025第二十五课 信心：使人得救的信心的本质，必须性与责任
LECTURE 25 DOCTRINE OF FAITH: NATURE OF, WARRANT FOR, AND RESPONSIBILITY
OF SAVING FAITH
- 使人得救的信心的本质。Nature of Saving Faith. Fides specialis.
This saving faith is the same faith as that of general faith.
- 使人得救的信心。Reference to saving faith.
上帝要人有信心，因为人有罪，必被上帝审判，定罪。
Faith has no meaning apart from sin and condemnation.
福音若不是向罪人说的，就不是福音。
If the gospel is not addressed to sinners, it is not the gospel.
福音向人说话；可是不是按照人对自己需要的理解（意识）。
The gospel is not directed to men’s weaknesses as they sense it.
我们不可要求人们自行解释自己的需要。
We must not ask men to interpret their own need.
耶稣基督是人们问题的答案；可是不是按照人类对自己需要的解释。
Jesus Christ is not the answer to the need as modern man interprets for himself.
（田立克﹕将这种方法论普及化。 Paul Tillich formalizes this approach: the principle of correlation. User-friendly churches. )
赛55:1
你们一切干渴的都当近水来。 没有银钱的也可以来。 你们都来, 买了吃不用银钱, 不用价值, 也来买酒和奶。
Isaiah 55:1
1 “Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.”
— 一切干渴的人，都来就水！Every one that thirsts, come to the water.
太11:28
凡劳苦担重担的人, 可以到我这里来, 我就使你们得安息。
Matt. 11:28
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”
— 凡劳苦的，担重担的，来就我。Those who are weary and heavy-laden: come to me.
太9:12-13
12 耶稣听见, 就说, 康健的人用不着医生, 有病的人才用得着。
13 (经上)说: [我喜爱怜恤, 不喜爱祭祀.] 这句话的意思, 你们且去揣摩。我来,本不是召义人, 乃是召罪人。
Matt. 9:12-13
12 But when Jesus heard {this,} He said, “{It is} not those who are healthy who
need a physician, but those who are sick.
13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
— 康健的人，用不着医生。
— Those who are whole, do not need a physician.
–谁需要医生？由圣经来解释（判断）。
— Scripture interprets this need.
— 这并不意味着﹕福音只是向已经扎心知罪的罪人说话的。
— This does not mean the Gospel is offered only to convicted sinners.
— 这是另类的偏差﹕预备主义 (preparationism)﹕将宣讲律法和宣讲福音分开。
— This is another form of preparationism: to separate preaching of law and gospel.
— 福音是为罪人设计的；不只是为已经扎心知罪的罪人。
— The Gospel is designed for sinners, and not merely convicted sinners.
- 使人得救的信心的要素。Elements of saving faith.
- 认知。Notitia.
知识，认知。对耶稣基督有某一程度的认识（资料）。
Knowledge, cognition. Information re. Jesus Christ.
理性作出回应。若不相信耶稣是谁，不可能信靠基督为救主。
Intelligent response. No faith in Jesus without faith about Jesus.
罗10:9-10
9 你若口里认耶稣为主, 心里信上帝叫祂从死里复活, 就必得救。
10 因为人心里相信, 就可以称义. 口里承认, 就可以得救。
Romans 10:9-10
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus {as} Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
— 信心的关键，不在乎得到更多，更丰富的知识。
— The distinctive moment of saving faith is not an enrichment in knowledge.
— 不过，使人得救的信心，必需藉知识而来。
— But saving faith only comes by knowledge.
— 因此，宣教首要的工作，就是教导人们认识福音的内容。
— Therefore: Instructing elements of the gospel = first task of missions.
— 宣教者必需讲解福音的信息（故事）。
The STORY needs to be told. Education. Francis Pieper, Christian Dogmatics, II: 402.
- 同意，相信。Assensus.
— 同意所传讲的福音。信念，扎心知罪。
— Giving assent to information given. Conviction.
— 明白﹕真理与我有关，与我的状况有关。
— Realization that truth is directly relevant to me and my situation.
- 信靠，委身。 Fiducia =Trust.
Pisteuo + en + dative
Pisteuo + epi + dative/accusative
Pisteuo + eis + accusative
Dative: notion of place
— 信靠﹕信的对象是基督。信心是向祂，朝着祂的。
–Faith in: faith upon, resting upon. Epi, eis: motion; toward, into, upon. Faith directed to.
— 接受，领受基督。投奔基督。
— To embrace Jesus Christ. Abandonment to Jesus Christ.
— 使人得救的信心，就是接受，投奔基督，以致得救。
— Saving faith is embracing of, abandonment to Jesus Christ in order to be saved.
— 使人得救的信心，不是相信自己已经得救了。（巴特，Robert Schuller.）
— Saving faith is not belief that one has been saved.
— 那是得救的确据，是与信心陪伴而来的。
— That’s assurance which accompanies faith.
— 宣讲福音，不是宣告我们已经得救这个客观真理。这是新正统神学的观点。
— Preaching is not proclaiming objective truth THAT we have been saved (neo-orthodox).
认知 + 同意 + 委身。
NOTITIA + ASSENSUS + FIDUCIA
COGNITION + CONVICTION + CONFIDENCE (COMMITMENT)
- 信心三要素的相互关系。Inter-relatedness of the elements of faith.
分辨三要素，只是为了解释。
Elements are distinguished only for intelligible exposition.
这不是时间上的次序。
Not chronological series.
提后 1:12
为这缘故, 我也受这些苦难。然而我不以为耻。因为我知道我所信的是谁,也深信祂能保全我所交付祂的, (或﹕祂所交托我的)直到那日。
II Timothy 1:12
For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
信心本身并不算什么，并没有本身的价值。信心的价值在于它的对象与本质。
Faith is nothing in and of itself. Value of faith is in its nature and object.
信心是投奔耶稣基督。
Faith is abandonment to Jesus Christ.
我们藉信心得救的真正意思，就是我们是凭恩典得救。
We are saved by faith = we are saved by grace.
我们的信心并不能拯救我们。基督拯救我们！
Faith does not save us. Christ saves us.
基督在我们里面作成悔改，信心和顺服的工夫。
Christ evokes response of repentance, faith and obedience in men.
信心，不可从悔改和顺服分开。
Faith cannot be severed from repentance and obedience.
- 信心在得救上的必需性，和人的责任
Warrant for and Responsibility of Saving Faith.
- 释题。Nature of the question.
人根据什么（倚靠什么权柄）接受基督？
By what authority does a man receive Christ?
我有什么把握，基督会接受我？
What assurance do I have, that Christ will receive me?
信靠上帝，不可以祂的恩典为理所当然的。
Resting upon God does not mean presuming upon God.
把上帝的赦罪当作是理所当然的 = 对上帝不敬。
Taking forgiveness for granted = impiety.
我们有信心，有把握基督会接受我们（有根据的把握）-> 导致谦卑。
Confidence in Christ which is warranted -> humility.
- 信心把握的根据，和我们邀请人信主的责任。
Warrant for faith, and responsibility to issue invitation.
信心的根据 = 福音普世的（向全人类的）邀请。
Warrant for faith is to be derived from universal invitation of Gospel.
所有人都被邀请，没有区别。
All are invited without discrimination.
很有意思﹕这方面大部份的经问都在旧约。
Remarkably, most of relevant passages are in the Old Testament.
赛45:22
地极 (的人) 都当仰望我, 就必得救。因为我是上帝, 再没有别神。
Isaiah 45:22
“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other.”
–上帝邀请全地的人。
— God invites men from all earth.
结18:20,21
20 惟有犯罪的, 他必死亡。儿子必不担当父亲的罪孽, 父亲也不担当儿子的罪
孽。义人的善果必归自己, 恶人的恶报也必归自己。
21 恶人若回头离开所作的一切罪恶, 谨守我一切的律例, 行正直与合理的事
他必定存活, 不致死亡。
Ezekiel 18:20, 21
20 “The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
21 “But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.”
结18:23
主耶和华说, 恶人死亡, 岂是我喜悦的么？不是喜悦他回头离开所行的道存活么？
Ezekiel 18: 23
“Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord GOD, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?”
–上帝在这里劝导人。
— God is exhorting.
结33:11
你对他们说, 主耶和华说, 我指着我的永生起誓, 我断不喜悦恶人死亡惟喜悦恶人转离所行的道而活。以色列家阿, 你们转回, 转回罢; 离开恶道, 何必死亡呢？
Ezekiel 33:11
“Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
太11:28
凡劳苦担重担的人, 可以到我这里来, 我就使你们得安息。
Matt. 11:28
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”
约3:16
上帝爱世人, 甚至将他的独生子赐给 (他们), 叫一切信他的, 不至灭亡反得永生。
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
徒17:30
世人蒙昧无知的时后, 上帝并不监察, 如今却吩咐各处的人都要悔改。
Acts 17:30
“Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all {people} everywhere should repent.”
3．福音的吩咐。
Command of the gospel.
耶稣是主，祂使用祂的主权吩咐人。
Jesus as Lord exerts His Lordship.
徒17﹕30 – 蒙昧无知的时候﹕旧约时期。
Acts 17:30 — Times of ignorance = Old Economy.
上帝不监察人，为了容忍，直到基督和圣灵的时代成就救赎。
God endures them for the sake of looking over, looking beyond to salvation in the age of Christ and the Spirit.
上帝向人宣告（declare）。
Apaggellei – God declaring to men (NASB).
这个宣告，等于命令，吩咐。
Declaration amounts to a command.
上帝吩咐人悔改﹕也吩咐人相信。
Command to repent = also a command to believe.
约6:29
耶稣回答说, 信上帝所差来的, 这就是作上帝的工。
John 6:29
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
— 信心是作上帝的工作。
— It is a work of God.
— 不信就是不顺服。
— Unbelief is characterized as disobedience.
罗4:20
并且仰望上帝的应许, 总没有因不信, 心里起疑惑。反倒因信心里得坚固, 将荣耀归给上帝。
Romans 4:20
yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God.
罗11:23
而且他们若不是长久不信, 仍要被接上。因为上帝能够把他们从新接上。
Romans 11:23
And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
提前1:13
我从前是亵渎 (上帝)的, 逼迫 (人)的, 悔慢 (人)的。然而我还蒙了怜悯,因我是不信不明白的时候而作的。
I Tim. 1:13
even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
约3:36
信子的人有永生。不信子的人得不着(.永.)生, (原文作不得见永生)上帝的震怒常在他身上。
John 3:36
“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
徒14:2
但那不顺从的犹太人耸动外邦人, 叫他们心里恼恨弟兄。
Acts 14:2
But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren.
徒19:9
后来有些人, 心里刚硬不信, 在众人面前毁谤这道, 保罗就离开他们, 也门徒与他们分离, 便在推喇奴的学房, 天天辩论。
Acts 19:9
But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
— 不信 = 不顺服。
— Apistia – apeitheo. Unbelief = disobedience.
- 福音的应许。
Promise of the gospel.
— 福音的应许包含在邀请里。这应许不是无条件的。
— The promise included in the overture of the gospel, is not unconditional.
— 应许是向相信的人应许。
— The promise is promise to faith.
— 所以，信心是应许的条件。
— In that sense, promise is contingent on faith.
— 不过，这应许是无误的，绝对可靠的。
— But the promise is infallible.
— 人相信，必得到奖赏（恩典）。
— Faith WILL be rewarded.
约珥书 2:32
那时候, 凡求告耶和华名的就必得救。因为照耶和华所说的, 锡安山耶路撒冷必有逃脱的人, 在剩下的人中必有耶和华所召的。
Joel 2:32
“And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
徒2:21
到那时候, 凡求告主名的, 就必得救。
Acts 2:21
‘AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.’
罗10:13
因为 [凡求告主名的, 就必得救。]
Romans 10:13
for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.”
— 实际应用﹕要不断的向你的会众宣讲，劝导。
Practical application: Impress this on your congregation.
— 要求告主的名，他们必不失望！
Call upon the name of the Lord – they will not be disappointed.
- 我们救主的绝对完备性。
All-sufficiency of the Savior himself.
— 救主的应许﹕祂必拯救。
— The Savior’s promise = He will deliver.
— 祂是完备的救主﹕祂大有能力拯救。
— All sufficiency = He can deliver.
— 基督的救赎工作是完全的，已经完全成就了。
— His work is perfect; perfectly accomplished.
— 祂完全赎罪；祂的赎罪是针对（特定的）个人需要的。
Full atonement, definite atonement.
罗4:25
耶稣被交给人, 是为我们的过犯, 复活是为叫我们称义。(或作耶稣是我们的过犯交付了是为我们称义复活了。)
Romans 4:25
{He} who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
–所以，相信基督并不是不敬。信主，并不是当着上帝恩典为理所当然的。
— Therefore, it is not presumption to believe.
— 其实，不信才是藐视上帝的恩典，不感谢。
— Rather, it would be ingratitude and contempt not to believe.
阅读：
《盘石之上》，第七章，『在基督里的信心』。
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