罗马书［第8章］
Book of Romans 8
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罗马书［第8章|Book of Romans 8【在圣灵里的生命】
03/12/2021
引言:
今天这章经文，我们看见圣灵在我们身上的工作，帮助我们的生命可以持续更新并活在得胜里。因此，圣灵在我们生命成圣的过程扮演很重要的角色。
一、在基督里（V1-17）
1. 不被定罪（V1-4）
今天，我们不再被定罪，是因为有赐生命圣灵的律在我们里面。圣灵带着生命，并在基督里释放我们，使我们脱离罪和死的律。基督在十字架上的赎罪祭，使那些与基督联合的人的罪就在基督的肉体中被定罪、刑罚，解决了人肉体的基本问题，以致神不再追讨我们的罪了，也使我们能「不随从肉体、只随从圣灵」。
2. 不属肉体（V5-11）
若我们体贴肉体，就会犯罪拒绝神，并拒绝属灵的成长，结果就是死。因为「属肉体的人，不能得神的喜欢」。正如该隐是属肉体的，「不能得神的喜欢」，神看不中他所献的祭（创4:5）。
若我们体贴圣灵，我们就是将我们的心思意念常常放在圣灵里。当基督的灵安然住在我们心里作主人、作王，而不是作客的时候，我们就不再属肉体，乃属基督了。
3. 成为儿子（12-17）
经文当中清楚的描述，那些被圣灵引导的人，都是神的儿子。第13节经文带出，我们必要活着，是因为我们有儿子的灵。 「儿子的心」原文是「儿子的灵」，这灵所赐的生命是神儿子的生命。神借祂的灵重生了我们，使我们得着了神永生的生命，有分于神的性情，得以在基督里承受基业。
二、荣耀盼望（V18-27）
1.脱离败坏辖制（V18-22）
神的旨意是要借着恢复人来恢复万有，就如在雅各书1:18所说，「祂按自己的旨意，用真道生了我们，叫我们在祂所造的万物中，好像初熟的果子」神借着恢复人成为「神儿女」、使教会成为神的荣耀，并从败坏的辖制中释放一切受造之物。所以，受造之物能指望脱离败坏的辖制，得享神儿女自由的荣耀。
2. 盼望所不见的（V23-25）
我们重生得救以后，就有圣灵内住在我们里面，使我们成为圣灵初结的果子，就是在我们里面有初结果子的圣灵。今天，我们因基督已经得着救恩。然而，我们要等将来才能完全享有救恩及身体得赎。这盼望并不是因着肉眼，而是因着以信心之眼看见而有的。
3.圣灵亲自代求（V26-27)
圣灵的代祷是照着神的旨意替圣徒祈求，所以必蒙神应允。我们原是软弱，生命充满破口，但因着圣灵帮助我们，为我们祷告、代求，以致我们无所惧怕。因为圣灵是最好，也是最有能力的代祷者。只要我们偏离神，圣灵就不断为我们代求，使我们的生命能够不断更新突破，使我们对将来的荣耀充满盼望。
三、选择爱神（V28-39）
1. 使人得益（V28-30）
神的旨意是借着万有来恢复人，也借着恢复人来恢复万有。信徒都是神所拣选的、按祂旨意被召的，因此在我们身上发生的任何事情都不是出于偶然，万事的发生都经过神的安排或允许，为了让我们「得益处」。这益处就是让我们能效法祂儿子的模样并得荣耀。渐渐地被更新而变化成基督的样式。
2. 得着帮助（V31-36）
「既是这样，还有什么说的呢？神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？」(V31)
神不是以我们为中心，帮我们心想事成，而是照祂的方式和时间，帮助我们成就祂在我们身上的美好旨意。我们既与基督联合，祂必爱我们到底，任何境遇都不能使我们与基督的爱隔绝，这爱使我们在痛苦中受安慰，在软弱时重新得力，让万事为我们永恒的益处互相效力。
3. 经历得胜（V37-39）
我们要明白，今天我们并不是脱离了「患难、困苦、逼迫、饥饿、赤身露体、危险、刀剑」（V35）才算得胜，而是知道我们在这一切的事上已经得胜有余了。因为爱我们的主已经得胜，我们所该做的就是在任何境遇中都安息在祂里面，等候神让万事为我们永恒的益处互相效力。因此，我们要抵挡恶者的欺哄，知道我们已经得胜一切！
总结：
弟兄姐妹，但愿我们的生命都在圣灵里，享受基督所赐一切的丰富和恩典！
Romans 8: Life in the Holy Spirit GK611 Morning Devotion
03/12/2021
Speaker: IP Stella Ling + Rev. David Tan
Introduction:
In today's chapter, we see the work of the Holy Spirit in us, helping us to be constantly renewed and live in victory in our lives. Therefore, the Holy Spirit plays a very important role in the process of sanctification in our lives.
1. In Christ (v1-17)
(1) Not Condemned (V1-4)
Today we are no longer condemned because of the law of the life-giving Spirit in us. The Holy Spirit carries life and frees us from the law of sin and death in Christ. The sacrifice of Christ on the cross condemns the sins of those who are united to Christ in His flesh, solving the basic problem of human flesh, so that God no longer pursues our sins, and so that we can "not follow the flesh, but the Spirit".
(2) Not of the flesh (V5-11)
If we care for the flesh, we will sin and reject God, and refuse to grow spiritually, and the result will be death. For "So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.". Just as Cain was in the flesh and "displeasing to God", God did not choose his sacrifice (Genesis 4:5).
If we are attentive to the Holy Spirit, we are putting our mind and heart in the Holy Spirit. When the Spirit of Christ dwells in us peacefully as host and king, and not as guest, we are no longer of the flesh, but of Christ.
(3) Becoming sons (12-17)
The scriptures clearly describe that those who are led by the Holy Spirit are sons of God. Verse 13 brings out that we will live because we have the spirit of the Son. The original word "Son's heart" is "Son's Spirit", and the life given by this Spirit is the life of God's Son. God has revived us by His Spirit so that we may receive the eternal life of God and be partakers of the divine nature and be able to bear the inheritance in Christ.
2. The Hope of Glory (V18-27)
(1) Freedom From the Dominion of Corruption (V18-22)
God's will is to restore all things through the restoration of man, as it is said in James 1:18, "Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.” God restores people to be "children of God", makes the church the glory of God, and releases all creation from the dominion of corruption. Therefore, the creation can expect to be freed from the dominion of corruption, and to enjoy the glory of the freedom of the children of God.
(2) Hope for what is not seen (V23-25)
After we were born again and saved, we had the Holy Spirit dwelling in us, so that we might become the first fruits of the Spirit, the Spirit who has the first fruits in us. Today we have salvation through Christ. However, we have to wait for the future to fully enjoy salvation and the redemption of our bodies. This hope does not come through the eyes of the flesh, but through seeing with the eyes of faith.
(3) The Intercession of the Holy Spirit (V26-27)
The intercession of the Holy Spirit is to pray for the saints according to the will of God, so that they will be answered by God. We were weak, and our lives were full of strongholds, but because the Holy Spirit helped us, prayed and interceded for us, so that we had no fear. For the Holy Spirit is the best and most powerful intercessor. As long as we stray from God, the Holy Spirit continues to intercede for us, so that our lives may be renewed and breakthrough, and so that we may have hope in the glory of the future.
3. Choosing to love God (V28-39)
(1) To benefit people (V28-30)
God's will is to restore man through all things, and to restore all things through the man being restored. Believers are all chosen by God and called according to His purpose. Therefore, nothing happens to us by accident, but everything happens by God's arrangement or permission in order to "benefit" us. This benefit is that we may be conformed to the image of His Son and be glorified. Gradually we are being renewed and changed into the likeness of Christ.
(2) Receive help (V31-36)
"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" (V31)
We are not the center of God, He is not to help us to do what our hearts desire, but in His way and in His time, helping us to accomplish His good purposes in us. As we are united with Christ, He will love us to the end, and no situation can separate us from the love of Christ, which comforts us in our pain, renews us in our weakness, and makes all things work together for our eternal good.
(3) Experiencing Victory (V37-39)
We need to understand that today we are not victorious only when we are free from "tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" (V35), but we know that we are more than conquerors in all these things. Because the Lord who loves us has overcome, all we have to do is to rest in Him in all circumstances and wait for God to make all things work together for our eternal benefits. Therefore, let us resist the deceitfulness of the evil one, knowing that we have overcome all things!
Conclusion:
Brothers and sisters, may all our lives be in the Holy Spirit and enjoy all the riches and grace that Christ has given us!
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