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The Breastplate of Righteousness (Part 1)

2024/2/9
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这段讲道探讨了以弗所书6:10-20中提到的“义的胸甲”，并解释了基督徒如何穿上这件属灵的铠甲。凯勒牧师指出，圣经中的“义”与现代英语中的含义不同，它指的是在上帝眼中被认为是可接受的、讨人喜欢的状态。他认为，亚当和夏娃犯罪后，他们感到羞耻，因为他们不再符合上帝的标准。人们压抑了在上帝面前的羞耻感，并试图通过取悦他人来弥补这种羞耻感。但这种努力是徒劳的，因为只有上帝的恩典才能真正解决这个问题。凯勒牧师强调，基督教的本质不是人自己创造“义”并献给上帝，而是上帝创造“义”并赐予人。基督的义是通过信仰接受的，而不是通过人的努力获得的。穿上“义的胸甲”实际上意味着要相信上帝的恩典，而不是依靠自己的努力。当良心谴责我们时，我们应该转向基督的义，而不是依靠自己的善行来寻求上帝的悦纳。 凯勒牧师通过分析《推销员之死》中威利·洛曼的例子，说明了人们对被他人认可的渴望以及这种渴望背后的不安全感。他指出，每个人都在努力追求“义”，想要在重要他人眼中展现出令人满意的形象，但这追求是多种多样的。人们关注的方面不同，但最终都指向对被接纳、被认可的渴望。然而，在上帝公正、圣洁的眼光下，我们都无法靠自己的努力获得真正的义。因此，我们需要依靠基督的义，这是一种被动式的义，是上帝赐予的，而不是我们自己努力获得的。基督的义完全遮盖了我们的罪，使我们能够在上帝面前站立得住。凯勒牧师鼓励听众要悔改，但悔改的对象不是我们所犯的罪本身，而是我们对罪的绝望和对自己的信任。我们需要相信基督已经为我们成就了一切，他的义是我们的遮盖，使我们能够坦然无惧地来到上帝面前。

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Dr. Timothy Keller discusses the concept of the breastplate of righteousness, emphasizing its importance in Christian faith and how it relates to daily challenges and spiritual warfare.

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If you’re on your back and you’re a Christian, it’s because there are resources in your faith that you’re not using.

Paul exhorts Christians to take the benefits and resources in the gospel, and to not just believe in them but to use them—so that in day-to-day challenges you’re able to stand. Each piece of the armor of God is one of those benefits, and we’re looking now at the breastplate of righteousness.

In this series, we’ve talked about what this righteousness is not. Let’s continue our inquiry now and ask two questions: 1) what is this righteousness? and 2) how do you put it on as a breastplate? 

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on February 9, 1992. Series: Spiritual Warfare – The Armor of God. Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20.

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