在以弗所书中 6:14, 我们读到了上帝属灵军装的第二个要素, 这是公义的护心镜. 圣经对于公义的护心镜怎么说? 什么是公义的护心镜以及戴上公义的护心镜意味着什么?
What does having on the breastplate of righteousness mean?
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 因此站立, 让你的腰部充满真理, and having on the breastplate of righteousness (以弗所书 6:13-14)
Jesus is righteous and walked in obedience to His Father in righteousness on earth. 每个人, 谁重生了 我n Christ has been made righteous by His blood and is reconciled with the Father and shall walk just like Jesus; 神的儿子, as son of God after the Spirit in righteousness.
Every person is a sinner
正如它所写的那样, 没有一个是正义的, 不, 不是一个: 没有人能理解, 没有寻求上帝的人. 他们都消失了, 他们一起变得无利可图; 没有人行善, 不, 不是一个. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes (罗马书 3:10-18)
看哪, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me (诗篇 51:5)
每个人, 谁出生在这个地球上, is born in unrighteousness and belongs to the generation of fallen man (那个老人) and is a sinner.
No one is born in righteousness and/or has been made righteous by his or her own works, including the works of the law of Moses, since the fallen state of the old man and the sin nature of the old man can’t be changed by the works of the law. 正因为如此, sin and death will continue to reign in man.
每个人, who thinks and believes that (s)he has been made righteous and saved by his or her own works, including keeping the law of Moses, doesn’t live in the truth, but lives in a lie. Just like everyone, 谁说, 那 (s)he has no sin, misleads himself or herself and lives in a lie (罗马书 3:20, 加拉太书 2:21, 1 约翰 1:8)
There is only 单程 to be made righteous and be saved and that is by faith in Jesus Christ, 永生神的儿子, and by His blood (罗马书 1:16, 罗马书 3:28, 罗马书 5:10-21, 以弗所书 1:7, 歌罗西书 1:13-14, 腓立比书 3:9).
Being made righteous by the redemptive work and the blood of Jesus Christ
因为神如此爱世人, 他赐下他的独生子, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 但有永生 (约翰 3:16).
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, 我说, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus (罗马书 3:21-26)
Therefore God sent out of love His Son to the earth as an atoning sacrifice and the Substitute for fallen man, 这样每个人都, who believes in Him would no longer live in bondage to death, but would have the ability to be redeemed from the power of sin and death that reign in the flesh and to become in Him a new man, who is created after the image of God in righteousness.
Because by the blood of Jesus Christ and 再生 在基督里; the death of the flesh in which death reigns and that produces the fruit of death which is sin, and the resurrection of the spirit from the dead, in which life reigns and produces the fruit of righteousness, the old man no longer exists, but the old man has become the new man.
Not every person remains a sinner
Giving thanks unto the Father, 这使我们有资格分享圣徒在光明中的基业: 谁把我们从黑暗的权势下拯救出来, 并将我们带入他爱子的王国: 我们借着他的血得蒙救赎, 甚至罪孽的宽恕 (歌罗西书 1:12-14)
因此我们得出结论，人称义是因着信，而不是遵行律法 (罗马书 3:28)
因此，正如所有的人都因一次审判而受到定罪一样; 即便如此，借着一位的公义，免费的礼物降临到所有人身上，使生命得以称义. 因为许多人因一个人的悖逆而成为罪人, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous (罗马书 5:18-19)
新人不再是旧人. 因此新人不再是罪人, but has been made righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ.
From the moment you are made righteous in Christ, it is a sin to call yourself a sinner.
Because by calling yourself a sinner, you say indirectly that God is a Liar, that His Word lies, that Jesus has not been made sin, and that His redemptive work is not finished.
所以, by saying that, you deny the 救赎工作 耶稣基督的.
Because you say, that His work was not sufficient and the blood of Jesus Christ is not powerful enough to change your state as a sinner and make you righteous before God.
As long as you see yourself as a sinner after you’ve become born again, and keep confessing that you are a sinner, there is something wrong. Because a sinner is someone, who obeys sin and perseveres in sin, and enjoys living in sin. A sinner is rebellious and prideful and is not willing to yield to God and His will. Because the flesh in which the sinful nature dwells, always rebels against the Spirit and refuses to submit to the law of the Spirit.
Why do people say, that you are a sinner and will always remain a sinner? So that people don’t have to die to the flesh and put off the works of the old man, but keep doing the works of the flesh, without being confronted by others and call them to repentance.
But as long as you want to do the works of the flesh and want to obey sin, it actually proves that you don’t belong to God and His Kingdom, but that you still belong to the world and the ruler of the world; 恶魔 (另请阅读: 曾经是一个罪人, 永远是罪人?)
The new creation has been made righteous in Jesus Christ
因此，若有人在基督里, 他是一个新造的人: 旧事已逝; 看, 一切都变成新的了 (2 哥林多前书 5:17)
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 哥林多前书 5:20-21)
圣经说, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God has been made sin, so that everyone by faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ becomes a new creation and be made the righteousness of God in Him.
你已经因耶稣基督的宝血而成为义. Now that you have been made righteous in Him and received the nature of God, 借着圣灵的内住, you shall yield yourself to God and His Word and walk after the Spirit in the truth and in righteousness.
The new man is no longer a servant of sin, but a servant of righteousness
Jesus answered them, 确实, 确实, 我对你说, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed (约翰 8:34-36)
你不知道吗, 你们把自己当作仆人来服从, 你们是他的仆人，你们要服从他; 是否犯了至于死的罪, 或顺从正义? (罗马书 6:16)
When you were still the old man, you were a friend of the world and lived as the world and walked after the flesh in disobedience to God and did things, of which you are now ashamed.
The sin; the sinful nature reigned as king in your life and had dominion over you and you obeyed it in the lusts therefore and yielded your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin and lived in uncleanness and iniquity (罗马书 6:12-13, 19-22)
But that all changed, when you became a new creation; the new man in Christ. Because by the blood of Jesus Christ, you were reconciled with God and received a new nature, causing you to no longer walk as before in unrighteousness, but causing you to walk in righteousness.
但感谢上帝, 你们是罪的奴仆, 但你们从心底里服从了交付给你们的教义形式. 然后就脱离了罪孽, 你们成了正义的仆人. 因为你肉体的软弱，我按照人的方式说话: 因为你们使你们的肢体成为污秽的奴仆，成为罪孽的奴仆。; 即使这样，现在也要让你们的肢体成为公义的仆人，以致圣洁.
因为当你们还是罪的奴仆时, 你们脱离了正义. 你们当时在那些你们现在感到羞耻的事上有什么果子呢？? 因为那些事情的结局就是死亡. 但现在已经脱离了罪孽, 并成为神的仆人, 你们已经结出圣洁的果子, 和永生的终结. 因为罪的工价就是死亡; 但神的恩赐是通过我们的主耶稣基督获得永生 (罗马书 6:17-23)
When you became a son of God, you were transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God and became an enemy of the world. 所以, you don’t belong to the world; the kingdom of darkness anymore and because of that you shall no longer live like the world and do the same unrighteous works as the world. But you belong to God and His Kingdom. You have been made righteous and holy, which means that you are separated from the world unto God, and therefore you shall obey His will and shall do the righteous works of the Kingdom, 就像耶稣一样.
“让罪不再作王”
Sin no longer reigns as king in your flesh and has no dominion over you, since you have died to the flesh in Christ.
Therefore you shall no longer live as a servant of sin and obey sin and live in sin, but you shall have dominion through the Spirit over sin and put off the works of the flesh; the works of the old man.
You are no longer a servant of sin, but you have become a servant of God. Therefore you shall yield your members as instruments of righteousness unto God and live in righteousness and holiness.
在精神领域, you have been made the righteousness of God and your righteous state shall be revealed through your walk and life on earth.
每个人, who is born of God does righteousness
If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him (1 约翰 2:29)
凡住在他里面的，就不犯罪: 凡犯罪的都没有见过他, neither known Him. 小孩子, 不要让任何人欺骗你: 行正义的人就是正义的, 即使他是公义的. 犯罪的都是出于魔鬼的; 因为魔鬼从一开始就犯罪. 为此目的，神的儿子显现出来, 为要除掉魔鬼的作为.
凡由神生的，就不犯罪; for His seed remaineth in him: 他不能犯罪, 因为他是由神而生. 神的儿女在此显明, 和魔鬼的孩子们: 不行义的，就不是出于神, neither he that loveth not his brother (1 约翰 3:6-10)
Those who are born of God have been made righteous and because of that they shall walk just like Jesus Christ, Who is the image and reflection of God, in righteousness.
They shall no longer be dominated and led by the sin nature, that dwells in the flesh, but they shall be led by the Spirit, whereby they shall fulfill the righteousness of the law (罗马书 8:4-5 (另请阅读: ‘Is man able to fulfill the law of God?')
耶稣说, that you shall recognize the tree by its fruits. Therefore if anyone keeps walking in disobedience to God, in obedience to the sin nature, 在罪恶中持之以恒, it proves that the person is not born of God and doesn’t belong to Him.
The spirit of error
很遗憾, the spirit of error has deceived many people and has made them believe that those, who persevere in sin and sin willfully do belong to God and that God loves those, who persevere in sin and that God doesn’t mind if people keep sinning and that it doesn’t matter if you keep living in sin. But that’s half a truth and therefore a lie!
God indeed loves mankind and as proof of His love, He gave His Son, so that everyone had the ability to be redeemed from the power of the sin nature and no longer live as a slave of sin in the bondage of death and keep doing evil works of the flesh, which are an abomination to God and which God hates (哦. 箴言 6:16-19, 耶利米 44:4, 希伯来书 1:9, 启示 2:6-15).
Do you really think, that God doesn’t mind if a person keeps living in rebellion against His Word and His will and perseveres in sin and that God approves sin? 不, 当然不是. Sin has cost God His Son Jesus Christ! (另请阅读: ‘The sin has killed Jesus').
Righteousness has no common ground with unrighteousness
But unto the Son He saith, 你的宝座, 神啊, 是永恒的，永远的: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. 你爱公义, 并憎恨罪孽; 因此，上帝, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows (希伯来书 1:8-9)
Don’t believe the words of people, who change the truth of God and adjust the words of God to their own carnal lusts and desires and the time in which we live. 反而, believe the Word.
Read, study, and search the scriptures in the Bible, so that you will find out the truth and life.
Because by the Word and the Holy Spirit you shall be able to discern the truth from the lies and expose the lies and doctrines of the spirit of error and reject them.
Don’t let anyone fool you by saying that the Bible is outdated and no longer applies.
Every word of God still applies to all mankind today and shall always apply.
所有经文都是上帝默示的, 并且对于教义是有利的, 为了责备, 用于修正, 为了正义的教导: 使属神的人得以完全, 为一切善行做好准备 (2 蒂莫西 3:16-17)
The devil doesn’t sit still and has sent his henchman and placed them in influential positions worldwide. 是的, even in many churches he has appointed his sons, who may look pious and righteous from the outside, but inwardly they are the exact opposite and are sons of the devil and enemies of righteousness, who promote sin and unrighteousness.
They change the truth of God into lies and approve sin and unrighteousness and lead the people astray, so that they keep living after the flesh in rebellion to God and persevere in sin (2 哥林多前书 11:14-15).
Their mouths are open graves, because every word, that proceeds out of their mouths doesn’t promote sanctified lives unto God and doesn’t lead the people to eternal life, but promotes unholy lives and leads the people to eternal death.
每个人, who belongs to the world and is an enemy of righteousness and lives in disobedience to the will of God, which is revealed through the Word, and is not willing to yield to the will of God, is an enemy of God and doesn’t belong to Him.
The new man is clothed with the breastplate of righteousness
并在你的心灵中得到更新; 并且你们穿上了新人, 神是按着公义和真正的圣洁被造的 (以弗所书 4:23-24)
As long as you stay in Jesus Christ; the Word and walk after the Spirit in obedience to God after His will and put on the new man, 借此你就必行正义，行正义的事, 你必戴上公义的胸甲.
你将有正义的护心镜来守护你的心, 生命的结果属于上帝(箴言 4:20-23).
你将凭着信心，跟随圣灵，在真理中，按着他的旨意，按着公义而行，没有什么能够碰触你，伤害你。
魔鬼会来攻击你并控告你, 但他在你身上将一无所有, 因为你在基督里已经被称为义，并且你在他的旨意中顺服他的行事为人 诫命 并跟随他的脚踪行公义 (哦. 约翰 14:30, 1 约翰 5:18).
You shall speak His words and walk after His will and pray after His will and do the works in His Name after His will and the Lord shall listen and answer and empower your words and works, so that you shall bear the fruit of righteousness and exalt Jesus Christ and honor the Father (哦. 约翰 15:7, 希伯来语 12:11, 詹姆士 3:18, 1 彼得 3:12).
The saints shall be clothed in white linen and receive the crown of righteousness
耶稣说, Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ 清酒: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (马修 5:10)
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness (2 彼得 3:13)
The saints, who belong to God and have been made righteous in Christ and because of their righteous state walk in righteousness after His will, 将继承永生并穿上白色亚麻衣; 圣人的正义, 并接受公义的冠冕.
他们将生活在新地球上, 正义所在的地方, 因为公义是神国度的权杖 (使徒行传 17:31, 2 蒂莫西 2:8, 希伯来书 1:8, 2 彼得 3:13, 启示 19:8).
“成为地球之盐”
