【加3:3】你们既靠圣灵入门，如今还靠肉身成全吗？你们是这样的无知吗？【Gal 3:3】 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

使徒保罗写信给加拉太的众教会，要他们记念耶稣在十字架上所成就的事，又要记念我们得救是靠着恩典并藉着信心。The Apostle Paul wrote to the churches in Galatia, asking them to remember what Jesus had done on the cross and that we are saved by grace and through faith. 保罗听到加拉太的信徒们把律法的工作加在基督已经成就的工作上，并且相信遵行律法能拯救他们，Paul heard that the believers in Galatia added the work of the law to the work that Christ had already done, and believed that keeping the law could save them. 他为此忧伤，责备他们的无知表现，你们既靠圣灵入门，如今怎么还靠肉体成全吗？ He was grieved by this and rebuked their ignorance, saying, "Since you were initiated by the Spirit, how are you now perfected by the flesh?"

保罗得知加拉太人已经中了迷惑，他用一连串的问题引导他们思想因信称义的问题，使他们悔改转道。Paul learnt that the Galatians had been deceived, and he used a series of questions to guide them to think about the issue of justification by faith, so that they repented and turned to the right path. 他们领受圣灵是因为他们起初的信心，而非靠律法的行为来赚取。They received the Holy Spirit because of their initial faith, not by earning it by the works of the law. 保罗用他的生命所传讲的道，告诉我们不但被神所救，而且藉著神的恩典以及圣灵的能力，因信活出祂呼召我们的使命。The Word that Paul preached with his life tells us that we are not only saved by God, but also live out the mission He has called us to by faith through the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.

每天都是属灵争战，撒旦如同吼叫的狮子遍地游行寻找可吞吃的人。Every day is a spiritual battle, and Satan is like a roaring lion, wandering around looking for people to devour. 当我们因圣灵入门，却不去扎根真理，信而行祂的话，到了试炼考试的时候必站立不住，When we enter the door by the Holy Spirit, but do not root in the truth, believe and practise His words, we will not be able to stand when the test comes. 瞬间就被迷惑，成为无知的人，靠行为来称义。We will be deceived in an instant, become ignorant people, and be justified by our actions. 感谢主，你知道我们的无知，走了加拉太人的道路，靠行为来讨你的喜悦，越做越死，越行越枯干，越靠肉体心越累。Thank you Lord, you know our ignorance, we have walked the way of the Galatians, and we rely on our actions to please you. The more we do, the more dead we become, the more we walk, the more dry we become, and the more we rely on the flesh, the more tired our hearts become.

今天保罗对加拉太人的责备敲打了我的心，靠圣灵入门就靠圣灵行事，凡出乎圣灵的，都是凭着信心的。Today Paul's rebuke to the Galatians struck my heart. If we enter the door by the Holy Spirit, we should act by the Holy Spirit. Everything that comes from the Holy Spirit is by faith. 因圣灵所做的工，我们的信心不断成长，我们因祂的灵，越来越有基督的样式。我们也因祂的荣耀，得以成全。Because of the work of the Holy Spirit, our faith continues to grow, and because of His Spirit, we have more and more of the image of Christ.We are also perfected by His glory.主啊，你以圣灵的形式住在我们里面，帮助我们进入圣灵与肉体的争战，每天活在地上竭力靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行，朝着得胜奔跑。Lord, you live in us in the form of the Holy Spirit, helping us to enter the battle between the Holy Spirit and the flesh, and live on earth every day, trying to rely on the Holy Spirit to put to death the evil deeds of the body and run towards victory.（郭牧师 Pastor Guo）