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你已持定永生了吗?

你已持定永生了吗?

May 12, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in 聚焦恩典 - 6:19, 提摩太前书6:12

在《提摩太前书》6:12中,保罗说:“你要为真道打那美好的仗,持定永生;你是为此蒙召,又在许多见证人面前作了那美好的见证。”

提摩太和所有信徒一样,已经拥有永生。那么,保罗为何还要命令他“持定永生”?这究竟是什么意思?

保罗是在呼召他抓住永生可能达到的丰盛境界。对照第19节,保罗指示提摩太要教导富足的信徒“为自己积成美好的根基,预备将来,叫他们持定那真正的生命”。这”美好的根基”正是指向丰盛的永恒体验。

若想得着永恒的奖赏,我们就必须紧紧抓住这应许。

阿里奇亚和哈顿在注释保罗写给提摩太和提多的书信时写道:

“赢得竞赛被描述为’抓住’永生这奖赏(参1:16)。此处描绘的是竞赛胜利者接过冠军奖杯的画面。抓住永生,可以简单理解为’以永生作为你胜利的奖赏’”(154页)。

我无法确定他们理解的奖赏是指永远生命的丰盛,还是单纯指永远在国度里。他们可能相信”主权救恩论”。但使徒保罗明确相信:现今拥有永生单单本乎信心(提摩太前书1:16),而永生的丰盛则是奖赏。

利特芬(Litfin)的注释很有帮助:

“提摩太要为这最值得的争战——促进真道的争战——竭尽全力。这需要他时刻完全地领受(参19节’持定’)自己已拥有永生的事实。(保罗说’持定永生’绝不表示提摩太能靠自己的努力获得永生)”(《提摩太前书》,TBKC,747页)i。

拉森(Larson)的见解也很精辟:

“信徒进入的永生不单是未来的盼望,也是当下的现实。当我们活在神永恒国度的能力和价值观中时,就是在持定这永生。虽然要等到基督将来统管全地时,我们才能经历他治权的完满,但永恒的生命在现今仍可触及。当我们使日常生活与神和他的灵和谐一致时,就触摸到这生命“(《帖撒罗尼迦前后书、提摩太前后书、提多书、腓利门书注释》,247页)。

这是少数几处将永生视为忠心事奉可能得着之未来奖赏的经文之一。另参《马太福音》19:29和《加拉太书》6:7-9。我们现今和永远体验永生有多丰盛,取决于我们是否持定永生——即活出与来世生命价值观相符的生活(提前6:19)。

要持定永生,就当始终以恩典为核心。

 

i 虽然我理解利特芬捍卫《约翰福音》3:16信息的初衷,但保罗这番话确实暗示提摩太能通过努力得着永生——不是指单纯拥有这生命,而是指需要持定永生,才能更丰盛地拥有它。

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鲍勃·威尔金(Bob Wilkin)(达拉斯神学院神学硕士,博士)恩典福音派协会(Grace Evangelical Society)创始人及执行主任,聚焦恩典电台(Grace in Focus Radio)联合主持人。他同妻子莎伦(Sharon)住在德州高地村(Highland Village, TX)。鲍勃最新的书有《在一百节经文中的“单凭信心”(暂译)》(Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses)和《回转来活:悔改的力量(暂译)》(Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance)。

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Bob Wilkin (ThM, PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the Founder and Executive Director of Grace Evangelical Society and co-host of Grace in Focus Radio. He lives in Highland Village, TX with his wife, Sharon. His latest books are Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses and Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance.

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