问题在何处？Wherein lies the problem?

罗马书 7:14-17 Romans 7:14-17

14 我们原晓得律法是属乎灵的，但我是属乎肉体的，是已经卖给罪了。15 因为我所做的，我自己不明白；我所願意的，我并不做；我所恨恶的，我倒去做。16 若我所做的，是我所不願意的，我就应承律法是善的。17 既是这样，就不是我做的，乃是住在我里头的罪做的。¹⁴ So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. ¹⁵ I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. ¹⁶ But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. ¹⁷ So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.

1）问题不在神的律法上面 － 律法是属乎灵的、是好的。神给律法于我们，本是要它成为我们的生命的指南。 它起初的目的是要用来帮助认识神的心与他给我们在这世界活着的意义；他对我们的要求。

2） 问题在于我里面 － 我是属于肉体的、是罪的仆人。当我在罪的势力之下，我完全无力对抗它。我不晓得为何做我不愿意做的事。当我想做好和义的事，我反倒去做与它相反的事。故此，我不是我自己，我也不明白自己。

不要以自己的力量去对抗罪。你不能胜于它。将所有的构思与行为交托于耶稣，并求他将它们以他宝血洗净。在旧约，诗人叫神指示他的过犯，并带领他走永生的道路。“神啊，求你鉴察我，知道我的心思，试炼我，知道我的意念，看在我里面有甚么恶行没有，引导我走永生的道路。” 诗篇139：23－24）在新约，使徒彼得说神以“基督的宝血，如同无瑕疵、无玷污的羔羊之血 ”（彼前 1：19）当着我们的赎价，将我们从 虚妄的生活与行为救出来。

感谢神，我们现在能够过着一个得胜的生命， 脱离罪的捆绑。故此，我们当选择生命、行义、和做有义与有益的事。

1)   The problem does not lie with God’s law - It is spiritual and it is good. God has given us the law as a guide to life. Its original purpose was to help us know God’s heart and his intentions for us in this world; what he expects of us.

2)   The problem lies within me – I am all too human, and a slave to sin. When I am under the power of sin, I am powerless against it. I do not understand why I do what I do. When I desire to do good and right, I inadvertently engage in doing the opposite things. In this way, I am not myself and I don’t understand myself.

Don’t try to fight sin with your own strength. You can’t beat it. Bring all your thoughts and actions to Jesus, and ask him to cleanse them with his blood. In the OT, the Psalmist asked God to point out his mistakes, and lead him to the path of eternal life, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” (Psalm 139:23-24) In the NT, Peter says that God paid the ransom to save us from an empty life through, “the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.” (1 Peter 1:19)

Thank God that we could now live a life free from the power of sin, free from its grasp. Therefore, choose life, choose righteousness and doing what is right and good.