你们得救是本乎恩……——弗2:8
For by grace are ye saved . . .—Ephesians 2:8
“恩典”，根据字典的解释，是神赐予人的本不配得的恩惠。“恩典”一词单在新约中就被使用了超过170次。恩典不是买来的。它是全能的神给予有需要之人的免费礼物。想着耶稣基督死在十字架上的画面，我看到了这个免费的礼物——神藉着基督叫世人与自己和好的恩典。我和歌曲作者一起唱：“奇异恩典，何等甘甜，我罪已得赦免；前我失丧，今被寻回，瞎眼今得看见！”我们人类的思维，以及我们施恩要求同等回报的哲学，难以理解神这种恩典的全部意义。但是当你被神启示而领会它的全部意义时，你就会超越人类理性的局限，陶醉在神圣真理和荣光的属灵丰盛之中。
是的，神的恩典是真实的，成千上万的人品尝过，检验过，并证明它远不止是一个冰冷的信条、一条温顺的教义或是一种乏味的理论。神的恩典在人类经验的熔炉中经受了考验，证明了它远远多于人类的罪和问题。
“Grace,” according to the dictionary, is the unmerited favor of God toward mankind. The word “grace” is used over 170 times in the New Testament alone. Grace is not bought. It is a free gift of almighty God to needy mankind. When I picture Jesus Christ dying on the cross, I see the free gift of God’s grace in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. I sing with the songwriter, “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.” Your human mind, with its philosophy of an equal return for favors done, can hardly comprehend the full meaning of this grace of God. But when you catch, by the inspiration of God, its full meaning, you will leave the limits of human reasoning and revel in the spiritual riches of divine truth and privilege.
Yes, the grace of God is a reality. Thousands have tried, tested, and proved that it is more than a cold creed, a docile doctrine, or a tedious theory. The grace of God has been tested in the crucible of human experience, and has been found to be more than an equal for the problems and sins of humanity.
今日祷告：
主啊，帮助我在今天更充分地认识到您慷慨丰富的恩典，激励我侍奉您。
Prayer for the day：
Lord, this day help me to come to a more full and abundant awareness of Your bountiful grace. Stimulate me to serve You.
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