基督徒的生命不是靠努力或意志力; 如果是的話就完全 miss 晒神個 point; 好人做唔到一來, 二來愛人會愛得很累, 很快就會心灰意冷; 最後更加享受不到神曾應許的豐盛生命和自由。
基督徒的生命是一個「降服」(surrender) 的生命。放下自我, 放下私慾, 拿著掏空了的心來尋求神, 神就會給你看見。祂會給你一個柔軟的肉心, 然後愛、喜樂的微笑、心靈的平安、聖潔的思想、及所有所有能夠滿足心靈和造就別人的東西, 都會從你的內心, 由內至外地流露出來, 很自然, 絕對不用假裝。很多事情, 不再是因為你覺得應該要做, 而是你想去做。去愛你身邊的人, 不再是一種責任, 而是你的渴望。這豈不是一種福份嗎?
這就是靠著神的恩典而活 (Live by grace), 也是基督徒應有的生活方式。耶穌說: "“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me."
有多少人真的能夠每天都 "deny himself"?
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講到恩典 (grace), 我覺得 Amazing Grace 這首歌就真的完全表達了什麼叫 surrender 的生命... 可能這就是它永垂不朽的原因, 到現在還能感動千千萬萬的心。
Amazing Grace
music/lyrics: John Newton (1725-1807)
piano: Jim Brickman
vocal: Ginny Owens
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.
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis grace that brought me safe thus far
and grace will lead me home.
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基督徒的救恩不是靠努力或意志力，是granted from God's grace。但在改變自己的過情中卻需要付出努力和意志力去deny yourself，to take up your own cross, 朝著「活著就是基督」的境界走，This is your responsibility to pay this unequally low price because you accepted the grace from God, our Lord, our Savior.
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