重要的福音信息：基督替代了我們
羅馬書五章6至11節
6因我們還軟弱的時候，基督就按所定的日期為罪人死。
7為義人死，是少有的；為仁人死、或者有敢做的。
8惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死，神的愛就在此向我們顯明了。
9現在我們既靠著他的血稱義，就更要藉著他免去神的忿怒。
10因為我們作仇敵的時候，且藉著神兒子的死，得與神和好；既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。
11不但如此，我們既藉著我主耶穌基督得與神和好，也就藉著他以神為樂。
信息分享
約翰這句話，正好用來回應在他之前的二千年，以撒詢問父親亞伯拉罕的問題：「獻祭的羔羊在哪裡呢？」亞伯拉罕回答得很有智慧，他說：「神必親自預備羔羊。」是的，無論是在昔日的摩利亞山，還是後來在各各他的山上，神都親自預備了獻祭的羔羊。
基督作了無人能作的事。祂為了我們的罪，承受了罪的刑罰，代替我們受死，償還罪的贖價。
但祂後來卻復活了，因此，祂除了代替我們而死，如今還用祂的生命來代替我們的生命。祂是永遠活著的基督（羅五10），如今活在每個信徒心中，讓每一個信徒都能為祂而活。
你還記得，當你接受基督的那刻，你的罪疚便得以赦除的奇妙解脫嗎？你知道基督已代替你受了刑罰，並對祂為你所作的一切倍感欣慰。
如今，因著基督在你裡面活著，你可以經歷同樣的喜樂。例如，當你面對試探的時候，你可以讓基督為你克勝，讓祂代替你面對和解決人生的問題。
祂已藉著死打破了罪的權勢；如今，你可以在每天的生活中，見證這種得勝罪惡的能力。
基督曾經死了，這是一個歷史的事實；但你可以透過你每天的生活，去體驗基督如今真正活著。
反思的經文：
「現在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著。」（加二20）
GREAT WORDS OF THE GOSPEL CHRIST OUR SUBSTITUTE
Romans 5:6-11
6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Message
One day just as Christ was about to begin His short public ministry, He was suddenly and publicly identified as 'the Lamb of God'. The story is well known. It was John the Baptist, Christ's forerunner who dramatically pointed to Jesus and said to his disciples and the crowd standing nearby, 'Look, there He is. The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.'
In some ways John's statement was an answer to a question asked 2000 years previously. Isaac questioned his father, 'Where is the Iamb for the sacrifice?' Abraham's answer was remarkable. 'God Himself will provide the Iamb.' In Jesus Christ God did just that. He had provided the sacrifice on Mount Moriah. He did it again on Mount Calvary.
Christ did what we could not do. He paid the price, the penalty for our sins. He was our substitute in death.
Then He rose again and now He can be our substitute in life as well as in death. He is the living Christ (Romans 5:10), and lives in the heart of every believer enabling that believer to daily live for Him.
Do you remember the wonderful release from the guilt of sin which came to you when you accepted Christ? You saw Christ as your substitute and were so glad to know what He had done for you.
Now with Christ in your life that same joy can be yours, for example as you deal with temptation. Let Christ handle it. Let him be your substitute in life in any problem you face. Leave it to him to resolve.
He has broken the power of sin by His death. Now let Him prove this to you in your life day by day.
Christ died. That is historical fact. Christ is alive. That can be a present experience to see what the living Christ can do in your daily life as you allow Him.
OUR VERSE FOR TODAY: 'I no longer live but Christ lives in me. '(Galatians 2:20)