0410 對罪的完全有效的決定
我們的舊人和祂同釘十字架，使罪身滅絕，叫我們不再作罪的奴僕。《羅馬書 6:6》
同釘十字架。你是否對罪做出了以下決定——你裡面的罪必須完全被消滅？我們需要很長時間才能對罪做出徹底而有效的決定。然而，一旦你決定罪必須在你身上死去，不僅僅是被限制、壓制或抵消，而是被釘死，那將是你一生中最偉大的時刻，就像耶穌基督為世人的罪而死一樣。沒有人可以使其他人做出這個決定。我們可能在思想上和靈性上都被說服，但我們需要做的，實際上是做出保羅在這段經文中敦促我們做的決定。
讓自己振作起來，花些時間與神獨處，並做出這個重要的決定，說：「主啊，將我與禰的死相連，直到我知道罪在我裡面已經死了。」要做出道德決定，你裡面的罪必須被治死。
這並不是保羅對未來神聖的期望，而是他生命中非常徹底和明確的經歷。你是否準備好讓神的靈來搜索你，直到你知道你生命中罪的程度和性質——看到那些與你裡面神的靈抗爭的東西嗎？如果是這樣，你會同意神對罪的本質的判決，即它應該與耶穌的死等同相關連嗎？除非你在神面前徹底解決了你意志的問題，否則你不能「向罪也當看自己是死的」（羅馬書6:11）。
你是否已進入與基督同釘十字架的榮耀特權，直到你血肉中所剩下的一切都是祂的生命呢？ 「我已經與基督同釘十字架；現在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活着。」（加拉太書2:20）。
來自章伯斯的智慧
耶穌基督可以承受被誤解；我們不能。我們的弱點在於總是想要為自己辯護。《幫助之地》
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