11月29日 十个试验：试验四至六
11月29日，周六
十个试验：试验四至六
“神对我们的爱，我们已经明白了，而且相信了。神就是爱；住在爱里面的，就住在神里面，神也住在他里面。”（约翰壹书4:16）
第四个试验：我是否有“罪得赦免”的确据？我无法完全理解赦罪的奥秘，但我确实感受到它了。我知道自己犯了罪——正如大卫所说：“我的罪常在我面前”（诗51:3）。我记得我的罪，也知道自己不配；但每当我来到神面前祷告，我就有一个真实的意识：我的罪被赦免了。我不明白神是如何成就的，也无法解释其中的奥秘，但我知道祂已经成就了，祂赦免了我。
第五个试验：我是否生发出对神由衷的感恩？当一个人真正相信神差祂独生的儿子到世上来，为我们死在十字架上，不可能不生出赞美、感谢和敬拜的心。想想保罗在大马士革路上的经历，当他稍微看见了神在他身上所做的事，就立刻说：“主啊，你要我做什么？”（徒9:6）意思是：我该怎样回应祢的恩典？我怎样才能表达我的感谢？你是否也有这种发自内心的感谢呢？你是否渴望赞美神？这样的感恩与赞美，正是你真正认识神的进一步的证据。
第六个试验：我是否越来越憎恶罪？在我看来，很少有证据能像“恨恶罪”那样，清楚地显明一个人认识了神，也认识了神的爱。如果你恨恶罪，那你在某种意义上正在像神，因为神恨恶罪、厌弃罪。圣经说祂的眼目纯洁，不看邪恶（哈1:13）。因此，无论你当下的感受如何，只要你发现自己越来越厌恶罪、远离罪，那是因为：神的爱在你里面，神住在你里面。若不是神在人心中动工，没有人会真心恨恶罪。
默想主题：
若不是神在人心中动工，没有人会真心恨恶罪。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：代上26-27章，彼后1章
个人灵修：弥4章，路13章
November 29, Saturday
TEN TESTS: TESTS 4-6
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 JOHN 4:16)
Fourth, I have a sense of sins forgiven. I do not understand it, but I am aware of it. I know that I have sinned; “my sin is ever before me” (Psalm 51:3), as David says. I remember my sins, and yet the moment I pray, I know my sins are forgiven. I cannot understand it, I do not know how God does it, but I know He does it, and that my sins are forgiven.
A sense of sins forgiven leads me to the fifth test: a sense of gratitude and thanksgiving to God. No one can believe that God sent His only begotten Son into the world to die on the cross without feeling a sense of praise and thanksgiving. Think of Saul of Tarsus there on the road to Damascus. The moment he saw and understood something of what had happened to him, he said, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?” (Acts 9:6). That is, what can I do to repay You—how can I show my gratitude? Do you feel a sense of gratitude? Do you want to praise God? A sense of gratitude and a desire to praise is further proof of the knowledge of God.
Then sixth, there is an increasing hatred of sin. I sometimes think there is no better proof of a knowledge of God and knowledge of the love of God than that. You know, if you hate sin, you are like God, for God hates it and abominates it. We are told that He cannot look upon iniquity (Habakkuk 1:13); therefore, whatever your feelings may or may not be, if you have an increasing hatred of sin, it is because the love of God is in you—God is in you. No man hates sin apart from God.
A Thought to Ponder: No man hates sin apart from God.