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2026年9月9日｜灵修经文：罗马书 11:6

「既是出于恩典，就不在乎行为；不然，恩典就不是恩典了。」
——罗马书 11:6

我们很容易把世界的逻辑带进与神的关系里：

做了，就应该得到；
付出了，就应该有回报。

但保罗说：

「既是出于恩典，就不在乎行为。」

就像一个家里有佣人，也有儿子。

佣人在家里做事，是因为受雇。完成了工作，得到约定的酬劳，这是他应得的。

儿子也会在家里做事、承担责任，但他不是靠做事来换取「儿子」的身份。

佣人做事，得到的是酬劳；
儿子做事，是因为他属于这个家。

罗马书 4:4 也说：

「作工的得工价，不算恩典，乃是该得的。」

这就是酬劳与恩典的不同。

酬劳，是做了以后应得的；
恩典，却不是因为我们配得，而是神白白赐下的。

我们祷告、服事、奉献、行善，不是为了赚取神的爱，而是因为在基督里，我们已经蒙恩、已经被接纳。

所以，行为仍然重要，只是次序不同：

不是靠行为换取恩典，
而是从恩典活出行为。

佣人可以说：

「我完成了工作，这是我应得的酬劳。」

儿子却知道：

「我不是靠工作换取父亲的爱；这是我父的家，我属于这里。」

今天，让我们不再带着佣人的心亲近神，而是以儿女的身份来到天父面前。

不是努力赚取祂的爱，
而是因为已经蒙爱，所以甘心回应祂。

今日祷告

主啊，谢谢祢白白赐下恩典。让我不靠自己的功劳来到祢面前，而是以儿女的身份亲近祢。

让我因蒙爱而顺服，因蒙恩而服事，让生命结出恩典的果子。

奉主耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

“Not by Works, but by Grace”

September 9, 2026 | Devotional Scripture: Romans 11:6

“If it is by grace, then it is no longer by works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.”
— Romans 11:6

We easily bring the logic of the world into our relationship with God:

If we work, we expect to receive;
if we give, we expect something in return.

But Paul says:

“If it is by grace, then it is no longer by works.”

It is like a household with both a servant and a son.

The servant works because he is employed. When he completes his work, he receives the agreed wages. They are what he has earned.

The son may also work in the house and take on responsibilities, but he does not work to earn his identity as a son.

The servant works and receives wages;
the son works because he belongs to the family.

Romans 4:4 also says:

“Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.”

This is the difference between wages and grace.

Wages are earned and therefore owed;
grace is not given because we deserve it—it is freely given by God.

We pray, serve, give, and do good not to earn God’s love, but because in Christ we have already received grace and have been accepted.

So works still matter, but the order is different:

We do not work to earn grace;
we live out good works because we have received grace.

The servant can say:

“I have completed my work; these are the wages I have earned.”

But the son knows:

“I do not work to earn my father’s love. This is my father’s house, and I belong here.”

Today, let us no longer approach God with the heart of a servant, but come before our Heavenly Father with the identity of His children.

We do not strive to earn His love;
we willingly respond because we are already loved.

Today’s Prayer

Lord, thank You for freely giving us Your grace. Help me not to come before You relying on my own merit, but to draw near to You as Your child.

Let me obey because I am loved, serve because I have received grace, and let my life bear the fruit of Your grace.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.