1028 因信称义
因为我们作仇敌的时候，且借着神儿子的死，得与神和好；既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。《罗马书 5:10》
我不是因信而得救——我只是意识到我因信而得救。不是悔改拯救了我——悔改只是我意识到神通过基督耶稣所做之事的标志。这里的危险在于强调结果而不是原因。是我的顺服、奉献和献身使我与神和好吗？绝不是那样！我与神和好，是因为在这一切以先，基督就为我死了。当我转向神并凭着信接受神的启示时，基督十字架的神奇赎罪立即使我与神进入了、建立了正确的关系。由于神恩典超自然奇迹，我站立在称义地位，不是因为我为自己的罪抱歉，也不是因为我已经悔改，而是因为耶稣所做成的。神的灵以震撼而光辉的光芒带来称义，我知道我已经得救了，尽管我不知道这是如何完成的。
从神而来的拯救并非基于人类的逻辑，而是基于耶稣牺牲舍命。我们能重生完全是因为我们主的赎罪。有罪的男男女女可以成为新造的人，不是通过他们的悔改或他们的相信，而是通过神在基督耶稣里的奇妙工作，那是在我们所有经历之前（见哥林多后书5:17-19）。称义和成圣不可战胜的安全感就是神自己；我们不必自己完成这些事情——它们已经通过基督十字架的赎罪被成就了。通过神的奇迹，超自然的事情对我们就变得自然了，并且实现了耶稣基督已经成就的事情——「成了！」（约翰福音 19:30）
来自章伯斯的智慧
无论神的旨意将我们扔到哪里，无论是贫民窟、商店还是沙漠，我们都必须沿着祂的指示努力工作。永远不可有「我在这里毫无用处」的想法，因为如果你不在所在之地，你当然是毫无用处！无论祂在哪里发动了你的环境，就是祷告。 《故我差遣你》
1028 Justification by Faith
If when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. —Romans 5:10
I am not saved by believing— I simply realize I am saved by believing. And it is not repentance that saves me— repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of on the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? It is never that! I am made right with God because, prior to all of that, Christ died. When I turn to God and by belief accept what God reveals, the miraculous atonement by the Cross of Christ instantly places me into a right relationship with God. And as a result of the supernatural miracle of God’s grace I stand justified, not because I am sorry for my sin, or because I have repented, but because of what Jesus has done. The Spirit of God brings justification with a shattering, radiant light, and I know that I am saved, even though I don’t know how it was accomplished.
The salvation that comes from God is not based on human logic, but on the sacrificial death of Jesus. We can be born again solely because of the atonement of our Lord. Sinful men and women can be changed into new creations, not through their repentance or their belief, but through the wonderful work of God in Christ Jesus which preceded all of our experience (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19). The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves— they have been accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has already done— “It is finished!” (John 19:30).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Wherever the providence of God may dump us down, in a slum, in a shop, in the desert, we have to labour along the line of His direction. Never allow this thought—“I am of no use where I am,” because you certainly can be of no use where you are not! Wherever He has engineered your circumstances, pray. So Send I You, 1325 L