2月6日
标 题： 那缠累我们的罪
经 节： 我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程。（希伯来书十二章1节）
罪是最顽强、最致命的敌人。罪掠夺神所赐的每一样美好事物。保罗告诉我们，罪恶带来死亡〈罗马书七：11〉。然而，罪十分狡猾。罪悄悄地逼近你生命中最料想不到的地方。罪把自己包装的极其美丽，好消除我们对它的疑虑。于是，我们被罪欺哄，以为它对我们无害〈哥林多后书十一章：14~15〉罪悄然且无情地缠上我们。只要被罪所缠扰，就不可能奔走神为我们预定的道路。除非先认清罪的真相，才能由罪的捆绑中脱困而出。如果把罪视为“小错误”、“小毛病”或“小弱点”，就永远不能挣脱它的捆绑。我们一定不可将自己所犯的罪责怪他人，也不可让骄傲左右我们，使我们羞于承认自己生命中的罪。罪会使我们盲目，看不见事实的真相。罪不总是引起我们的注意，它多半是狡猾地、慢慢地渗透进来，夺取我们属灵的能力和原该有的胜利。然而好消息是：神的恩典丰富，胜过任何罪的缠扰〈罗马书五：20〉罪是否夺去你的喜乐？是否妨碍你成为最好的丈夫、妻子、儿女或朋友？是否妨碍你灵性的成熟？如果你正被罪所缠扰，不管沉溺多深，神可以立刻释放你！
Sin
That Entangles Us
Therefore
we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay
aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run
with endurance the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1)
Sin is our most persistent, determined,
and pernicious enemy. Sin seeks to rob us of every good thing God has designed
for us. Paul tells us that sin brings death (Rom. 7:11). Yet it is very subtle.
Sin creeps into our lives when and where we least expect it. It packages itself
so attractively that we are lulled into thinking that it cannot really harm us
(2 Cor. 11:14–15).
Sin stealthily and relentlessly entangles
our lives. We will never be able to run the race marked out for us as long as
we are entrapped in sin. We free ourselves from sin’s only if we recognize it
for what it is. If we call sin a “mistake,” a “bad habit,” or a “weakness,” we
will never escape its grasp. We must not blame our sins on others. We must not
allow pride to convince us it is too humiliating to admit the sin in our lives.
Sin can blind us to its presence. It does not always command our attention but
rather, it subtly and pervasively robs us of the spiritual power and victory
that could be ours. The good news is that there is no extent to which sin can
entangle us that God’s grace does not abound still more to free us (Rom. 5:20).
Has sin robbed your joy? Has it prevented
you from being the best husband, wife, son, daughter, or friend you could be?
Is it keeping you from spiritual maturity? If you have become entangled with
sin, God can release you immediately, no matter how desperately entangled you
may have become!
