• 以弗所书 2:1-10

1从前，你们因着自己的过犯罪恶而死了。 2那时，你们在过犯罪恶中生活，随从今世的风俗，顺服空中掌权者的领袖，就是现今在悖逆的人心中运行的邪灵。 3我们从前也都生活在他们当中，放纵肉体的私欲，随着肉体和心中的意念去做，和别人一样，生来就是该受惩罚的人。 4然而，上帝有丰富的怜悯，因着他爱我们的大爱， 5竟在我们因过犯而死了的时候，使我们与基督一同活过来—可见你们得救是本乎恩— 6他又使我们在基督耶稣里与他一同复活，一同坐在天上， 7为要把他极丰富的恩典，就是他在基督耶稣里向我们所施的恩慈，显明给后来的世代。 8你们得救是本乎恩，也因着信；这并不是出于自己，而是上帝所赐的； 9也不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。 10我们是他所造之物，在基督耶稣里创造的，为要使我们行善，就是上帝早已预备好要我们做的。

• 启示录 22:1-21

1天使又让我看一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从上帝和羔羊的宝座流出来， 2经过城内街道的中央；在河的两边有生命树，结十二样 的果子，每月都结果子；树上的叶子可作医治万民之用。 3以后不再有任何诅咒。在城里将有上帝和羔羊的宝座。他的仆人都要事奉他， 4也要见他的面。他的名字将写在他们的额上。 5不再有黑夜；他们也不需要灯光或日光，因为主上帝要光照他们。他们要作王，直到永永远远。 6天使又对我说：“这些话是可信靠的，是真实的。主，就是赐灵感给众先知的上帝，差遣他的使者，要将必须快要发生的事指示他的众仆人。” 7“看哪，我必快来！凡遵守这书上预言的有福了。” 8这些事是我－约翰所听见所看见的。当我听见看见时，就俯伏在指示我的天使脚前要拜他。 9他对我说：“千万不可！我与你和你的弟兄众先知，以及那些守这书上的话的人，同是作仆人。你要敬拜上帝。” 10他又对我说：“不可封了这书上的预言，因为时候近了。 11不义的，让他仍旧不义；污秽的，让他仍旧污秽；为义的，让他仍旧为义；圣洁的，让他仍旧圣洁。” 12“看哪，我必快来！赏罚在我，要照每个人所行的报应他。 13我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛；我是首先的，我是末后的；我是开始，我是终结。” 14那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！他们可得权柄到生命树那里，也能从门进城。 15城外有犬类、行邪术的、淫乱的、杀人的、拜偶像的，以及所有喜爱和行虚谎的人。 16“我－耶稣差遣我的使者，为了众教会向你们证明这些事。我是大卫的根，是他的后裔；我是明亮的晨星。” 17圣灵和新娘都说：“来！”听见的人也要说：“来！”口渴的人也要来，愿意的人都可以白白取生命的水喝。 18我警告一切听见这书上预言的人：若有人在这预言上加添什么，上帝必将记在这书上的灾祸加在他身上。 19这书上的预言，若有人删去什么，上帝必从这书上所记的生命树和圣城删去他的份。 20证明这些事的说：“是的，我必快来！”阿们！主耶稣啊，我愿你来！ 21愿主耶稣的恩惠与众圣徒同在。阿们！

尽管这个世界破碎不堪，我们也都是破碎的人，但上帝正在做一件了不起的工作，将救恩、盼望与好消息带给一切听见并回应的人。（罗马书 3:10-25-26）

破碎与审判的事实不应让我们灰心丧气，而应让我们睁开眼睛。一旦我们认识到问题，也只有在那时，我们才能看到上帝所赐的那美好、荣耀的解决之道！

从创世记3章记载的亚当堕落之刻起，这个世界就落入破碎的辖制之中，但借着耶稣，那个恶性循环已被打破——我们可以进到他里面，成为新人类的一分子。上帝打破那恶性循环，使一切焕然一新！（罗马书 5:1-21）

上帝带入这世界的救恩，以及我们从破碎与罪得到的释放，都是上帝的儿子耶稣基督代替我们而死才换来的。先知以赛亚在耶稣诞生几百年前就已写下的预言（以赛亚书 53:1-12），以富有诗意的语言刻画了基督的死。

即使在我们悖逆的破碎当中，上帝依然有恩惠，有慈爱，有怜悯。自知破碎不应迫使我们自我贬低和自我封闭，而应驱使我们回到天父那里。他正张开双臂等候我们回头！（路加福音 15:11-32）

人人都期盼的世界，正是那离我们已经不远的新天新地。上帝回应我们破碎的方式，就是使一切都变成新的。他正在做一件了不起的工作，也必会成就这工作！

• 每日思考问题

1. 这教给了我们什么关于上帝的功课？

2. 这教给了我们什么关于我们自己及其他人的功课？

3. 这会怎样帮助我更加明白该如何应对新冠病毒？

4. 我自己今天该怎样遵行这些经文？

5. 我今天能跟谁分享这些经文？

• 花点时间向神献上感恩与祈求

• Ephesians 2:1-10

1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

• Revelation 22:1-21

1Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. 6And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” 7 “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, 9but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” 10And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” 12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” 14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. 15Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” 17The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. 18I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. 20He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! 21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.

Even though this world is a broken place, and we are broken people, God is doing a great work to bring salvation, hope, and good news to all who will hear and respond. (Romans 3:10-26)

The reality of brokenness and judgment shouldn’t be discouraging to us, but eye-opening. Once we realize that problem, only then can we see the beautiful, glorious solution that God has given!

Brokenness controlled this world ever since Adam fell in Genesis 3, but in Jesus, that cycle is broken and we can enter into him as part of a new humanity. God shatters the cycle and makes all things new! (Romans 5:1-21)

The salvation that God brought to this world, the freedom from brokenness and sin, came at the substitutionary crushing of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. This prophecy, written hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, poetically pictures the death of Christ. (Isaiah 53:1-12)

Even in our wayward brokenness, God is gracious, merciful, and compassionate. Knowing that we are broken shouldn’t trap us in self-deprecating isolation, but should drive us back to the Father. He is waiting with open arms! (Luke 15:11-32)

The world that everyone hopes for is the new heavens and the new earth that is on the horizon. God’s response to our brokenness is to make all things new. He is doing a great work and will finish the job!

• Daily Discovery Questions

1. What does this teach us about God?

2. What does this teach us about ourselves and other people?

3. How does this help me to better understand how to respond to the Coronavirus?

4. How will you obey this passage personally, today?

5. Who can you share these verses with today?

• Take a moment to give thanks and prayers to God