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经文: 我们都如羊走迷，各人偏行己路。耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在祂身上。（以赛亚书五十三：6）
上帝所有百姓都当向祂承认自己曾跌倒过。因此，从第一个进入天国的人至最后一个将要进入的人，都要说：“我们都如羊走迷。”这一认罪，虽是一致，却也是各自不同和互相迥异的：“我们各人都偏己路。”每个人有其特有的罪。每人都有罪，但是每人都有异于其兄弟的、特殊的过犯。“各人偏行己路”表示各人的罪行是他自己所独有的或他的罪行在别人身上是不一定觉察到的。这一认罪是不受限制的，没有一句话可以削减其力量，也没有任何一言语可以提出藉口。这认罪是承认放弃所有的自以为义。这是自觉有罪无可原谅之人的告白。他们手握已破碎的背逆武器，并且呼求：“我们都如羊走迷，各人偏行已路。”但是，下一句几乎转变成一首诗歌：“耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在祂身上。”这是三句中最悲哀的一句，但其中却涌流出安慰。此话集中了所有的悲惨，也显露了怜悯；忧伤达到巅峰，疲惫的灵魂寻得安息。被压伤的救主医治了破碎心灵。谦卑的忏悔藉单单凝视十架上的基督产生了确实的信心。
Evening, April 3
Scripture: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”(Isaiah 53:6)
Here a confession of sin common to all the elect people of God. They have all fallen, and therefore, in common chorus, they all say, from the first who entered heaven to the last who shall enter there, “All we like sheep have gone astray.” The confession, while thus unanimous, is also special and particular: “We have turned every one to his own way.” There is a peculiar sinfulness about every one of the individuals; all are sinful, but each one with some special aggravation not found in his fellow. It is the mark of genuine repentance that while it naturally associates itself with other penitents, it also takes up a position of loneliness. “We have turned every one to his own way,” is a confession that each man had sinned against light peculiar to himself, or sinned with an aggravation which he could not perceive in others. This confession is unreserved; there is not a word to detract from its force, nor a syllable by way of excuse. The confession is a giving up of all pleas of self-righteousness. It is the declaration of men who are consciously guilty－guilty with aggravations, guilty without excuse: they stand with their weapons of rebellion broken in pieces, and cry, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way.” Yet we hear no dolorous wailings attending this confession of sin; for the next sentence makes it almost a song. “The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort. Strange is it that where misery was concentrated mercy reigned; where sorrow reached her climax weary souls find rest. The Saviour bruised is the healing of bruised hearts. See how the lowliest penitence gives place to assured confidence through simply gazing at Christ on the cross!
