January 17, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Missions, Moldova
Does GES have any international trips planned

Cypress Valley Bible Church in Marshall, TX has been involved in ministry in the country of Moldova for many years. Moldova borders Ukraine, and its history is intimately connected with […]

January 17, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in 聚焦恩典 - 徒15:5
犹太教徒是否相信 “救恩只靠信心”

埃尔温(Elwyn)提出了一个很好的问题: 请回答我在《使徒行传》15:5 中提出的一个问题。如果犹太教徒将律法与恩典混为一谈,他们怎么会是信徒呢? 从表面上看,他们不是只因信且只信基督的信徒。 这之所以是一个问题是因为路加称这些人为信徒(“但有些信的[斜体后加]法利赛教派的人起来……”)。然而,他报道说他们说:“必须给他们(外邦人)行割礼,吩咐他们遵守摩西的律法“(《使徒行传》 15:5)。 如果我们将第 5 节与第 1 节相比较,谜团就解开了。一些犹大人说:“你们若不按摩西的习俗行割礼,就不能得救”(斜体后加)。 从犹太来到安提阿的犹太人说,要得救就必须行割礼和守律法。 参加耶路撒冷公会的一些犹太信徒则说,需要行割礼和守律法才能成圣。 这有很大的不同。 两者都错了。但其中一派错得离谱,他们不相信也不宣扬唯因信得永生的应许。另一派相信这一应许,但却在基督徒的生活中引入了律法主义。 在《恩典新约注释》中,阿尔–瓦尔德斯(Al Valdes)写道:“有两个要点不同于第 1 节中提到的内容,这就导致了问题。首先,路加把这些人称为信徒。第二,与第 1 节中的人不同,这些人并没有说割礼是得救的必要条件。他们的错误在于成圣,而不是称义”(第 560 页)。 不过,应该注意的是,大多数注释者都没有提到第 1 节和第 5 节的说法之间的区别。事实上,有些人说这两组人说的是同一件事。吉尔(Gill)写道:“[第 5 节中信主的法利赛人说]有必要给信主的外邦人行割礼,并命令他们遵守摩西的律法,包括道德和礼仪方面的律法,他们认为遵守这些律法是得救的绝对必要条件。”(《新约释义(An Exposition […]

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