Jesus died to make His enemies His friends

Romans 5:6-11
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through Him! 10 For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

6因我們還軟弱的時候、基督就按所定的日期為罪人死。7為義人死、是少有的、為仁人死、或者有敢作的。8惟有基督在我們還作罪人的時候為我們死、神的愛就在此向我們顯明了。9現在我們既靠著他的血稱義、就更要藉著他免去神的忿怒。10因為我們作仇敵的時候、且藉著神兒子的死、得與神和好、既已和好、就更要因他的生得救了。11不但如此、我們既藉著我主耶穌基督、得與神和好、也就藉著他、以神為樂。

• 這是一段很熟識的經文，其中的金句已背誦了很多年，但多少時候我們真是appreciate當中的真義呢？基督是為一個不值得愛的人，與神隔絕的人去死，目的是要我們得生命，祂並不需要這樣做，為甚麼呢？就是因為祂愛我們。
• 許多時這愛對我們已經麻木了，我們很緊要別人的愛和接納，拍拖時對方要百分之百愛我，結婚後丈夫要愛我多過我愛他，為甚麼呢？這無非是自己的私慾，渴求丈夫，家人，朋友要無條件的愛我。但人的愛有限，自己亦不會愛對方多於愛自己，所以每每在當中會痛苦，沮喪，失望，但對基督無私的愛卻那麼不上心，take it for granted。求神讓我多思想神的愛，提醒我要感恩、報恩，因這是我白白得來，我就要白白地給予別人，就好像那首歌一樣：Freely, freely you have received, freely, freely give。