我们领受耶和华白白而来的恩典与福气，让我们将这福份分享于他人 We have received God’s free gift of grace and blessing, let’s share them around

罗马书 4:13-17 Romans 4:13-17

因为神应许亚伯拉罕和他后裔，必得承受世界，不是因律法，乃是因信而得的义。若是属乎律法的人才得为后嗣，信就归於虚空，应许也就废弃了。因为律法是惹动忿怒的（或作：叫人受刑的）；那里没有律法，那里就没有過犯。所以人得为后嗣是本乎信，因此就属乎恩，叫应许定然归给一切后裔；不但归给那属乎律法的，也归给那效法亚伯拉罕之信的。亚伯拉罕所信的，是那叫死人复活、使无变为有的　神，他在主面前作我们世人的父。如经上所记：我已经立你作多国的父。 Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith. If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless. For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!) So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham’s. For Abraham is the father of all who believe. That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.

如果耶和华应许将全世界赐给你，你会有何反应呢？你会凭信心接受他白白送给你的恩赐吗？或者你会满怀疑心呢？倘若神已将这世界赐给亚伯拉罕与他的后裔，那么身为他的属灵后裔，我们也享有一份神给予他的应许。 What is your response if God promised to give you the whole earth? Do you believe him or fill your heart with doubt?

Since God has given the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants and we are his spiritual descendants, we too also have a share in that promise.

倘若耶和华真正将全世界赐给你，你会打算怎样作？你会设法将这世界变成一个更完美，更舒适的居所，使大家也能一起享受神的福份吗？神所给的恩赐不是要让我们盖耕大的仓库，将那恩赐收藏起来。神赐我们的恩赐与福气是要我们将它们与亲戚朋友，左邻右舍，同事们，与所有神带到我们面前的人分享。这样，我们会受到加添与补充，使他的福份源源不绝的流进我们的生命，并且透过我们祝福他人。

What do you plan to do with it if God really gave you the whole earth? Do you make sure that the world is a better place for everyone to live in, and would you share God’s promised earth with others, so that they too would benefit from God’s gift to you?

God’s gift is given to us not to be put in a bigger barn or storehouse that we build for ourselves. The benefits are to be shared with others around, with our relatives, friends, neighbors, colleagues and those who come our way. This way, we will be replenished and his blessings would continue to flow in and through us.