六月七日
你们爱耶和华的都当恨恶罪恶。（诗97：10）
若你只想到罪恶怎样损害了你，你就有一个很好的理由来“恨恶罪恶”了。罪使你的心败坏成了什麽样子呢？罪使你的眼睛瞎了，叫你看不出救主的荣美；它使你的耳聋了，叫你听不见救赎主招呼你的慈声。罪使你的脚走上死亡的路，幷在生命的活泉中倒下了毒药；它蒙蔽了你的心，使它“比万物都诡诈，坏到极处”。在神恩未临到你的时候，邪恶使你成爲什麽样子的一个人呢？你和别人一样都是可怒之子，你也是“随衆行恶”的。这就是我们衆人的情形。
但保罗告诉我们说：“但如今你们奉主耶稣基督的名，幷借着我们神的灵，已经洗净、成圣、称义了。”当我们回想过去幷追溯罪恶的一切死行，就有恨恶罪恶的正当理由。罪是恶极了，它要使我们的灵魂永远失丧，幸亏主以大爱来救赎了我们。就是现在它还是一个大敌，时时伺隙加害于我们，要把我们陷于灭亡之中。
因此，基督徒啊！要“恨恶罪恶”，除非你自甘受害。若你愿意在你的路中播下荆棘，在你临终时的枕中种上蒺藜，那末你就可以忽略“恨恶罪恶”。但若你要过一种快乐的生活，幷且要安然死去，那末就当走圣洁的路，恨恶罪恶，直到末时，若你真爱你的救主，就当尊敬他，“恨恶罪恶”。基督徒当多与主耶稣相谈，否则便不能挽救喜爱罪恶的心。要多住在他里面，那末你便不能与罪妥协，不能与恶相安无事了。
“愿主旨步步领我，使我心诚实无过；愿主驱除罪权势，使我心平安清白。”
June
7
“Ye
that love the Lord hate evil.” — Psalm 97:10
Thou hast good reason to “hate
evil,” for only consider what harm it has already wrought thee. Oh, what a
world of mischief sin has brought into thy heart! Sin blinded thee so that thou
couldst not see the beauty of the Saviour; it made thee deaf so that thou
couldst not hear the Redeemer’s tender invitations. Sin turned thy feet into
the way of death, and poured poison into the very fountain of thy being; it
tainted thy heart, and made it “deceitful above all things, and
desperately wicked.” Oh, what a creature thou wast when evil had done its
utmost with thee, before divine grace interposed! Thou wast an heir of wrath
even as others; thou didst “run with the multitude to do evil.” Such
were all of us; but Paul reminds us, “but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified,
but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our
God.” We have good reason, indeed, for hating evil when we look back and
trace its deadly workings. Such mischief did evil do us, that our souls would
have been lost had not omnipotent love interfered to redeem us. Even now it is
an active enemy, ever watching to do us hurt, and to drag us to perdition.
Therefore “hate evil,” O Christians, unless you desire trouble. If
you would strew your path with thorns, and plant nettles in your death-pillow,
then neglect to “hate evil”; but if you would live a happy life, and
die a peaceful death, then walk in all the ways of holiness, hating evil, even
unto the end. If you truly love your Saviour, and would honour Him, then
“hate evil.” We know of no cure for the love of evil in a Christian
like abundant intercourse with the Lord Jesus. Dwell much with Him, and it is
impossible for you to be at peace with sin.
“Order my footsteps by Thy Word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.”
