Should we be bold in talking about the Rapture

Our culture is saturated with accusations of racism. There are certainly racists in every community, and with every color of skin. We would expect that in a world dominated by sin. But I think most of us would agree that charges of racism have gotten out of hand. In some circles, a person who supports […]

October 20, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in 聚焦恩典 - 赞许和不赞许
基督会不赞许一些重生的人吗?

在2023年8月21日,GES发布了一段由Mike Lii录制的视频。你可以在这里观看。我们讨论了艾伦·帕尔(Allen Parr)的一个视频。目前,有79条评论。其中一个评论,实际上是一个问题,引起了我的注意:“你是否在暗示一个信徒被基督不赞许但仍然可以得救?” 是的。只有忠实的信徒才能获得基督的赞许。所有信徒都是永远安全的。但只有忠实的信徒才能与上帝相交并得到祂的赞许。 意为“赞许”和“不赞许”的希腊名词是“dokimos”和“adokimos”。这两个词汇很值得研究,因为它们不常出现在《新约》中。我鼓励你们自己去研究一下。 “Dokimos”,即”赞许”,在《新约》中出现了七次(《罗马书》 14:18;16:10;《哥林多前书》11:19;《哥林多后书》 10:18;13:7;《提摩太后书》2:15,AWANA(Approved workman are not ashamed 蒙称许、无愧的工人)提后2:15;《雅各书》 1:12)。 我们必须忠实地事奉基督,以便“为神所喜悦,又为人所赞许”(《罗马书 》14:18)。在《罗马书》 16:10中,保罗告诉我们有这样一个人:“问候亚比利,他在基督里蒙称许。”也就是说,在保罗写这封信的时候,亚比利是一个忠实的基督徒,得到了主的赞许。 保罗在《哥林多前书》 11:19中指出,哥林多教会内的分裂“好使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。”。并非哥林多所有的信徒都是被赞许的。可以对比《哥林多前书》 11:30。也请参考《哥林多后书》 10:18;13:7。 当地教会对教师的要求,比如提摩太,是需要被赞许的,保罗在《提摩太后书》 2:15中解释了这一要求,即“你应当竭力在神面前作一个蒙称许、无愧的工人,正确地讲解真理的道。”。 雅各说,被基督赞许的条件是“忍受试探”(《雅各书》 1:12)。 “dokimos” 的反义词是 “adokimos”。它在新约中出现了八次(《罗马书》 1:28;《哥林多前书》 9:27;《哥林多后书》 13:5, 6, 7;《提摩太后书》 3:8;《提多书》 1:16;《希伯来书》 6:8)。有人认为它用于指代不信的人。然而,几乎所有这个词出现的地方,它都清楚地指的是信徒。 在《哥林多后书》 9章的结尾,保罗说他为基督而过着一个有规矩的生活,部分原因是因为他担心“在基督的审判台前不被基督赞许”。保罗并没有怀疑自己永恒的命运,但他不确定是否能与基督一同作王,而这需要坚忍(《提摩太后书》2:12)。 几乎一半的 “adokimos” 的《新约》用法都出现在《哥林多后书》 13:5-7 中。保罗在警告哥林多的信徒,他们可能会是”被adokimos”,即“被不赞许”。他们应该试验自己,看他们是否忠实地事奉基督,就像保罗和他的团队一样。保罗说:“我们并不是可弃绝的(不够资格的)人”(《哥林多后书》 13:6)。 尽管并非每个人都以这种方式理解《希伯来书》6:4-8,但它指的是信徒(第4-5节),他们背弃了信仰,就像一个长满杂草的田地,被“拒绝(adokimos)并接近被咒诅,这些人的结局是被焚烧”(《希伯来书》 6:8)。《希伯来书》的作者是在谈论信徒跌倒的暂时审判。请注意,在“荆棘和蒺藜”被烧掉之后,这块地仍然存在。 有几个 “adokimos” 的用法可能指的是不信的人。保罗说,雅尼和佯庇反对摩西,并且他们在“真道上是可废弃的”(《提摩太后书》 3:8)。我们不知道这些人是谁,也不知道他们是信徒还是非信徒。 在《罗马书》 1:28 中,保罗提到男同性恋者和女同性恋者(请参见《罗马书》 1:26-27),指的是那些“上帝把他交给了一个品质恶劣(或者不赞许,adokimos)的思想”。这可能指的是同性恋的信徒或非信徒。参见《提多书》1:16。 我鼓励你研究诸如“十锭银子的比喻”(《路加福音》 […]

La salvación en el Antiguo Testamento

Ocasionalmente, me preguntan cómo la gente del Antiguo Testamento recibía la vida eterna. Desafortunadamente, incluso quienes son de la Gracia Gratuita a veces dicen que la gente del Antiguo Testamento era eternamente salva por los sacrificios ahí prescritos, o por guardar la Ley de Moisés, o simplemente por creer en el Dios de Israel en […]

Czy musimy w jakiś sposób uporać się z własnymi grzechami, (1)

Ciekawe pytanie przyszło od osoby, która przypadkiem zobaczyła jeden z moich blogów: Natknąłem się na artykuł Boba z 1 września 2017 roku. Chociaż doceniam wiele z tego, co Bob mówi, jego stwierdzenie w ostatnim akapicie było dla mnie zastanawiające: „Z powodu krzyża Chrystusa, nasze grzechy i nasze uczynki nie są kwestią [odnośnie zbawienia]”. (Zobacz artykuł […]

October 19, 2023 by Ken Yates in Ang Tinig ng Biyaya
ANG KALIGTASAN SA LUMANG TIPAN

Minsan, natatanong ako kung paano ang mga tao sa LT tumanggap ng buhay na walang hanggan. Nakalulungkot na kahit sa mga tagasunod ng Free Grace, minsan may nagsasabing ang mga tao sa LT ay naligtas dahil sa mga alay na hinihingi ng LT o sa pagsunod sa Kautusan ni Moises o sa paniniwala lamang sa […]

How is “trusting faith” different from “mere intellectual assent”

Stephanie sent me a link to an article by a defender of the Christian faith, an apologist. The 2018 article by J. Warner Wallace is entitled, “When Belief ‘That’ Becomes Belief ‘In.’” See here. See also this article at gotquestions.org that makes the same argument. Stephanie writes, “Can you help me understand this article? It […]

Христос не одобряет некоторых рожденных свыше людей?

21 августа 2023г. мы опубликовали видео (см. здесь), где я и Майк Ли (англ. Mike Lii) обсуждали видео Аллена Парра (англ. Allen Parr). На данный момент к нему было сделано 79 комментариев. Один из комментариев (точнее это был вопрос) привлёк мое внимание: «Вы что имеете ввиду, что верующий может не иметь одобрения Христа и при […]

La salvezza nell’Antico Testamento

Di quando in quando, mi viene chiesto come le persone nell’AT ricevessero la vita eterna. Purtroppo, anche coloro che aderiscono alla teologia della Grazia Gratuita talvolta affermano che nell’Antico Testamento le persone erano eternamente salvate grazie al sistema sacrificale, oppure osservando la Legge di Mosè o semplicemente credendo nel Dio di Israele in un senso […]

How should we interpret what is happening in Israel

The late Charles Krauthammer, a Pulitzer winning columnist, once said this about Israel: “Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish continuity: It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago” (Charles Krauthammer, Things […]

October 18, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Mystery
What is the mystery of Christ

The word mystery (mustērion) occurs twenty-seven times in the NT. Twenty of those times, or seventy-four percent, occur in Paul’s writings. It only occurs three times in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. And it occurs four times in Revelation. We will focus on two things that Paul calls a mystery. A mystery was not something that […]

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