Losing Your Grip – 失去你的掌控

GALATIANS 5
加拉太书 5章

24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
24 凡属基督的人，已经把肉体连同它的邪情私欲钉在十字架上了。

Galatians 2
加拉太书 2章

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
20 我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，祂爱我，为我舍己。

LOSING YOUR GRIP
失去你的掌控

The Christian has a new master, he/she has a new relationship, a relationship of grace.
基督徒有了新主人，他/她有了新的关系——恩典的关系。

He/she is in union with Christ, but to do that he must get rid of something.
他/她与基督联合，但要做到这一点，就必须先丢掉一些东西。

Our old life needs to be crucified, we do have two natures and the one we feed will have the upper hand, the flesh and the spirit are in conflict
我们旧生命必须被钉十字架；我们确实有两个本性，喂养哪一个，哪一个就占上风；肉体与圣灵彼此相敌。

GALATIANS 5
加拉太书 5章

17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
17 因为肉体情欲与圣灵相争，圣灵与肉体相争；这两样彼此敌对，使你们不能做所愿意做的。

What are you to actively crucify your flesh?
你正在主动钉死你的肉体吗？

Are you staying from rubbish on the tv and internet?
你有没有远离电视和网络上的垃圾？

Are you staying away from bad company?
你有没有远离坏朋友？

Christians can not come to church on Sunday and live a worldly life from Monday to Saturday.
基督徒不能周日来教堂，周一到周六却过属世的生活。

The power of sin has been broken at the cross, it has no power over us, the presence of sin is still with us, but its presence can become less and less as we walk after the spirit.
罪的权势在十字架上已经被打破，它对我们再无辖制；罪的同在仍在我们里面，但当我们随从圣灵而行，罪的影响会越来越小。

Now that doesn’t mean we will ever reach perfection, we won’t, but we will be victorious the majority of the time.
这并不意味着我们会达到完全，我们不会，但大多数时候我们会得胜。

We have to walk after the spirit:
我们必须随从圣灵而行：

GALATIANS 5
加拉太书 5章

16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
16 我说，你们要顺着圣灵而行，就绝不满足肉体的私欲了。

We will know when we are crucifying the flesh, when the fruit of the spirit are evident in our lives and that the works of the flesh are becoming less and less.
当圣灵的果子在我们的生活中越来越明显，肉体的行为越来越少，我们就知道自己正在钉死肉体。

Which is it?
你属于哪一边？

GALATIANS 5
加拉太书 5章

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
19 肉体的行为是显而易见的，就是：淫乱、污秽、邪荡，
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
20 拜偶像、邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、恼怒、结党、纷争、异端，
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
21 嫉妒、凶杀、醉酒、荒宴等类。我从前告诉你们，现在又事先声明：行这样事的人，必不能承受神的国。
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
22 然而圣灵的果子就是：仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
23 温柔、节制；这样的事，没有律法禁止。

Are the works of vs 19-21 or the fruit of vs 22-23, taking over your life?
是19-21节的肉体行为，还是22-23节的圣灵果子，正在占据你的生活？

If it is the latter, then you are truly losing your grip and crucifying your flesh.
如果是后者，那你真的正在“失去掌控”，真正钉死你的肉体。

God bless you
愿神赐福你