9月26日         

標　　題：沒有罪

經　　節：凡住在祂裡面的，就不犯罪；凡犯罪的，是未曾看見祂，也未曾認識祂。（約翰一書三章6節）

聖經中清楚說明兩件關於罪的事。首先，不管你自認屬靈狀況有多好，你陷於罪惡的生活方式，仍表明你沒有行在聖靈的大能中。你不能夠固定查經、默想神的話、禱告、及與聖靈同行，卻繼續犯罪。

其次，如果你不像神一樣恨惡罪，那麼你不是真認識祂。有些人沉溺在自己的罪行之中，卻堅持自己是愛神，是屬祂的。約翰說的很清楚：如果活在罪中，你不可能看見祂，也不可能認識祂。你可能會作「認罪禱告」，或在自己的教會中委身、奉獻自己，或是受洗。然而，聖靈與你同住的證據，是你正戰勝罪。這不代表你永遠不犯罪，而是代表你不容許罪存留在生活當中，當你一犯罪，馬上尋求饒恕（約翰一書一：10）。你會敵視罪，就像神的立場一樣。你願讓聖靈將你生命中任何罪的蛛絲馬跡，全部連根拔除。你一犯罪，就馬上認罪悔改，並且願意付上任何代價不再犯罪。

如果你發現自己已經陷入惡習，並且犯了罪之後，心裡一點也不悲痛，這代表你並沒有住在基督裡。你要回到祂的面前悔改，重建你與祂的關係。如此做，你會再次戰勝罪惡，得到勝利。

No Sin

Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. (1 John 3:6)

The Bible makes two things clear about sin. First, living a lifestyle of sin indicates that you are not walking in the power of the Holy Spirit, regardless of what you say about your spiritual condition. You cannot regularly spend time studying and meditating on God’s word, praying and walking in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and persist in sin.

Second, if you do not hate sin the way God does, then you do not truly know Him. There are those who continue in their sin yet insist that they love God and belong to Him. John makes it clear: If you have a lifestyle of sin, you have not seen Him and do not know Him. You may have prayed a “sinner’s prayer,” or made a commitment in your church, or been baptized, but the evidence of the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life is that you are defeating sin. This does not mean that you will never sin, but it does mean that you refuse to make sin a lifestyle and you immediately seek forgiveness when you sin (1 John 1:10). It means that you are opposed to sin, as God is, and you allow the Holy Spirit to eradicate every trace of sin in your life. It means that when you sin, you immediately confess it and repent of it and do whatever is necessary to avoid repeating your sin.

If you find yourself falling into sinful habits or not grieving over your sin as you once did, this indicates that you are not abiding in Christ. Return to Him in repentance; restore your fellowship with Him, and you will once again experience victory over your sin.