使壞變好 (5)

使壞變好 (5)
聖經閱讀：羅馬書5:1-11 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年1月5日(二)

約瑟、司提反和保羅都遭遇患難，耶穌也是。人們在耶穌的事奉過程中對祂做惡事，但是上帝卻讓善事發生，有人得醫治、有人從死裡復活，很多人因此相信耶穌確實是上帝的兒子。
最後，猶太人捉拿了耶穌，他們鞭打祂、取笑祂、作假見證陷害祂並對祂吐口水，然後這些人殺害了耶穌。上帝怎麼能將這件壞事轉變成好事呢？耶穌死去的三天後，祂復活了！因著祂的死和復活，我們可以得著救恩和永生的應許。

今天閱讀的經文告訴我們，「由於他的死，我們現在得以跟上帝有合宜的關係」（第9節），第10節又說：「我們原是上帝的仇敵，但是藉著他兒子的死叫我們得以跟他和好。」我們可以成為上帝的朋友！

上帝是化惡為善的專家，今天祂會與你同在並祝福你！ —JK

「當我們還軟弱的時候，基督就按照上帝特定的時機為罪人死。」 羅馬書5:6

禱告：上帝，我願永遠是祢的朋友！奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(李信儀譯)

Good from Bad (5)
Bible Reading: Romans 5:1-11
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

　Joseph, Stephen and Paul faced bad times, and Jesus faced bad times, too. People did bad things to Jesus throughout His ministry. But God made good things happen. People were healed and raised from the dead. Many people believed that Jesus truly was God's Son.
Finally, the Jews arrested Jesus. They beat Him, made fun of Him, told lies about Him and spit on Him. Then these people killed Jesus. How could God make something good happen from this bad thing? Three days after Jesus died, He arose. Because of His death and resurrection, we can have salvation and the promise of eternal life.

Our Bible verses today tell us that we “have been made right with God by the blood sacrifice of Christ” (verse 9). Verse 10 says that “while we were God's enemies, he made friends with us through his Son's death.” We can become friends with God!

God is an expert at bringing good out of bad. He will be with you and bless you today! —JK

“Christ died for us when we were unable to help ourselves. We were living against God, but at just the right time Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6

PRAYER: God, I want to always be Your friend! In Jesus’ name. Amen.