新约 - 罗马书(Romans)第6章

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin--
because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.
What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
罗马书第六章   罗 6-8 章 > 6-8 章 这几章是讲成圣的问题──神改变我们的生命,使我们在信心里成长。 

  第 6 章解释信徒不再受罪的辖制。第 7 章讨论信徒对抗罪的持续性。第 8 章则描绘信徒怎么样去战胜罪恶。 

  罗 6:1-2> 犯了罪,不用怕,主耶稣,爱赦免;难道任意犯罪也不用怕? 

  6:1-2 假如神喜欢饶恕人,人岂不是可以再犯罪,再求祂饶恕吗?如果饶恕是必然的,那么我们不是可以任意去犯罪吗?保罗坚定地回答:绝对不能!这种讨神便宜的态度,表示人还不了解罪的严重性。神的宽恕并没有减低罪的严重性;祂的儿子为我们的罪而死,正好反映了罪的可怕。神的怜悯绝对不应该成为人任意妄为的藉口。 

  神在罪人身上的工作 

  罗 6:1-4> 洗礼原是叫人与耶稣同死,那么,“死了”以后呢? 

  6:1-4 在保罗时代,教会是采用全身浸入水中的方式洗礼,这表示基督徒完全被水埋葬了。象征着把旧有的生活形态处死和埋葬,从水中起来象征着与基督一同复活得着了新生命。如果我们想到旧的罪恶生命已经死去、被埋葬了,就有决心和动力去抵抗罪恶。(参加 3:27 ;西 2:12 ; 3:1-4 )。 

  罗 6:5-14> 新生命,怎样来?信了主,生命得更新;那将是一个怎么的样子? 

  6:5-14 因为我们在基督的死和复活上跟祂联合,所以能够得享新生命。过往邪恶的欲念、罪恶的捆绑和犯罪的嗜好都与基督一同死了。如今藉着信心我们与基督一同复活,并与神建立了稳固的关系,不再被罪辖制了。(有关我们在基督里的新生命及旧人的天性,请参弗 4:21-24 ;西 3:3-15 ) 

  罗 6:6> 旧我若真的与基督同钉十字架,我又如何可以活着?这…… 

  6:6 罪的权势和刑罚都与基督一同钉死在十字架上了;我们的老我和罪性也都随之一起死掉了,因此我们不再受罪的辖制。罪身不是指肉身,而是指由亚当遗传给我们的这个贪恋罪恶的悖逆本性,虽然我们的肉身会顺从罪恶本性,但是绝不能认为身体是邪恶的,邪恶的是我们里面的罪,是罪的势力把我们的肉体击败了。保罗在前面已经指出,藉着在基督里的信心,我们可以无罪地站在神面前,现在他再次强调:我们不再活在罪的权势下。神并没有要我们脱离这个世界,或将我们变成一部机械人,我们仍然会喜欢犯罪,但是分别却在于得救之前,我们是罪的奴仆;得救之后则选择为主而活的目标。(参加 2:20 ) 

  罗 6:8> 不怕死亡?人怎会不怕死的?如果可以,求你教我…… 

  6:8 因着基督的死和复活,信祂的人不再惧怕死亡。这项保证使我们可以自由地与神相交,并实行祂的旨意。这项保证也会影响我们的生活,包括工作、敬拜、娱乐、读经、休息和照顾他人。当你知道你不再惧怕死亡,你便进入了一个朝气蓬勃的新阶段。 

  罗 6:11> 与罪远离,可以吗?我看着我的心,好像仍有很多的罪…… 

  6:11 “向罪看自己是死的”,意思是看我们罪恶的旧本性有如死去一样,对罪不再有反应了。因为我们已认定了基督,并且与祂联合,我们再没有必要保留过去的动机、欲望和目标。让我们思想神希望我们做什么样的人。我们已经有了新的开始,圣灵会在我们的日常生活中帮助我们,使我们成为基督所说的新人。 

  罗 6:14-15> 保罗所言真好,不受律法约束,犯罪就不怕,你也是这样想…… 

  6:14-15 倘若我们不再受律法约束,是不是表示可以漠视律法,随意犯罪呢?保罗的答覆是:“绝对不能!”从前我们受律法约束,罪就是我们的主人,律法既不能使我们称义,也无法让我们战胜罪恶。如今约束我们的是基督,祂是我们的主人,祂赐我们力量去行善而非行恶。 

  罗 6:17> 全心全意?半心半意?三心二意?我对神顺服的心是…… 

  6:17 “从心里顺服”表示我们已经完全把自己献给神,尽心、尽性、尽意地爱祂(参太 22:37 )。不过,很多时候我们对于认识和遵从神的命令,只能说是半心半意。请看看你内心对神的顺服有多少?神愿意赐你力量,使你能全心全意地顺服祂。 

  罗 6:17> 道理的模范,我知道是谁,是指…… 

  6:17 传给他们的“道理的模范”,是指耶稣为人的罪而死、复活、并且赐人新生命的福音。一般相信这是指当初教会的信条(参林前 15:1-11 )。 

  罗 6:19-22> 作罪的奴仆,以至于死?你听了很怕,我也怕,但神说…… 

  6:19-22 每个人都有一个主人,不是神就是罪恶,绝对没有中间道路。基督徒不是不会犯罪,只是他不再做罪的奴仆,他已经属于神了。 

  水礼的意义 

  6:23 “永生”是神的恩赐。既然是恩赐,就不是我们赚来的,或是用什么东西换回来的。如果某人接受了一份爱心的礼物,却要为礼物付钱,这人实在是愚昧无知。礼物是不用人花钱购买的。当一个爱你的人送给你一份礼物的时候,你最恰当的反应就是满心感谢地接受。救恩是神赐的礼物,不是因为我们的行为(参弗 2:8-9 ),也不是因为我们做了什么义的举动(参多 3:5 ),而是因为神的怜悯和恩典。神既然白白地将这份礼物赐给我们,我们应当怎么样带着感谢的心去接受呢?