靈命日糧 - 2005年4月14日
讀經: 以賽亞書53章4-10節

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金句: 「他為我們的過犯受害。」（以賽亞書53章5節）

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全年讀經: 詩篇10-12篇  

痛!那是悲慘、可怕又極其痛苦的痛。那是毫不留情、無法忍受和難以言喻的痛，正是耶穌承受著鞭子打在祂的背上，忍著肌肉被燒傷般的疼痛，一步一步地走上各各他山頂。這就是救主為了我們的罪所受的刑罰。
在這個粉飾太平的世界，我們經常覺得罪不是什麼了不起的事。畢竟，我們所犯的罪並非滔天大罪。如果我們只是說了一些小謊或做出一點欺騙，又有什麼傷害呢？如果我們只是饒舌一些或只是說了幾句粗魯的話，又會傷害到誰呢？這點小罪算什麼呢？

罪的嚴重性是在於讓耶穌承擔了一切。是我們的罪讓耶穌承受被釘十字架的痛苦，祂被掛在十字架上，最後恐怖地死去。

當然我們無法免除已經發生的事，痛苦也無法替代。但我們必須瞭解，如果我們繼續有意識地犯罪，就是背叛耶穌和無視祂所受的痛苦。如果我們認為將耶穌推向痛苦的一方也無所謂，就可能為所欲為。在十字架的光環下犯罪，就如同祂所承受的極度痛苦，並沒有讓我們領悟到罪的可怕。

罪為什麼不好？看它使耶穌如何就知道。JDB


看，從祂的頭、手到腳，
所流露出的都夾雜著悲傷與愛；
那種悲傷與愛有交集嗎？

還是荊棘使得皇冠更豐富？Watts
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Why Is Sin So Bad?



Read:Isaiah 53:4-10
He was wounded for our transgressions. —Isaiah 53:5


Bible In One Year: Psalm 10-12

Pain. Abject, horrible, excruciating pain. Unrelenting, unbearable, unspeakable pain. With each slash across Jesus' back and with every muscle-burning step up Golgotha's hill, our Savior received the punishment for our sin.

In our let's-make-everything-okay world we often look at sin and wonder, what's the big deal? After all, our sin isn't so bad. If we lie a little or cheat just a bit—what's the harm? If we gossip some or use coarse language a few times—whom will it hurt? What's so bad about sin?

It's bad because of what it put Jesus through. Yes, our sin was the reason for the torment Jesus suffered as He made His way to the cross—and as He hung on that cross and ultimately died a horrific death.

Of course we can never undo what has been done; that pain can never be reversed. Yet we must understand that if we continue to sin knowingly, we are in effect turning our back on Jesus and His pain. It's as if we're saying that it doesn't matter to us what we put Jesus through, we're going to do what we want. To sin in the light of the cross is to tell Jesus that even His intense suffering has not taught us about the awfulness of sin.

Why is sin so bad? Look what it did to Jesus. —Dave Branon


See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown? —Watts

Jesus took our sin so that we might have His salvation.