每日箴言(中英)︱第一桩罪(记号:果子)

每日箴言

第一桩罪(记号:果子)

“女人的后裔要伤你的头、你要伤他的脚跟。” - 创 3:15

✟ 灵修

如果你和我一样,肯定会喜欢果实!它们有那么多颜色、质地跟口味。或许你也喜欢“一天一苹果,医生远离我”这句语。


在伊甸园里,并不是果子的错。禁果可能香甜美丽——也可能不。它对亚当夏娃有吸引力,主要是因为它是被禁止的。


圣经说,亚当夏娃吃下果子之后,并没有感到愉悦和满足,反而是羞耻,痛苦,最终是死亡。这毁了他们所有的关系:与神的、与彼此的、与受造物的。事实上,自那可怕的时刻以来,所有住在这地上的人都得分担这个错误及其后果。使徒保罗总结说:“世人都犯了罪、亏缺了 神的荣耀。”(罗 3:23)


后果是严峻的。然而,在亚当夏娃犯罪之后,神几乎马上赐下了应许。在对蛇的诅咒里,神应许了一位救主,祂说:“他要伤你的头,你要伤他的脚跟。”


在这个黑暗的故事当中,我们第一次看见了圣诞的曙光。藉着践踏罪和死亡,耶稣使我们恢复与神的关系;但是祂受伤了。我们在圣诞享受甜美果实,这是基督救赎的果实,也是和世界分享的机会。

✟ 祷告

以马内利,恳求降临,使众得胜死亡之地,阿们!

普世佳音每日箴言

✟The First Sin (Symbol: Fruit)

“He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." — Genesis 3:15

✟ Devotion

If you’re like me, you love fruit! There are so many colors, textures, and flavors. Maybe you also like the adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”


In Eden, it wasn’t the fruit’s fault. The forbidden fruit may have been beautiful and sweet—or maybe not. It was attractive to Eve and Adam mainly because it was forbidden.


The Bible explains that when Adam and Eve ate that fruit, it didn’t bring delight and satisfaction, but shame, misery, and ultimately death. It spoiled all of their relationships: with God, with each other, and with creation. Indeed, all who have lived on this earth since that terrible moment have shared in the error and its consequences. The apostle Paul summarizes this way: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).


The consequences are grim. And yet, almost immediately after the sin of Adam and Eve, God provides a promise. In the curse spoken to the serpent, God promises a Savior: “he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”


In this dark story, we catch the first glimpse of Christmas. Jesus is the one bruised in the crushing of sin and death that restores our relationship with God. At Christmas we enjoy the sweetest fruit—the fruit of Christ’s redemption and the chance to share it with the world.


✟ Prayer

O come, O come, Emmanuel, you who save us and give us victory over the grave. Amen.


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文字校对:李清

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