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Hebrews 4: 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
希伯来书:4:8-11:8若是约书亚已叫他们享了安息,后来神就不再提别的日子了。9这样看来,必另有一安息日的安息,为神的子民存留。10因为那进入安息的,乃是歇了自己的工,正如神歇了他的工一样。11所以,我们务必竭力进入那安息,免得有人学那不信从的样子跌倒了。
如果你认为要靠好行为和遵守律法才能买通去往天堂的路,那你等于判处自己要被迫终生劳苦。你会一直困惑自己所做的是否已经足够了。可悲的是,我们的罪性使我们认为我们必须做些什么才能被拯救,我们可能会陷入这种思维方式。
我曾经服事过很多濒临死亡的人,其中几个人会问我:“牧师,我怎么知道我做的已经足够了呢?”我相信他们是基督徒,也确实相信耶稣,但是撒旦在他们生命的最后时刻还在攻击他们,使他们的心里充满疑虑。福音告诉我们耶稣已经做了拯救我们所需的一切。我们完全不需要做任何事情,才能拥有永恒的生命,。
这就是为什么基督徒和非信徒一样需要尽可能多地听到福音。我们学习了上帝的话语。我们都很清楚自己肉体的罪,甚至是那些隐秘的罪。那是好事情,但是撒旦会用这些来攻击我们,他想剥夺我们在耶稣里的安息。以下是我的建议:在圣经里找一段明白无误地表达福音的经文,把它背诵下来。接下来在一个星期的每一天都反复思考。然后再找一段,如此往复。当你感到孤独,当你的良心攻击你的时候,找出其中的一段经文不断思索。然后就享受耶稣带来的平安吧。
祷告:主耶稣,在万籁俱寂的夜晚当我反思自己罪的时候;在我生命的尽头当我知道我将面临你的审判的时候,在这些时刻请带着甘甜的福音来到我身边,让我确信靠着单单在你里面的信心,天堂属于我。圣经上说:“耶稣基督的宝血洗净了我们所有的罪。”这就是我在你里面的盼望!阿们。
If you think you have to earn your way to heaven by doing good works and keeping the law, then you have sentenced yourself to a life of hard labor. You will always wonder if you have done enough. And sadly, because our sinful nature is wired to think we have to do something to be saved, we may fall into that line of thinking.
I have ministered to many people in their dying days, and there were a number people who asked me, “Pastor, how do I know that I have done enough?” I believe they were Christian people who did believe in Jesus, but Satan assailed them in their last moments and brought doubt into their hearts The gospel tells us that Jesus has done it all. There is nothing we must do to have eternal life.
That’s why Christians need to hear the gospel just as much as the unbeliever does. We have studied God’s Word. We are well informed about the sins of the flesh, even our secret sins. That is a good thing, but Satan will use that against us to rob us of our rest in Jesus. Here is my suggestion. Find a Bible passage that clearly speaks the gospel to your heart and memorize it. Review it every day for a week. Then find another and another. When you are alone and your conscience assails you, bring out one of your passages and dwell on it. Then enjoy the peace of Jesus!
Prayer: Lord Jesus, in my quiet moments at night, when I reflect on my sins, and in the dying moments of my life, when I know I will face the judgment, then come to me with your sweet gospel and assure me that heaven is mine by faith in your alone. The Bible says, “The blood of Jesus Christ purifies us from all sin.” This is my hope in your! Amen.