0410 对罪的完全有效的决定
我们的旧人和祂同钉十字架，使罪身灭绝，叫我们不再作罪的奴仆。《罗马书 6:6》
同钉十字架。你是否对罪做出了以下决定——你里面的罪必须完全被消灭？我们需要很长时间才能对罪做出彻底而有效的决定。然而，一旦你决定罪必须在你身上死去，不仅仅是被限制、压制或抵消，而是被钉死，那将是你一生中最伟大的时刻，就像耶稣基督为世人的罪而死一样。没有人可以使其他人做出这个决定。我们可能在思想上和灵性上都被说服，但我们需要做的，实际上是做出保罗在这段经文中敦促我们做的决定。
让自己振作起来，花些时间与神独处，并做出这个重要的决定，说：「主啊，将我与祢的死相连，直到我知道罪在我里面已经死了。」要做出道德决定，你里面的罪必须被治死。
这并不是保罗对未来神圣的期望，而是他生命中非常彻底和明确的经历。你是否准备好让神的灵来搜索你，直到你知道你生命中罪的程度和性质——看到那些与你里面神的灵抗争的东西吗？如果是这样，你会同意神对罪的本质的判决，即它应该与耶稣的死等同相关连吗？除非你在神面前彻底解决了你意志的问题，否则你不能「向罪也当看自己是死的」（罗马书6:11）。
你是否已进入与基督同钉十字架的荣耀特权，直到你血肉中所剩下的一切都是祂的生命呢？ 「我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。」（加拉太书2:20）。
来自章伯斯的智慧
耶稣基督可以承受被误解；我们不能。我们的弱点在于总是想要为自己辩护。《帮助之地》
0410 Complete and Effective Decision About Sin
…our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. —Romans 6:6
Co-Crucifixion. Have you made the following decision about sin—that it must be completely killed in you? It takes a long time to come to the point of making this complete and effective decision about sin. It is, however, the greatest moment in your life once you decide that sin must die in you– not simply be restrained, suppressed, or counteracted, but crucified— just as Jesus Christ died for the sin of the world. No one can bring anyone else to this decision. We may be mentally and spiritually convinced, but what we need to do is actually make the decision that Paul urged us to do in this passage.
Pull yourself up, take some time alone with God, and make this important decision, saying, “Lord, identify me with Your death until I know that sin is dead in me.” Make the moral decision that sin in you must be put to death.
This was not some divine future expectation on the part of Paul, but was a very radical and definite experience in his life. Are you prepared to let the Spirit of God search you until you know what the level and nature of sin is in your life— to see the very things that struggle against God’s Spirit in you? If so, will you then agree with God’s verdict on the nature of sin— that it should be identified with the death of Jesus? You cannot “reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin” (Romans 6:11) unless you have radically dealt with the issue of your will before God.
Have you entered into the glorious privilege of being crucified with Christ, until all that remains in your flesh and blood is His life? “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…” (Galatians 2:20).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves. –The Place of Help