五、关于得罪神自己
人犯罪不只是得罪神的律法，也是得罪神。第四点是说，人犯罪是得罪神的律法、神的规定；而这里乃是说，人犯罪是得罪神的自己，得罪神的心。前一点是说得罪神外面的公义律法，这里是说得罪神里面的心。路加十五章说，浪子在外面有了罪，但是当浪子醒悟过来，他没有说他是犯什么罪，他想回去对父亲说，我得罪了‘你，’也得罪了天。这里所说的‘得罪你，’乃是说他得罪一个父亲，伤了父亲的心；他脱离了父亲的爱，拒绝父亲的保护，弃绝了父亲的眼泪。第四点是说犯罪得罪了神的律法、神的行政、神的定规；而此处是说犯罪直接得罪了神的自己、神的爱、神的保护、神的恩典。人离开了神，乃是最大的罪。
这一个浪子回家的故事，是圣经里最好的故事，救的人也最多。浪子没说他怎样犯罪，只心里打算对父亲说，我得罪了‘你。’浪子不是犯罪才成浪子，乃是离开父亲时就成了浪子了。‘神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们。’（约三16）。好像神爱世人比爱自己的儿子还深，祂爱世人比爱祂的独生子还多。的确，以爱来说，神是世人的父。神对世人的关系，好像越过祂的独生子。所以世人犯了罪，岂不是伤天父的心么？有人还以为神不乐意救人，反喜欢罪人死亡沉沦。这样的人得罪了神的爱，乃是犯了最大的罪，因为这是误会了神的心。
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How to Awaken a Sense of Sin in Men (4) – Luke 15:20-21
5. Concerning Sin as an Offense Against God Himself
When a man sins, it is not only an offense against God’s law – it is an offense against God Himself. The previous point showed that sin offends God’s law and commandments, but this point emphasizes that sin hurts God’s heart. In Luke chapter 15, the prodigal son clearly sinned outwardly. But when he came to his senses, he didn’t list his specific sins. Instead, he planned to say to his father, “I have sinned against heaven and against you.” The phrase “against you” shows that he recognized he had sinned against a father – he had hurt his father’s heart, turned away from his father’s love, rejected his father’s protection and scorned his father’s tears. The previous point focused on sin as a violation of God’s laws, government and ordinances. This point, however, reveals that sin is a direct offense against God’s own person, against His love, His protection and His grace. To depart from God is the greatest sin of all.
The story of the prodigal son is one of the best in the Bible and has brought salvation to countless people. The son never described what sins he had committed; he only resolved in his heart to say to his father, “I have sinned against you.” He did not become a prodigal because he committed sins, he became a prodigal the moment he left his father. “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son” (John 3:16). It is as if God’s love for the world even surpasses His love for His only Son. In terms of love, God is the Father of human beings. His relationship with the world seems to transcend even that with His only Son. When the world sins, does it not hurt the heart of the heavenly Father? Some people still believe that God is unwilling to save, and that He takes pleasure in the death and condemnation of sinners. Such thinking offends the love of God and constitutes the greatest sin, because it misrepresents the very heart of God.