罪代赎，我们的因信称义是比亚伯拉罕的信更丰富了。
二、我们也因信得福（V6-12）
这里所说的【福】也正是大卫在诗篇32篇所说的福，从罪的咒诅到蒙赦罪的自由是一种极大的祝福。谁能得到这种福福？
受割礼与未受割礼是指犹太人和外邦人，福音这一个好消息是给这两种人。 信神的结果就成为蒙赦罪的义人；后来行割礼是成为一个义人的记号。正如信耶稣得以称义，成为蒙恩典儿女，在基督里的新人、义人，后来在接受洗礼作为神儿女身份的记号。
我们就是第11节所说的未受割礼而信的人，亚伯拉罕这位义人也成为了我们的父。我们可以称亚伯拉罕未“义父”吧！和等尊贵荣耀不是吗？这是蒙福的祖先，我们是蒙恩之子。
因此，我们要把福音传给神所创造和深爱的世人，所有人。（分享昨天李师母传福音的见证）
三、义父后裔的托付（V13-22）
1.承受这个世界的（V13） κόσμος 这个希腊文被翻译成【世界】，原文的意思是指整个世界、宇宙、世人；意思说，属神的义人是神所预备要来承接原本就托付给亚当对大地的管理、治理、统治权。我们如今在我们的家庭治理，让家庭成为荣耀基督的好好家庭。在职场治理，让职场成为蒙福胜万民的荣耀见证。在社会、在校园、在各行各业都成为作首不作尾的生命领袖。
将来更是要与基督一同作王，统治一切。
2.亚伯拉罕的后裔（V13-18）
谁是亚伯拉罕的后裔？包括犹太人与外邦基督徒，受割礼的和未受割礼的，在律法之下的和在基督恩典之下的人。我们今天正是因为相信而成为蒙应许的后裔，我们正是圣经所说的人。
3.坚定不死的信心（V19-22）
亚伯拉罕夫妇将近百岁，两人的生理生育功能已经消失了。对撒拉来说应该是更清楚，月经已经停止多年，绝对没有了任何生育能力。所以圣经形容身体这部分的功能已经死了，但是亚伯拉罕的信心却是活的。因此他信神所说的，事情果然就按照神所应许的都成就了。
总结：我们也得了神国的应许（V23-25）
神给亚伯拉罕的应许是得国；今天神给我们的应许得神国。亚伯拉罕因信算为义，我们也因信算为义。我们信复活的主，我们信将来要复活得永恒的国。哈利路亚！
Romans 4: Our "Righteous Father"
GK611 Morning Devotion
26/11/2021
Speaker: Pastor Moses Li + Reverend David Tan
Introduction: The connection of a great man of the ages!
The Bible we are reading today was written 2,000 years ago; the Abraham we are talking about was written more than 4,000 years ago, but this great man is closely related to us because he is the father of faith. He is the originator of righteousness by faith, and he is our father, so I call him [our "righteous father"!
1. The Faith in God is Counted As Righteousness (V1-5)
What does Abraham's [faith in God] mean by having faith in God? Believing God, believing God's promises, believing God's call for him to leave his hometown and go to the promised land, he left his familiar hometown without question or inquiry. Abraham believed that God had made a covenant with Him and would keep it. He believed that God would make his descendants a great nation, and that they would be as numerous as the stars or the sand of the sea. He believed in all of them! So God called him righteous. This [righteousness] means righteousness and uprightness. God is a God of righteousness and uprightness, and because Abraham believed what God said, he was also called by God a righteous and upright man. The [righteousness] here is somewhat different from the [righteousness] that we generally understand of a sinner who becomes sinless and righteous because of his faith in the Lord.
The previous chapter talked about how all the world has sinned and there is no righteous man, not even one. So Abraham was one of the sinners, but what was the sin that Abraham committed? The Bible doesn't say, maybe it was this sin of all mankind of the descendants of Adam. But when he believed everything God said, God justified him, and there is basically no grace involved here yet in the redemption of Jesus for sin. Nor does it have to do with the commandments of God's law, and did Abraham keep them? Because the law was promulgate more than 600 years after Abraham's death, there was no question of whether the law was kept or not in Abraham's day.
It means that when God justifies you as righteous, you are sinless and righteous, the key is [God speaks and man believes]! To believe in God is to be justified. For us, we are also counted as righteous because we believe in God! Not only do we believe in God's promises, but we also believe in Jesus' atonement for our sins, and our justification by faith is richer than Abraham's faith.
2. We are Also Blessed by Faith (V6-12)
The [blessing] mentioned here is also the same blessing that David spoke of in Psalm 32. It is a great blessing to go from the curse of sin to the freedom of forgiveness of sins. Who can receive this blessing?
Circumcision and uncircumcision refer to Jews and Gentiles, to both of whom the good news of the gospel is given. Belief in God results in becoming righteous for the forgiveness of sins; later circumcision is a sign of becoming a righteous person. Just as faith in Jesus leads to justification, becoming a child of grace, a new man in Christ, a righteous man, and later in baptism as a sign of the identity of God's children.
We are the uncircumcised believers mentioned in verse 11, and Abraham, the righteous man, has become our Father. We can call Abraham our "righteous father", right? Isn't it so honorable and glorious? This is the blessed ancestor, and we are the sons of grace.
Therefore, we are to preach the gospel to all the people God created and loves so much. (Share the testimony of Li Shimu’s evangelism yesterday)
3. The Commissioning of the Descendants of the Righteous Father (V13-22)
(1) Bear This World (V13)
κόσμος This Greek word is translated as [world], which in the original means the whole world, the universe, all people in the world; meaning that the righteous man of God is prepared by God to come and take over the management, governance, and dominion over the earth that was originally entrusted to Adam. We rule in our families today, so that they may be good families that glorify Christ. We rule in the workplace, so that the workplace may become a glorious witness of blessed victory over the nations. To be leaders of life in society, on campus, and in all walks of life. In the future, we will even reign with Christ over everything.
(2) The Descendants of Abraham (V13-18)
Who are the descendants of Abraham? Both Jews and Gentile Christians, the circumcised and the uncircumcised, those under the law and those under the grace of Christ. It is by believing that we are the descendants with promise today, that we are exactly who the Bible says we are.
(3) Steadfast Faith That Will Not Die (V19-22)
Abraham and Sarah were nearly 100 years old and the physical fertility of both of them had disappeared. For Sarah it should have been even clearer that menstruation had stopped for many years and there was absolutely no fertility left. So the Bible describes the function of this part of the body as dead, but Abraham's faith was alive. So he believed what God had said, and things did come to pass as God had promised.
Conclusion: We Also Have The Promise of the Kingdom of God (V23-25)
God's promise to Abraham was to gain the kingdom; today God's promise to us is to gain the kingdom of God. As Abraham was counted righteous by faith, so we are counted righteous by faith. We believe in the risen Lord, and we believe in the future resurrection to the eternal kingdom. Hallelujah!
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