存着保罗与摩西的心态 Having the heart of Paul and Moses

罗马书 9：1－5 Romans 9:1-5

9:1 我在基督里说真话，并不谎言，有我良心被圣灵感动，给我作见证；9:2 我是大有忧愁，心里時常伤痛；9:3 为我弟兄，我骨肉之亲，就是自己被咒诅，与基督分離，我也願意。9:4 他们是以色列人；那儿子的名分、荣耀、诸约、律法、礼仪、应许都是他们的。9:5 列祖就是他们的祖宗，按肉体说，基督也是从他们出来的，他是在万有之上，永遠可称颂的神。阿们！

¹ With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it. ² My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief ³ for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed - cut off from Christ! - if that would save them.   ⁴ They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s adopted children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises. ⁵ Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors, and Christ himself was an Israelite as far as his human nature is concerned. And he is God, the one who rules over everything and is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.

使徒保罗在这里将要分享一些非常挂心的负担，所以他召了三方面的见证， （一）他的救主，耶稣基督， （二） 神的圣灵， 与（三）他的良心。那，他将要说的就实在是从他心低所说的，“出于真心的话。”

这个挂虑甚至紧紧的抓住他的心并且使他的心沉没与沮丧。 他看着神所拣选的子民，是因该认识神的、与神相近的、但现在却是不得救的（四节）。祂给予他们那儿子的名分、显现了祂的荣耀、诸了约、赐他们律法 （正义生活的律）。祂也给他们敬拜祂的机会和宝贵的应许。他们有了亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各为他们的祖先。而且主耶稣也是个以色列人，是从出来的。

有了这许多益处，他们竟然还不得救。所以保罗非常的心痛 — 甚至说，若能是他的弟兄得救，即使他被咒诅，与基督分離，他也願意。这提醒我在旧约里，先知摩西也为了他的子民代祷，求神赦免他们的罪， 不然，他求祂从祂所写的册上涂抹他的名（出埃及记 32：32）。

The Apostle Paul was about to share some very serious concerns that was in his heart and he called upon three parties to be his witnesses, (1) His Master, Jesus Christ, (2) God the Holy Spirit, and (3) His own conscience.

So, whatever he was about to speak was something that really came out of the bottom of his heart, “with utter truthfulness.”

The deep concern that gripped his heart and caused it to be bitterly sorrowful and filled with and unending grief was: As God’s chosen people, they were supposed to know him and be close to him, but now they were actually unsaved (v.4). He had adopted them as children, revealed his glory so many times to them, made covenants with them, and give them his precious law (rule for righteous living). He had also given them the wonderful privilege of worshiping him and receiving his precious promises. Furthermore, they had the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as their ancestors. And Christ himself, God became man, was one of them. He was born an Israelite.

With all these privileges, they were still not saved. So Paul’s heart was inexpressibly grieved – he wished that he could be cursed, and cut off from Christ’s love and salvation, if that would save them. This reminds me of the Old Testament prophet, Moses who interceded on behalf of his people asking God to forgive their sins, and if not to blot his name out of His book (Exodus 32:32).