神坚守应许，也按着自己的主权行事[10月25日罗马书]

罗马书｜之二十八: 神坚守应许，也按着自己的主权行事

10月25日

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朱志山牧师

经文: 罗9:1-18

课题: 神的主权, 属灵奥秘, 预定论与自由意志, 美意/神的旨意, 神义论,

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有的人说，我们只要相信神的应许，就必看见所信的成就。又有人说，神有祂绝对的主权，所以若他要成就的，无论我们怎么迫切的相信，都不能改变祂的主意。其实，这两种说法听起来都没有错，唯有角度不一样，一个是专注神的应许，一个是专注神的主权。但是最全备的认识就是能将神的应许与主权融合在一起，就是神即会成就祂的应许，也会按着祂的主权行事。但是，我们不能完全以理性来分析其奥秘，但我们的心却能证实我们是否明白这极大的奥秘。首先，我们要问自己我们对这方面真理的认识会叫我们更迫切的祷告祈求吗？另外，我们能否在祷告之后所发生的事得见神的美意吗？试想：当保罗认识了神给予以色列的应许，他信主20年的生涯从来没有放弃为他的民族与亲族祷告，并且他为他们的代祷是何等的迫切。他在为他们代祷的过程中没有得着很多乐观的证据，因为以色列民何等的刚硬，也因他传的福音恨恨逼迫他。但他却因神给予以色列的应许无法放弃那代祷之心，反而那悲观的现实叫他的代祷进入深深的忧愁与伤痛，甚至愿意为他们的得救与基督分离。试问那符合人性的逻辑吗？不符合！但这却是一个真认识神的应许的心灵。但是保罗相信应许并非一种盲信，他乃是从接下来以色列民倍增的刚硬固执中领会了神的作为。想必，他与神摔跤，与神辩论，反问神，察验深思神的作为中，他清楚看见神确实是信实的。神不但没有失信，而且以祂无限的智慧设计了救恩历史，借着祂不为人所知的方法拯救堕落的人类，那就是神借着以色列的民族的刚硬将福音带到外邦，然后完成拯救外邦人当中的祂的子民，借此来打破以色列民族的骄傲，最后激动他们悔改归向神。在此，保罗也深切明白了神极奥秘的启示，就是不是以色列生的都是以色列人。所以，神从来没有将祂拣选的子民撇弃，也没有因人的刚硬而改变祂的救赎计划，反而神成就了更美的事。我们可能难以体会神这样的作为，因为救恩历史太长了。我们人只是活七八十年，在这短暂的人生中，我们有很多现实的愁烦与牵挂（就如：身体的病痛、经济的危机、家人的得救、婚姻的矛盾、儿女的蒙恩等）。当我们想到这些切身的问题时，我们第一个心态是：“主啊，我们没有两千年能等待那美好的结局”。另外，我们可能因这些现实的顾忌，有时只愿意神快快动工，让问题迅速得解决，前景得着保障。确实，神的理想很多时候未必是我们人性能体感的，这也是我们继续要与神摔跤的理由。但试问：难道神设计了一个两千年这么精心的救恩计划，不是要告诉我们今天不需为这些切身实在的问题而担心吗？难道神不是要告诉我们说今天个人、家庭、地区、世界福音化是命定的，唯有我们坚信神的应许，完成主今日托付我们的使命，就必看见神的成就吗？倘若保罗的祷告能带来在历史结束前最刚硬的以色列民族悔改得救，今天我们为亲族与未得之民的祷告不更是如此吗？因此，让我们不要灰心，反而要仰望那为我们信心创始成终的主耶稣，奔那摆在前面的路程。

Some people say that we will surely see the fulfillment of our faith if we believe in the promise of God. There’re also some who say God has absolute sovereignty and thus regardless of how pressing we are in our belief, nobody can change God’s will if it is His purpose to fulfill it. Actually, these 2 sayings seem true, but they come from different angles; one focusses on God’s promise, while the other one focusses on God’s sovereignty. However, the most comprehensive understanding in this is to integrate both the promise of God and His sovereignty – ie, God will accomplish His promise, and He’ll also act in accordance to His sovereignty. We cannot completely analyze this mystery with our rationale, but our heart can bear witness for us if we have understood this great mystery. Firstly, we ought to ask ourselves if our knowledge of this truth leads us into more earnest prayers and intercession? Also, can we see God’s perfect will in the happenings that occur after our prayers? Try thinking: When Paul came to know the promise God has given to Israel, he had not given up praying for his own people and kin in his 20 years of faith, instead, he was utterly earnest in his intercessions. He did not receive a lot of optimistic evidences in the process of interceding for them because Israelites were so hardened, and they hated and persecuted him for the gospel he preached. However, Paul could not give up this interceding heart because of the promise given to Israel by God; instead, the pessimistic reality brought him into deeper anguish and sorrow when interceding, to the extent of willing to be cut off from Christ for the sake of their salvation. Is it compatible to our human logic? Certainly not! But this is the spirit of one who truly knows the promise of God. Paul’s faith in the promise is not a kind of blind faith; rather, he understood what God was doing through the exponential increase in the hardening and stubbornness of Israel. Perhaps he had wrestled and argued with God, questioned God and deeply examined what God was doing, and from here, he clearly saw the faithfulness of God. God was not faithless, instead, He designed the salvation history with His infinite wisdom, and save the depraved mankind through His method that was not known to man – ie, through the hardening of Israel, God brought the gospel to the Gentiles. When He has finished saving His chosen people among the Gentiles, He will use this to shatter the pride of Israel and stir them to repentance, and thus turn to God. Herein, Paul had also deeply known God’s revelation that was utterly mysterious, that is not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Hence, God has never abandoned His chosen people; neither does He change His redemption plan in view of the hardening of men. In contrary, God accomplishes more beautiful things. It may be difficult for us to comprehend such work of God because of the length of salvation history. As human, we only live for 70-80 years, and in such transient lifetime, we have a lot of realistic woes and burden (eg: illness, financial crisis, family salvation, dilemma in marriage, blessedness of children etc). As we think of these real problems, our first mentality is, “Lord, we do not have 2000 years to wait for the beautiful ending”. Besides, concerning the realities that we face, sometimes we just hope that God could work faster and solve the problems as soon as possible, and that our future can be secured. Often, God’s ideal is not something that can be easily sensed by our humanity, and this is also the reason why we continue to wrestle with God. Try asking: God has designed a salvation plan of 2000 years so meticulously, is He not trying to tell us that we do not have to worry for our personal problems that seem very real? Is He not trying to tell us that personal, family, region, and world gospelization are destined, and all we need to do is to firmly believe in God’s promise and accomplish the mission the Lord has entrusted to us, in order to see God’s fulfillment? If Paul’s intercession could bring forth the repentance and salvation of the most hardened Israelites before the history ends, should we not also be like him as we intercede for our kin and the unsaved people? Therefore, lets not be disheartened. Instead, look upon the author and perfecter of our faith Lord Jesus, and run the race marked out for us.

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