Will You Still Love Me? 你还爱我吗？

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Dexu Xia

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Oct 15, 2022, 12:14:22 AM10/15/22

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While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

Ten-year-old Lyn-Lyn had finally been adopted, but she was afraid. In the orphanage where she’d grown up, she was punished over the slightest mistake. Lyn-Lyn asked her adoptive mom, who was a friend of mine: “Mommy, do you love me?” When my friend replied yes, Lyn-Lyn asked, “If I make a mistake, will you still love me?”

Although unspoken, some of us might ask that same question when we feel we’ve disappointed God: “Will You still love me?” We know that as long as we live in this world, we’ll fail and sin at times. And we wonder, Do my mistakes affect God’s love for me?

John 3:16 assures us of God’s love. He gave His Son, Jesus, to die on our behalf so that if we believe in Him, we’ll receive eternal life. But what if we fail Him even after we place our trust in Him? That’s when we need to remember that “Christ died for us” even when we were still sinners (Romans 5:8). If He could love us at our worst, how can we doubt His love today when we’re His children?

When we sin, our Father lovingly corrects and disciplines us. That’s not rejection (8:1); that’s love (Hebrews 12:6). Let’s live as God’s beloved children, resting in the blessed assurance that His love for us is steadfast and everlasting.

How does understanding God’s love for you strengthen you to obey Him? How does it impact your view of sin?

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your steadfast and unchanging love.

惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死。—罗马书5章8节

十岁的琳琳终于被收养了，但她却常常担心害怕，因为在她生长的孤儿院里，她经常会因为小小的过失而受罚。琳琳问她的养母：“妈咪，你爱我吗？”她的养母（我的朋友）给了她肯定的答复，但琳琳又问：“如果我犯了错，你还会爱我吗？”

当我们觉得自己让上帝失望时，有些人虽然没说出口，但可能也想问上帝相同的问题：“祢还爱我吗？”其实，我们只要活在这个世界上，难免都会犯错以致得罪上帝。在犯错之后，我们常会猜想：我所犯的错会不会使上帝不再爱我？

还好，约翰福音3章16节向我们保证了上帝的爱。上帝差祂的儿子耶稣为我们而死，只要我们相信祂就能得到永生。但若是我们在信主之后令祂失望，那该怎么办呢？此时我们更需谨记，“基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死”（罗马书5章8节）。如果上帝在你我最糟糕的时候还愿意爱我们，那如今我们已经成为祂的儿女，就更加不需要质疑祂对我们的爱了。

当我们犯罪时，天父会慈爱地纠正并管教我们。然而，这不是嫌弃我们或是要定我们的罪（罗马书8章1节），而是因为祂爱我们（希伯来书12章6节）。但愿我们这些上帝所爱的儿女，时时谨记祂对我们的爱坚定不移且永不改变，让我们因这有福的确据而不再担心害怕。

了解上帝对你的爱之后，如何使你更愿意顺服祂？
这如何影响你对罪的看法？