17在十五节,保罗引用主的话:“我要向谁施怜悯,就向谁施怜悯。”因着神的怜悯,别人对福音没有反应,我们却有反应;别人拒绝接受关于基督是生命的话,我们却接受;别人退去不走主恢复的路,我们却走这条路。关于福音、生命的职事和召会生活,神在祂的主宰里,都已怜悯了我们。所以,我们必须为着祂主宰的怜悯赞美祂(新约总论第五册,一四三至一四五页)。
17In Romans 9:15 Paul quotes the Lord’s words, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy.” Because of God’s mercy we responded to the gospel when others did not respond, we received a word about Christ as life when others refused to receive it, and we took the way of the Lord’s recovery when others drew back from taking this way. Concerning the gospel, the ministry of life, and the church life, God, in His sovereignty, has had mercy on us. Therefore, we must praise Him for His sovereign mercy. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1183-1185)