024第二十四课 信心：信靠上帝的话
LECTURE 24 DOCTRINE OF FAITH: FAITH IN THE WORD OF GOD
- 信心 = 信靠上帝的话语。 Faith = Faith in the Word of God.
希 11:9
他因着信, 就在所应许之地作客, 好像在异地居住帐棚, 与那同蒙一个应许的艾萨克,
雅各布一样。
Heb. 11:9
By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign {land,} dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise;
徒16:31
他们说, 当信主耶稣, 你和你一家都必得救。
Acts 16:31
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
— 信心是重生的果子。Faith is the result of regeneration.
- “信心” 与 “信仰” 的分别。 Distinction between faith believing, and faith believed.
- 信 = 可信性。Faith as trustworthiness.
新约用词不一致。
Pistis, pisteuo in the New Testament – use is not uniform.
主动的信心 vs. 被动的信心。被动 = 可信性，信实。
Faith active vs. faith passive. Passive sense = fidelity, believableness.
加5:22-23
22 圣灵所结的果子, 就是仁爱, 喜乐, 和平, 忍耐, 恩慈, 良善, 信实,
23 温柔, 节制. 这样的事, 没有律法禁止.
Gal. 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
罗3:3
既便有不信的, 这有何妨呢? 难道他们的不信, 就废掉上帝的信么？
Rom. 3:3
What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it?
— 巴特﹕信心 = 上帝的信实。 Karth Barth: Faith = faithfulness on God.
— 慕理，<<罗马书注释>>，第一卷，附录﹕讨论巴特的信心观。
— John Murray on Karl Barth: Murray, Commentary on Romans, Vol. 1, appendix.
- 积极的信心﹕信靠，信任。我们主动地信。
Faith active as reliance and trust which we exercise. Fides qua.
罗3:22
就是上帝的义, 因信耶稣基督, 加给一切相信的人, 并没有分别。
Rom. 3:22
even {the} righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction,
罗1:16-17
16我不以福音为耻。这福音本是上帝的大能, 要救一切相信的,先是犹太人, 后是希利尼人。
17 因为上帝的义, 正在这福音上显明出来.。这义是本于信,以致于信。 如(经上)所记, [义人必因信得生]。
Rom. 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
17 For in it {the} righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS {man} SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”
- 信仰的内容。Faith which is believed. Fides quae.
犹3
亲爱的弟兄们，我想尽心写信给你们，论我们同得救恩的时候，就不得不写信劝你们，要为从前一次交付圣徒的真道 (faith 信仰)，竭力的争辩。
Jude 3
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.
提后 4:7
那美好的仗我已经打过了, 当跑的路我已经跑尽了, 所信的（信仰）我已经守住了。
II Tim. 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.
— 信 = 信仰。Faith as creed.
- 信心与知识（认识上帝）。Faith and Knowledge (fides generalis).
- 信心 — 意见（信念） — 知识。Faith – opinion – knowledge.
从少量证据 -> 有证据 -> 充分的证据。
Little evidence – some evidence – full evidence.
很多人以为，信心不是知识。
Popularly, faith is not knowledge.
有人很容易相信﹕虽然证据不足够。
Credulous person believes without adequate evidence.
又有些基督徒，相信有足够证据，可是还是有些怀疑。
Some Christians believe there is substantial evidence, but also a measure of doubt.
因此，他们认为﹕到某一个程度就要放下自己的想法，而只靠信心。
This is where opinion stops and faith takes over.
照这种看法，怀疑是信心不可或缺的一部份；或说﹕有知识时就没有信心。
This would mean that doubt is an essential element of faith, or where there is knowledge, there is no faith.
这种想法是错误的。This is an ERRONEOUS VIEW.
- 信心是知识。Faith is knowledge.
彼前3:15
只要心里尊主基督为圣。 有人问你们心中盼望的缘由, 就要常作准备以温柔敬畏的心回答各人。
I Peter 3:15
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always {being} ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;
— 我们要常准备好，有人问我们心中盼望的缘由的时候，要为真道争辩。
— Always to be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope within you.
耶稣基督邀请多马看祂的手，祂的脚。
Jesus offered His hands and feet to Thomas.
徒 1:3
祂受害之后, 用许多的凭据, 将自己活活的显给使徒看, 四十天之久向他们显现, 讲说
上帝国的事。
Acts 1:3
To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over {a period of} forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.
— 耶稣向门徒显现，用各样的证据说服门徒﹕祂复活了。
— Jesus showed Himself alive by many convincing proofs.
— 上帝并没有要求我们﹕虽然没有证据还是要相信。
— We are not asked to believe without evidence.
彼后1:19
我们并有先知更确的豫言, 如同灯照在暗处。你们在这豫言上留意, 直等到天发亮晨
星在你们心里出现的时候, 才是好的。
II Peter 1:19
{So} we have the prophetic word {made} more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.
— 我们有先知的预言（话），是更确实的，可靠的， 被证实的。
— “We have the prophetic word which is more sure.” Bebaios – reliable, verified.
— 上帝的话是最确实的，给我们确据。
— The Word of God is the most assuring.
— 上帝的话与是乎合证据的。（就像信心包括爱心。）
— The Word of God is in consonance with evidence. The Word is of a piece with evidences (Biblical notion of knowledge includes love).
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他的 (或﹕祂所交托我的), 直到那日。
II Tim. 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.
— 保罗说﹕我实在知道我所信的是谁。I KNOW whom I have believed.
约17:3
认识你独一的真上帝, 并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督, 这就是永生。
John 17:3
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
— 这就是真理﹕好叫他们知道（认识）你，也认识耶稣基督。
— This is life eternal, that they may KNOW you… and Jesus Christ
— 我们追求一个有知识的信（信仰）。
— We strive for an intelligible faith.
- 信心是信靠。Faith is trust. (Cf. Warfield.)
— 信心的特质就是信靠，倚靠。
The distinguishing feature of faith is trust.
真理掌管信心，掌管我们如何用我们的信心。
Truth rules the usage of faith.
我们信心的对象是可靠的。
Object of faith is trustworthy.
- 信心与《圣经》。Faith and the Bible. Fides generalis.
- 我们信《圣经》的话；信心引导我们到《圣经》。
Faith is directed to the words of Scripture.
约2:22
所以到祂从死里复活以后, 门徒就想起祂说过这话, 便信了圣经和耶稣所说的。
John 2:22
So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
— 门徒相信圣经，也相信耶稣讲过的话。
— The disciples believed the Scriptures and the word which Jesus spoke.
约5:46-47
46你们如果信摩西, 也必信我. 因为他(书上)有指着我写的话。
47 你们若不信他的书, 怎能信我的话呢？
John 5:46-47
46 “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.
47 “But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
— 你们若信摩西，就一定信我。
— If you had believed Moses, you would have believed me.
— 你们若不信摩西所写的，如何信我呢？
— If you do not believe his writings, how can you believe me?
徒24:14
但有一件事, 我向你承认, 就是他们所称为异端的道, 我正按着那真道事奉祖宗的上帝, 又信合乎律法的, 和先知书上一切所记载的。
Acts 24:14
“But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets.”
— 相信一切旧约圣经所写的。
… believing everything written in the Old Testament
约16:13
只等真理的圣灵来了, 祂要引导你们明白 (进入)一切的真理。因为不是凭自己说的, 乃是把祂所听见的都说出来. 并要把将来的事告诉你们。
John 16:13
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.”
— 圣灵要引导门徒进入一切的真理；好使他们（使徒们）作启示的传人。
— Holy Spirit will guide disciples into all truth, so that they (apostles) may become organs of revelation.
徒17:11
这地方的人, 贤于帖撒罗尼迦的人, 甘心领受这道, 天天考查圣经, 要晓得这道, 是与不是。
Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily {to see} whether these things were so.
— 庇哩亚的门徒们，将保罗说的话与旧约圣经比较。
— Disciples in Berea compared Paul’s words with the Old Testament.
- 真信心相信圣经，也信靠耶稣基督。
There is one faith which is directed to the Bible, and to Christ.
领受上帝的话，就是接受基督；接受基督，就是领受上帝的话。
To receive the word = to receive Christ, and vice versa.
圣经就是基督对自己的见证；是上帝对祂儿子的见证。
The Bible = Christ’s own testimony to Himself, or divine testimony to the Son.
希2:3-4
3我们若忽略这么大的救恩, 怎能逃罪呢？这救恩起先主亲自讲的, 后来是是听见的人给我们证实了。
4上帝又按自己的旨意, 用神迹奇事, 和百般的异能, 并圣灵的恩同他们作见证。
Heb. 2:3-4
3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard,
4 God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.
–起先有主亲自讲；然后听见主的人作见证（证实）。上帝也以神迹奇事同作见证，都按自己的旨意。
— Declared at first by the Lord, attested by those who heard Him, and God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His own will.
《威敏斯特信仰告》， 14:2
藉此信心﹐基督徒相信凡在<<圣经>>中所启示都为真实﹐因为上帝自己的权威在其中说话﹐又当按照<<圣经>>中各段章节所说的去行﹐即﹕顺服其命令﹐畏惧其警戒﹐持守上帝在其中所赐为今生和来生的应许。但得救信心的主要活动乃是凭恩典之约﹐唯独接受并依靠基督而得称义﹐成圣﹐和永生。
Westminster Confession of Faith, 14:2
By this faith, a Christian believes to be true whatever is revealed in the Word, because of the authority of God himself speaking in it(e). He also responds differently to what eac particular passage contains – obeying the commands(f), trembling at the threatenings(g), and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come(h). But the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace(i) .
— 只有一种信心﹕相信《圣经》一切所讲的；这信心的焦点在于信靠耶稣基督，以致被称为义，成为圣洁；就是，叫人得救的信心。
— Only ONE faith which believes whatever the Scriptures teach, and has its focal point at resting in Christ for justification, sanctification, etc. is saving faith.
信心主要的动作。(Principal acts of faith.)
阅读：
慕理，《再思救赎奇异恩》。『信心』。
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