※“We found a great church that we really like in a lot of ways. But we found out they believe a person can lose his salvation. That troubles us.”
「我們找到了一個我們在各方面都非常喜歡的好教會。但發現他們相信一個基督徒可能會失去他的救贖。這給我們帶來了不安。」
-⑴- There are plenty of verses which speak of the eternal and lasting nature of the salvation we have in Christ. Some of these are….
有許多經文講述了「我們在基督裡得救是永恆和持久的」。其中一些是...
-ⓐ- John 10:28-29
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me,1 sis greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Fathers hand.
約10:28我又賜給他們永生;他們永不滅亡,誰也不能從我手裡把他們奪去。29我父把羊賜給我,他比萬有都大,誰也不能從我父手裡把他們奪去。
-ⓑ- John 3:16.
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
約3:16「神愛世人,甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信他的,不至滅亡,反得永生。
-ⓒ-Luke 10:20
20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
路10:20然而,不要因鬼服了你們就歡喜,要因你們的名記錄在天上歡喜。」
-ⓓ- Ephesians 1:13
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
弗1:13你們既聽見真理的道,就是那叫你們得救的福音,也信了基督,既然信他,就受了所應許的聖靈為印記。
-ⓔ- Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
弗2:8你們得救是本乎恩,也因著信;這並不是出於自己,乃是神所賜的;9也不是出於行為,免得有人自誇。
-ⓕ-Hebrews 9:12
12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
希9:12並且不用山羊和牛犢的血,乃用自己的血,只一次進入聖所,成了永遠贖罪的事。
-⑵- There are plenty of verses which speak of the loss of salvation if we not live in Christ. Some of these are…
有許多經文都說到我們若沒有活在基督裡,會喪失得救。其中一些是...
-ⓐ-Matthew 7:21~23
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
太7:21「凡稱呼我『主啊,主啊』的人不能都進天國;惟獨遵行我天父旨意的人才能進去。22當那日必有許多人對我說:『主啊,主啊,我們不是奉你的名傳道,奉你的名趕鬼,奉你的名行許多異能嗎?』23我就明明的告訴他們說:『我從來不認識你們,你們這些作惡的人,離開我去吧!』」
-ⓑ-1Peter 4:17
17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
彼前4:17因為時候到了,審判要從神的家起首。若是先從我們起首,那不信從神福音的人將有何等的結局呢?
-⑶-On that day, we all must endure His judgment.
到那日,我們都必須承受祂的審判。
Matthew 25:32~33
32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
太25:32萬民都要聚集在他面前。他要把他們分別出來,好像牧羊的分別綿羊山羊一般,33把綿羊安置在右邊,山羊在左邊。
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許信靖 牧師~
傳道者最重要的責任是讓羊群清楚認識上帝,認識耶穌基督的救恩,願意降服聖靈的帶領,而不是告訴會眾要這樣作,要那樣作。
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