La vita eterna ripensata
Il dottor Charles Ryrie ha notoriamente detto: “Se la vita eterna potesse essere persa, allora avrebbe il nome sbagliato”. La vita eterna è vita eterna. Recentemente, tuttavia, mi sono imbattuto in un articolo di un amico sostenitore della teologia della Grazia Gratuita, il quale sostiene che non esista un’espressione greca per indicare la vita eterna. […]
How Can a Believing Spouse Sanctify an Unbelieving Spouse?
A Grace in Focus radio listener from Hungary, K. E., asks a super question: 1 Corinthians 7:14 says, “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.” How can an unbeliever be sanctified? What does […]
Иудаисты верили, что спасение обретается через одну лишь веру? (Деян 15:5)
Элвин задаёт великолепный вопрос: Пожалуйста, разъясните для меня вопрос, связанный с Деян 15:5. Каким образом иудаисты могли быть верующими, если они путали закон с благодатью? Судя по ним, они не были сторонниками спасения через одну лишь веру в Одного лишь Христа. Это отличный вопрос, потому что Лука называет этих людей верующими (“Тогда восстали некоторые из […]
What Will Those Who Become Believers During the Tribulation and Millennium Receive?
Elwyn asks a great question about what those who come to faith in Christ will receive in the Tribulation and the Millennium: With the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit required for new birth, what will the results be regarding the regeneration of believers in the Tribulation? Because of the Rapture, they won’t be part […]
¿Creían los judaizantes que la salvación es solo por la fe (Hechos 15:5)?
Elwyn hace una gran pregunta: Por favor, ayúdame a entender algo que encuentro confuso en Hechos 15:5. ¿Cómo pudieron haber sido creyentes los judaizantes si estaban mezclando la ley con la gracia? La impresión es que no eran creyentes solo por fe en Cristo. La razón por la que esta es una gran pregunta es […]
Ang mga Judaiser ba ay naniniwalang ang kaligtasan ay sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya lamang (Gawa 15:5)?
Si Elwyn ay may magandang tanong: Maari bang talakayin mo ang isyung makikita sa Gawa 15:5. Paano ang mga Judaiser na ito naging mananampalataya kung kanilang pinaghahalo ang kautusan at biyaya? Ang lumalabas ay hindi sila mananampalataya sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya lamang kay Cristo lamang. Ang dahilan kung bakit ito ay isang magandang katanungan ay […]
I “Giudaizzanti” credevano che la salvezza fosse solo per fede (Atti 15:5)?
Elwyn ci pone un bel quesito: Per favore, vorrei che affrontaste un problema che, secondo me, si presenta in Atti 15:5. Come potevano i “Giudaizzanti” essere credenti se mescolavano la legge con la grazia? L’impressione è che non fossero credenti per mezzo della sola fede in Cristo. Il motivo per cui questa è una bella […]
What Is the Prize for Finishing the Christian Race?
“And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown” (1 Cor 9:25). “I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:14). Christians are tasked with finishing the […]
Can Someone Believe John 3:16 But Choose Not to Have Everlasting Life?
I taught a two-week intersession course at Florida Bible College (FBC) in Kissimmee, FL back in 1990. I enjoyed my time there. One of the students related an illustration he’d heard about a young man who believed in Christ but didn’t want everlasting life. His parents had both died as unbelievers. The young man was […]
路9:62，配进神的国是什么意思？
昨天，我在主日学课堂上提出了这个问题。这是一个非常好的问题。 一个人来到耶稣面前说：“主啊，我愿意跟从你，但要先让我去和我家的人道别”（路加福音 9：61）。主回答说 “手扶着犁向後看的，不配进神的国”。 主张 “主权救恩” 的人在这节经文中找到了证据，证明一个人必须坚持不懈地跟随基督，才能进入耶稣即将到来的国度。约翰·马丁对路加福音 9：62 的评论是：“耶稣的信息……要求完全效忠“（《圣经知识注释（The Bible Knowledge Commentary）》中的路加福音，第 232 页）。 马太·亨利写道： “开始从事上帝工作的人必须下定决心继续下去，否则他们将一事无成。向后看就会退缩，退缩就会灭亡。那些面朝天堂却又东张西望的人不适合上天堂。惟有忍耐到底的人，必然得救”（《马太–亨利全本圣经注释（Commentary on the Whole Bible）》，第1855页）。 杰米森、福赛特和布朗写道：“就像犁地需要一双专注于要开的犁沟的眼睛，而一旦转过身来就会被毁坏一样，以分散的注意力和分裂的心来从事神的工作的人也会因此而得不着救恩”（《圣经全书批判与解释注释（Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible）》，第 2 卷，第 108 页）。 许多注释家认为，主说的是那些宣扬祂拯救信息的人。那些（像罗得的妻子一样）回头看今世事物的人不适合做神的国度的使者。很多人没有清楚解释那些回头的人是否会受到永远的谴责。 菲茨迈尔（Fitzmyer）写道：“一个愿意跟随耶稣并参与多度活动的人，需要一只坚定的手和眼睛盯着前行的犁……跟随耶稣的决定不能仅仅是热情的结果；它需要坚定的决心”（《路加福音》I-IX 章，第 837 页）。 类似的，赖尔（Ryle）写道：“这意味着一个想回家向朋友告辞的人不适合做福音工作，就像一个在身后张望的人不适合耕地一样”（《路加福音》，第 1 卷，第 344 页）。 马歇尔（Marshall）既看到了国度，也看到了它的工作： “一个回到过去生活方式的人（参腓 3:13；来 12:1f.）不适合（14:35；来 6:7）国度或其工作”（《路加福音》第 412 页）。 这里的问题是要适合主的工作。问题不在于谁能进入即将到来的国度。 第一世纪心不在焉的犁地人不适合这份工作。同样，心不在焉的基督仆人也不会很好地侍奉祂。 霍奇斯在题为 “委身的基督徒（路加福音 9：57-62）”的信息中讲述了这段经文。你可以在这里收听这段 38 […]