※The Gospel is the Good News of What Has Already Happened
Hearing the gospel saves sinners because it gives them the good news of what Christ has already done for them. For the gospel to minister consolation to sinners, pastors must preach it with the Law. By rightly dividing Gods word, pastors bring an awareness of sin through the Law and the healing from sin through the gospel, so souls can come to Jesus Christ for salvation.
※福音是已經發生,並一直進行的好消息。
聽到福音可以拯救罪人,因為它傳講基督已經為罪人贖罪的好消息。為了使福音安慰罪人,牧師必須通過律法宣講福音。透過正確地剖析上帝的話語,牧師傳講律法帶來對罪的認識,並傳講福音帶來對罪的醫治,讓靈魂可以來到耶穌基督面前得救。
The good news of the gospel is that Christ has paid the price for sinner’s transgressions against God’s Law. And through His grace, He has broken the curse of the Law, which condemns sinners. This salvation is a gift from God.
福音的好消息是「基督已為罪人違反上帝律法付出了代價。透過祂的恩典,祂打斷了譴責罪人的律法的詛咒。」救恩是上帝的恩賜。
Therefore, says C.F.WWalther, “the Law, ever since the fall, cannot lead us to salvation; it can only prepare us for the Gospel.” Unless people hear the Law and the gospel preached together their hearts cannot understand the good news that Jesus Christ saves sinners. Neither can believers rest in the assurance of their salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ.
C.F.WWalther說,因此,「自人類墮落以來,『律法』就無法引導我們得救; 除非人們聽到『律法』和「福音」一起傳講,否則他們的心就無法深刻理解耶穌基督拯救罪人的好消息;信徒們也因此不能堅信依靠主耶穌基督來保證自己得救。
All the work of salvation belongs to the Father, who sent His Son to reconcile sinners to God through the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus calls sinners to “repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15).
所有的救贖工作都是天父所安排,天父差派祂的兒子透過聖靈的大能讓罪人與上帝和好。耶穌呼籲罪人「悔改並相信福音」(馬可福音1:15)。
15說:「日期滿了,神的國近了。你們當悔改,信福音!」