圣经疑问~Questions And Answers Series 03/10



B.救恩
Q1.为什么我们需要救恩?
救恩即是救赎的恩典是白白得着的。
救恩乃主耶稣所赐,如经上所记:“如今却蒙神的恩典,因基督耶稣的救赎就白白地称义”(罗324)。主耶稣道成肉身降世为人,为全人类的罪作了挽回祭,叫相信衪、接受衪名的都白白地称义。
人或许会说,我一生正直不阿,怎么说我有罪需要救恩?
且听大卫说:
“我是在罪孽生的,在我母亲怀胎的时候就有了罪。”(诗515
大卫在此证实,从母亲腹中的小生命开始就有了罪,称之为原罪。
圣经也有论到一个瞎眼的,主的门徒就问主耶稣,“此人生来是瞎眼,是谁犯了罪?是这人呢?是他父母呢?不是这人,也不是他父母犯了罪(约91-3)。据此段经文的指教,“原罪的存在”即父母(上一代人)所作的罪孽延续到子孙的身上。论到原罪,那该追溯到人类始祖亚当的身上。由于他悖逆听从妻子的话而违背了神的命令,导致大地也因他而受到咒诅,可见神的怒气是何等严厉。
使徒保罗也加予证实,在亚当里众人都死了(林前1522)。确实的,凡是亚当的后裔都承担了始祖相等的罪-死(罗323)。因此,主耶稣责备犹太人说:你们若不信我是基督,必要死在罪中(约824)。所谓信衪的人不被定罪,不信的人罪已定了(约318)。而罪的工价就是死(罗623)。因此,人人都需要救恩,才能脱离始祖亚当所遗留在我们众人生命中的原罪。
B. SALVATION
Q1. Why do we need Salvation?
Salvation is the grace of redemption. Grace is that which is freely received. The Bible states that salvation is freely given by the Lord Jesus Christ, “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).
The Lord Jesus Christ came into the world in the “flesh” to bear the sins of all mankind so that those who believe and accept His name might be justified freely.
Some may ask, “I have been upright in this life. Why is it that I am considered to have sin and require salvation?” David said, “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Psalms 51:5). David has proven that the little life in the mother’s womb has sin, termed the original sin.
The Lord Jesus Christ’s disciples asked Him about a man who was born blind. “And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” (John 9:1-3). These verses reveal to us the existence of original sin and the sins of parents (forefathers) which are passed on to their descendants. Man’s original sin came from Adam. Adam had rebelled against God’s commandments by listening to his wife. Consequently, even the earth was cursed by God in His severe fury.
Apostle Paul confirmed that, “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (1Corinthians 15:22).
Indeed, all descendants of Adam carry this sin of death, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23). Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ rebuked the Jews, saying “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” (John 8:24).
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:18). “For the wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23). Man is drowned in sin. The preaching of the gospel of salvation is a vital responsibility of the true church. Hence, everyone needs salvation in order to escape the sin of death which has been passed on by our forefather, Adam.