为蒙召的人所接受
神的福音为蒙召的人所接受（罗一6-7）。福音为蒙召的人和信的人所接受。蒙召就是被召出来；信就是信入。罗马书给我们亚伯拉罕的表样。亚伯拉罕蒙神从受造族类中呼召出来。受造族类已堕落到神以外的许多事物里，并且就神而论，已成了没有指望的。神放弃了那族类，从其中呼召一个名叫亚伯拉罕的人。我们已从神以外的一切被呼召出来——从好的事物、从坏的事物、从不是神自己的一切被呼召出来。
我们蒙召之后，就相信了。信的意思是信入。信耶稣的意思不仅是信有耶稣。信耶稣的意思是信入耶稣。在消极一面，信的意思是了结我们所是的一切、我们所有的一切、并我们所能作的一切。在积极一面，信的意思是接受神作我们的一切，信靠祂为我们所作成的、所能作的、以及所要作的。
顺从信仰
蒙召的人藉着顺从信仰接受神的福音。这是甚么？在摩西的律法之下，神给人十条诫命来顺从。那种顺从是顺从律法，顺从诫命。在恩典时代，神已给我们一条惟一的诫命─信入耶稣。此外神没有要求我们遵守任何诫命。无论我们是谁，我们都必须顺从神的诫命，信入耶稣。凡信入基督的人，就必得救；不信的人，罪已经定了，因为他不信（约三18）。我们顺从神惟一的诫命时，就顺从了信仰。
今天有一条惟一的诫命─信入耶稣，也有一个惟一的罪─不信入祂。你若信，就顺从信仰，并藉着这样的顺从接受神的福音。在神眼中，最顺从的人就是信入耶稣的人；最不顺从的人就是不信入祂的人。没有一件事比不信入耶稣更得罪神；反之，没有一件事比信入祂更讨神喜悦。
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The Obedience of the Faith – Rom 1:5
Received by the Called Ones
The gospel of God is received by the called ones (Rom. 1:6-7). The gospel is received by the called ones and the believing ones. To be called is to be called out; to believe is to believe into. Romans gives us the example of Abraham. Abraham was called by God out of the created race. The created race had fallen into many things other than God and had become hopeless as far as God was concerned. God gave up that race, calling out of it a man named Abraham. We have been called out of everything other than God: out of good things and out of bad things, out of everything that is not God Himself.
After we were called, we believed. To believe means to believe into. To believe Jesus does not simply mean to believe that there is a Jesus. To believe Jesus means to believe into Jesus. On the negative side, believing means to terminate all that we are, all that we have, and all that we can do. On the positive side, it means to take God as our everything, to put ourselves into God, trusting in what He has done for us, in what He can do for us, and what He will do for us.
The Obedience of the Faith
The called ones receive the gospel of God through the obedience of faith (Rom. 1:5). What is this? Under the law of Moses, God gave people ten commandments to obey. That kind of obedience was the obedience of the law, the obedience of the commandment. In this age of grace, God has given us one, unique commandment – to believe in Jesus. God does not require us to keep any commandment other than this. Regardless of who we are, we must obey God’s commandment to believe in Jesus. Whoever believes in Christ shall be saved, and whoever will not believe in Christ has been condemned already because of his unbelief (John 3:18). When we obey God’s unique commandment, we have the obedience of faith.
Today there is one, unique commandment – believing in Jesus – and there is one, unique sin – not believing in Him. If you believe, you have the obedience of faith and you receive the gospel of God through such obedience. In the eyes of God the most obedient person is the one who believes in Jesus. The most disobedient person is the one who will not believe in Him. Nothing is more offensive to God than not believing in Jesus, and, on the contrary, nothing is more pleasing to God than believing in Him.