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三重应许
经文:「这称我名下的子民，若是自卑、祷告，寻求我的面，转离他们的恶行，我必从
天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，医治他们的地。」 （历代志下七︰14）
我们虽是属主的人，然而我们仍是常会犯错的凡人；感谢上帝，祂是有怜悯恩
慈的上帝，祂随时要赦免我们。所以，我们一旦犯错，让我们赶紧来到施恩宝座前，求
祂的饶恕。
首先，我们得谦卑。想一想，我们蒙受了这么大的恩典，却仍偏行己路，岂不
该谦卑反省？喔，主啊，我们要披麻蒙灰俯伏在你面前，为我们的不知感恩而痛哭忏悔
，这是何等大的罪！尤其我们尝过主恩滋味，还不知郑重宝贵这福音，却随流失去上好
的福份，岂不辜负得罪祢的恩典？
其次，我们要恳求上帝的恩典，求祂来洁净我们，释放我们从罪恶的捆绑中出
来，喔，主啊，现在就垂听我们的祷告，不要掩耳不听我们的哭泣。
因着我们的过犯，上帝离我们远去，因此祈祷中，我恳求祂再次转回，让我们
看到祂的荣脸，让祂的笑颜再次向祂的仆人展现。
但首先，我们必须认罪悔改，而且决心离开罪恶，否则上帝无法接近我们，因
为祂是圣洁的。
接着三重应许就随之而来︰垂听、饶恕、医治。天父，为了主名的缘故，求祢
的赦罪之恩赶快临到。
If, and a Triple Promise
Scripture: "If My people, which are called by My Name, shall humble
themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then
will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their
land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Called by the name of the LORD, we are nevertheless erring men and
women. What a mercy it is that our God is ready to forgive! Whenever we sin
let us hasten to the mercy seat of our God, seeking pardon.
We are to humble ourselves. Should we not be humbled by the fact
that after receiving so much love we yet transgress? O LORD, we bow before
Thee in the dust and own our grievous ingratitude. Oh, the infamy of sin! Oh
, the sevenfold infamy of it in persons so favored as we have been!
Next, we are to pray for mercy, for cleansing, for deliverance from
the power of sin. O LORD, hear us even now, and shut not out our cry.
In this prayer we are to seek the LORD's face. He has left us
because of our faults, and we must entreat Him to return. O LORD, look on us
in Thy Son Jesus, and smile upon Thy servants.
With this must go our own turning from evil; God cannot turn to us
unless we turn from sin.
Then comes the triple promise of hearing, pardon, and healing. Our
Father, grant us these at once, for our LORD Jesus Christ's sake. (Bold
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