8月26日 完全信靠祂
完全信靠祂
如今，若你松开紧抓永活基督的手，转而倚靠自己里面的某种东西，你就不是在基督里的新造之人，也没有得救。
如今，主已设立了一条律，称为“信主之法”（罗3:27），为要借着基督拯救罪人。祂更起誓保证，必在每个信靠基督之人的救恩上成就此律，也必在每个不信之人的定罪上成就此律。为了确保这救赎计划完美无缺地实现，神以誓约立定了祂儿子的信实。神完全信任祂，便将成就救赎的大祭司之职交托与祂，同时也立祂为审判之主，以便在最后得胜或定罪的大日宣告判决。
因此，不要让任何事物引诱你偏离对基督完全的信靠。祂是至高神的儿子，是神人二性联合于一个位格的救主，祂曾舍命为普天下属祂之人的罪作了挽回祭。如今，祂将这宝血的重价赐给你，使你能用信心的手将它呈献在天父面前，以此恳求赦免与平安。
即使有假教师前来，引诱你离弃这一位基督而去跟从另一位基督，呼唤你从“外在的基督”转向“内在的基督”，你也要知道，这种引导绝非出于神。这些徒有虚名的所谓圣徒，也许满口引用圣经，但他们的企图极其狡诈，其危害不堪设想。
当有人呼唤你离开外在的基督而转向内在的基督时，你务要撕下这教条那讨人喜欢的伪装。说穿了，假教师是在引诱你背弃对“基督之义”的信靠（也就是信靠祂为你成就、且借着信归算给你使你称义的客观工作），转而信靠你里面所谓的圣灵工作。
如今，若你松开紧抓永活基督的手，转而倚靠自己里面的某种光景，倚靠某种受造之物（哪怕这东西被称为“新造的人”），你就绝不是在基督里的新造之人，你也并没有得救。除非你的良心已经任由虚谎蒙蔽而去相信谎言，否则你定能分辨出，你里面这个所谓“新造的人”，不过是一脉裹挟在大量泥土与瑕疵中的金矿；这些今生的罪污与杂质，直到你的身体被放入坟墓这口炼炉之前，都绝对无法被完全炼净。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：撒上18章，罗16章，
个人灵修：哀3章，路23章
AUGUST 26, WENDESDAY
PLACE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN HIM
Now you are not a new creature in Christ— you are not saved—if you let go your hold on the living Christ to rely on something within yourself.
Now the Lord has enacted a law, called the law of faith, for saving sinners through Christ; and He is under an oath to make it good both in the salvation of everyone who believes on Christ and in the damnation of everyone who does not. To make sure this plan works perfectly, God has given His Son an oath to be faithful, trusting Him as a priest to procure redemption and as a judge to pronounce the sentence at the great day of victory or condemnation.
So do not let anything draw you away from placing complete confidence in Christ the Son of the Most High—God and man in one Person—who laid down His life to atone for the sin of the whole world. Now He offers this blood as a price for you to carry in the hand of faith to the Father for pardon and peace.
Even if false teachers should come and call you from one Christ to another, from Christ outside you to a Christ within you, know this direction is not from God. The mouths of these reputed saints may quote Scripture, but their design is as dangerous as it is clever. When someone calls you from a Christ without to a Christ within, strip the doctrine of its pleasing disguise. In plain English, the false teacher calls you from trusting the righteousness of Christ (His objective work done for you and made yours by faith for your justification) to trusting in an alleged work of the Spirit within you. Now you are not a new creature in Christ—you are not saved—if you let go your hold on the living Christ to rely on something within yourself—on some creature, even if it is the “new creature.” Unless your conscience has already been given over to believing a lie, you can tell that this “new creature” is only a vein of gold enclosed in much dirt and imperfection; and these outward trappings will never fully be purged until you have been put into the refining pot of the grave.