你是在亞當裡,還是在基督裡?
哥林多前書十五章12至25節
12既傳基督是從死裡復活了,怎麼在你們中間有人說沒有死人復活的事呢?
13若沒有死人復活的事,基督也就沒有復活了。
14若基督沒有復活,我們所傳的便是枉然,你們所信的也是枉然;
15並且明顯我們是為神妄作見證的,因我們見證神是叫基督復活了。若死人真不復活,神也就沒有叫基督復活了。
16因為死人若不復活,基督也就沒有復活了。
17基督若沒有復活,你們的信便是徒然,你們仍在罪裡。
18就是在基督裡睡了的人也滅亡了。
19我們若靠基督,只在今生有指望,就算比眾人更可憐。
20但基督已經從死裡復活,成為睡了之人初熟的果子。
21死既是因一人而來,死人復活也是因一人而來。
22在亞當裡眾人都死了;照樣,在基督裡眾人也都要復活。
23但各人是按著自己的次序復活:初熟的果子是基督;以後,在他來的時候,是那些屬基督的。
24再後,末期到了,那時基督既將一切執政的、掌權的、有能的、都毀滅了,就把國交與父神。
25因為基督必要作王,等神把一切仇敵都放在他的腳下。
信息分享
「罪」已成為全人類急待解決的問題,但神卻願意親自為我們提供出路。神因著祂的愛與憐憫,差祂的兒子耶穌基督降世,為我們的罪受死,從此便為我們造出了一個新的生存空間。正如保羅說:「在亞當裡眾人都死了,照樣,在基督裡人人都要復活」。凡離開亞當的圓圈,憑著信心接受耶穌基督,並在祂裡面得著新生的人,都會得著生命。
我們不會自自然然由一個圓圈進到另一個圓圈。我們靠著自己,是永遠不能離開亞當的圓圈的,因為我們與生俱來就是屬於這個圓圈。你是否希望離開它呢?它確實有它的吸引力,可是它卻是永遠與神隔絕的地方。我們只有憑著信心,相信耶穌基督能拯救我們離開,我們才有機會出死入生。
你在那個圓圈裡面呢?是在亞當裡還是在基督裡呢?是在死亡之地,或是在永生之地呢?你是罪的奴僕,還是耶穌基督的僕人呢?祂正在祂的圈子裡不斷地向你招手呢。
牢記:
只要仰望十字架上的耶穌基督,就是你進入新生的開始。
WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW? IN ADAM OR IN CHRIST?
1 Corinthians 15:12-25
12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.
14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.
15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.
16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen.
17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!
18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
Message
In Adam-that takes us back to the very beginning, when Adam refused to accept the only limitation God put on his liberty. It was a step of disobedience in a very small matter, but it was enough to separate Adam from God and to bring sin into the human race. Adam had been warned, but he refused to take notice of the warning. As Romans 5 tells us, by the disobedience of one, many were made sinners. That word 'many' includes us all because we all belong to the family of Adam. Unless we move out of that circle we will be forever separated from God.
But there is heaven's answer to our need-Jesus Christ himself. In God's love and mercy he sent his Son to die for us. A new circle has been created and Paul says, 'As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.' There is life for all who step out of the Adam circle and come in faith to Jesus Christ and find new life in him.
We don't grow from one circle to another. We cannot do it by ourselves. It is a step of faith in Jesus Christ. You are in Adam's circle simply because you have been born into this world, into the human race. You can't help that, but you can help remaining there. Are you willing to leave it? It has its attractions, but it is a place of separation from God.
Which circle are you in? In Adam or in Christ? In the place of death or the place of life? Are you the servant of sin or the servant of Jesus Christ? He is waiting to welcome you into his circle today.
REMEMBER:
There is life for a look at the crucified one-Jesus Christ.
There is life at this moment for you.

