2月12日

標　　題： 違背律法就是罪

經　　節： 凡犯罪的，就是違背律法；違背律法就是罪。（約翰一書三章4節）

如果你的生活沒有屬靈「準繩」或標準，來決定是非對錯，是十分危險的。神的話語就是那條準繩。屬靈定律就像物理定律，目的是為了保護你，而不是限制你。你可能運用你的自由，來挑戰電力學的定律，然而如此行，你的下場是死路一條。同樣地，你不能破壞神的律法，否則受損傷的是你。我們可以忽視神所創建的絕對道德與屬靈定律，只不過我們得自行負責後果。這些律法沒有時間限制，文化不能替換律法，境遇不能廢除律法，神的律法是永恆的。如果順服神的律法，這些律法將救你脫離死亡。你可能覺得受律法的限制與捆綁。事實正好相反，神的話語會保護你脫離死亡（羅馬書六：23）。舉例來說，當神說不可姦淫，祂要釋放你，好叫你能享受完全的婚姻關係。不僅如此，祂知道如果你不遵守律法，悲慘心碎的結局會臨到你、你的配偶、孩子、親戚、朋友和教會肢體。神的律法對你的生命是何等重要！如果沒有律法、神所賜給你的喜樂將被掠奪。罪是選擇其他那些不合神的律法，來作為你的生活標準。如果你以鄰居或社會的準則來衡量自己，逍遙於神的律法之外，那麼你的生活是以「無法」為準則。無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.