「這不是我的錯！」韓索羅為自己辯解。在《星際大戰五部曲：帝國大反擊》中，韓索羅的飛船遭到攻擊，但因未完成某項維修而無處可逃。當他這麼說時，你會懷疑他其實該為自己的困境負一些責任，只是他不想承認而已。

我也曾經如此。有時怪罪某個人或某件事，會比自己承擔責任來得容易。聖經讓我們看見，這種傾向從人類犯罪以來就一直存在。亞當和夏娃是這樣（創世記3章11-13節），亞倫也是如此。當摩西在西奈山領受上帝頒布的十誡時，上帝告訴摩西，那群剛蒙上帝拯救脫離奴役的以色列民已轉去拜偶像（出埃及記32章7-8節）。摩西回去質問受託管理百姓的亞倫時，亞倫辯解說：「這百姓專於作惡，是你知道的」（22節）。接著亞倫又將自己鑄造的偶像合理化：「他們就給了我[金環]。我把金環扔在火中，這牛犢便出來了。」（24節）

儘管我們恣意妄為，但若我們向上帝承認自己的過犯，祂仍會赦免我們。上帝向我們保證，祂「是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪」（約翰一書1章9節）。我們已經蒙上帝赦免與接納，所以可以坦然將自己的破碎和軟弱向上帝敞開，這位上帝出於祂完美、犧牲的愛，已經在十字架上擔負了我們的罪責。

“It’s not my fault!” So says Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back when his ship is attacked and there seems to be no escape, only because a repair hadn’t been made. When he says it, you wonder if he bears at least some responsibility for his predicament but doesn’t want to admit it.

I’ve been there. Sometimes it’s easier to find someone (or something) else to blame rather than accept responsibility myself. Scripture shows us that this tendency is as old as sin. Adam and Eve both did it (Genesis 3:11-13), and so did Aaron. When Moses was with God on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments, God told him that the people He’d just released from slavery had turned away to worship an idol (Exodus 32:7-8). When Moses returned and confronted Aaron (whom he’d left in charge), Aaron responded, “You know how prone these people are to evil” (v. 22). Then he rationalized about the idol he himself cast, saying, “They gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!” (v. 24).

Despite our willfulness, God offers us forgiveness when we admit to Him we’ve done wrong. He assures us that He’s “faithful and just and will forgive us” (1 John 1:9). Forgiven and received by Him, we can be open about our brokenness to the God who took our blame on Himself on the cross, all because of His perfect, sacrificial love.