2月12日
标 题： 违背律法就是罪
经 节： 凡犯罪的，就是违背律法；违背律法就是罪。（约翰一书三章4节）
如果你的生活没有属灵“准绳”或标准，来决定是非对错，是十分危险的。神的话语就是那条准绳。属灵定律就像物理定律，目的是为了保护你，而不是限制你。你可能运用你的自由，来挑战电力学的定律，然而如此行，你的下场是死路一条。同样地，你不能破坏神的律法，否则受损伤的是你。我们可以忽视神所创建的绝对道德与属灵定律，只不过我们得自行负责后果。这些律法没有时间限制，文化不能替换律法，境遇不能废除律法，神的律法是永恒的。如果顺服神的律法，这些律法将救你脱离死亡。你可能觉得受律法的限制与捆绑。事实正好相反，神的话语会保护你脱离死亡（罗马书六：23）。举例来说，当神说不可奸淫，祂要释放你，好叫你能享受完全的婚姻关系。不仅如此，祂知道如果你不遵守律法，悲惨心碎的结局会临到你、你的配偶、孩子、亲戚、朋友和教会肢体。神的律法对你的生命是何等重要！如果没有律法、神所赐给你的喜乐将被掠夺。罪是选择其他那些不合神的律法，来作为你的生活标准。如果你以邻居或社会的准则来衡量自己，逍遥于神的律法之外，那么你的生活是以“无法”为准则。无法即不受神的律法管束，就是罪。
Sin
Is Lawlessness
Whoever
commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4)
It is a dangerous thing to live your life
without a spiritual “plumb line,” or standard, by which you determine right
from wrong. God’s Word is that plumb line. Spiritual laws, like physical laws,
are meant to protect you, not restrict you. You may exercise your freedom to
challenge the laws of electricity, but to do so can bring you death. Likewise,
you will not break God’s laws, they will break you. God established absolute
moral and spiritual laws that we are free to ignore, but we do so at our own
peril. These laws are timeless. Culture does not supersede them. Circumstances
do not abrogate them. God’s laws are eternal, and they will save you from death if you follow them.
You may feel that God’s laws restrict and
bind you.
On the contrary,
God’s Word protects you from death (Rom. 6:23). For example, when God said that
you are not to commit adultery, He wanted to free you to experience the fullest
pleasure of a marriage relationship. Furthermore, He knew the devastating
heartache that would come to you, your spouse, your children, your relatives,
your friends, and your church family if you broke this law. How important the
laws of God are for your life! Without them, you would be robbed of the
delights God has in store for you. Sin is choosing a standard other than God’s
law on which to base your life. If you are measuring your life by that of your
neighbors, or society at large, then you are basing your life on lawlessness,
and lawlessness is sin.
