2025-04-25

April 25 ¶

Reading for Today:
今日读经：

Judges 15:1–16:31
士师记 15:1–16:31
Psalm 51:1-6
诗篇 51:1-6
Proverbs 14:31-32
箴言 14:31-32
Luke 18:1-23
路加福音 18:1-23

Notes:
注解：

Judges 16:20 he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. Here was the tragedy of the wrath of abandonment. His sin had caused him to forfeit the power of God’s presence. This principle is seen throughout Scripture (Gen. 6:3; Prov. 1:24–31; Matt. 15:14; Rom. 1:24–32).
士师记 16:20 他却不知道耶和华已经离开他。 这是被遗弃之怒的悲剧。他的罪使他失去了神同在的大能。这一原则贯穿整本圣经（参创6:3；箴1:24-31；太15:14；罗1:24-32）。

Judges 16:24 they praised their god. It is tragic when a person’s sin contributes to the unsaved community’s giving praise to a false god, for God alone is worthy of praise.
士师记 16:24 他们赞美他们的神。 一个人的罪带来未得救的人群对假神的称颂，这是极大的悲哀，因为唯有神才配得称颂。

Psalm 51:1 lovingkindness. Even though he had sinned horribly, David knew that forgiveness was available, based on God’s covenant love.
诗篇 51:1 慈爱。 即使大卫犯下大罪，他仍知道，只要神凭着祂坚定不移的慈爱（立约的爱），赦免就必然可以得到。

Psalm 51:4 Against You, You only. David realized what every believer seeking forgiveness must, that even though he had tragically wronged Bathsheba and Uriah, his ultimate crime was against God and His holy law (see 2 Sam.11:27).
诗篇 51:4 唯独得罪了你。 大卫明白，每个寻求赦免的信徒都应明白，虽然他严重亏待了拔示巴与乌利亚，但他真正得罪的是神和神的圣洁律法（参撒下11:27）。

Psalm 51:5 brought forth in iniquity. David also acknowledged that his sin was not God’s fault in any way (vv.4b, 6) nor was it some aberration. Rather, the source of David’s sin was a fallen, sinful disposition, his since conception.
诗篇 51:5 我是在罪孽里生的。 大卫也承认，他的罪完全不是由神导致的（4b节、6节），也不是偶然出现的偏差。相反，大卫罪的根源在于他堕落、败坏的本性，是从受孕那一刻起就有的。

DAY 25: Why is human righteousness so insufficient for salvation?
第二十五天：为何人的义无法带来救恩？

The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in Luke 18:9–14 is rich with truth about the doctrine of justification by faith. It illustrates perfectly how a sinner who is utterly devoid of personal righteousness may be declared righteous before God instantaneously through an act of repentant faith. The parable is addressed to Pharisees who trusted their own righteousness (vv. 10, 11). Such confidence in one’s inherent righteousness is a damning hope (see Rom. 10:3; Phil. 3:9), because human righteousness—even the righteousness of the most fastidious Pharisee—falls short of the divine standard (Matt. 5:48). Scripture consistently teaches that sinners are justified when God’s perfect righteousness is imputed to their account (see Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:4, 5; 2 Cor. 5:21; Phil. 3:4–9)—and it was only on that basis that this tax collector (or anyone else) could be saved.
路加福音18:9-14中法利赛人与税吏的比喻蕴含着丰富的因信称义真理。它完美地阐明了一个完全没有个人义行的罪人，如何透过悔改的信心立刻被神宣告为义。这比喻是对那些信靠自义的法利赛人说的（10-11节）。这种对自义的信靠是引向灭亡的盼望（参罗10:3；腓3:9），因为人的义——即使是最严谨的法利赛人所行的义——也达不到神的标准（太5:48）。圣经一贯教导，罪人称义是因神完全的义归算到他们账上（参创15:6；罗4:4、5；林后5:21；腓3:4-9）——这税吏（或任何人）得救，唯有凭借这个根基。

For the Pharisee to fast twice a week (v. 12) was more than is required by any biblical standard. By exalting his own works, the Pharisee revealed that his entire hope lay in his not being as bad as someone else. He utterly lacked any sense of his own unworthiness and sin.
法利赛人一周禁食两次（12节），这已超过了圣经任何律法的要求。通过高举自己的行为，法利赛人表明他所有的盼望只在于他不像别人那样坏。他完全缺乏对自己不配和罪性的认识。

The tax collector’s humility is notable in everything about his posture and behavior (v. 13). Here was a man who had been made to face the reality of his own sin, and his only response was abject humility and repentance. He contrasts with the Pharisee in virtually every detail. “God, be merciful to me a sinner!” He had no hope but the mercy of God. This is the point to which the law aims to bring every sinner (see Rom. 3:19, 20; 7:13; Gal 3:22–24). He was “justified” (v. 14), i.e., reckoned righteous before God by means of an imputed righteousness.
税吏的谦卑在他的姿态和行为中显而易见（13节）。这是一个被迫面对自己罪恶真相的人，他唯一的回应就是完全的谦卑和悔改。他与法利赛人在各方面形成鲜明对比。"神啊，开恩可怜我这个罪人！"除了神的怜悯，他别无指望。这正是律法要引导每个罪人达到的地步（参罗3:19、20；7:13；加3:22-24）。他"被称为义"（14节），也就是因归算的义被神看为义人。

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