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•9所以，无论是住在身内，离开身外，我们立了志向，要得主的喜悦。10因为我们众人必要在基督台前显露出来，叫各人按着本身所行的，或善或恶受报。

一个摩门教的传教士很可能会单独拿出这句话来给你，以至于你开始怀疑这个真理：救恩是因着信，而不是依靠好行为（罗马书3：28）。如果脱离上下文的语境去看圣经，你可以通过断章取义的方式使圣经表达出任何你想要的意思。后面的经文为我们提供了理解这句话的上下文，我们得救靠的是基督所做的工，而不是我们的好行为。

那么保罗是什么意思呢？事实是只要一个人有信心，必有好行为紧随其后。读一下《以弗所书》2章8-10节。有时候我们忘了第10节。保罗说我们得救是本乎恩，也因着信，并不是出于我们的行为。保罗接着写道：“我们原是他的工作，在基督耶稣里造成的，为要叫我们行善，就是神所预备叫我们行的。”我不在神面前自夸，高举自己的好行为，因为是神在我身上产生了这些好行为。

再读一下《马太福音》25章31节关于绵羊和山羊的比喻。耶稣指出信徒（绵羊）的好行为显明了他们的信心。但信徒们却想知道，“我们什么时候做这些了？”因为对信徒而言，好行为就好比呼吸一样正常，他们甚至都记不起来了。耶稣又指出那些不信的人（山羊）缺乏好行为，但他们抱怨这对他们是不公平的审判。为什么？因为那些不信的人行善，但并不是出于感恩的心，而是出于自夸的心。所以他们的好行为根本算不上好行为。他们所谓的好行为甚至是显明了他们的罪。

所以今天早晨我该如何将这句经文应用在我自己身上？“我们众人必要在基督台前显露出来，”保罗说。每一天我都该省察自己的心，问问自己“我是否相信耶稣并他为我所做的一切？我是否怀着一颗感恩的心爱他超过一切？”如果你是这样，也不用再想自己做的是好还是不好。因为你做的一切不好的地方，你所犯的一切罪，都被赦免了；而你所做的任何好的，都显明了耶稣活在你里面。一直想着你自己的好行为不会给你带来平安。一直想着耶稣就会!

祷告：主耶稣，我确信当我站在你的宝座前，我会得着上帝的称赞，因为我已经被你的宝血洗洗净，已经披戴了你的义。请让我每一天都带着感恩的、充满爱的心，去服事你和我的邻舍。阿们。

This is one of those passages that a Mormon missionary might throw at you to make you doubt that salvation is by faith and not by works (Romans 3:28).  It has been said that you can make Scripture say almost anything by taking it out of context. The verses that follow provide the context that shows us that we are saved by Christ’s work and not our own.

        Then what does Paul mean? The fact is that whenever a person has faith, there are always works which follow. Read Ephesians 2:8-10. Sometimes we fail to quote verse 10. After saying that we are saved by grace through faith and not by our works, Paul wrote: “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”  I will not hold up my good works and boast about them before God, because God produced those good works in my life.

        Read the parable in Matthew 25:31ff about the sheep and the goats. Jesus points out the good works of the believers (the sheep) as evidence of their faith. And the believers wondered, “When did we do this?” because doing good works for believers is as normal as breathing. Jesus pointed out the lack of good works for unbelievers (the goats), and they complained they were being judged unfairly. Why? Because unbelievers do good works, not from a thankful heart, but from a boastful heart. So their good works aren’t good at all. Even their “good works” are evidence of sin.

        So how do I apply this verse to myself this morning? “We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ,” Paul says. I ought to examine my heart every day and ask, “Do I believe in Jesus and what he did for me? Do I love him above all else with a thankful heart?” If you do, do not think about whether or not you have done good or bad, because whatever bad you have done is forgiven, and whatever good you do is evidence of Christ living in you. Thinking about your good works will not give you peace. Thinking about Jesus will!

Prayer:   Lord Jesus, I am confident that when I stand before your throne, I will meet God’s approval, because my robes are washed in your blood, and I am robed in your righteousness. Let me live each day serving you and my neighbor out of thankful love!  Amen.