【诗85:10】慈爱和诚实彼此相遇；公义和平安彼此相亲。【诗85:10】Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

这是整首诗、甚至整个旧约最伟大的属灵高峰。在希伯来语中，“彼此相亲”就是“互相亲吻（kiss each other）”。然而，神是公义的，必须审判罪（诚实/公义）；但神又是充满爱的，想要拯救人（慈爱/平安）。This is the greatest spiritual climax of the whole psalm, and even of the whole Old Testament. In Hebrew, “meeting together” carries the sense of “kissing each other”. Yet God is righteous and must judge sin (truth/righteousness); at the same time, God is full of love and longs to save people (steadfast love/peace). 这两者在人看来是无法调和的矛盾与冲突，是无法同时实现的——如果神要公义，罪人就得死；如果神要慈爱，公义似乎就被妥协了。From a human point of view, these two seem to be an impossible contradiction and conflict, unable to be fulfilled at the same time—if God upholds righteousness, sinners must die; if God shows mercy, righteousness seems to be compromised.

这两者在哪里“相遇并亲吻”了？唯独在两千年后耶稣基督的十字架上！在十字架上，神对罪的审判达到了最极致的公义，而神对罪人的赦免也达到了最极致的慈爱。So where did these two “meet and kiss”? Only on the cross of Jesus Christ two thousand years later! On the cross, God’s judgement against sin reached the fullest expression of righteousness, while God’s forgiveness towards sinners also reached the fullest expression of steadfast love. 在基督里，公义和恩典不再冲突，而是深情相吻。诗人在圣灵的启示下，已经预示了神未来要施行的拯救计划。正如《约翰福音》1:17所印证的：“律法本是藉着摩西传的，恩典和真理都是由耶稣基督来的。” In Christ, righteousness and grace are no longer in conflict, but kiss each other in deep love. Under the revelation of the Holy Spirit, the psalmist had already pointed ahead to the salvation God would accomplish in the future. As John 1:17 confirms: “For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

在堕落后的世界里，人总想靠着自己的努力去实现地上的天国。结果，不是为了慈爱而践踏真理，就是为了平安而妥协公义。In this fallen world, people always try to build heaven on earth through their own efforts. The result is that they either trample on truth in the name of love, or compromise righteousness in the name of peace. 十字架，是神属性中一场不可思议的会面。因为在那里，神对罪恶断不以有罪为无罪的公义，与神爱世人、甚至赐下独生子的慈爱，达到了最完美、最惊人的一致。The cross is an astonishing meeting within the very character of God. There, God’s righteousness, which will by no means clear the guilty, and God’s steadfast love, by which He loved the world and even gave His only Son, came together in perfect and breathtaking harmony. 借着耶稣在十字架上所流的血，神与人之间的隔断被拆毁，成就了和平（西1:20）；我们这因信称义的人，也借着祂，得与神和好（罗5:1）。Through the blood Jesus shed on the cross, the barrier between God and humanity was broken down, peace was made (Colossians 1:20), and we who have been justified by faith have peace with God through Him (Romans 5:1).

主啊，祢的慈爱和公义是为敬畏祢的人存留的。我们的生命何等短暂，经不起如同以色列民那般七十年的被掳。求祢的慈爱、诚实、公义和平安，在我的生命中重新燃起，使我坚定地走在祢的脚踪里。Lord, Your steadfast love and righteousness are kept for those who fear You. Our lives are so brief; we cannot endure seventy years of captivity like the Israelites. May Your steadfast love, truth, righteousness, and peace be rekindled in my life, so that I may walk firmly in Your footsteps. 帮助我奋力除去这些老我的掺杂：在人际关系中，让我不要活在人前、因惧怕冲突而维持表面的“平安”，以至于对罪纵容和妥协；也不要让我打着“公义”的旗号以律法苛责他人，里面却失去了慈爱。Help me to fight to remove the mixtures of my old self: in relationships, do not let me live before people, maintaining only a surface-level “peace” because I fear conflict, and thereby tolerate and compromise with sin; nor let me use “righteousness” as a banner to judge others harshly by the law, while losing love within. 求祢赐我属灵的定见，不被人的话语左右，无论何时都被圣灵引向真理的本体——耶稣基督。Please give me spiritual conviction, so that I will not be swayed by people’s words, but will always be led by the Holy Spirit towards the substance of truth—Jesus Christ.

主啊，我也为着祢的教会祷告。现在的有些传讲，把祢的慈爱无限放大，却完全无视祢的公义和圣洁，将恩典宣讲成了无需生命改变的廉价赦免，而非能翻转生命的大能。Lord, I also pray for Your church. Some teaching today magnifies Your love without limit, while completely ignoring Your righteousness and holiness. It presents grace as cheap forgiveness that requires no change of life, rather than as the power that can transform a person completely. 这种选择性的强调，创造了一个扭曲的神学观，虽然满足了人耳朵发痒的需求，却完全偏离了祢——这位圣洁、公义、恨恶罪恶，又满有怜悯慈爱的完整神属性。This selective emphasis creates a distorted theology. Although it satisfies people with itching ears, it departs completely from the fullness of who You are—the holy and righteous God who hates sin, yet is full of mercy and steadfast love. 求祢使众人的心重新回转向祢，在生命中真实活出慈爱与诚实相遇、公义与平安相亲的和谐样式，让祢的荣耀彰显在地上，使教会真正成为在地如在天的荣耀居所。Please turn people’s hearts back to You, so that in their lives they may truly live out the harmony in which steadfast love and truth meet, and righteousness and peace kiss each other. May Your glory be revealed on earth, and may the church truly become a glorious dwelling place on earth as it is in heaven.

(刘姊妹与写经团队Sister Liu and the Daily Devotional Team)