罗马书 9：6－9 Romans 9:6-9
9:6 这不是说神的话落了空。因为从以色列生的不都是以色列人，9:7 也不因为是亚伯拉罕的后裔就都作他的儿女；惟独从以撒生的才要称为你的后裔。9:8 这就是说，肉身所生的儿女不是神的儿女，惟独那应许的儿女才算是后裔。9:9 因为所应许的话是这样说：到明年这時候我要来，撒拉必生一個儿子。6 Well then, has God failed to fulfill his promise to Israel? No, for not all who are born into the nation of Israel are truly members of God’s people! 7 Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say, “Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” though Abraham had other children, too. 8 This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children. 9 For God had promised, “I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.
这段经节提醒我们，属肉体生的不能对一个人的属灵生命有任何益处。就如主耶稣所说，虽然尼克地莫是个犹太人, 并且是拉比，但是他也必须有从生的经验才能进入神的国。以我们的孩子来说，他们生长在基督徒的家庭，无论他们是基督徒的孩子或在传道人的家庭生长的，他们也必须亲身体会与认识神，有了相信耶稣基督为他们救主的经历。
This passage reminds us that natural birth does not contribute in any way to a person becoming spiritually born. Just as Jesus reminded Nicodemus that even though he was a Jew and also a rabbi, he must still be born again if he were to see the kingdom of God. For our children, those who have been born into Christian families, they too need a personal encounter with God, and believe in Jesus Christ as their personal savior, regardless of whether they are born in a Christian or pastor’s family.
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