March 26, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Tim 4:8, Bema, Judgment
Are you glad the Lord will judge you someday

I like to study history. Recently, I had the opportunity to study it at a unique place: the old State Penitentiary of Idaho. It housed prisoners from the closing years […]

March 25, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Biblical typology
How do you know whether something is a type, or you are just making up something

When people go to Bible college or seminary, they learn the meaning of words that the general public often doesn’t know. When taking Biblical Greek, my classmates and I commented […]

你有得救的盼望吗

“但既然我们属于白昼,就应当谨慎,把信和爱当作护心镜遮胸,把得救的盼望当作头盔戴上。因为上帝不是预定我们受惩罚,而是预定我们藉着我们的主耶稣基督得救。他替我们死,让我们无论醒着、睡着,都与他同活。”(《帖撒罗尼迦前书》5:8-10) 得当保罗谈到得救的盼望时,他是什么意思?这种表述只在《圣经》这里中出现过。 得救的盼望这一表述会让人感到困惑,因为盼望一词在英语中指的是一种渴望,而不是确定的事。因此,许多人认为保罗是在说,我们渴望从永恒的责罚中得救,但我们不知道我们是否拥能得救。 许多牧师教导说,这就是保罗在《帖前》 5:8 中的意思。 但这根本不是保罗的意思。在这节经文中,他用盼望和得救这两个词来表达不同的意思。 希腊文中的盼望(elpis)有时指的是一种不确定能否实现的愿望(《腓》 2:23;《提前》 3:14)。 在新约中,“盼望”(elpis)通常指确定的事情,但实现的时间却是未知的(《西》 1:27;《提前》1:1;《多》 2:13)。 在《帖撒罗尼迦前书》中,保罗一直在谈论被提。每一章的结尾都有提到(《帖前》1:10;2:19;3:13;4:13-18;5:23)。在整个《帖前》和《帖后》中,保罗用得救(save)(《帖前》2:16;《帖后》2:10)和得救(salvation)(《帖前》 5:8、9;《帖后》 2:13)来指从大灾难的忿怒中解救出来。 《帖前》 5:8 中的得救的盼望是指基督很快就会再来,并通过被提把我们带到祂那里,但时间是未知的。它可能发生在今年,也可能是很多年、几十年或几百年后。祂会把我们从大灾难的愤怒中拯救出来,我们不会经历那可怕的时刻,这是我们的头盔。它会让我们的大脑保持完好无损,尽管撒旦向我们投掷了各种各样的机弦和弓箭。 Chrweist.ii __________ i 更多详情,请参阅《恩典新约注释》中对这些经文的讨论。 ii 你明白这个雷布斯谜题吗?我们在基督里。

У Вас есть надежда вечной жизни?

Павел, раб Божий, Апостол же Иисуса Христа, по вере избранных Божиих и познанию истины, [относящейся] к благочестию, в надежде вечной жизни, которую обещал неизменный в слове Бог прежде вековых времен, […]

_Is it worth it to build a wall for the Lord

In the 1960’s, a man named Kotoko Wamura governed the Japanese town of Fudai. During his years as mayor, he commissioned the construction of a seawall. Due to tsunamis in […]

¿Tienes la esperanza de la vida eterna?

“Pablo… en la esperanza de la vida eterna, la cual Dios, que no miente, prometió desde antes del principio de los siglos, y a su debido tiempo manifestó su palabra […]

March 21, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Ang Tinig ng Biyaya
Mayroon Ka Bang Pag-Asa Ng Buhay Na Walang Hanggan?

Si Pablo, na alipin ng Dios, at apostol ni Jesucristo, ayon sa pananampalataya ng mga hinirang ng Dios, at sa pagkaalam ng katotohanan na ayon sa kabanalan, Sa pagasa sa […]

What did David mean in Ps 274 when he said that he wanted to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord

We are working hard to have a one-volume OT commentary in print by the end of 2026. I’ve completed the first draft of my commentary on Leviticus. I’m two-thirds of […]

У Вас есть надежда спасения?2

Мы же, будучи [сынами] дня, да трезвимся, облекшись в броню веры и любви и в шлем надежды спасения, потому что Бог определил нас не на гнев, но к получению спасения […]

Avete la speranza della vita eterna?

“Paolo, servo di Dio e apostolo di Gesù Cristo per promuovere la fede degli eletti di Dio e la conoscenza della verità che è conforme alla pietà, nella speranza della […]

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