重要的福音信息：复和
罗马书五章1、2、6至11节
1我们既因信称义，就借着我们的主耶稣基督得与神相和。
2我们又借着他，因信得进入现在所站的这恩典中，并且欢欢喜喜盼望神的荣耀。
6因我们还软弱的时候，基督就按所定的日期为罪人死。
7为义人死，是少有的；为仁人死、或者有敢做的。
8惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，神的爱就在此向我们显明了。
9现在我们既靠着他的血称义，就更要借着他免去神的忿怒。
10因为我们作仇敌的时候，且借着神儿子的死，得与神和好；既已和好，就更要因他的生得救了。
11不但如此，我们既借着我主耶稣基督得与神和好，也就借着他以神为乐。
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例如，「称义」一词是用来表示，我们只要接受基督的救恩，神就会称我们为义，并完全地接纳我们。
我们既被罪所约束，所以便需要基督的「救赎」。我们在基督里便得享真正的自由，不再作罪和撒但的奴仆。
当人接受基督的那一刻，神便会赐他永恒的新生──这就是圣经所讲的「重生」──我们经由重生进入神的家，成为神家里的人。
「复和」的意思，就是平息人与人之间的分歧，或化敌为友。圣经所讲的复和，是指人与神之间的关系复和。
人类因为犯罪，所以便与神隔绝，但如今却因基督的缘故，而得以与神和好，再次与祂相交。今天的经文告诉我们（10节），全因神的儿子耶稣基督为我们的罪受死，我们才能够与神复和。耶稣基督与父神一直有着美好的相交；如今，祂便为我们开启一条道路，使我们可以与祂一同进到神的面前。
能够与神和好，正是我们人类最大和唯一的盼望。而且，我们不单因着基督得以与神恢复相交，还继续得蒙基督的保守，请注意第10节的下半句。
保罗在第11节指出，我们要以此为乐。神在基督里为我们作成了一切，我们当然要满心喜乐了！
此刻，让我们为基督的救赎使我们与神和好，并成为神的儿女而衷心感谢祂。
「愿荣耀归与真神，祂成就大事。」
GREAT WORDS OF THE GOSPEL RECONCILIATION
Romans 5:1 and 2, 6-11
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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
Our salvation in Christ is so wonderful that the Holy Spirit used a variety of words to help us understand the far-reaching effects of the work of Christ.
For example, the word 'justification' is used to convey the truth that in God's sight we have been declared righteous and are accepted by Him.
Redemption is necessary because of the bondage sin has brought to us. But in Christ we are free and no longer slaves to sin and Satan.
Regeneration is God giving new eternal life to the believer and means we are born into the family of God.
To be reconciled is to be made friends again, or to have any difference settled between two people. In our case it is of course between us and God.
Reconciliation means that instead of being separated from God we are now brought into fellowship with Him. Our reading tells us (v.10) this was made possible only by the death of God's own Son, Jesus Christ. He was the one in perfect fellowship with the Father. Now He has opened the door for us to join Him there.
This is the greatest and only hope man can ever have of being reconciled to God. Even more, the one who enters that fellowship through Christ, will be kept there by the continuing work of Christ. Notice the last phrase of verse 10.
Paul said in verse 11 this is something to rejoice about. It certainly is! And that rejoicing is in God Himself for all that He has done for us in Christ.
Why not thank Him again today for all He has done for you - redeemed you, reconciled you and made you His child?
'TO GOD BE THE GLORY, GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE.'